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Gladias

Gladias is a Veridian acolyte, then Keeper, in the anonymous Order of Steering, and one of the book's three leads. The book gives his age and almost nothing about his looks, so the appearance below is invented and contributors are welcome to replace it.

Summary drafted by the coding agent, a closed model.

What the book says · from the chapters you’ve read

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This edition’s shorthand

a man of about forty, slim and of medium height, light olive skin, short wavy chestnut-brown hair, a neatly trimmed short beard and hazel eyes, wearing a long sleeveless moss-green woven tabard with a sculpted standing collar that rises to his jaw, over a fitted cream long-sleeved bodysuit with seamless panels, a wide ochre cloth sash at the waist, slim tapered charcoal leggings, smooth seamless grey boots with thick soft soles, a thin silver band around his throat, a small earpiece and a slim pale ceramic wrist device

Added to an image’s prompt when it is in the passage, and published with it. Drafted by the coding agent, a closed model; not from the book.

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Images

  • AI-generated image: A cozy family dining room, warm lamp light. A man sets a paper bag full of plain unmarked takeout food boxes on the wooden table and hands a box to a boy, who reaches for it eagerly with a big grin.

    Chapter 1 · ¶ 126 ·

  • AI-generated image: A small booth in a hidden courtyard, closed off by a cloth curtain. Two men sit facing each other across a table, both wearing privacy robes with the hoods and face covers pulled down, faces visible.

    Chapter 3 · ¶ 87 ·

  • AI-generated image: Close-medium shot of a woman sitting alone at a cafe table in a modern building, a half-finished cup of tea and an empty plate in front of her. She holds up her wrist and smiles warmly at her watch, where a small glowing video image shows the face of a man.

    Chapter 5 · ¶ 87 ·

  • AI-generated image: A sealed basement room in the evening, its walls and door covered with silver anti-transmission foil. A man reclines in a large soft chair tilted back at forty-five degrees, a thin cloth band around his neck, eyes half closed as he listens to a call through an earpiece.

    Chapter 6 · ¶ 3 ·

  • AI-generated image: A community center meeting room with five tables of ten chairs and a podium at the front. Ceiling fans spin faster and faint violet disinfection lights glow brighter overhead.

    Chapter 6 · ¶ 97 ·

  • AI-generated image: A small, bright restaurant with large windows onto a green tree-lined street. A man, wearing a privacy robe with the hood and face cover lowered, has risen from his table to warmly hug a teenage boy, who carries a school backpack and is beaming.

    Chapter 6 · ¶ 112 ·

  • AI-generated image: A moving autonomous city bus. More passengers than usual are absorbed in their hand devices, watching intently.

    Chapter 8 · ¶ 14 ·

  • AI-generated image: A warm, lived-in living room in soft daylight. A man sits on a couch with his arm around a girl, who is crying and turning her face away, unhappy.

    Chapter 8 · ¶ 107 ·

  • AI-generated image: A small booth closed off by a cloth curtain: a wooden table with a decorated lamp and two flowers at the far end, and a boxy air filter pressed into a corner on the floor. A man sits across from a man, both unhooded, talking quietly.

    Chapter 13 · ¶ 16 ·

  • AI-generated image: A family living room at sunrise. Clean golden light comes through a large window, and the trees on the footpath outside throw long morning shadows across the floor.

    Chapter 15 · ¶ 15 ·

  • AI-generated image: A small, windowless soundproof booth with foil-lined walls, a narrow table and two benches. A man sits on one bench, leaning forward angrily, hands pressed flat on the table, glaring.

    Chapter 16 · ¶ 3 ·

  • AI-generated image: A neighborhood restaurant at midday. A man, in a loose dark purple robe with the hood down, the face cover off and the front partly unzipped, sits beside a young man; both watch a wall screen with delight.

    Chapter 16 · ¶ 57 ·

  • AI-generated image: A warm, cozy stone family home in the evening, lamps lit, plants by the window, a wooden table. A woman has turned from across the room and stares in surprise and doubt, her arms folding.

    Chapter 16 · ¶ 106 ·

  • AI-generated image: Medium-wide interior of a small, warm side office with wood paneling, a stone wall, a low table and two chairs, and a tall window onto green trees. A man, in a long formal parliament robe, sits laughing warmly.

    Chapter 17 · ¶ 12 ·

  • AI-generated image: A wood-paneled office with a tall window onto green trees. A friendly middle-aged visitor wearing a loose dark purple robe with its hood pushed back and his face uncovered holds out a hand device toward a man, who leans forward with curious attention.

    Chapter 17 · ¶ 51 ·

  • AI-generated image: Wide high view from the tree-lined slope of a huge mountain carved into a stepped pyramid. In the foreground, a man sits on a large rock, seen in profile, resting and gazing out.

    Chapter 18 · ¶ 77 ·

  • AI-generated image: An underground cafeteria deep inside a mountain, where two large wall screens pose as windows showing a sunlit view over low city roofs and trees. A man sits at a table, glancing sideways in mild alarm at a small palm-sized security drone hovering half a meter from his right ear.

    Chapter 19 · ¶ 25 ·

  • AI-generated image: Beside a tall wall of paper books in a warm underground library. A man stands holding an open book of drawings of underground rooms, looking down in surprise as a small wheeled serving robot hands him tea in a fully sealed cup with a straw.

    Chapter 19 · ¶ 108 ·

  • AI-generated image: Medium close shot at a library table. A man and a young man sit side by side sipping tea, both staring intently at a hand device propped on the table, its screen turned away from the viewer and casting a soft glow on their faces.

    Chapter 19 · ¶ 113 ·

  • AI-generated image: Wide interior of an underground cafeteria deep inside a mountain. Green trees stand in pots between the tables, two walls are covered in hanging vines, and the other two are huge mirrors that repeat the room endlessly.

    Chapter 23 · ¶ 3 ·

  • AI-generated image: Medium close shot at a cafeteria table among potted trees and vines, empty plates and teacups pushed aside. A man holds an open book, its pages facing away from the viewer, brow furrowed in concentration as he tries to read aloud.

    Chapter 23 · ¶ 19 ·

  • AI-generated image: Night interior of a small windowless bedroom carved into rock, with a simple bed and a single dim lamp. A man, in sleep clothes, sits up in bed with his face tense with alarm, lit by the deep red glow of the watch on his wrist as he raises it to answer a call.

    Chapter 23 · ¶ 76 ·

  • AI-generated image: Early morning in a small windowless room carved into rock, a rumpled bed, a single lamp. A man, hollow-eyed after a sleepless night, sits on the edge of the bed hunched forward, holding a hand device to his ear and speaking quietly and urgently.

    Chapter 24 · ¶ 5 ·

  • AI-generated image: Down a long tunnel carved through rock inside a mountain, lit by soft ceiling lights. Along the walls, open doorways reveal busy side rooms: clean workshops with chip-making machines, laboratory benches with workers in white coats, robotic arms assembling car parts.

    Chapter 24 · ¶ 22 ·

  • AI-generated image: A warm underground library, with towering two-level shelves of paper books on one side and computer terminals on the other. A young woman gently hugs a man, who stands stiff and exhausted, eyes downcast, arms hanging at his sides.

    Chapter 24 · ¶ 37 ·

  • AI-generated image: A small enclosed room with no windows, lit by the soft glow of a table whose whole top is a screen. A man and a young man sit across from each other at the table.

    Chapter 25 · ¶ 1 ·

  • AI-generated image: Over a glowing tabletop screen in a dim enclosed room. Only a few blue circles remain in the rounded boxes on the table.

    Chapter 25 · ¶ 16 ·

  • AI-generated image: A small enclosed room lit by a glowing tabletop. A young man has shifted his posture, sitting upright and leaning in with a serious, searching look, the friendly game over.

    Chapter 25 · ¶ 74 ·

  • AI-generated image: A small enclosed room with a softly glowing table. A man lifts his wrist and taps the watch on it, about to place a call, his expression hopeful and determined.

    Chapter 25 · ¶ 94 ·

  • AI-generated image: Inside a small enclosed private cabin on an aeroplane, four seats facing each other across a little table. A man sits facing backward and a young man sits facing forward, both gazing silently out the large window, calm and a little dreamy.

    Chapter 26 · ¶ 1 ·

  • AI-generated image: The quiet lobby of a calm, stone-walled government hotel with wooden furniture and potted plants. A woman runs across the room from the far corner with her arms outstretched, her face lit with joy and relief.

    Chapter 26 · ¶ 73 ·

  • AI-generated image: Interior of a small soundproof booth with padded walls and soft overhead light. A man slides open the booth door and steps in.

    Chapter 26 · ¶ 156 ·

  • AI-generated image: A simple, tidy hotel room with stone walls and a window onto green trees. A woman hugs a man, who stands with slumped shoulders and a sad, defeated expression, his eyes closed.

    Chapter 27 · ¶ 5 ·

  • AI-generated image: Quiet medium shot of a hotel room by a window overlooking green treetops. A woman pours herself a cup of tea from a pot at a small table, glancing up with curiosity.

    Chapter 28 · ¶ 87 ·

  • AI-generated image: A large stone gateway into a walled district under a light snowfall. A man and a woman walk through the gate side by side, looking around with quiet emotion.

    Chapter 31 · ¶ 64 ·

  • AI-generated image: Warm medium shot at the open door of an apartment at the top of a staircase. A girl runs out and throws her arms around a man, who hugs her tightly, eyes closed in relief.

    Chapter 31 · ¶ 75 ·

  • AI-generated image: A rooftop partway up a forested mountain over a green city. A man stands at the edge holding a cup of tea in one hand and a dish of rice and vegetables in the other, gazing out with a contented smile; a woman stands beside him.

    Chapter 32 · ¶ 110 ·

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