The Void of Mist and Thunder (2013) (edit title/settings)

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• Atticus Higginbottom: The main character. A Realitant from the state of Washington, in Reality Prime. Father's name is Edgar, mother's name is Lorena, sister's are Lisa & Kayla.
• Mr. Reginald Chu: Tick's science teacher in Reality Prime. Also the person in the Fourth Reality who founded Chu Industries ad turned it into a worldwide empire. They are Alterants of each other.
• Mistress Jane: A former Realitant and ruler of the Thirteenth Reality, she wields an uncanny power over Chi'karda. Since the accident in which whe was "melded" with fragments of the Dark Infinity weapons, her power has increased tenfold.
• Master George: The leader of the Realitants. Has headquarters all over the world and the realities, including one in the Grand Canyon.
• Paul Rogers: A Realitant from Florida in Reality Prime. Friends with Tick and Sophia. He is impatient and likes for everyone to get to the point quickly.
• Sofia Pacini: A Realitant from Italy in Reality Prime. Friends with Paul and Tick. Learns how to use Karma to help stop the Void. She is known for her brains and for being tough as nails.
• Rutger: A small little man that is shaped like a ball. A Realitant from the 11th Reality and Mothball's best friend. He is good at looking up information, but has a hard time moving around. Likes to cook and takes pride in preparing a meal for everyone by himself.
• Mothball: Her father is Tolaseat, who is part of the army. A Realitant from the 5th Reality. She is about eight feet tall and speaks with a cockney accent, like most others from the 5th Reality. She was given her strange name when Bugaboo soldiers from the 5th reality were attacking her family.
• Sato: A boy from Japan. He was also recruited through curious letters, and has a secret that makes him reluctant to trust anyone. His parents, who died, were once friends with Master George.
• Lorena Higginbottom: Tick's mom. Tick and his dad did not tell her about the strange letters for a while. In the second book, it is revealed that Lorena was also a Realitant.
• Lisa Higginbottom: Lisa is Tick's older sister at 15 years old. She plays horribly on the piano and likes to talk on the phone.
• Annika: A spy for the Realitants who was killed by a pack of fangen
• Benson: A servant of Reginald Chu in the Fourth Reality.
• Billy "The Goat" Cooper: Tick's biggest nemesis at Jackson Middle School
• Frazier Gunn: A loyal servant of Mistress Jane.
• Fruppenschneiger "Frumpey": Sofia's butler.
• Grand Minister: Sato Tadashi. Former Grand Minister of the Fifth Reality, killed by the Bugaboo soldiers. An Alterant of the Realitant Sato.
• Gretel: A Realitant taking refuge in the Third Reality.
• Henry: A boy from the Industrial Barrens in the Seventh Reality.
• Hillenstat: A Realitant doctor from the Second Reality.
• Jimmy "The Voice" Porter: A Realitant from the Twelfth Reality. Has no tongue.
• Mordell: The leader of the Ladies of Blood and Sorrow.
• Sally T. Jones: A Realitant from Japan in Reality Prime.
• Edgar Higginbottom: Tick's and his two sisters' dad.
• Kayla Higginbottom: Tick's youngest sister is only 4 years old. She loves to burn objects in the fireplace and play tea party.

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• Command Center: Master George's headquarters in the Bermuda Triangle, where Chi'karda levels are monitored, and to where his many nanolocators report various types of information.
• The Factory: Located the the Thirteenth Reality, it is where Mistress Jane "manufactures" her abominable creations.
• Fourth Dimension: Another dimension that is as different from ours as the oceans are from outer space. Hardly understood, and with limited research available, because it's never been explored before, the Fourth is breached when Tick and Mistress Jane battle it out after the incident with the Blade of Shattered Hope. The Void of Mist and Thunder is spawned from this dimension.
• Nonex: When Alterants meet, one disappears and enters the Nonex. This area is a complete mystery to the Realitants.
• Fourth Reality: Much more advanced technologically than the other Realities due to the remarkable vision and work of Hans Schtiggenschlubberheimer.
• Fifth Reality: Quirks in evolution led to a very tall human race.
• Eighth Reality: The world is covered in water,k due to much higher temperatures that were caused by a star fusion anomaly triggered in another galaxy by an alien race.
• Eleventh Reality: Quirks in evolution and diet led to a short and robust human race
• Thirteenth Reality: Somehow a mutated and very powerful version of Chi'karda exists here.
• Lemon Fortress: Mistress Jane's castle in the Thirteenth Reality. The Great Hall within the castle has a high concentration of Chi'karda.
• Void of Mist and Thunder: An elusive, mysterious, extremely dangerous entity that hs been trapped within the Fourth Dimension since before mankind.

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• fanaticism: Fanatic outlook or behavior especially as exhibited by intense, excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions on some subject.
• Alterant: Different versions of the same person existing in different Realities. It is extremely dangerous for Alterants to meet one another.
• Barrier Wand: The device used to wink people and things between Realities and between heavily concentrated places of Chi'karda within the same Reality. Works very easily with inanimate objects, and can place them almost anywhere. To transport humans, they must be in a place concentrated with Chi'karda (like a cemetery) and have a nanolocator that transmits their location to the Wand. The wand is useless without the Chi'karda Drive, which channels and magnifies the mysterious power.
• Blade of Shattered Hope: A weapon created by Mistress Jane that allows her to harness the power of dark matter and utilize the linking of her Alterants to sever a Reality from existence.
• Chi'karda: The mysterious force that controls Quantum Physics. It is the scientific embodiment of conviction and choice, which in reality, rules the universe. Responsible for creating the different Realities.
• Nanolocator: A microscopic electronic device that can crawl into a person's skin and forever provide information on their whereabouts, Chi'karda levels, etc.
• Quantum Physics: The science that studies the physical world of the extremely small. Most scholars are baffled by its properties and at a loss to explain them. Theories abound. Only a few know the truth: that a completely different power rules this realm, which in turn rules the universe: Chi'karda.
• Karma: A mysterious force that has been studied for years by a team within the Realitants, led by Gretel. Its powers are unpredictable, but it's believed to heighten the strength of good or evil, depending on who wields it.
• Soulikens: An imprint or stamp on Reality, created by natural energy and Chi'karda, that becomes a lingering piece of one's self that will never cease to exist.
• Voids: Tick's name for the monstrous creations that are spawned from the Void of Mist and Thunder.

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Preceded by The Blade of Shattered Hope.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. James Dashner (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Brandon Dorman (Illustrator)

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