Master Index of the Saga: Is It Really This Way

Total Saga Goal: ~900,000 words
Pages (approx.): ~3,600

5 Core Books (180,000 words each, ~720 pages each)
6 Novellas (30,000 words each, ~120 pages each)
10 Episodes (7,000 words each, ~28 pages each)

Book I: The Source and the First War

Words: 180,000 | Pages: ~720
Theme: Origins, betrayal, and the shattering of wholeness.
Tone: Bright beginning, descent into tragedy, but seeded with resistance.

Part I: The Source and Emanations (40,000 words, 160 pages)

Summary: Bythos breathes the first silence; Barbelo appears as fullness. Maa’t and Merkaba emerge as balance and motion. Kahina, Salame, Orion, and Anthropos take their places in the living design.
Key Episodes: Depth awakens, First pillars form, Perfect harmony glimpsed.

Part II: The Abomination (40,000 words, 160 pages)

Summary: Barbelo1, the imitation, is born. From her womb comes the Triad: Sophia, Mekava, Abraxas. Already corruption stirs.
Key Episodes: Barbelo1 unveiled, Triad awakens, First cracks in the cosmos.

Part III: Union and Defiance (50,000 words, 200 pages)

Summary: Kahina and Orion unite, creating Barbelo², the true counter-emanation. Their love is luminous defiance against shadow. Sophia, jealous, steals Maa’t’s image to seduce Orion. The First War ignites.
Key Episodes: Union of fire and star, Barbelo² shines, Sophia’s theft, Orion falters.

Part IV: The First War Unleashed (50,000 words, 200 pages)

Summary: Sophia raises 24 Aeon-Queens and their demi-gods, each ruling a realm of false history. Barbelo² calls forth the Orisha and the Nine Perfect Creations. The battle-lines are drawn.
Key Episodes: 24 realms born, Orisha summoned, War council of resistance.

Book II: The Age of Demi-Gods

Words: 180,000 | Pages: ~720
Theme: Realm-by-realm campaign. Each victory has a price.
Tone: Heroic, epic, yet increasingly heavy with Orion’s fracture.

Part I: The Realms of Fire and Law (45,000 words, 180 pages)

Summary: Rome, Greece, Persia, and Hittite realms fall. The Orisha shine as warriors and tricksters, but Sophia’s whispers unsettle Orion.
Key Episodes: Imperius defeated, Sophonax outwitted, Zoroas burned, Tarhun-Esh unmasked.

Part II: The Realms of Commerce and Sacrifice (45,000 words, 180 pages)

Summary: Babylon, Carthage, Assyria, and Egypt collapse in floods, storms, and prophecy. Molochron is slain outright — the first true death of a demi-god.
Key Episodes: Nabu-Sar’s tablets broken, Molochron drowned, Ashurak toppled, Osirion sealed.

Part III: The Realms of Movement and Ritual (45,000 words, 180 pages)

Summary: Mongol, Byzantine, Sassanid, and Arabian realms shatter, but Orion falters deeper. Sandros’ mirages haunt his dreams.
Key Episodes: Tengrath broken by Oya, Basilikon unmasked, Ahramuz burned, Sandros dissolved.

Part IV: The Realms of Fate and Secrecy (45,000 words, 180 pages)

Summary: Celtic, Norse, Indian, and Chinese realms fall. Anthropos confronts samsara itself. Kahina sees Orion’s wound widening.
Key Episodes: Oakenwyrd bound, Skjoldr’s spear shattered, Chakraya wounded, Huangdi-Xu unraveled.

Part V: The Realms of Blood and Stone (45,000 words, 180 pages)

Summary: Aztec, Inca, Mayan realms collapse in starfire, mountain fall, and prophecy. Orion is cursed.
Key Episodes: Tonalkin slain under stars, Intiray undermined, Xibal-Kan cursed.

Part VI: The Realms of Dogma and Illusion (45,000 words, 180 pages)

Summary: Medieval, Ottoman, Renaissance, Colonial, and Modern realms fall. Neonax is faced by Barbelo² herself. Sophia flees in shame.
Key Episodes: Ecclesiron’s chains broken, Crescenton drowned in storms, Vitruvius drowned in mirrors, Naviron sunk, Neonax shattered.

Book III: The Rise of the Archons

Words: 180,000 | Pages: ~720
Theme: The shift from open war to hidden captivity.
Tone: Darker, but lit with sparks of resistance.

Part I: The Casting of the Shadow (30,000 words, 120 pages)

Summary: Sophia casts off Achamoth. Achamoth seeks wholeness and mates with Abraxas. The Archons are conceived.

Part II: Birth of the Nine Laws (90,000 words, 360 pages)

Summary: Chronax (Time), Anankor (Fate), Graviron (Matter), Somniel (Sleep), Thanax (Death), Nomikon (Law), Phobosar (Fear), Eidolon (Illusion), Klythros (Chains). Each episode reveals their law, resistance, and failure.

Part III: The Fall of Anthropos (30,000 words, 120 pages)

Summary: Humanity enters flesh. Forgetfulness, death, and cycles begin. The spark is hidden.

Part IV: The Orisha in Hiding (30,000 words, 120 pages)

Summary: The Orisha scatter. The Perfect Creations are bound. Barbelo² shines veiled, unreachable. But the vow of return is made.

Book IV: The Captive Soul

Words: 180,000 | Pages: ~720
Theme: Humanity’s exile, history repeating under Archonic law.
Tone: Tragic but hopeful, as gnosis whispers through cracks.

Part I: The First Humans (30,000 words, 120 pages)

Summary: Anthropos awakens in flesh. Death, labor, and forgetting begin.

Part II: Cycles of History (90,000 words, 360 pages)

Summary: Human civilizations mirror the 24 realms — empire after empire, cycle after cycle, none free.

Part III: Prophets and Dreamers (30,000 words, 120 pages)

Summary: Orisha whisper, visions stir, some remember fragments.

Part IV: The First Gnostics (30,000 words, 120 pages)

Summary: The first awakenings of gnosis — humanity begins to resist.

Book V: The Return

Words: 180,000 | Pages: ~720
Theme: The breaking of the cycle, the healing of Orion, reunion with the Source.
Tone: Triumphant, luminous, optimistic.

Part I: The Call of Barbelo² (40,000 words, 160 pages)

Summary: Kahina rallies the spark. Orion stirs.

Part II: Orion’s Choice (40,000 words, 160 pages)

Summary: Sophia tempts Orion one final time. He chooses Kahina. The fracture heals.

Part III: Breaking the Net (50,000 words, 200 pages)

Summary: The Nine Laws tremble. Chains fall. The Archons unmake themselves.

Part IV: Return to Depth (50,000 words, 200 pages)

Summary: Anthropos unites with spark. Barbelo² returns to Bythos. The Source breathes again.