date, retaining all his memories of his previous life-, Rune arranged for his soul to be reborn as quintuplets, thus giving himself four identical brothers. Unfortunately, these four brothers all went evil, masterminding a plot to destroy all but a small percentage of the human race before they were defeated by Cornelius Murphy, leaving only the original Rune (who had long since abandoned his other selves in pursuit of matters that would benefit mankind as a whole). List of appearances To date, Rune has appeared in the following novels: The Book of Ultimate Truths (Primarily behind the scenes) Raiders of the Lost Car Park The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived (Most of Rune's appearances here were that of his evil twins) The Sprouts of Wrath (Only a partial role at the conclusion of the novel) The Witches of Chiswick (Fakes his own death in the early part of the novel; the plot is thus dominated by his descendants, half-brothers Will Starling and Tim McGregor, both aided by Barry the Time Sprout) The Brightonomicon (Accompanied by an amnesic Jim Pooley of The Brentford Trilogy, whose name the character- going by the alias of Rizla, Rune's acolyte, for most of the novel- only recalls at the conclusion of the novel) Retromancer (Once again accompanied by Jim Pooley as Rizla; this novel apparently culminates in Rune's death when Rizla tricks Count Otto Black into falling into the Bottomless Pit to Hell, Rune thus aging and dying as it is now impossible for Black to come back, this 'severing' their pre-existing connection). External links The Hugo Rune Homepage Fictional characters who use magic Fictional private investigators