activist and mother to Percy Shelley's children. She appears more grounded in reality than her somewhat fleeting mate. She is seen receiving an apple from, and discussing with, the Blind Chessplayer. Percy Shelley – A Romantic poet, atheist, radical, and vegetarian seen having a discussion with Lord Byron in Venice, Italy in 1819. Shelley explains that he intends for his writings to act as a map that will help guide the world to a day when all "men and women will be equal and free from tyranny, free of God and fear." Lord Byron – A Romantic poet, atheist, radical, and "club-footed sodomite" seen having a discussion with Percy Shelley in Venice, Italy in 1819. Although a member of the Invisible College like Shelley, Byron is much more pessimistic about the likelihood of creating a utopian society, believing that "men are like sheep and will obey anyone who kicks their arses hard enough." The Outer Church The Outer Church exists in the "unhealthy" universe, where conformity and hierarchy consume individuality and free will. The demon-like Archons of the Outer Church wish to enslave humanity and rob them of everything that cannot be measured, weighed and counted. The Outer Church's representatives on Earth are politicians, policemen, royalty and other representatives of control and order. They run the secret conspiracies that attempt to keep all of humanity docile and malleable. King Archon/Abbadon/Rex Mundi – The ruler of the Archons. It is the plan of Sir Miles and other human servitors of the Outer Church to bring him to our world through the coronation of the Moonchild – after which he is to possess the body of the Moonchild and thereby take direct and total control over all life on Earth. Never shown, and perhaps actually non-existent. The attempted possession of Dane McGowan by the entity seems to have no effect at all – although Dane claims he "ate it". King-of-All-Tears – This Archon is a vaguely humanoid figure standing over seven feet tall and wearing flowing dark-green robes. His face is reminiscent of a black, fanged and horned equine-like skull with a long vertebrae-like protuberance on the top of his head. Two curved white horns jut up from his shoulders. His fingers appear as either a cluster of tentacles or long talons. When preparing for battle, he emits a howl "summoning his weapons—his cloak of inks, his neuroworm larvae and nanofactories." It