Characters of the Súperiae Saga
The Circle of Twelve by Michael Oehley
Below are the main characters featured in The Circle of Twelve from the planet Óshéanús in the year A.S. 1542.
All characters and images © Michael Oehley 2025
1 – associated with Asú, creator God
Rendarius
Rendarius, of unknown age or origin, is a mysterious hermit of the northern arboreal forests with no awareness of his provenance or how he came to have strange elemental abilities. A nearby turmoil brings him out of hiding and the adventure begins...
2 – Associated with Amasú, goddess of the feminine
Dalúsia Tanó
Dalúsia Tanó, fifteen, is apprenticed to the Chief of Monies in the Crown of Koriólanús, a prosperous tropical mining region. She discovers a web of corruption across the region and decides to take evidence to the Empress at Periapólí – but assassins lurk in the shadows…
3 - Associated with Aareval, the earth god
Jemal Aarem
​Jemal Aarem, fourteen, is a street urchin and orphan dwelling in tropical Koriólí. Owing a debt to wealthy Dalúsia, he seeks an opportunity to repay her the favour that saved his life as a starving six-year-old. When an assassin strikes, he takes his chance.
4 – associated with Valávéar, goddess of the river
Mara Lékús
Mara Lékús, twelve, lives with her sister Nóla in Ríparium, a northern village beset with troubles. When barbarians raid and destroy her village, the two sisters are rescued by a boy with scarcely believable talents. Faithful Mara becomes a true believer at once…
5 – associated with Adasú, god of the masculine
Rámen Pater
​Rámen Pater, thirteen, a talented military cadet from Rúatoria in the mountain state of Jagarúa, is kidnapped by the warlord Teridor Max. Using his pluck and determination, he seeks a way out of captivity, but first must learn to work with others…
6 – associated with Avenatúval, goddess of the winds
Nóla Lékús
Nóla Lékús, fourteen, older sister of Mara, lives in Ríparium, a troubled northern village on the outskirts of the Súperiae Empire. During a night of violence and bloodshed, she loses all she holds dear, except for Mara, and is swept into an adventure she never prepared for.
7 – associated with Óshéaval, god of the oceans
Tólahed Kírion
Tólahed Kírion, fifteen, hails from Belem in the coastal state of Barakí. Eldest child of four, expectations on him are high. In an act of rebellion, he defies curfew to ride his stallion Satara on the beach, with terrible consequences…
8 – associated with Lúnús, goddess of the moons
Livé Libera
Livé Libera, sixteen, is the daughter of a merchant and a prophetess in the coastal city of Tiselúsa. Her abduction by the notorious warlord Teridor Max sets in motion a whirlwind adventure where destiny and self-determination intertwine…
9 – associated with Sólús, god of the sun
Fábian Zemer
​Fábian Zemer, fourteen and twin brother of Elíaz, is the centre of attention wherever he goes. When he plays a prank on the statue of the Empress to impress some girls, his actions are mistaken for treason – landing both brothers in prison.
10 - associated with the Keeper of Days, lord of time
Elíaz Zemer
Elíaz Zemer, fourteen and twin brother of Fábian, lives in his golden brother’s shadow. By comparison, he is dull and uninteresting. But when Fábian’s foolhardy ways inflict death sentences on both boys, Elíaz must unlock his secret hidden ability – a mastery of time…
11 – associated with the first Súperia, male power
Zín Kalum
​Zín Kalum, sixteen, is a recently graduated wall-watcher of Atalan, tasked with the defence of the great coastal trading city. When pirates invade the harbour and the city looks set to fall, Zín pledges to protect Sagamaré and the precious knowledge she must carry across the Empire…
​12 – associated with the second Súperia, female wisdom
Sagamaré Só
Sagamaré Só, seventeen, is Keeper of Light at one of the two lighthouses guarding Atalan’s famous trading harbour and port. When pirates invade the harbour and breach the Rainbow Walls, Sagamaré is tasked with saving the Empire’s most precious knowledge…
13 – associated with the Ev-Énor Queen, quantum magic
En-ya Íris
En-ya Íris, fourteen, hails from the mountain state of Rómave. An unwanted third child, she has endured nothing but rejection her entire life due to her unnatural communion with the quantum level, a sort of strange magic. Captured by a warlord, she discovers friendship and her true self…
Purveyor of secrets and espionage
Tomas Sarik
​Tomas Sarik, fourteen, is an androgynous boy from the capital city, Periapólí. Orphaned early in life, he was adopted by a spy and a teacher, from whom he learned the arts of deception and the importance of knowledge. Skills that come in handy as the Empire falls to her knees…
Undisputed Ruler of the Súperiae Empire
Empress Orora Domina
Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Orora Domina, 186 and in the 139th year of her reign in Periapólí, Capitol of the realm, watches as corruption, infighting, mismanagement, decay and ruin eat away at her once glorious Empire. Her choices will have far-reaching consequences.
Hetina from Hoxomó
Old Hetty
Hetina, known as "Old Hetty", is a refugee from the northern township of Hoxomó, which is abandoned after years of barbarian raids and other blights. She meets the girls Nóla and Mara of Ríparium as they flee their own tribulations, and takes them under her wing. Her kindness and faith helps Mara resolve her own beliefs.
Characters of the Súperiae Saga
The Circle of Twelve by Michael Oehley
Below are the main characters featured in The Circle of Twelve from the starship Súperia in the 948th year after launch
– most of whom also feature in The 4 Powers of Daren Sáner, The Vitality Code, and The Gateway to Earth.
All characters and images © Michael Oehley 2025
1 – associated with Asú, creator God
Daren Sáner
Daren Sáner, aged thirteen in The Circle of Twelve, is the protagonist of the entire Súperiae saga by Michael Oehley. Child of a higher citizen and a clone, Daren was not supposed to be born. His elemental powers also make him unnatural on the starship Súperia. His ability to travel through time and influence the pages of history makes him dangerous to the starship authorities, so he is confined to isolation for a year…
2 – Associated with Amasú, goddess of the feminine
Alana Melinum
​Alana Melinum, fourteen and daughter of the starship’s chief computing officer, is a polymath genius capable of solving nearly any problem or hacking into any system. Her abilities are blunted when she, like her friends, is confined to a prolonged period of isolation and falls into a deep funk.
3 - Associated with Aareval, the earth god
Din Kópiada
Din Kópiada, fourteen, and son of two administrative officers, never wanted to have adventures. After last year’s debacle in the military, he just wants to keep his head down and stay out of trouble. Problem is that his friend Óríoní is determined to join the rebellion against the false Súperia II – and wants to drag Din into the drama.
4 – associated with Valávéar, goddess of the river
Sela Dorávier
Sela Dorávier, thirteen, daughter of a starship councillor and military officer, is Daren Sáner’s best and most loyal friend – or is she? When she emerges from her period of isolation, she takes a different form of rebellion by aligning herself with the false Súperia II, Manix Savagon. What is she playing at? Has she turned against her friends?
5 – associated with Adasú, god of the masculine
Boron Delaxid
Boron Delaxid, fourteen and son of the former Deputy Commander of the Súperia, is Manix Savagon’s bitter and hated rival. He cannot stomach Manix being hailed as the so-called Súperia II, not when he knows the truth about what happened on the Earth mission. Boron seeks to rally his divided friends behind Daren Sáner, the one person Boron believes can unite the starship before it is too late…
6 – associated with Avenatúval, goddess of the winds
Déana Lébé
​Déana Lébé, fifteen, is an apprentice navigation officer on the starship working alongside N.O. Úma Óváy. She joins the quiet resistance against the starship’s corrupt regime, knowing that Manix Savagon is the wrong person to lead them into danger…
7 – associated with Óshéaval, god of the oceans
Rúvé Poros
​Rúvé Poros, fifteen, is a newly generated starship clone and technician. His job for the next 45 years is to maintain starship life support – but the clones around him are disaffected, angry, and ready for an uprising. Rúvé finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time… and earns a death sentence…
8 – associated with Lúnús, goddess of the moons
Óríoní Zamar
Óríoní Zamar, fourteen, one of less than 20 Black people on a starship where darker skin colour has been selected against for centuries, has had enough of inaction and indecisiveness from her friends. She takes matters into her own hands, seeking out the quiet resistance to bring down the regime – now!
9 – associated with Sólús, god of the sun
Garey Láer
Garey Láer, thirteen, is in love with Sela Dorávier and hero-worships Daren Sáner. He wants nothing more than to please them both. So when Sela appears to betray Daren by going over to the side of Manix Savagon, the false Súperia II, Garey is conflicted and bereft. He has to make a choice between doing what is easy - and what is right.
10 - associated with the Keeper of Days, lord of time
Ávion Égel
Ávion Égel, fifteen, is a newly generated clone and engineer on the starship. Like his friend Rúvé, Ávion is condemned to a lifetime of service followed by early termination at age 60. When Rúvé is condemned to die, Ávion makes the brave choice to stand up for his friend, despite the risk to himself.
11 – associated with the first Súperia, male power
Lídar Ámonel
Lídar Ámonel, fifteen, is one of Manix Savagon’s five chosen adherents as the so-called Súperia II. But despite being Manix’s oldest friend, Lídar cannot shake the doubts he has about Manix’s suitability for such a pivotal leadership role. His doubts grow with each bad decision Manix makes – but what to do about it when the penalty for treason is death?
​12 – associated with the second Súperia, female wisdom
Úma Óváy
Úma Óváy, sixteen, is a navigation officer aboard the Súperia and a leader of the quiet resistance against the regime of Súperia II and the Commander. She knows that the starship needs different leadership when they pass through the black hole and re-enter the Sólús stellar system where their home planet Óshéanús lies – but who is that leader?
13 – associated with the Ev-Énor Queen, quantum magic
Síyana Jagáden
Síyana Jagáden, fifteen, is an adherent of Manix Savagon, the so-called Súperia II. Like her friend Lídar, she has several doubts about his suitability for the role. She has seen another, more likely person with incredible talents – but how to change sides without losing her own life?
Acclaimed as "the Súperia II" by starship command
Manix Savagon
​Manix Savagon, fifteen, grandson of the starship’s Commander and Military Commander, returned from last year’s Earth mission a hero – and was acclaimed as the Súperia II. The weight of expectation on his young shoulders is crippling. Hurt, defensive, and afraid – he lashes out and makes terrible mistakes. Will he realise the truth, or will it come too late?
Commander of the Súperia
Commander Asupa Savagon
Commander Savagon is tasked with steering the starship safely back to the home planet Óshéanús in the Sólús stellar system. She has chosen her grandson Manix to lead her people as heir to the iconic Súperia – but was this the correct decision? Has her love for power and for her grandson blinded her to some hard truths? Rebellions simmer on the starship as the Commander struggles to remain in control.
Master computer of the Súperia
Sir Asútab
Sir Asútab, master computer of the Súperia, has had 948 years to advance his incredible artificial intelligence. Better than any living person, he understands the peril the starship is in as it returns home to hostile enemies armed with powers beyond their imagination. Only one calculation gives the starship a better than 50% chance of surviving – but will the humans listen to his advice before it is too late?
Father of Daren Sáner
Technician Rasak Ríper
Technician Rasak Ríper is a starship clone, and father of Daren Sáner – a child he was never meant to have. He works in the Fusion Generation Tower but is aware of a rebellion stirring among the clones against the starship’s higher citizens. His priority is Daren’s safety and wellbeing, because he knows that his son may be the starship’s last, best hope…
Mother of Daren Sáner
Spiritual Advisor Anasha Sáner
​Spiritual Advisor Anasha Sáner is Daren’s mother and one of the few higher citizens who understands her son’s potential – but her position is weak. How to navigate the starship’s fraught politics in a time when the word treason is thrown about recklessly, and death sentences are handed down for trivial offences. Her one motto is – keep Daren safe. But a parent cannot shield their child forever…
Characters of the Súperiae Saga
The Gateway to Earth by Michael Oehley
Below are the main characters featured in The Gateway to Earth from the city of Atalan on the planet Óshéanús in the year A.S. 1107.
All characters and images © Michael Oehley 2025
Apprentice to the High Alchemist of Atalan
Dar
Dar, twelve years old in The Gateway to Earth, is the sole apprentice to the High Alchemist of Atalan in the year A.S. 1107, tasked with learning the great secret of how to open the Gateway of Atalan. The Gateway leads to the fabled inter-world city of New Atalan, known to her residents as Atalan-tis. Dar is given the rare treat of visiting New Atalan, where he spots the most beautiful girl he has ever seen...
High Alchemist of Atalan
Master Kaz
Master Kaz is the High Alchemist of Atalan, the most learned scholar in the noble scientific art of alchemy and mentor to his apprentice Dar. He has been battling indigestion and other health issues lately, so he decides to reveal the secret of the Gateway of Atalan - a unique portal to another world, first opened a century earlier by the first High Alchemist - to Dar before it is too late and the mystery is lost.
Resident of Atalan-tis
Kasiópé
Kasiópé has joined her father on his travels through the Gateway of Atalan from her home world to the great trading port of Atalan on Óshéanús. On their return journey, her place in the queue is taken by a rude apprentice alchemist. He gets on her nerves and her annoyance only increases when he starts following her around New Atalan. Why won't he just go away?
Apprentice to the High Detonator of Atalan
Fer
Fer, fourteen years' old, is the older of the two apprentices to the deaf High Detonator of Atalan. He is tasked with learning the scientific art of detonation, which involves using explosives for the people's entertainment. His best friend is Dar, apprentice to the High Alchemist, and he loves nothing more than to tease the younger boy - whom he regards as akin to a brother.
Apprentice to the High Detonator of Atalan
Kish
Kish, nine years' old, is the younger of the two apprentices at the Detonation Tower. He is an unlikely choice of apprentice for the scientific art of detonation - his elemental power is mastery of fire. Kish is something of a pyromaniac - he loves setting anything and everything aflame. Chaos regularly ensues...
Characters of the Súperiae Saga
The Vitality Code by Michael Oehley
Below are the main characters featured in The Vitality Code from the planet Óshéanús in the year A.S. 475.
All characters and images © Michael Oehley 2025
Orphan of Fenidor with four elemental powers
Adarenas
Adarenas is the protagonist in The Vitality Code during Daren Sáner’s past life on Óshéanús in A.S. 475. An orphan in the coastal town of Fenidor when the Súperiae Empire stands on the brink of war, he is called to the Stones of Time where an ancient Rúmerian prophecy tells him of "eight to stand at western wall, eight to halt the Empire's fall". It is up to Adarenas and his friends to figure out the mystery of the rune poem...
Orphan of Fenidor
Zúmenos
Zúmenos is an orphan at Madam Mater's Orphanage in Fenidor, where he jostles with Adarenas for leadership among the other orphan boys. Hurt by childhood abuse from violent parents, he frequently lashes out at the world in anger. But inside Zúmenos lies a good heart and a streak of valiant courage. He just needs to be given the opportunity to prove himself worthy of love and self-worth...
Orphan of Fenidor
Lédok
Lédok, like his friends Adarenas, Zúmenos and Axéy, lives at Madam Mater's Orphanage in Fenidor. Tragically, he was thrown out of a window by an older orphan at the age of three, sustaining permanent brain damage from a head injury. But despite his limitations, Lédok frequently proves his worth through his mastery of air-fire and his loyalty to friends.
Orphan of Fenidor
Axéy
Axéy is the smallest and weakest orphan among his friends at Madam Mater's Orphanage in medieval Fenidor. Constantly sick with a variety of poxes, ailments, and plagues, Axéy nevertheless approaches life with a positive, optimistic cheer. When he meets Garey-from-the-future on his adventures with Adarenas, they instantly become bonded as best friends forever.
Apprentice to the Witch Mage
Seladora
Seladora was kidnapped by child slave traders beyond the western mountains as a young child and sold to the Witch Mage at the Stones of Time, where she has served as an apprentice / servant ever since. She longs for an escape - so when she meets the mysterious orphan Adarenas with unusual elemental powers, she chooses to help him read the rune prophecy - setting in motion events she could never have imagined...
Squire in training at Fenidor military camp
Aboroníad
Aboroníad is an apprentice squire training to join the mighty Súperiae Army as the Empire gears up to fight their mortal enemies, the Ev-Énor Empire. He struggles with self-doubt and fear of the unknown, leading his warrior-maker to label him a coward. When the strange orphan with the four powers from Fenidor embarrasses him, he is cast out of military training and shamed. But Aboroníad is destined for greatness...
The Ev-Énor Queen
as featured in The Vitality Code by Michael Oehley
Below are images of the Ev-Énor Queen featured in The Vitality Code from the planet Óshéanús in the year A.S. 475.
All characters and images © Michael Oehley 2025
The Ev-Énor Queen is the principal antagonist of the Súperiae Saga. She features near the end of The Vitality Code in an epic showdown with our protagonist, Adarenas. She possesses his friend Seladora and undergoes seven transformations in an attempt to frighten, intimidate, coerce, or bully Adarenas into giving in to her will. The sixth transformation is not shown below - she takes the form of Seladora herself and attempts to trick Adarenas into listening to his friend.
1st transformation
Witch under water
2nd transformation
Mocking madam
3rd transformation
Seductive temptress
4th transformation
Enraged demon
5th transformation
Scheming trickster
Final transformation
Immortal Ev-Énor Queen
Characters of the Súperiae Saga
The 4 Powers of Daren Sáner by Michael Oehley
Below are the main characters featured in The 4 Powers of Daren Sáner from the planet Óshéanús in the year A.S. 225.
All characters and images © Michael Oehley 2025
The Forbidden Child of Periapólí
Daren Saredes
Daren Saredes grew up impoverished as a lowly earth-water peasant in the Platform Quarter of Periapólí, the great Capitol of the mighty Súperiae Empire. His mother is the earth-water peasant Aróma Saredes. At the age of ten, he discovers that he has four elemental powers - earth, water, fire and air - suggesting that his father must be a high-ranking air-fire Priest. He is the legendary Forbidden Child, prophesied to bring either change or disaster (or both) to the world...
Air-earth child of Periapólí
Kara Módez
Ten-year-old Kara Módez is the daughter of a famous spy in Periapólí, Capitol of the Empire. She gets caught up in an unexpected adventure when a crowd of angry peasants attempts to murder the "Forbidden Child" on the waterfront. She falls into the water with the boy Daren Saredes, is rescued by sailors, and swept away on an unforgettable journey. She must choose whether to befriend the strange and powerful boy who disrupted her ordered existence, a choice that will define the rest of her life...
Cabin boy aboard the Akawe Lítúsiae
Konían
Konían is a cabin boy aboard the Akawe Lítúsiae. The ship rescues a boy and a girl from a rioting crowd in the Capitol, but none of the sailors guess how important these two children are. Konían takes an instant liking to the girl Kara, but jealousy and fear fuels his dislike for the boy with the four powers, Daren Saredes. Will Daren win Konían's friendship, or will their enmity lead to an act of treachery?
Captain of the Akawe Lítúsiae
Captain Lítus
​Captain Lítus is the captain of the Akawe Lítúsiae, one of the fastest sailing vessels in the southern seas. He operates by a strict seafarer’s code, so when two children fall into the Maxes River from Periapólí’s Platform Quarter during an apparent riot, he rescues them. But the boy has four powers, marking him as dangerous in a fragile world. Captain Lítus sails for aÍla Domor with secret intentions for the boy and to repay a debt he owes…
Lookout aboard the Akawe Lítúsiae
Hawk-Eye
Hawk-Eye is an experienced old sailor who keeps lookout from atop the Seahawk's Nest on the Akawe Lítúsiae. He is loyal to ​Captain Lítus; so when mutineers attempt to kill the rescued boy Daren Saredes, he steps in to save the boy's life. Daren strikes up a friendship with the old man, but he is later forced to choose between his loyalty to his skipper and his affection for the boy...
Founder of the Empire
Súperia the Magnificent
Súperia the Magnificent, founder of his eponymous Empire in the year A.S. 0, is a mythological figure referred to frequently in the histories. The Súperia is rumoured to appear at times of conflict and decay in the Empire, when ordered civil society breaks down. He is said to appear as a young person with white hair and blue eyes; and he rallies the support of other youth who are inspired to deliver change to a troubled world. These followers are called the Circle of Twelve.