The Index

Every character of the Potatuhs universe, numbered.

Ch. 1

Odie O'Dool

The Potato

Both a potato and a fool, soaked in drool — he dreamt of jewels. The nightshade chained to a peg, who breaks his chain and walks the Shack, the Well, and the S.S. Dream.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · I. The Awakening

Ch. 2

Ohm the Boo

The Ghost Dog

A Boo who consumed the sky and was whisked into Odie's mind. Once Odie's dog in life, now the ghost at his side, tethered by an elastic cord.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · I, VIII, X

Ch. 3

Sally

The Bovine Queen · Matriarch

Seated in a throne room between the heavens and the clouds. She dips the phoenix feather I in a mystical inkwell and watches Odie from the moon.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · I, Sally's Throne

Ch. 4

The Seraph C

The Cinderous Singer

Serenaded a cinderous forest until the cindered timber rerendered and flourished. Song as re-creation.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · II. The Seraph and the Forest

Ch. 5

Elumo

The Smoke

Traveled solely via smoke. Departed a flame by the Spirit of the Wind; delivered Odie a golden grain of sand that became the Prophecy O.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · III, The Wedding

Ch. 6

Eluma

The Mist

The sultry form who rose from the dew of Odie's running. Bride of Elumo — clothed in gold, blue and white.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · The Wedding

Ch. 7

Ida

The Morning Glory

With her beloved Nightshade Orie, released Odie from purgatory at the climax of their story.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · IV. The Morning Glory

Ch. 8

Nightshade Orie

Beloved of Ida

Bound to Ida. Together they end the purgatory, and together their story climaxes in freedom.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · IV. The Morning Glory

Ch. 9

The Blue Morphos

A Thousand Wings

1000 Blue Morphos, whose wings were laced with signs, emerged from a single chrysalis above Odie's innermost eye.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · V. The Blue Morphos

Ch. 10

Divine

The Liana Vines

Surfaced from the waters in the sky. Left hand seeking Wrath, right hand to be Kind. As Divine basked in the Light, Divine divided and multiplied.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · VI. Divine

Ch. 11

Gale

The Tea Tree Frog · Deacon of the Wind

Beyond any conceivable path or trail, a solemn tea tree frog inhaled. Priestess of the wind, author of the Prophecy O, wearer of the amethyst necklace.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · VII, The Wedding

Ch. 12

Pepe The Skipper

Sally's Bull · Pilot of the S.S. Dream

Ushers deceased spirits into his ride, granting sprites reprieve. Steers the S.S. Dream from steamboat to golden train dripping sand.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · Pepe The Skipper

Ch. 13

The Prophecy O

The Scroll · The Messenger

A golden grain of sand that unrolls into a scroll. An I within an O, that becomes a T, then an A. Finicky in the wind, hierophant of light.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · The Prophecy O

Ch. 14

Belle

The Young Calf

Rescued from the Well on a brim-stone chariot. Taken by the Lion — and returned, vegan and alive, deeper in the forest.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · The Rescue, Belle

Ch. 15

The Lion

The Golden Ghost

Three canines on display, one lion tooth gone. Ushered aboard the S.S. Dream by Odie — later, alive and vegan, Belle's pal in the forest.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · The Lion's Ghost, The Swamp

Ch. 16

Jodie

Slave of the Empress

Carried by two nimbus clouds to a field of rye. Distributes Sally's milk with a sapphire amulet; slipped a forget-me serum to buy her freedom.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · Jodie and Judas

Ch. 17

Judas

The Liana Vine · Once a Hornet

Met Jodie in the forest. Brews hibiscus honey meed in a ravine. Carries a hornet's memory beneath the vine.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · Jodie and Judas

Ch. 18

The Pookas

Sally's Left Hand

In control if they behave as her left hand. Sat on both sides of the aisle with darkness in their hearts and devious smiles. One snatched Gale's necklace.

THE_ODIE_TREE.md · Sally's Milk, The Wedding

Ch. 19

The Moon

The Silver Witness

From whose face Sally watches. Keeper of the tides of sleep, of reflection and return. Her story waits to be told.

Cosmic · forthcoming

Ch. 20

The Sun

The Supernal Ohr

The unrelenting heat that crisps Odie's skin and the light that supports his journey. The rays Odie'd never felt before. Her story waits to be told.

Cosmic · forthcoming

Ch. 21

The Clouds

The Carriers

Two nimbus clouds who bore Jodie to the field of rye. The veil between the throne and the Earth below. Their story waits to be told.

Cosmic · forthcoming

Ch. 22

The Earth

The Sod

The sod Odie plops into to think. The ground he digs through, absorbs fluid from, and roots himself within. Her story waits to be told.

Cosmic · forthcoming

More characters emerge as the lore unfolds.