The Trine Trilogy

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What we know about Celest: 

• Born with Albinism. 
• Put into foster care at age five.
• Foster daughter of Theta. 
• Loves vintage fashion, science, Nickola Tesla, french fries.
• Is an ova-lacto vegetarian.
• She had her first kiss(s) at age 18.
• She is one of the three miracle babies born at the Trine commune.
• Her birth mother’s name is Meda.
• She is part of a prophecy told to the members of Trine about the end of days.
• She is being chased by Bertram (a former leader of Trine who now works for the government).
• She is also being chased by the Colonel, the governmental boss of Bertram and head of a secret government program focused on intercepting UAP’s.
• She sees meaning in the 80-year-old quotes from Nikola Tesla. 
• After meeting Tron and Tab, she begins to develop abilities. 

Inside scoop

Where does the name Celest comes from?

It was the name of a little girl that used to eat with her parents at a restaurant I worked at. She was the brightest little star I ever met. 

What we know about Bith:

• Born with Albinism. 
• Put into foster care at age five.
• Foster daughter of Martha.
• Loves Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy. 
• Has seen the worst of the foster care system. 
• Is a great poker player. 
• She is one of the three miracle babies born at the Trine commune. 
• Her birth mother’s name is Mel.
• She is part of a prophecy told to the members of Trine about the end of days. 
• Has the most street smarts of the THREE.
• Gets caught by the Colonel and taken to a secret base.
• Is the first to meet the Shard.
• Learns to harness her “power”, much like “the ghosts”. 

Inside Scoop

• The secret stronghold in the mesa that the Colonel takes her to, is based on the Skinwalker Ranch.
• The Shards are so much more than a prop to help her out of the jam she finds herself in.
• The quotes came after the entire book was done, in an epiphany, and caused a complete rewrite of the book. 
• When originally writing the scene where she finds out that Celest and Tron have been together, I didn’t know if she would come back.

What we know about Tron:

• Born with Albinism. 
• Put into foster care at age five.
• Foster son of Bliss.
• In love with Monica. 
• Has spent his life in a loving home. 
• Is a natural when it comes to kids. 
• Is one of the three miracle babies born at the Trine commune. 
• His birth mother’s name is Prin (who is transgender).
• He is part of a prophecy told to the members of Trine about the end of days. 
• Is not fond of going to the bathroom outdoors. 
• His real first, is his last.  

Inside Scoop

• I had nightmares about the Verg.
• Originally, Persi was going to be a friend. 
• The breathing bars came in a dream to me.
• I love Misha’s speech before the attack on the Verg. 

LAWS AND LORE

The immaculate births.

Celest, Tabitha and Tron were all born to women who could not get pregnant. Meda had complications from her car accident that left her barren, Nel had her tubes tied and Prin is transgender. The births happened after Meda had the Event. The Event was a meditative vision of the Trine symbol followed by the message, “The three will arrive.”  The next morning Nel gave birth to Tabitha, then Meda to Celest and Prin to Tron. Each birth happened two days apart from the other. 

After their birth, hundreds of people came from around the world to see them and many joined the commune. In search of answers and instant fixes for life’s trauma, the newcomers pushed the limits and safety of the Ayahuasca treatments and two people died. These deaths and the attention they received from authorities, forced the three children and their mothers to be separated and put into hiding. 

The Events (Words from beyond): 

• The first Event happened to Meda. The vision of the Trine symbol and the words, “The Three will arrive.”
• The second Event Meda, Prin and Nel experienced. It was the vision of a long black line moving through space and the words, “Watch for a sign in the sky, a traveler to arrive, then the Three will unite and their truth known.” 
• The third Event happened to the Three when they were united on the beach. It said, “Trine is the way, touch is the power, core is the code.” 

What is Trine?

To Celest, Tabitha, Tron and the Nine it is the three truths of life.  The rise, shine and set of the sun, the cycle of life: birth, blaze and death—Tron, Tab and Celest. It became the identity and belief system of the Nine and the commune when the three were born. It was built on the words of the Event. Their symbol is the circle with a dot in the middle with a line above and below it. Trine means three. 

Who are the Nine?

The Nine are what Celest calls the remaining members of the commune. The ones who were around at her birth, who helped hide her and the others and have been waiting for their return. They are Mikka, Netti, Thane, Petal, Mare, Ting, Sag, Rae and Tan. 

Bertram Campbell and the Rip.

Bertram left the commune and started working for the government doing “remote viewing”, spying using meditation. Eventually he was able to communicate with extraterrestrials using altered states of consciousness and even guide them to our planet. This was done in an attempt by the government to down the ships and to pirate them, in hopes of stealing their technology. Although the government didn’t actually acquire many ships, this practice kept the superiors happy while he and his assistant Nevin, worked on his real project. This “real” project was to use meditative states, frequency-altering generators and astral projection to slip into infinite dimensions. He began to poke around into these other dimensions, peaking into them in his altered state gaining insights into the very nature of our universe. But, one day the frequency generators maxed out, amplifying the energy and he disappeared into thin air. Nevin thought he had disintegrated, dissolved into the fabric of time and space, but after a few hours, he reappeared. Stepping back into the lab through a rip in the air.

The Rip.

The rip is a place between dimensions. “The gap. The void. The space between space. Time between time.” 

When the frequency generators maxed out, it opened this rip. Bertram was pulled through it, called in by Oumuamua thinking it was another dimension, not an alien craft. Once onboard the ship, the ship tried to communicate with him and he picked up fragments of its purpose. A purpose he was determined to stop. Stepping back into the void, he saw the Trine symbol and followed it, which lead him back to his lab, where he had jotted the symbol down in his notes years ago.

Bertram learned he needed the Trine symbols to act as a beacon, a way to guide him out of the infinite darkness. He can’t just step out of it anywhere he wants, he needs the symbol to be somewhere in the desired destination. He also learned that the symbols are not pinpoint accurate, they only guide him to the general area of where they are. For him, the rip only allows him to travel between spots on the planet or between our planet and Oumuamua, and the rip only lasts for two minutes each time. It is very unstable, and no explosive weapons can travel through it. Bullets or anything combustible disintegrates when they cross its threshold. It has the same effect on all things from our planet including the human body. It breaks him down a little more every time he passes through the rip. The only way Bertram is able to hunt the Three using it is because of the suit he received from Oumuamua when it sensed his pain. 

 EASTER EGG!

There is a huge Easter egg in Celest, that holds clues to what’s to come in BOY. Hint; it happens in “the Bag” during the conversation with Meda and Petal. It’s a reference to Skyquake. Skyquake is only the sound that accompanies the rip, it is also a movie I made in 2016, that has deep ties to this trilogy and is the first appearance of a ghost…AKA Kasmot!

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THE RED PLANET

This is the home of the Verg. Our masters. Our doom. Its air is unbreathable to humans. It is divided into 6 continents, each home to 2 clans. The only other land mass is the breeding colony on an island in the middle of a poisonous ocean. There are three towers that hold up the dome, one on each continent. The Verg are protected and served by the Kasmot—a hybrid breed of Verg and Human. 

The Black Knight Satellite 

The Black Knight Satellite, the Ghosts ship and the transports on the Red Planet are not ships at all. They are a species from space. Organic “whales” of the galaxy that just like humans, have been enslaved by the Verg. 

THE VERG

The Verg are a massive race of white, rotund creatures that not only created the Kasmot, they created all of humanity. We are their crop. Their food, slaves and entertainment. They are a plague on the galaxy, who know no end to cruelty. 

THE GREYS

They are what we have always been shown as aliens. The tiny men from space, with big eyes and skinny bodies. They are the antithesis to the Verg. They want no control of anything, just want to observe. They are the students of the galaxy.

THE SHARDS

Peaceful, powerful and patient. These light beings are the key to the whole story and light the way to possibly more.