Plot
John realizes he has developed this new Legacy when he is able to save Sarah and Ella from near-death by closing their wounds.
What is healing?
He is the main protagonist of the series and possesses the Lumen Legacy, which allows him to emit light and control fire.
Who is John Smith (Number Four)?
He is Number Four’s best friend who was left behind in a Mogadorian base and is later used by Setrákus Ra in a deceptive vision.
Who is Sam Goode?
This major theme is explored through Number Eight’s backstory, where his Cêpan Reynolds was turned in to the Mogadorians by a human woman named Lola.
What is betrayal?
To test the strength of the newcomers, Number Eight uses his shape-shifting Legacy to manifest as these three Hindu entities for them to battle.
What are avatars?
On the roof of the John Hancock Center, Nine hangs John over the ledge to force him to admit he is not this powerful Loric Elder.
Who is Pittacus Lore?
He is the member of the Garde hiding in the Himalayas who is worshipped by a local rebel group as the reincarnated god Vishnu.
Who is Number Eight?
This human girl is found imprisoned and drugged in a secret government base in New Mexico.
Who is Sarah Hart?
This theme is shown through Agent Walker and the U.S. government, who collaborate with the Mogadorians in exchange for advanced alien weapons and rare materials like iridium.
What is greed or moral corruption?
These glowing blue stones are found at ancient Loric sites around the globe and serve as anchors that allow the Garde to teleport across the Earth.
What is Loralite?
While hiding in Chicago, John and Nine use this high-tech device from Malcolm Goode's well to track the locations of all seven surviving Garde members on a map of Earth.
What is the Loric tablet?
This powerful warrior and survivor of a Mogadorian prison can control the weather and turn invisible.
Who is Number Six?
He leads the group to India to find Number Eight but is later killed during a Mogadorian attack on a Loric cave.
Who is Crayton?
The prophecy predicting Eight's death and Marina's fight to save his life after being impaled by Setrákus Ra represents this theme.
What is fate vs choice?
This is the specific Loric name for a person, like Number Ten (Ella), who is born with the rare Legacy to shift their physical age back and forth.
What is an Aeternus?
After a teleportation accident, Number Six is captured by the FBI and finds herself imprisoned in a secret underground base located in this U.S. state.
Where is New Mexico?
This character often feels "behind" or weak because her Cêpan, Adelina, refused to train her, highlighting the theme of suppressed identity.
Who is Marina (Number Seven)?
This high-ranking red-haired FBI agent captures John and Nine in West Virginia and is later seen working directly with the Mogadorians at Dulce Base.
Who is Special Agent Walker?
The book emphasizes this theme when the Garde finally meet in New Mexico, realizing they are much stronger when they fight as a group rather than alone.
What is unity or community?
This smooth yellow stone found in Loric Chests is an Inheritance item used to temporarily transfer Legacies between individuals.
What is a Xitharis rock?
This is the specific name of the secret underground government facility where the Mogadorians and the U.S. government are hiding the Loric spaceships.
What is Dulce Base?
Besides their unique Legacies, every member of the Garde possesses this basic power.
What is telekinesis?
He was Number Nine’s Cêpan who set up a high-tech safe house in a Chicago skyscraper but was eventually betrayed and killed.
Who is Sandor?
Number Six emphasizes this theme when she declares that she is no longer a "meek young girl" but has become a "soldier" and a "warrior".
What is loss of innocence or coming of age?
This specific Inheritance item uses a set of seven orbs representing Lorien’s solar system to transform into a glowing, 3D map of Earth that tracks the locations of the other Garde.
What is a macrocosm?