Hugo Rune - Known Relatives

Known Relatives

Throughout the books, Rune has been recorded as having at least two children- Cornelius Murphy, the hero of the Cornelius Murphy Trilogy, who rescues Rune from the 'Forbidden Zones' and helps to defeat the secret rulers of the world, and the Campbell, the villain in "The Book of Ultimate Truths" and the grandson of the secret king of the world, who was conceived as a result of Rune's attempts to become a prince only for him to be killed at the conclusion of the novel-, although his active sexual lifestyle would suggest the possibility that there are other children out there. In "The Witches of Chiswick" he summoned his descendents from the 25th century, Will Starling and Tim McGregor, into the Victorian Age, but exactly how they are related to Rune was never expressly stated.

The fate of Rune's parents and other immediate ancestors and siblings, if he has any, are unknown; the only even vague references to his upbringing to date include his comment that his father was in the brewery trade, and even that was later proven to be false, and another claim that he comes from a Highlander background with his ancestors among the Rankins (Which, while still questionable, is slightly more plausible when Rankin's decision to set Biblical events in Britain is taken into account). In "The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived", having learned the secret of perpetual reincarnation- allowing himself to be reborn over and over again on his original birth date, retaining all his memories of his previous life-, Rune arranged for his soul to be reborn as quintuplets, thus giving himself four identical brothers. Unfortunately, these four brothers all went evil, masterminding a plot to destroy all but a small percentage of the human race before they were defeated by Cornelius Murphy, leaving only the original Rune (Who had long since abandoned his other selves in pursuit of matters that would benefit mankind as a whole).