Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 07/Prologue

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Misaka 10032
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Index Librorum Prohibitorum
 * Sphynx
 * Kumokawa Seria
 * Othinus
 * Aradia

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 11
 * East Gate

Trivia

 * Besides Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko, the figures of the Tokiwadai Dorm Supervisor and Shokuhou Misaki are also featured in the fictional PR drama (a relatively unrealistic and largely made-up battle drama, likely meant for foreign viewers and possibly intended to draw attention away from the truth of the city's former dark side research), as the "ultra-violent Dorm Manager Sage" and the "mysterious Masked Blonde Brainwashing Queen".
 * Although the concept of a Personal Therion seems to have been made up for the New Year's PR drama's fictional story, the idea of a material embodiment of an ability bears some similarities to the other Kamijou Touma (manifested a couple of weeks earlier in December).

Referbacks

 * A cold Misaka 10032 recalls and expresses a wish for the warm Russian hat which Misaka 10777 wore during World War III.

Cultural References

 * The PR drama's story uses the idea of a material embodiment of an esper's ability and heart, a "beast" (「獣」) grown from within after being injected from without, called a Personal Therion (パーソナルセリオン). The term, derived from the Greek for "beast", is the name of a notable figure within the system of Thelema developed by Aleister Crowley, mentioned in the Book of the Law.
 * The Thelemic figure Therion is considered to be partially derived from from the, whom Crowley identified with (occasionally referring to himself as “Master Therion” as well as "Beast 666"), and a female counterpart to the Scarlet Woman  (similarly partially derived from ).