Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 17/Chapter 2

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Kamijou Touma
 * Karasuma Fran
 * Maya
 * Sawai Olivia
 * Kihara Yuiitsu
 * Salome
 * Siren
 * Toyama Luca
 * Mary
 * Aileen
 * Sandy
 * Melon
 * Amy
 * Marine
 * Scala
 * Milcah
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Kongou Mitsuko
 * Heaven Canceller
 * Patricia Birdway
 * Aleister Crowley

New Characters

 * Show Business 'ruler'
 * Tezcatlipoca (actual)

Abilities

 * Legba Atibon-derived age control - Toyama Luca
 * Electromaster, Railgun-variant - Misaka Mikoto, Level 5
 * Pao-Pei - Niang-Niang

New Abilities

 * Enhanced senses - Mary
 * Unknown Esper Ability - Show Business 'ruler'
 * Abracadabra curse-reversal - Aleister Crowley
 * Darbh-Daol - Nuada
 * Planetary-scale artificial ice age spell - Proserpina
 * Spears of light - Tezcatlipoca

Locations

 * Academy City
 * School District 5
 * Academy shelter
 * School District 7
 * School District 7 station plaza
 * Show Business shelter
 * Heaven Canceller's Hospital (Hospital shelter)
 * Windowless Building
 * School District 11
 * 'New World'
 * Academy City
 * Windowless Building

Referbacks

 * The container yard in School District 11 is referenced as the location where Touma fought Thor during the Ichihanaransai.

Cultural References

 * While examining the core of the original Anti-Art Attachment and its magic-disguised-as-science nature, Luca compares it to 's necromancy device, a reference to his spirit phone.
 * While describing the carefree behavior of the Magic Gods, the narrative refers to the Sai no Kawara, a riverbed in the netherworld in Japanese Buddhist mythology, where the deceased souls of children who have died at an early age are tasked with stacking rocks, with demons obstructing their work.