Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 22 Reverse/Chapter 1

Characters
By order of appearance:
 * Index Librorum Prohibitorum
 * Misaka Mikoto
 * Shokuhou Misaki
 * Sphynx
 * Riméa
 * Villian
 * Elizard
 * Orsola Aquinas
 * Kanzaki Kaori
 * Holegres Mirates
 * Agnese Sanctis
 * Angelene
 * Lucia
 * Mina Mathers (Reading Thoth 78)
 * Heaven Canceller
 * Kihara Noukan

New Characters

 * 'Kamijou Touma'

Locations

 * United Kingdom
 * Windsor Castle
 * Egypt

Referbacks

 * Shokuhou Misaki's injury at the hands of Coronzon's Aethyr Avatar is referenced and still affecting her.
 * Misaka Mikoto refers to her nightmares of being buried under a pile of lifeless bodies, as well as Misaki's involvement with the 'prototype'.
 * Kamijou Touma's encounter with Misaka Misuzu while she was drunk is referenced with regards to the drunk Orsola Aquinas.

Cultural References

 * was a weaver in Greek Mythology who competed against in a weaving contest and was turned into a spider afterwards.
 * have been associated with, among other creatures. One instance of this is in the , where three valkyries are described as wearing swan garments - a story from which parallels have been drawn to folktales of the , a shapeshifter who changes from human to swan form via a swan skin or swan feather garment.
 * The is a figure associated with the spinning wheel in folklore from Northern England and Lowland Scotland.
 * Riméa refers to the of Arthurian Legends. It supposedly having a rose in its center is referring to the, a table at  once considered the genuine article, and that English king  had repainted with the  in its center.
 * is a type of Japanese yokai. It is a cat that changed into a yokai.