Destiny Vol 1 1

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"Byzantium"
Cover
Destiny Vol 1 #1
November, 1997
Cover Artists	Kent Williams
Byzantium
Writers	Alisa Kwitney
Pencilers	Kent Williams
Inkers	Kent Williams
Colorists	Kent Williams
Letterers	Todd Klein
Next Issue	Destiny # 2

That is why this Book exists: to carry the knowledge with me, and not inside me.

— Destiny

Destiny #1 is an issue of the series Destiny (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 1997.

Appearing in "Byzantium"

Featured Characters:

• Empress Augustus Theodora (Vertigo Universe) (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
• John/John Ryder/"Pestilence" (Vertigo Universe) (First appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Also as a statue)
• Ruth Knight

Supporting Characters:

• Antonina (Vertigo Universe) (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
• Buzes (Vertigo Universe) (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
• Destiny of the Endless/"The Shadow-Keeper" (Flashback only)
• John Constantine I (Vertigo Universe) (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
• Paladin the Horse (Vertigo Universe) (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)

Antagonists:

• "The Demon-Emperor" (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
  • Emperor Justinian (Vertigo Universe) (Single appearance) (Flashback only) (Possessed)

Other Characters:

• Basil the Stableman (Vertigo Universe) (Single appearance) (Dies in flashback)
• Byzantine Army (Vertigo Universe) (Flashback only)
  • Belisarius (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
• Clarissa Boyle (First appearance)
• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Behind the scenes)
• Ghosts (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Janet Clark (First appearance)
• Julian Boyle (First appearance)
• Martin O'Donnel (First appearance)
• Norman Leberman (First appearance)
• Procopius (Vertigo Universe) (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
• Zombies (In dream sequence only)
  • Ruth Knight's daughter (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Deceased) (In dream sequence only)
  • Ruth Knight's husband (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Deceased) (In dream sequence only)
  • Ruth Knight's parents (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Deceased) (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
  • Ruth Knight's sister (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Deceased) (In dream sequence only)
• Boyles' children (Unnamed) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Boyles' nanny (Unnamed) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Dragons (Mentioned only)
• The Endless (Mentioned only)
  • Death (Mentioned only)
  • Delirium (Mentioned only)
  • Desire (Mentioned only)
  • Despair (Mentioned only)
  • Destruction (Mentioned only)
  • Dream (Morpheus) (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Grimoire Publishers (Vertigo Universe) (Mentioned only)
• Lorcan Cavendish (Vertigo Universe) (Mentioned only)
• Old Gods (Mentioned only)
• Ravi Mukerji (Mentioned only)
• Theodosius (Vertigo Universe) (Mentioned only)
• Unicorns (Mentioned only)
• Albert Camus (Vertigo Universe) (Mentioned only)
• Galen (Vertigo Universe) (Mentioned only)
• Hippocrates (Vertigo Universe) (Mentioned only)
• Emperor Justin II (Vertigo Universe) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Hypertime
  • The Fourth Plague Future (First appearance; unnamed)
    • 2009
      • United States of America
        • Ruth's Barn (First appearance)
        • Ruth's House (First appearance)
        • Boston (Mentioned only)
        • New York City
          • Manhattan (Mentioned only)
    • 1999 (Mentioned only)
    • 2000 (Mentioned only)
      • • New York
          • New York City (Mentioned only)
    • 2002 (Mentioned only)
      • England
        • London (Mentioned only)
      • United States of America
        • New Mexico (Mentioned only)
          • Santa Fe (Mentioned only)
          • Zuni-Cibola National Park (Mentioned only)
• Multiverse (Behind the scenes)
  • The Dreaming
  • Garden of Forking Ways (Flashback only)
  • Vertigo Universe (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
    • 539
      • Byzantium
        • Sacred Palace
          • Palace Dungeons (First appearance)
      • Arabia
      • Rome (Mentioned only)
    • 540
      • Byzantium
        • Sacred Palace
          • Palace Dungeons
        • Hagia Sophia
      • Egypt
        • Alexandria (Mentioned only)
      • Palestine
        • Jerusalem (Mentioned only)
    • 1899 (Mentioned only)
    • 20th Century (Mentioned only)
      • Northern England (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Book of Destiny (Flashback only)
• Destiny Scroll (First appearance)

Vehicles:

• John Ryder's Motorcycle (First appearance)

Events:

• Black Death (Mentioned only)
• Great Plague (Mentioned only)
• Plague of Justinian (Flashback only)

Concepts:

• The Fourth Plague
• Magic
  

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold.
• This story is mainly set in a possible future of the Vertigo Universe where a new Plague has ravaged Earth and has killed almost all humanity.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Destiny series

Links and References

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