Severance Universe
Characters
The severed floor, the managers, and the Eagans, their role, current status, and the innie/outie split.
People of Lumon
Alive
Protagonist
Mark Scout
MDR refiner (innie) · outie widower
Alive
Ambiguous
Helena Eagan
Lumon heir · Helly R. (innie)
Alive
Key
Irving Bailiff
MDR refiner · outie investigator
Alive
Key
Dylan George
MDR refiner
Alive
Ambiguous
Harmony Cobel
Former severed-floor manager
Alive
Ambiguous
Seth Milchick
Severed-floor manager
Alive
Key
Gemma Scout
Ms. Casey · Mark’s wife
Alive
Supporting
Burt Goodman
Optics & Design (retired)
Alive
Supporting
Miss Huang
Deputy manager
Alive
Supporting
Dr. Mauer
Testing-floor doctor
Deceased
Antagonist
Mr. Drummond
Lumon security
Alive
Supporting
Felicia
MDR (former)
Alive
Supporting
Devon Scout-Hale
Mark’s sister
Alive
Supporting
Ricken Hale
Author · Devon’s husband
Deceased
Key
Petey Kilmer
Reintegrated ex-refiner
Alive
Key
Reghabi
Reintegration surgeon
Deceased
Ambiguous
Kier Eagan
Lumon founder (1841-1939)
Alive
Antagonist
Jame Eagan
Lumon CEO · Helena’s father
Alive
Supporting
Natalie Kalen
Board spokesperson
Systems & mechanics
TS
System
The Severance Procedure
Lumon's brain implant that splits a person into an "innie" (work self) and "outie" (home self).
MR
System
Macrodata Refinement
Mark's department: sorting "scary" numbers into bins, work that is deliberately mysterious.
TN
System
The Numbers
The macrodata itself, clusters that make refiners feel dread, and are "the building blocks of a mind".
TF
System
The Four Tempers
Kier's model of the soul, Woe, Frolic, Dread, Malice, the four bins MDR sorts numbers into.
TO
System
The Overtime Contingency
A Lumon override that switches an innie on in the outside world, the S1 finale's weapon.
CH
System
Cold Harbor
Gemma's final testing-floor file, Lumon's proof that severance can cut a person off from any pain.
RE
System
Reintegration
The illegal, dangerous reversal of severance, merging innie and outie back into one mind.
MN
System
Mammalians Nurturable
Lumon's secret goat department, animals reared for a ritual tied to Cold Harbor.