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.