- Start of the last three pages of the Hope arc. His connection to Ragnarok is revealed on the last of those three pages.

(Additional references below, also found in the commentary of the first page referenced above.)

I am sooo glad past me bothered to put all those references together, because CURRENT me was NOT going to be anywhere NEAR that thorough before realizing that past dork already took care of it. HA!

I mean... That saved me some time. I definitely would have been that thorough. Yes.

First glimpse of Saou that is actually Saou

I debated having the first showing of Saou be that understated, but I decided I cared more about everyone knowing what he actually looks like. Future me will thank me for that (or be a jerk who calls me a dork, I guess we'll see).

Potestas, meanwhile, is NOT being shown, which I'm sure is nothing to worry about. Also, I've decided shortening his name to "Po" is a convenient thing that happens.

Name Dropping

Perhaps it's a bit contrived, but I figured Voltaire listing their names as a pretense to mock them before hyping up his own pedigree was the best way to sneak them in there.

It might have been like trying to sneak somewhere in steel-toed boots while wearing a bell, but it got the job done.

Mist Ref

- Mist and pals running through a forest in Balance
- Mist's leader, Saou, giving the ending narration of Balance (also a cat following Sarah that was probably Hope)
- Mist and pals up to... Maybe neutralness? In Layers
- Mist wants a skateboard (still Layers)
- Mist with a bad dream-related idea resulting in the "do I know you" phenomenon
- Mist wanting to do something good for this side of the world

Voltaire Ref

- Technically Voltaire's first appearance (not clearly seen)
- Showing up at the mall
- Making use of a detective to manipulate Sirleck
- Showing up in Tedd's basement
- Eavesdropping on Tedd learning that magic will most likely change
- Contemplating his schemes in Sister 3
- Primary scheme not really successful, but he'll work with it
- Making his case to change immortal law (successfully, as we find out)