Holy Wayne's Hugs

Lore & Background

Holy Wayne's Hugs were a central practice of a New Age movement that Tom Garvey stumbled across with a fraternity brother after they revealed the fallacy of their fraternity's hero. Tom became wholly invested in the movement and climbed the ranks, traveling the country and cutting off almost all contact with his family. In San Francisco, the movement took on cultish overtones that unnerve Tom. He remains faithful to Holy Wayne, the group's leader, but is marginalized after questioning some new aspects of the group. It is discovered that Holy Wayne has "spiritually married" various underage Asian girls.

In Their Own Story

Tom Garvey, the older of the two Garvey children, had been away at college during the event. He returned home after all the schools shut down in the aftermath, and drank every night at a bar. School resumed, and Tom joined a fraternity which somewhat deified one of their disappeared brothers. He became uninterested in school. One of his fraternity brothers revealed the fallacy of their fraternity's hero, and together they stumbled across a New Age movement in which a man claimed he could absorb the pain of others through hugs. Tom became wholly invested in the movement and climbed the ranks, traveling the country and cutting off almost all contact with his family. In San Francisco, the movement took on cultish overtones that unnerve Tom. He remains faithful to Holy Wayne, the group's leader, but is marginalized after questioning some new aspects of the group. It is discovered that Holy Wayne has "spiritually married" various underage Asian girls.

Reader's Guide

Holy Wayne's Hugs first appear as a practice within a New Age movement that Tom Garvey discovers with a fraternity brother. The movement claims the man can absorb the pain of others through hugs. Tom becomes wholly invested, climbing the ranks and traveling the country, cutting off almost all contact with his family. The movement takes on cultish overtones in San Francisco, unnerving Tom. He remains faithful to Holy Wayne but is marginalized after questioning new aspects of the group. It is discovered that Holy Wayne has "spiritually married" various underage Asian girls.

Did You Know?

• Tom Garvey discovered Holy Wayne's movement after a fraternity brother revealed the fallacy of their fraternity's deified disappeared brother.
• Tom became wholly invested in the movement, climbing the ranks and traveling the country, cutting off almost all contact with his family.
• In San Francisco, the movement took on cultish overtones that unnerved Tom, though he remained faithful to Holy Wayne.
• Holy Wayne was discovered to have 'spiritually married' various underage Asian girls.
• Tom was marginalized after questioning some new aspects of the group.