Reference · Book 1, Dungeon Crawler Carl

The US Coast Guard

Real service in which Carl served as an MK aboard the cutter Stratton; the source of his fitness, his tolerance for cramped racks, the tactical boots the Maestro buys him, and the last game of Dungeons and Dragons he played before this one.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 1 — The transformation
• Chapter 2 — The staircase
• Chapter 10 — 4,148,111
• Chapter 41 — People buckets

Arc

Carl did a stint in the Coast Guard (ch. 1), mostly aboard a cutter as an MK, a technician (ch. 2): cutter racks (ch. 10), a last D&D campaign aboard the USCGC Stratton (ch. 41). The Maestro's gift of Bates zip-up tactical boots is exactly the pair he wore on duty (ch. 43).