Character · Book 2, Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Manasa
A famed naga singer, cobra-headed, her latest single ranked eighth in the universe — and a Valtay contract: the real Manasa died long ago and a worm drives her body. She swaps production trailers with Carl and Donut so they can shower, and dies by Prince Stalwart's pulse in their place. Her last performance is played a cappella to a silent studio.
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A naga soprano driven by a Valtay worm (ch. 19); trades trailers with two crawlers who need a shower and is vaporised by the Skull Empire's pulse in their place. Her friend's grief and Ripper's fury are the book's clearest picture of what a crawler's death is worth to the audience — 'Now you're outraged?' (ch. 19, ch. 20).