Motif · Book 2, Carl's Doomsday Scenario

The Syndicate

The interstellar government that owns Dungeon Crawler World and licenses seasons to corporations like Borant; the source of the rules, the common language everyone is suddenly speaking, and — according to a first-floor tutorial guide — the seeding of Earth's culture from outside long before the collapse.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 3 — The Over City explained
• Chapter 5 — Boxes at the Pug
• Chapter 7 — The lion's heart
• Chapter 9 — Heather the Bear
• Chapter 17 — GumGum
• Chapter 19 — Danger Zone
• Epilogue — Epilogue: the leaderboard

Progression

Its law requires Earth Hobby Potions (ch. 5); its rules forbid printed people outside a production (ch. 3); its AI referee allows Carl's deal with the producers under strict conditions (ch. 9); its court upholds the Celestial boxes until the veto (epilogue); advocating sedition on its tunnels is a crime (ch. 19).