Motif · Book 4, The Gate of the Feral Gods

The bestiary

The system's » This is a… cards — a Kua-Tin, a Safe Zone, a Non-Combatant NPC, a Dungeon Admin, a pet-class mob — and the Crawler # dossiers it prints for people: the dungeon naming what a thing is, in the AI's voice.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 2 — The Wasteland through a telescope
• Chapter 6 — City hall
• Chapter 9 — Ruckus
• Chapter 14 — Maggie
• Chapter 20 — Gwendolyn Duet
• Chapter 22 — Mrs. Ghazi
• Chapter 27 — Leatherface
• Chapter 29 — Where the Red God Glows
• Chapter 30 — Get Orthrus
• Chapter 31 — Emberus, summoned
• Chapter 34 — Seeding the pond

Progression

Minions — 'a bereft Minion of Shamus Chaindrive', 'a minion of Psamathe', 'a minion of Lusca', 'a bereft pet of Geyrun' (ch. 9, ch. 22, ch. 27, ch. 29); 'This is a world quest! All living crawlers on the fifth floor will receive this message!' (ch. 30); 'a locked god. There will be no sponsors of this deity this season' (ch. 31). Dossiers: #4,778,551 'Low Thi' (ch. 6); #324,116 'Chris Andrews 2' (ch. 14); #1,293,776 'Gwendolyn Duet' (ch. 20).