Motif · Book 5, The Butcher's Masquerade

Loot boxes

Bronze, silver, gold, platinum and legendary boxes awarded for achievements — mostly torches, potions and pet biscuits, occasionally a Nightgaunt Cloak, a war gauntlet or a pair of enchanted boxer shorts. Odette says it plainly: the boxes are not random, and complaining about pants is why there are no pants.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 3 — Quasar
• Chapter 6 — Miriam, Pony and Bianca
• Chapter 8 — The Night Wyrm's web
• Chapter 24 — The rock chucker
• Chapter 36 — Swole
• Chapter 49 — Kiwi
• Chapter 51 — The howdah
• Chapter 55 — Save the toraline

Progression

Thirty-four Hunter-Killer Boxes opened in a row (ch. 8); Emberus's first boon is a dud, plus fifty per cent to fire spells Carl does not have (ch. 24); the Apostate Box is a tattoo, and an achievement is its own reward because the boss box was already given (ch. 36); a goat wastes an emergency benefactor box in the open (ch. 49); an Odious Creeper's boss box gives satchel bombs (ch. 55); benefactor boxes to other crawlers that hold gifts meant for Donut, all the Apothecary's but Katia's (ch. 57, ch. 63).