Character · Book 5, The Butcher's Masquerade

Prudence

A barmaid of Prepotente Town Number Four hiding her cubs, Randy and Todd, who tells the story of Big Tina's recital and is given the guildhall; her cubs eat ice cream and tell the gnome girl she will burn. Never part of the plan to be saved, she is rescued anyway, and dies on the castle roof protecting two babies. Her Water Ballad is danced without her.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 15 — The kids' menu
• Chapter 44 — The Recital
• Chapter 45 — The sorting yard
• Chapter 46 — Sierra
• Chapter 50 — Uncle Morty's Insta Lawn-Kill
• Chapter 52 — Gehenna Bramble
• Chapter 55 — Save the toraline
• Chapter 63 — Enchanted Hammer of Fast Forward
• Chapter 72 — Cat-nac the Magnificent
• Chapter 73 — Wonderwall, again
• Chapter 74 — All Eyes on Me

Arc

A barmaid hiding her cubs who tells the story of the recital (ch. 44) and is given the guildhall (ch. 45): ice cream for the cubs (ch. 46), a hand on Samantha's hair (ch. 50), asleep on the couch (ch. 63). Never in the plan to be saved, she ends up on the castle roof (ch. 72) and dies protecting two babies (ch. 73); the Water Ballad was hers (ch. 74).