Motif · Book 5, The Butcher's Masquerade

The Dream

The dream elves' faction: Louis circled through the paper for a joke about a matriarch's photograph, Battleship over Point Mongo, an accountant caught, and a Faction Wars vote that might change. A powerful, galaxy-spanning group of elves with a stake in the ninth floor's Faction Wars.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 15 — The kids' menu
• Chapter 20 — Viva la revolución
• Chapter 22 — Samantha, open wide
• Chapter 24 — The rock chucker
• Chapter 25 — Fort Freedom
• Chapter 33 — Crawling Through the Ages
• Chapter 35 — Ballroom Blitz
• Chapter 38 — Edict
• Chapter 51 — The howdah
• Chapter 73 — Wonderwall, again
• Chapter 77 — The mask

Progression

A powerful, galaxy-spanning group of elves with a stake in the ninth floor's faction wars, whose leader's mother, Epitome Noflex, is in a photograph in Carl's inventory; on the hunters' divided map their area holds Point Mongo, and Louis is circled through the paper (ch. 15). Pale Dream elves attack the Ursine (ch. 20); Akland, a moon elf artillery specialist, plays Battleship over Point Mongo and, caught, says he is just an accountant (ch. 22); Bamboozeled (ch. 24); at the end, a mother's honour and a vote that might change (ch. 77).