Motif · Book 6, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

Faction Wars

The ninth floor's war, named by Prince Maestro on his own show: nine factions, the Skull Clan victorious six times in the last ten, the Blood Sultanate almost always the first eliminated, and a War Leader's seat the prince intends to take.

Segment appearances

Prologue — Prologue
Chapter 3 — The Scavenger's Daughter
Chapter 7 — Duendes
Chapter 12 — Shadow Boxer
Chapter 17 — Two goddesses
Chapter 19 — What's in the box
Chapter 20 — Ruby
Chapter 21 — The warlords' table
Chapter 26 — MaeMae
Chapter 29 — Der Schachmeister
Chapter 34 — Family business
Chapter 35 — Emergency action items
Chapter 46 — The Reminiscence Hydra
Chapter 48 — Mass Layoffs
Chapter 52 — Two of five
Chapter 54 — Demon Eviction
Chapter 55 — Survival Royale
Chapter 59 — Velma
Chapter 61 — Three out of four
Chapter 64 — Spunky Jefferson
Chapter 65 — Graupel
Chapter 67 — The Big O
Chapter 72 — Falling Up
Epilogue — Homecoming Queen

Progression

Nine teams at a round table of ten, an adjutant defined, Larracos still drowned (ch. 21); a tenth team of NPCs proposed (ch. 22); emergency action items (ch. 35); the Baroness chosen (ch. 36); six teams try to quit and are held by quarantine (ch. 48); the votes handed to the audience: protections off at 98%, the Home Team under Juice Box and Sir Ferdinand, a bigger field (ch. 72); 150,000 mercenaries and a freighter of former crawlers on their way (epilogue).