Character · Book 6, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

Raul

A Red Maníseros Land Crab, Sun-Kissed Cloud Rank Warrior, level 70, flagged in a U-Haul while chanting to himself that he will never kowtow: a grovelling coward ('This worm grovels and kotows in your resplendent light') with a ranged Bris crush, used as a cudgel by Shi Maria, 'the spider lady's jinetera' — who snaps a wolf's head off, saves Carl from the ogre, and, over a pile of dead baby seals with Alpha Carl yelling at him, ascends past cloud rank and refills the world with souls. 'I'm ascending! No more kowtowing!'

Segment appearances

• Chapter 24 — Raul
• Chapter 25 — The crab trap
• Chapter 27 — Phase two rules
• Chapter 28 — Rude-Dolph
• Chapter 29 — Der Schachmeister
• Chapter 30 — Four drugs
• Chapter 39 — Lazarus-A-Bang-Bang
• Chapter 42 — Sharp-Elbows
• Chapter 46 — The Reminiscence Hydra
• Chapter 54 — Demon Eviction
• Chapter 68 — Raul's moment
• Chapter 69 — A deity has fallen
• Chapter 72 — Falling Up

Arc

Chanting on a box truck (ch. 24); trapped in a U-Haul and begging (ch. 25); 'This worm grovels and kotows' (ch. 29); a wolf's head off at range (ch. 29); 'Master Carl, this insignificant cur is here to rescue you!' (ch. 42); and, over dead pups with a bully at his back, the golden heavenly light (ch. 68). 'RAUL IS WAY STRONGER NOW' (ch. 69).