Motif · Book 6, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

The bestiary

The system's » This is a… cards — a Kua-Tin, a Safe Zone, a Non-Combatant NPC, a Dungeon Admin, a pet-class mob — and the Crawler # dossiers it prints for people: the dungeon naming what a thing is, in the AI's voice.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 2 — Hills Cyclops
• Chapter 3 — The Scavenger's Daughter
• Chapter 5 — Sister Ines
• Chapter 6 — Monk seals
• Chapter 10 — Pueblo de los Olvidados
• Chapter 11 — Asojano
• Chapter 14 — The gauntlet run
• Chapter 17 — Two goddesses
• Chapter 18 — Club Vanquisher
• Chapter 22 — Uzi Jesus
• Chapter 23 — The Molly Maguires
• Chapter 26 — MaeMae
• Chapter 39 — Lazarus-A-Bang-Bang
• Chapter 41 — Jola the Yule Cat
• Chapter 48 — Mass Layoffs
• Chapter 52 — Two of five
• Chapter 62 — Where the Sidewalk Ends
• Chapter 64 — Spunky Jefferson
• Chapter 66 — The Missing Piece

Progression

Thirty: mob roles by card — aquatic, melee, tank, undead, ranged, healer, affliction-dealing, non-corporeal (ch. 6, ch. 10, ch. 14, ch. 22, ch. 39); a compulsory quest, 'you ain't getting out until it's done' (ch. 10); 'a locked deity. She will not be sponsored this season' (ch. 17); 'a high-ranking cleric of Hellik. You will receive a boon from Emberus if you kill this NPC' (ch. 18); 'This is a demi-god' (ch. 26); 'This is a turkey. You know, gobble gobble. Roast at 325 for about 13-15 minutes per pound' (ch. 41); a regional quest for Cuba, a sapient, incremental-damage weapon, and a hybrid world quest for 'crawlers who are dumb enough to still be stuck on the eighth floor' (ch. 62, ch. 64, ch. 66). Dossiers: Paz Lo, Anton Lopez and Sister Ines Quiteria in one chapter (ch. 5).