Motif · Book 6, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
The Bolt of Ophiotaurus
One crossbow bolt, 1 of 100, sent to Katia by Princess Formidable of the Skull Empire: an ordinary bolt unless it is shot into the eye of a deity, whereupon the god's invulnerability pauses for fifteen seconds. Kept, unused.
Segment appearances
Progression
The Dart of Ophiotaurus in Chaco's hand, into Uzzi, in the prologue (ch. 0); Katia's Bolt of Ophiotaurus into Ysalte's eye by Paz's hand, and the credit for the kill (ch. 69, ch. 72).