Motif · Book 6, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

The Nebulars

A religious team of hunters — the Nebular Sin Patrol on the hunters' map, camped at Alucarda with a claim on Carl, bishop hats and a Ballad of Survival ('violence breeds chaos') — whose priests die in the street at Alucarda, caught between Carl's explosives and the mantises. Pacifists outside the dungeon, Drick says.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 9 — The Mock Battle Arena
• Chapter 21 — The warlords' table
• Chapter 51 — Residuals
• Chapter 55 — Survival Royale
• Chapter 60 — The last rampart
• Chapter 64 — Spunky Jefferson
• Chapter 66 — The Missing Piece

Progression

In the audience of the first mock battle (ch. 9); like the Reavers, several biological races enhanced with machines (ch. 21); Quasar's jab after the Residual speech (ch. 51); Sister Ines's sponsor and patron, her Book of Rhymes (ch. 55); the cult explained — the centre system's stable AI, pacifist genocide, a nun as an example (ch. 64); Pontifex Shine's Ysalte (ch. 66); reading the fine print (ch. 72).