Motif · Book 6, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

The Syndicate

The interstellar government that owns Dungeon Crawler World and licenses seasons to corporations like Borant; the source of the rules, the common language everyone is suddenly speaking, and — according to a first-floor tutorial guide — the seeding of Earth's culture from outside long before the collapse.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 2 — Hills Cyclops
• Chapter 4 — Old Havana
• Chapter 8 — The Bedlam Bride
• Chapter 48 — Mass Layoffs
• Chapter 50 — Homestead
• Chapter 51 — Residuals
• Chapter 64 — Spunky Jefferson
• Chapter 72 — Falling Up
• Epilogue — Homecoming Queen

Progression

Quarantine rules 470.B–495 and 855.C (ch. 48); Grixist Swarm v. Syndicate Council (ch. 51); the real council in emergency session from cockpits, half the galaxy's wealth in one club, a princess muted (epilogue).