Character · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin

Astrid

A level-125 Bloodlust Sprite with cardiovascular magic — 'one of the most metal things ever' — who hovers over Donut at the Desperado Club on behalf of management, refunds four hundred of five hundred gold and grants complimentary security. The club's assistant manager.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 10 — Hamed's club; the small wedding
• Chapter 36 — Orren's zero zone
• Chapter 37 — Growler Gary, and Princess Formidable's four choices
• Chapter 67 — Hey, Dickless
• Chapter 82 — Ursensus

Arc

Dead since the sixth floor, when Carl and Katia assassinated her; her last words still haunt him when Hamed, her husband, is named as the Night Wyrm (ch. 10). A painting of her hangs in the hallway of the liaison's office, where the cork Growler Gary spits leaves a mark on it (ch. 36, ch. 37). Zeynep's corpse brings back the assault on the Desperado Club in which she died (ch. 67), and Carl counts the moment Katia killed her among the moments that changed them (ch. 82).