Character · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin

Bea

Beatrice, Carl's ex-girlfriend, Donut's owner and handler, in the Bahamas, with her ex-boyfriend along, when the world ends. Never on the page in person; present in Carl's resentment and in every one of Donut's sentences that begins 'Miss Beatrice.'

Segment appearances

• Chapter 5 — Dante; Sir Rendlegore
• Chapter 14 — The flag room and the Ramp-Up
• Chapter 26 — Milk; the Empress marked
• Chapter 34 — The king's message; Rosetta's whip
• Chapter 38 — Relationship advice
• Chapter 41 — The production facility; Aryl goes dark
• Chapter 59 — Operation Ruin
• Chapter 73 — An act of fiendish cruelty
• Chapter 74 — Bijanbi
• Chapter 79 — Tart
• Chapter 81 — Executive Order 11905
• Chapter 84 — And then there were two

Arc

Her shake weight, her father's pacemaker and a microwaved sausage sandwich, her monstrosities of tattoos, and an insult she once posted on Carl's behalf (ch. 73, ch. 74, ch. 81, ch. 84); a pink Bic like hers (ch. 73).