Character · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin

Commander Stockade

The caterpillar-headed warlord of the Lemig Sortion, whose mother's photograph Carl carries, the last of thirty-five trapped officials devoured by concierge sharks when the Desperado Club's collapse ejects them into flooded Larracos.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 17 — Eleven hours
• Chapter 18 — The minor quorum; code red
• Chapter 19 — The ruling; the ceasefire ends
• Chapter 27 — Gavrilo Princip
• Chapter 28 — Toyotomi; Agatha is looking for Carl
• Chapter 34 — The king's message; Rosetta's whip
• Chapter 36 — Orren's zero zone

Arc

A seven-foot caterpillar Phase Sorcerer with a surfer's voice, warlord of the Lemig Sortion, who cast Summon Ally at an unconscious Carl to loose a spider on the Posse's base and got his own ballroom slaughtered instead (ch. 17, ch. 18). 'If we survive this, you will all be sorry.' He confesses by accident, and dies smashing his own face on the floor crying Luke's name under a delayed Insanity (ch. 19).