Motif · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin

Elites

A kind of boss Mordecai sets apart from the six main types — 'There are also others, but those are called elites' — and tells Carl not to worry about yet. On the second floor the Laminak Rev-Up Consultants carry the word in their name.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 1 — Porthus; Welcome to Faction Wars
• Chapter 13 — The FUPA; a suicide bomber
• Chapter 46 — Operation Snake Pit: the line of succession

Progression

'stay the fuck away from any elites you may happen to see' (ch. 1); Elite Herman the Fleet under undue influence (ch. 13).