Character · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin

Herot

Author of the Cookbook's 16th edition, whose long essay at the back of the book — the 'Worn Path Method' — argues that quests and puzzles go easier when you deliberately break the fourth wall and wake the NPCs.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 8 — Larracos, City of Dreams

Arc

Carl wonders whether Herot survived and became the game guide he wanted to be, and thinks of a final, heart-wrenching entry the book never prints (ch. 8). Not met in person.