Character · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin

Holger

The were-castor with the mullet ('a sign of my dominance') and a sickle sword, who says the kindest thing anyone has said about Donut's singing ('You need lessons'), claims he can sense a spell being cast, has never heard the word beaver, and weeps for Clint and Miss Nadine 'like my mama died.' Back in his humanoid form and beaming when Carl and Donut reach the stairwell town.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 20 — Christmas Morning; the Ramp-Up
• Chapter 23 — Killing in the Name
• Chapter 24 — No Man's Land
• Chapter 44 — The Beautiful Place; Blood Hunter
• Chapter 59 — Operation Ruin
• Chapter 63 — Into the Madness
• Chapter 79 — Tart
• Chapter 80 — Inside the dragon
• Chapter 82 — Ursensus
• Chapter 85 — Zerzura

Arc

He sends Clint, a kindergartener again, back to Miss Nadine (ch. 20), flanks Carl in the trenches (ch. 23), stays with the children rather than ride to the Madness castle (ch. 63), builds sandbags at the Reaver castle (ch. 80), and carries young Clint on his shoulders as the city leaves (ch. 85).