Character · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin
Hortense
The Operatics' warlord on a litter, 'a fat pile of goo', dead in the blast; a collective mind formed in part, the War Crime card says, from the essence of the only prior caster, 'why he has a twitch'.
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Warlord Hortense Leadership Unit of the Operatic Collective, 'the fat pile of goo that was Hortense' on a shielded litter, who declares himself Bloc leader over Stalwart's objection and dies in Volteeg's blast (ch. 35). The War Crime card says part of the only prior caster's essence formed him: 'that's why he has a twitch' (ch. 74).