Character · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin

Priestly

Author of the Cookbook's 14th edition and Carl's best source on the ninth floor: a note written in awe of Larracos — a living poem, a play to see before expulsion, a promised map — and a last entry, after the city fell, that was an incoherent jumble.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 7 — Donut Holes; the Semeru dwarf
• Chapter 30 — Comrades
• Chapter 78 — The Scavenger's daughter is with us now

Arc

Carl finally sees Larracos as Priestly described it (ch. 7); a short note on what battle lays bare (ch. 30); Carl thinks of him again at the fallen city (ch. 78). Not met in person.