Character · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin

Princess Vinata

The Blood Sultanate's warlord: six arms, red eyes, a flowering branch and a scent, Borant's dead whispered in Carl's ear and an offer to solve 'your Katia problem'; she sets the trap at the Temple of Khepri, worships the god herself, is immortal for sixty-three seconds, and dies mad from the Eye with Bigs's hatchet in her forehead: 'We were almost free.'

Segment appearances

• Chapter 8 — Larracos, City of Dreams
• Chapter 22 — Colonel Boomer
• Chapter 41 — The production facility; Aryl goes dark
• Chapter 42 — The warlord council; Princess Vinata
• Chapter 43 — Odette hosts; 'It's coming'
• Chapter 44 — The Beautiful Place; Blood Hunter
• Chapter 45 — Prepotente's rant
• Chapter 46 — Operation Snake Pit: the line of succession
• Chapter 48 — Colonel Prepotente
• Chapter 49 — Bijou, Theia and Khepri
• Chapter 50 — The Temple of the Dagda
• Chapter 52 — The Temple of Khepri
• Chapter 53 — Super Heavyweight Temple Battle Grudge Match Extravaganza
• Chapter 54 — The Waffle Maker; Hellik's message
• Chapter 55 — Head Banger; Milk
• Chapter 56 — Justice Light; the Nest
• Chapter 58 — Sultan Rishi the Usurper
• Chapter 63 — Into the Madness

Arc

The Sultana at the council: glossy white, six arms, red eyes, a flowering branch on her breastplate, a scent, and a charisma that makes Carl a mouse in a snake's cage; his hand passes through hers (ch. 42). She whispers of Borant's dead, of his family, and of solving 'your Katia problem' (ch. 43). Her plan — to steal the fleet her kingdom built and run — leaks on air (ch. 53). She worships Khepri herself, sets the trap in his temple, is immortal for sixty-three seconds, and, driven mad by the open Eye, slams Carl's skull on the floor by his hair weeping 'We were almost free […] I was going to have children with him' until a sluggalo puts a hatchet between her eyes (ch. 52–ch. 54). Her white was makeup (ch. 55). Outside the game, the crown princess and her father's advisor (ch. 42).