Character · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin

Scolopendra

The monster at the bottom of the volcano in the Over City's founding story, whose nine-tier poison cloud transformed ninety per cent of the kingdom; named, never seen. Every mold lion, clown and city-elf superstition on the third floor traces back to the cataclysm.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 7 — Donut Holes; the Semeru dwarf
• Chapter 13 — The FUPA; a suicide bomber
• Chapter 14 — The flag room and the Ramp-Up
• Chapter 20 — Christmas Morning; the Ramp-Up
• Chapter 37 — Growler Gary, and Princess Formidable's four choices
• Chapter 42 — The warlord council; Princess Vinata
• Chapter 43 — Odette hosts; 'It's coming'
• Chapter 44 — The Beautiful Place; Blood Hunter
• Chapter 54 — The Waffle Maker; Hellik's message
• Chapter 69 — Interlude — Several days earlier; Interlude — Rosetta; Zarogoths
• Chapter 74 — Bijanbi
• Chapter 78 — The Scavenger's daughter is with us now
• Chapter 82 — Ursensus
• Chapter 87 — The Nothing has been broken

Arc

'Warning: Scolopendra Stirs' at the council, which has never happened (ch. 42); Hellik: 'It is all connected' (ch. 54); Akuma wants Elle alive to face it (ch. 78); the twins carry its magic (ch. 82). When the Nothing breaks it stirs, and then awakens, and the Club is told to run (ch. 87).