Motif · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin

The death of Geyrun

Emberus's god quest from the fifth floor: his son Geyrun was murdered — 'Find out who did it and why' — with his brother Hellik, the obvious suspect, in council at the time; and a second quest, Kill Hellik.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 2 — Hosers and achievements
• Chapter 49 — Bijou, Theia and Khepri
• Chapter 51 — Dark Purpose
• Chapter 54 — The Waffle Maker; Hellik's message
• Chapter 57 — Thirty-two boxes; the last prisoner
• Chapter 64 — The crystal shows itself
• Chapter 78 — The Scavenger's daughter is with us now
• Chapter 83 — Psamathe confesses
• Chapter 84 — And then there were two

Progression

Amayon wants his brothers dead for what he knows (ch. 2); Hellik denies it (ch. 54); Emberus may kill the other Sheol princes for the truth (ch. 57); the crystal shows itself (ch. 64); Samantha says it aloud, and a god enters the realm (ch. 83). A doggie to the Nothing and a guy in a hoodie (ch. 86).