Motif · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin

The Syndicate

The interstellar government that owns Dungeon Crawler World and licenses seasons to corporations like Borant; the source of the rules, the common language everyone is suddenly speaking, and — according to a first-floor tutorial guide — the seeding of Earth's culture from outside long before the collapse.

Segment appearances

• Prologue — Prologue
• Chapter 1 — Porthus; Welcome to Faction Wars
• Chapter 3 — The Tiara of a Thousand Lights
• Chapter 11 — Tipid; fifty thousand
• Chapter 15 — The Rolling Battle Formation Ball
• Chapter 20 — Christmas Morning; the Ramp-Up
• Chapter 27 — Gavrilo Princip
• Chapter 28 — Toyotomi; Agatha is looking for Carl
• Chapter 34 — The king's message; Rosetta's whip
• Chapter 35 — Volteeg; the dwarves' tunnel
• Chapter 36 — Orren's zero zone
• Chapter 37 — Growler Gary, and Princess Formidable's four choices
• Chapter 39 — Alliances break; Operation Snake Pit
• Chapter 40 — Little Günter; a dragon chain
• Chapter 43 — Odette hosts; 'It's coming'
• Chapter 58 — Sultan Rishi the Usurper
• Chapter 69 — Interlude — Several days earlier; Interlude — Rosetta; Zarogoths
• Chapter 81 — Executive Order 11905
• Chapter 83 — Psamathe confesses
• Chapter 86 — We just need to kill you
• Epilogue — Epilogue: Don't Come in Last

Progression

A warzone in orbit (ch. 1); a prime minister minding a homeless woman (ch. 28); Orren hanging up on him (ch. 36); the council listening to everything, past lawyers (ch. 36). An override panel, an assassination refused, 'no more meddling' (ch. 81); a No Confidence vote, ships crashing on Earth (ch. 83); acting Prime Minister Victory (ch. 86); Porthus's ultimatum (epilogue).