Character · Book 8, A Parade of Horribles

Damien

A human-sounding showrunner staffer 'always around, no matter who is running the season', who announces the final heat's rules and the parade float, disavows the Cabaret, and begs the crawlers to take a deal: 'You will not survive this next heat.'

Segment appearances

• Chapter 78 — Damien's announcement; under a thousand
• Chapter 88 — Interlude: Quasar; the eleventh floor — twenty-three crawlers; Chaco's parade

Arc

'Hello, Crawlers': the final heat's rules, the parade float, the disavowed Cabaret — 'Take a deal. You will not survive this next heat' (ch. 78).