Motif · from book 1
Faction Wars
The ninth floor's war, named by Prince Maestro on his own show: nine factions, the Skull Clan victorious six times in the last ten, the Blood Sultanate almost always the first eliminated, and a War Leader's seat the prince intends to take.
First appears: Book 1
Series arc
Through book 3
Mordecai over the Ring of Divine Suffering: every winner's champion has one, the factions send tourists to farm them, and crawlers ride the ninth floor 'like it's a tornado passing by overhead' (B3 ch. 30).
Through book 1
Named by Prince Maestro on his own stage: his family's Skull Clan has won six of the last ten, the Blood Sultanate is almost always the first of the nine eliminated, and he will be War Leader this season (B1 ch. 43).
Through book 2
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl | 1/48 | Ch. 43 · the book's own page |
| 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario | 4/26 | Ch. 2, Ch. 15, Ch. 19, Ch. 26 · the book's own page |
| 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook | 2/35 | Ch. 30, Ch. 32 · the book's own page |
By book
Faction Wars in book 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl
Named by Prince Maestro from his own stage: his family's Skull Clan has won six of the last ten Faction Wars, the Blood Sultanate is almost always the first of the nine eliminated, and he will be there this season as War Leader (ch. 43).
Faction Wars in book 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario
The ninth floor's war, filled in from three directions: Mordecai on the system-wide protection that lets the factions fight without dying (ch. 15); Carl's realisation that Prince Stalwart is on the ninth floor setting it up (ch. 19); and Odette on the Blood Sultanate, which only has a place because it bought a permanent spot early on (epilogue). Maggie's Legendary Skill potion would cost many million gold to buy; at the faction wars each clan fills a war chest with such potions and rings (ch. 2).
Faction Wars in book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Mordecai, over the Ring of Divine Suffering: every Faction Wars winner's champion has one of these rings, the factions get idiots to hunt them on the sixth floor, and crawlers do not get involved — they ride the ninth floor 'like it’s a tornado passing by overhead' (ch. 30). The Cookbook's note on deities adds that the big gods are sponsored by rich players of a separate game on the twelfth floor (ch. 32).