Motif · from book 1

The Crown of the Sepsis Whore

Donut's first legendary prize, a cat-sized tiara of smoky gems she puts on before anyone can read the warning: whoever wears it is placed permanently in the Blood Sultanate's royal line and must slay the Sultan and every other royal before leaving the ninth floor; fleeting, so that another crown appears elsewhere if it comes off. 'It's purple. Purple is my color.'

First appears: Book 1

Series arc

Through book 1

Donut's first legendary prize and the first thing she equips: a tiara of smoky purple gems whose description, read too late, places her in the Blood Sultanate's royal line and requires her to kill the Sultan and every royal before leaving the ninth floor (B1 ch. 7). Fleeting — take it off and another crown appears elsewhere. 'That crown is on her head, not yours.'

Where they appear

By book