Motif · from book 2
The hunters
The sixth-floor hunters, named by Mordecai over the Ring of Divine Suffering: every season a few of the rings are generated, and every season the crawlers who own them are the first the hunters track down. Rich off-worlders who pay to hunt crawlers and their gear on the Hunting Grounds.
First appears: Book 2
Series arc
Through book 3
Named by Mordecai: the sixth-floor hunters track down the owners of rings like Carl's first (B3 ch. 30).
Through book 2
Described by Mordecai with the Hunting Grounds: the sixth floor is the first where tourists, 'brave and insane', pay to hunt crawlers, unprotected, 'and every season a handful of rich dumbasses get themselves killed' (B2 ch. 3).
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario | 1/26 | Ch. 3 · the book's own page |
| 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook | 1/35 | Ch. 30 · the book's own page |
By book
The hunters in book 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Mordecai, explaining the volcano story on the third floor: the sixth floor is the Hunting Grounds, and the first level where 'brave and insane tourists can go to hunt crawlers' — expensive and dangerous, with no protections for the hunters, so that every season a handful of rich dumbasses get themselves killed (ch. 3).
The hunters in book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Named by Mordecai in the argument over the ring: every season several Rings of Divine Suffering are generated, and every season the crawlers who own them are the first the sixth-floor hunters track down. Carl agrees to talk about selling it on the fifth floor, before the sixth (ch. 30).