Character · from book 3
Loita
A kua-tin of the Bloom, formerly Hekla's representative, who claims the Royal Court's account when Katia joins it and takes it when Zev is sent to 'reeducation.' A rebreather instead of a suit, a dahlia pin, and a rule that crawlers get no more snacks.
Race and class, since book 3: Kua-tin · Borant PR agent
First appears: Book 3
Series arc
Through book 5
An extra kill achievement the AI withheld 'a little earlier' is slipped in: 'Shhh' (B5 ch. 6). Her death, and an escape attempt, are why the old rental trailers are gone and the Valtay ship watches everything (B5 ch. 30).
Open threads
Status is open or resolved; the chapter after it is the last one that moved the thread.
| Thread | Opened | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Loita in Zev's place | B3 ch. 35 | resolved · B4 ch. 18 — Loita dead in a shielded trailer; Zev back as a temporary PR agent (ch. 19). |
All threads: Open threads.
Through book 3
Through book 4
Bookings, a product sample, a threat to feed Mongo to a mob (B4 ch. 7, B4 ch. 17). In an underwater trailer she says what the Bloom believes — human culture a contagion, a reawakening once every dry vermin is dead — and what was done to Zev's mother and aunts (B4 ch. 18). Carl leaves a self-destructing doll beside her and gets her off the couch; she dies, an arm and both lower legs gone, unable to be teleported without drowning two crawlers Borant values more. 'Nobody likes melodrama, Loita' (B4 ch. 18). Fifteen admins had died to crawlers this season before her (B4 ch. 19).
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook | 4/35 | Ch. 21, Ch. 25, Ch. 34, Ch. 35 · the book's own page |
| 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods | 8/35 | Ch. 7, Ch. 8, Ch. 12, Ch. 13, Ch. 15, Ch. 17, Ch. 18, Ch. 19 · the book's own page |
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 2/78 | Ch. 1, Ch. 30 · the book's own page |
By book
Loita in book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Zev's replacement: Bloom, formerly Hekla's rep with a claim through Katia (ch. 25); a rebreather and a dahlia pin (epilogue). She takes the account (ch. 34), attends every interview, barges into the post-show chat and ends it, bans snacks, mutes Odette twice, and screams at her between segments (epilogue). 'You don't scare me.' 'Ditto.'
Loita in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods
The Bloom's creed
Bookings, threats and no back-talk: an infomercial, a product sample that must be seen used, 'I am not Zev, Carl' (ch. 7); Mongo fed to a mob and Donut made to watch (ch. 17); 'Audiences like drama, but not melodrama' (ch. 17). In an underwater trailer she says what she believes: humans are a cancer on the Bloom, their culture a contagion, Borant will close its borders when every dry vermin is dead and the reawakening will come; and Zev's generation had to be brought back into the fold by 'unspeakable things to her mother and her aunts' (ch. 18).
One
Carl leaves the robot Donut beside her — a fingernail shim under its self-destruct panel, a panel she herself ordered — and gets her off the couch. Missing an arm and both lower legs, flash-fried, she cannot be teleported without drowning the two crawlers Borant values more. 'You… you did this.' 'It was an accident.' 'The Bloom will prevail. You will be forgotten.' 'Nobody likes melodrama, Loita' (ch. 18). Carl keeps her rebreather. Fifteen admins had died to crawlers this season before her; Orren calls hers the only one nobody can explain (ch. 19).