Character · from book 2
Daniel Bautista
Crawler #2,165,570, a Tigran swashbuckler with nine boss stars and an orange glowing sword, all that is left of a family of four brothers and sisters and fifteen cousins; his sisters and cousin were the corpses the lemurs left as bait. Owes Carl a debt for avenging them, and tells him the quest Carl ruined by killing Miss Quill is no problem.
Race and class, since book 2: Tigran · Swashbuckler
First appears: Book 2
Series arc
As of book 6. The man who marked the stairwells in book 2, with Katia since book 5 — 'I love you, too' — and in book 6 the one covering for her: tea, pacing, and 'Fine. Kill yourself' when the cover fails. A blizzard of beanie animals; four arms for rubble.
Open threads
Status is open or resolved; the chapter after it is the last one that moved the thread.
| Thread | Opened | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Katia's blitz sticks and Annie | B5 ch. 78 | open · B6 ch. 30 — Four drugs, not one: Travis Priest, Creamsicle, blitz and Glory Bound, which puts her in a coma to relive a memory. 'It was so real, Carl. […] It's so much better than the blitz sticks.' Imani and Mordecai have the cures; the sticks were sold in the open (ch. 24). |
| The orchid: Katia's way out that nobody wants used | B6 ch. 33 | open — Three boons — constitution, Celestial Attendant, a child and Mumbai; Katia will take Attendant, after the ninth; Bautista and Carl fear it is a death sentence; Odette says force Huanxin's hand. 'We have to find another way.' |
| Katia's own party | B4 ch. 33 | resolved · B5 ch. 21 — She leaves the party for Imani's guild, Safehome Yolanda, with Elle, Bautista, Florin, Gwen, Tran, Louis and Firas; the Royal Court of Princess Donut joins the guild too. |
All threads: Open threads.
Through book 2
Through book 3
The other end of the line: four hundred gathered, twenty eaten by Terminus, a Kravyad neutralised and lost, fifty kilometres to the abyss, six hundred saved by carts and hats (B3 ch. 18, B3 ch. 20, B3 ch. 28). His secret is Miss Quill's stuffed monsters, true summonings from Jaxbrin Amusements, who now sponsor him (B3 ch. 29).
Through book 4
Through book 5
He owns a stuffed back-alley mouser that becomes a decoy Donut (B5 ch. 34), sorts five hundred beanies for rare variants (B5 ch. 36, B5 ch. 57), and is with Katia now — 'I was a little worried that you […] You had a thing for her.' (B5 ch. 57). He holds her back from Eva (B5 ch. 67), cuts across the ballroom between two chainsaw-armed summons (B5 ch. 75), and is nearly killed with Tran in the pit (B5 ch. 76). The epilogue gives his side of the night before: 'You're stronger than you think. That's all.' 'I love you, too' (B5 ch. 78).
Through book 6
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario | 4/26 | Ch. 18, Ch. 23, Ch. 24, Ch. 25 · the book's own page |
| 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook | 23/35 | 3–4, 6–8, 10, 12, 14, 16–21, 24, 26–29, 31–32, 34–35 · the book's own page |
| 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods | 5/35 | Ch. 1, Ch. 7, Ch. 20, Ch. 28, Ch. 33 · the book's own page |
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 16/78 | 3, 11, 17, 21, 35–36, 57, 60, 62, 64, 66–67, 72–73, 75, 77 · the book's own page |
| 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | 23/74 | 1–3, 5, 7–8, 11, 18–19, 22, 27, 30, 32–33, 40, 48, 52, 63–65, 67, 69–70 · the book's own page |
By book
Daniel Bautista in book 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario
His sisters' and cousin's corpses are the lemurs' bait (ch. 5, ch. 6); his name is on the Divider's corpse (ch. 18). Met at last outside the collapsing municipal building (ch. 23): a Tigran who wishes he had stayed human so God would recognise him, whose quest Carl ruined and whose family Carl avenged. 'Call me if you need me, and I will come.' Points the way to the second stairwell (ch. 25).
Daniel Bautista in book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Carl's other switchboard: station 199 (ch. 4), the club-number trick and the first bounty talk (ch. 6), the end of the line. He gathers four hundred, loses twenty to Terminus, neutralises the Kravyad with a Voca Nye and loses the portal when she dies (ch. 18, ch. 19, ch. 20), walks fifty kilometres to the abyss, loses almost fifty on its walkway, and waits with six hundred while Carl's carts come (ch. 27, ch. 28). His secret is Miss Quill's stuffed monsters — true summonings, from Jaxbrin Amusements, his sponsor (ch. 29). A tiger 'vomited upon by a Lisa Frank notebook,' level 28, a swashbuckler who needs to practise with his sword. 'Thank god for plan B.' 'That was actually plan C.'
Daniel Bautista in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods
In a tunnel, then an ant colony, going through Miss Quill's stuffed monsters (ch. 1, ch. 7); gave Carl the Grulke figure that becomes a decoy toad (ch. 7). Clears all four of his castles with most of his bubble dead (ch. 20); goes down as a god rampages (ch. 28); he joins Katia's new party; she says he is 'very lost' (ch. 33).
Daniel Bautista in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade
He owns a stuffed back-alley mouser that becomes a decoy Donut (ch. 34), sorts five hundred beanies for rare variants (ch. 36, ch. 57), and is with Katia now — 'You know. You had a thing for her' (ch. 57). He holds her back from Eva (ch. 67), cuts across the ballroom between two chainsaw-armed summons (ch. 75), and is nearly killed with Tran in the pit (ch. 76). The epilogue gives his side of the night before: 'You're stronger than you think. That's all.' 'I love you, too' (epilogue).