Character · from book 3

Princess Formidable

The youngest child of King Rust, sister of Prince Stalwart and Prince Maestro, and Katia's sponsor from the fourth floor: her first gift is one crossbow bolt, 1 of 100, that pauses a god's invulnerability if it hits the eye. 'I'm starting to think the sister isn't a huge fan of her big brother.'

Race and class, since book 3: Orc

First appears: Book 3

Series arc

As of book 6. King Rust's youngest and Katia's sponsor since book 3, the bolt that opens a god for fifteen seconds; in book 6 a scroll of worship for Katia and, in orbit, a voice demanding the failsafe — 'I would die, too, you idiot' — and muted.

Open threads

Status is open or resolved; the chapter after it is the last one that moved the thread.

Thread	Opened	Status
The Bolt of Ophiotaurus	B3 ch. 29	open · B6 ch. 69 — Katia lends the Bolt to Paz; he puts it into Ysalte's eye before his blast takes her head off, and it comes back reusable (ch. 72).
The failsafe, and who is trapped in orbit	B6 ch. 49	open — Kill the star. Refused because half the galaxy's wealth is in the Scolopendra Club; the AI controls the gates; 'We are hostages'. Formidable muted at 86%.

All threads: Open threads.

Through book 3

King Rust's youngest and Katia's sponsor; one bolt that can open a god's invulnerability for fifteen seconds (B3 ch. 12, B3 ch. 29). Grull, in the Maestro's voice, calls her a cunt for wasting it (B3 ch. 33).

Through book 4

An emergency box — ten Bolts of Petrify Rock Class — the moment her brothers' assassin walks up to Carl (B4 ch. 14).

Through book 6

A scroll of worship for Katia (B6 ch. 19); in orbit demanding the failsafe — 'I would die, too, you idiot' — and muted (B6 ch. 73).

Where they appear

Book	Chapters they are in (of the book's)	Where
3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook	3/35	Ch. 12, Ch. 29, Ch. 34 · the book's own page
4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods	1/35	Ch. 14 · the book's own page
6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	4/74	Ch. 19, Ch. 36, Ch. 72, Ch. 73 · the book's own page

By book

Princess Formidable in book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

Katia's sponsor from ch. 12, whom Carl privately identifies as King Rust's daughter; her one gift is the Bolt of Ophiotaurus (ch. 29). Grull, in her brother's voice: 'that magical bolt my cunt of a sister wasted on your friend' (ch. 33).

Princess Formidable in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods

Sends Katia an emergency silver box that must have cost a fortune — ten Bolts of Petrify Rock Class — the moment Maggie, sponsored by both her brothers, walks up to Carl in Chris's body (ch. 14). The bolt she sent Katia on the last floor, which strips a god's invulnerability for a few seconds, is not used on Emberus; Carl still thinks harming a god absurd (ch. 32).

Princess Formidable in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

A scroll of worship for Katia, so not on the ninth floor with her family (ch. 19); in the epilogue, in orbit, demanding the failsafe — 'I would die, too, you idiot' — and muted (epilogue).