Character · from book 4

Ruby

A changeling orphan girl with Compression Sickness — a birth defect of the changelings' new world that leaves her without arms and with a sunken head in human form — patted on the head by Juice Box while a god screams outside.

Race and class, since book 6: Changeling

First appears: Book 4

Series arc

Through book 6

Hidden by Mordecai in an attendant slot with a split controller propped at forty-five degrees (B6 ch. 20); a Gloria Estefan cassette for her Walkman (B6 ch. 48); an armless stare into Carl after Orren's broadcast (B6 ch. 48).

Through book 4

A changeling orphan with Compression Sickness, which Mordecai has never heard of (B4 ch. 10); flees the robot cat (B4 ch. 13); one in four births, and sterile (B4 ch. 15); patted on the head by Juice Box as the god screams outside (B4 ch. 28).

Through book 5

Thought of when the undead are loosed on the changelings (B5 ch. 56); with the children in the guildhall (B5 ch. 63).

Where they appear

Book	Chapters they are in (of the book's)	Where
4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods	5/35	Ch. 2, Ch. 10, Ch. 13, Ch. 15, Ch. 28 · the book's own page
5 — The Butcher's Masquerade	2/78	Ch. 56, Ch. 63 · the book's own page
6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	4/74	Ch. 14, Ch. 20, Ch. 22, Ch. 48 · the book's own page

By book

Ruby in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods

Compression Sickness, which Mordecai has never heard of (ch. 10); flees the robot cat (ch. 13); one in four births, and sterile (ch. 15); patted on the head by Juice Box as the god screams outside (ch. 28).

Ruby in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade

'The sweet, gentle changeling girl with compression sickness', thought of when the undead are loosed on the changelings (ch. 56); with Skarn and the other children in the guildhall (ch. 63).

Ruby in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

The little changeling girl with no arms, Mordecai's attendant, who plays a game controller at forty-five degrees (ch. 20); once the secret is out, Mordecai lets her and the changelings into the main guild (ch. 22); Louis gives her a Gloria Estefan cassette because she has an old Walkman (ch. 48); in the doorway, reaching up to pet Mongo, she stares into Carl (ch. 48).