Motif · from book 3
The Bolt of Ophiotaurus
One crossbow bolt, 1 of 100, sent to Katia by Princess Formidable of the Skull Empire: an ordinary bolt unless it is shot into the eye of a deity, whereupon the god's invulnerability pauses for fifteen seconds. Kept, unused.
First appears: Book 3
Series arc
Through book 6
A dart into Uzzi (B6 ch. 0); a bolt into Ysalte's eye by Paz's hand, reusable (B6 ch. 69, B6 ch. 72).
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). |
All threads: Open threads.
Through book 3
Princess Formidable's first gift to Katia: one crossbow bolt, 1 of 100, that pauses a deity's invulnerability for fifteen seconds if shot into its eye (B3 ch. 29). It stays in Katia's inventory through the Death Challenge — Grull could not be hurt on this floor, and the bolt was 'more about sending a message to her brother' (B3 ch. 34).
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook | 1/35 | Ch. 29 · the book's own page |
| 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | 2/74 | Ch. 0, Ch. 72 · the book's own page |