Character · from book 3
Tserendolgor
The Dog Soldier with a flamethrower Donut fought at station 36, saved from a sealed bubble on the fifth floor, and on the sixth 'Ren', ranked 38, with a level-20 tummy acher named Garret she won for attending CrawlCon: a beacon of fire in the castle pit, and Best in Show over Mongo.
Race and class, since book 5: Tummy Acher · Crisper
First appears: Book 3
Series arc
As of book 6. Ren, because nobody can pronounce it: a Dog Soldier with a flamethrower who called herself 'not a he' in book 3, was saved from a bubble by a blind god's noise in book 4, and won Best in Show over Mongo with a tummy acher named Garret in book 5. Book 6 gives her the Capitol, held while her own totems, turned by Quan, tear her tank apart, and four minutes on a door: she sits down, tells Carl he is an idiot with love and a symbol, empties her inventory, kills Garret with a crystal knife so that he can live with Carl, confesses the pet show, and goes out on a bracer. 'Make them suffer.' Carl has her flamethrower, and she has his oath.
Open threads
Status is open or resolved; the chapter after it is the last one that moved the thread.
| Thread | Opened | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Garret: Ren's pet, level one, in a carrier | B6 ch. 59 | open — Weaknesses spoken aloud where the factions could hear; a new one called Reaper Gaze; bond by feeding; a new name required; Donut not yet told. |
All threads: Open threads.
Through book 3
A level-27 Dog Soldier, class Crisper, in a Vietnam-era helmet with ear holes, working a flamethrower at station 36's chokepoints — not a 'he' — and Donut's instant enemy (B3 ch. 31).
Through book 4
Through book 5
'Ren', because nobody can pronounce it: ranked 54 with a flamethrower and Ultraviolet, then 38 (B5 ch. 45, B5 ch. 64), with a level-20 tummy acher named Garret won for attending CrawlCon; a flamethrower shirt removed at security and Imani's robe (B5 ch. 66); Garret's turn on stage (B5 ch. 70); a beacon of fire in the pit with Garret eating elves (B5 ch. 76). Best in Show over Mongo, and Donut on her shoulder anyway (B5 ch. 77).
Through book 6
No key, two dead (B6 ch. 48); 'It's us, Carl' (B6 ch. 56); the Capitol held while her own totems, turned by Quan, tear her tank apart (B6 ch. 58). With four minutes on a door she sits down, tells Carl he is an idiot with love and a symbol, empties her inventory, kills Garret to save him, confesses the pet show, and goes out on a bracer: 'Make them suffer' (B6 ch. 59, B6 ch. 60).
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook | 1/35 | Ch. 31 · the book's own page |
| 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods | 4/35 | Ch. 28, Ch. 29, Ch. 30, Ch. 32 · the book's own page |
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 9/78 | 32, 45, 48, 64, 66, 70, 72, 76–77 · the book's own page |
| 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | 17/74 | 5, 11, 18, 22, 29, 40, 47–48, 56–61, 63, 68, 71 · the book's own page |
By book
Tserendolgor in book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Holds a chokepoint at 36 with a magical flamethrower, takes Donut's target, and does not care (ch. 31).
Tserendolgor in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods
Tserendolgor in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade
The dog soldier woman who looks like a German Shepherd, fought beside at the end of the third floor and saved with her whole bubble at the end of the fifth, with whom Carl shares an autograph table at the con (ch. 32). Ranked 54, with a flamethrower and Ultraviolet, two hundred kilometres away where the drillbeaks have all become vampires (ch. 45); Donut wants Carl to stay away from her (ch. 48). Ren, since nobody can pronounce her name, is ranked 38 by the caravan, with Garret the tummy acher in the fifth wagon (ch. 64); her flamethrower shirt goes at the security check (ch. 66); Garret takes his turn on the stage (ch. 70); she sits with Prepotente, Florin, Chris and the Popovs (ch. 72); a beacon in the pit (ch. 76); Best in Show (ch. 77).
Tserendolgor in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
Ren
No key, two dead, a sniper whose target stepped a metre left (ch. 40, ch. 48); 'It's us, Carl. I'm sorry I didn't say anything sooner. It's us' (ch. 56). She holds the Capitol with Chuluuna and Garret while Quan swaps sides with a Toss-Up and her own death worm tears her tank apart (ch. 58).
Velma
With four minutes on a door and both keys in a cat's inventory fifteen kilometres off, she sits down, unsnaps her flamethrower and tells Carl he is an idiot with love: 'You're the embodiment of our hope' (ch. 59). She empties her inventory, kills Garret to save him, confesses the pet show to Donut, and goes out on her own terms with a wrist bracer: 'Make them suffer' (ch. 59, ch. 60).