Motif · from book 5
Donut's songs
A bard whose spells are songs she must sing in key: sheet music for Skedaddle at ten hands, All Eyes on Me, a vocal coach in the saferoom (Wonderwall is only the tune of an alarm trap) — and the question of whether she can hold pitch when it matters.
First appears: Book 5
Series arc
Through book 7
A battle playlist at a god (B7 ch. 67); 'Break Stuff' for War Crime (B7 ch. 76).
Through book 5
Through book 6
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 9/78 | 25, 29, 36, 63, 66, 69, 73–74, 77 · the book's own page |
| 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | 9/74 | 1, 4, 10, 22, 28, 57, 68–70 · the book's own page |
| 7 — This Inevitable Ruin | 2/89 | Ch. 3, Ch. 51 · the book's own page |
By book
Donut's songs in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade
Songs in key (ch. 4); 'Wonderwall', named for Carl and then playing over an alarm (ch. 25, ch. 26, ch. 29); a vocal coach in a closet-sized room (ch. 36); sheet music among the prizes, a spell at ten hands, and Mordecai's question whether she can hold pitch (ch. 63, ch. 69); Horton's 'Wonderwall' (ch. 73); 'All Eyes on Me', her mother's song, sung without the sheet music (ch. 74); Horton, the Wonderwall guy, dead (ch. 77).
Donut's songs in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
New spells — Brain Freeze, Bad Attitude, and Why Are You Hitting Yourself?, which makes people stab themselves in the face (ch. 1, ch. 4); Skedaddle sheet music kept handy, and two jumps as long as she sings in key (ch. 10); Phantasm (ch. 15); Why Are You Hitting Yourself on spiders by the dozen (ch. 22) and a reindeer frothing as if hit by it (ch. 28); Skedaddle will not reach (ch. 57); Minion Army at last (ch. 65); 'I CAST WHY ARE YOU HITTING YOURSELF ON SATAN!' (ch. 68).