Character · from book 5
Edgar
A talking tortoise Donut chats with at Signet's camp — a Shell Mage whose secrecy spell hides an army, who sinks with the assault team, comes up with blood on his jaws like strawberry, and is the tattooist with the silver stick who sucks up the dead and inks them onto Signet's skin. He drew the castle map the whole plan runs on; Signet met him the night her mother died.
Race and class, since book 5: Tortoise · Shell Mage
First appears: Book 5
Series arc
Through book 7
The tortoise who says waking Katia early could be fatal (B7 ch. 16); who scouts naga territory unseen with a level-15 Sense Movement that sees the invisible and the non-corporeal through walls, finds the dead army, and sees a Bijou's light leave the ground — the tell the whole raid turns on (B7 ch. 40, B7 ch. 45, B7 ch. 48, B7 ch. 49). Strapped to Rosetta's back up the Nest — 'At least you have your dignity' — he tattoos a dog on Donut's flank with a new ink that captures a fallen crawler's essence (B7 ch. 73, B7 ch. 74). In ursine culture the father's presence lends strength (B7 ch. 82). He cannot tattoo a rock (B7 ch. 78). He runs Louis's surgery to the second (B7 ch. 84) and goes to the twelfth floor with the city (B7 ch. 86). Carl's dream glimpsed him remembering hundreds of past lives (B7 ch. 69).
Through book 5
A tortoise Donut chats with (B5 ch. 15); a Shell Mage whose secrecy spell hides an army (B5 ch. 25); sunk with the assault team (B5 ch. 26); blood on his jaws like strawberry; to Signet's 'Do we have enough moonlight left?', 'We do' (B5 ch. 28); the silver stick that inks the dead (B5 ch. 29). His map of the castle, down to the control room, is the plan's foundation (B5 ch. 56, B5 ch. 65).
Through book 6
The tattoo kit that goes into Carl's inventory is the kind Edgar used on Signet (B6 ch. 3).
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 11/78 | 15, 25–26, 28–29, 55–56, 65–67, 73 · the book's own page |
| 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | 1/74 | Ch. 3 · the book's own page |
| 7 — This Inevitable Ruin | 20/89 | 16, 20, 40–41, 44–46, 48–49, 59, 62, 69, 73–75, 78, 82–84, 86 · the book's own page |
By book
Edgar in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade
A tortoise Donut chats with (ch. 15); a Shell Mage whose secrecy spell hides an army (ch. 25); sunk with the assault team (ch. 26); blood on his jaws like strawberry; to Signet's 'Do we have enough moonlight left?', 'We do' (ch. 28); the silver stick that inks the dead (ch. 29). His map of the castle, down to the control room, is the plan's foundation (ch. 56, ch. 65).
Edgar in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
The tattoo kit that goes into Carl's inventory is the kind Edgar used on Signet (ch. 3).
Edgar in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin
The tortoise who says waking Katia early could be fatal (ch. 16); who scouts naga territory unseen with a level-15 Sense Movement that sees the invisible and the non-corporeal through walls, finds the dead army, and sees a Bijou's light leave the ground — the tell the whole raid turns on (ch. 40, ch. 45, ch. 48, ch. 49). Strapped to Rosetta's back up the Nest — 'At least you have your dignity' — he tattoos a dog on Donut's flank with a new ink that captures a fallen crawler's essence (ch. 73, ch. 74). In ursine culture the father's presence lends strength (ch. 82). He cannot tattoo a rock (ch. 78). He runs Louis's surgery to the second (ch. 84) and goes to the twelfth floor with the city (ch. 86). Carl's dream glimpsed him remembering hundreds of past lives (ch. 69).