Character · from book 5
Kiwi
A one-eyed level-60 mongoliensis pack leader with forty females behind her, Mongo's mate, charmed by Donut into a minion — and Big Tina's mother, an Ursine transformed with her daughter, who has followed the girl the whole time without her knowing. Turned back into a bear, pregnant, on the masquerade stage by the I Take It All Back potion; carried away with the castle to the ninth floor.
Race and class, since book 5: Ursine · Pack Leader
First appears: Book 5
Series arc
As of book 7. The one-eyed raptor matriarch who is Mongo's mate, Donut's minion, and Big Tina's mother — an Ursine transformed with her daughter, beside the girl the whole time. Turned back into a bear on stage, pregnant, and carried to the ninth floor with the castle. In book 7 she wears an eyepatch over a belly, is 'just a child' to those who would send her to fight, bears twins, and is to be Ursensus on the twelfth floor.
Open threads
Status is open or resolved; the chapter after it is the last one that moved the thread.
| Thread | Opened | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The elf castle, the changelings and the Sledge on the ninth floor | B5 ch. 76 | resolved · B7 ch. 12 — The changelings and flesh golems started the FUPA; Bonnie, Kiwi, Tina, the cubs, Skarn and the Sledge are all on the plain; the children go to the twelfth floor with the city (ch. 85). |
All threads: Open threads.
Through book 5
The one-eyed pack leader Mongo mates with in the jungle (B5 ch. 11), who barks once from the treeline with something bigger behind her (B5 ch. 12). The story of the recital names her: Big Tina's mother, an Ursine transformed with her daughter (B5 ch. 44). Charmed with one potion and two rules, she becomes Donut's minion and her pack follows (B5 ch. 49); she burns on a rhino's shield (B5 ch. 51), calls her raptors off hunters (B5 ch. 52, B5 ch. 53) and introduces her daughter to her mate (B5 ch. 54). Signet says it: Tina already has what she wants and needs only to see it (B5 ch. 73). In paper bubbles on a stage she presses her head to Mongo's, knowing, and Donut crushes the potion hidden in her costume: a bear again, naked and pregnant, and her daughter says 'Mommy?' (B5 ch. 74, B5 ch. 75). She leaves with the castle.
Through book 7
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 24/78 | 11–12, 24, 28, 44, 48–57, 60–62, 64, 70, 73–76 · the book's own page |
| 7 — This Inevitable Ruin | 12/89 | 13, 30–31, 59, 65, 78, 80, 82–86 · the book's own page |
By book
Kiwi in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade
The one-eyed pack leader Mongo mates with in the jungle (ch. 11), who barks once from the treeline with something bigger behind her (ch. 12). The story of the recital names her: Big Tina's mother, an Ursine transformed with her daughter (ch. 44). Charmed with one potion and two rules, she becomes Donut's minion and her pack follows (ch. 49); she burns on a rhino's shield (ch. 51), calls her raptors off hunters (ch. 52, ch. 53) and introduces her daughter to her mate (ch. 54). Signet says it: Tina already has what she wants and needs only to see it (ch. 73). In paper bubbles on a stage she presses her head to Mongo's, knowing, and Donut crushes the potion hidden in her costume: a bear again, naked and pregnant, and her daughter says 'Mommy?' (ch. 74, ch. 75). She leaves with the castle.
Kiwi in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin
An eyepatch, a scarred head, an apron and a belly about to burst; she hugs Mongo's neck and calls Tina in to dinner (ch. 13); she refuses to send Tina out — 'She's just a child' — and Carl erases the order (ch. 30); 'Where is my daughter?' when the Witnesses freeze (ch. 65). Her water breaks arguing about Tina (ch. 80); she asks for Mongo at the cot and bears two Ursensus (ch. 82); she risks the twelfth floor with the children (ch. 85).