Character · from book 7
Menerva
A crawler from Porthus's own crawl whose foot was stuck at the end of his tenth floor while she screamed at him to run; he never learned whether she made it. A schoolteacher about to retire, building a house in the eastern canopy with her husband, who dreamed of opening a club where musicians could perform. Rosetta loves him despite 'his unhealthy obsession with finding a missing crawler from his own crawl'.
First appears: Book 7
Series arc
Through book 7
The crawler Porthus cannot stop thinking about as the book opens: at the end of his own tenth floor her foot was stuck and she screamed at him to run, and he never learned whether she made it. She had been a schoolteacher about to retire, building a house in the eastern canopy with her husband, with dreams of opening a club where musicians could perform (B7 ch. 1). Rosetta loves him 'despite his unhealthy obsession with finding a missing crawler from his own crawl' (B7 ch. 69).
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 7 — This Inevitable Ruin | 2/89 | Ch. 1, Ch. 69 · the book's own page |
By book
Menerva in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin
The crawler Porthus cannot stop thinking about as the book opens: at the end of his own tenth floor her foot was stuck and she screamed at him to run, and he never learned whether she made it. She had been a schoolteacher about to retire, building a house in the eastern canopy with her husband, with dreams of opening a club where musicians could perform (ch. 1). Rosetta loves him 'despite his unhealthy obsession with finding a missing crawler from his own crawl' (ch. 69).