Character · from book 5
Volteeg
Author of the Cookbook's seventh edition — 'I miss her' — a singing bird made a gargoyle, who lost his mistress on the seventh floor, served twenty-six seasons as an unprotected guard and then as security among the One-Offs, and in book 7 blew up an army for her.
Race and class, since book 7: Gargoyle · Tank Buttress
First appears: Book 5
Series arc
Through book 7
The Volteeg interlude: a pet bird whose mistress hid him in her jacket and cried when he sang; a biscuit that gave him speech and a gargoyle race that took his song; her death on the seventh floor; twenty-six seasons as a stone guard; the One-Offs; and a return among the Operatics' mercenaries, hidden by Porthus's mole. He sings in a voice like rocks, steers a Weeper for Hortense's litter, takes a blitz stick — 'Show me Mistress Henspar' — and kills ten thousand, the Operatic Collective with them; seventh edition (B7 ch. 35).
Through book 5
One line of grief at the head of B5 ch. 47, with Drakea's epitaph; Carl recalls the pair of notes later in the same chapter, as he decides who he is.
In the Cookbook
Author of the 7th edition, known from a note at B5 ch. 47. 1 note in the text so far: B5 ch. 47. The register of every edition is on the Cookbook.
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 1/78 | Ch. 47 · the book's own page |
| 7 — This Inevitable Ruin | 1/89 | Ch. 35 · the book's own page |
By book
Volteeg in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade
One line of grief at the head of ch. 47, with Drakea's epitaph; Carl recalls the pair of notes later in the same chapter, as he decides who he is.
Volteeg in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin
The Volteeg interlude: a pet bird whose mistress hid him in her jacket and cried when he sang; a biscuit that gave him speech and a gargoyle race that took his song; her death on the seventh floor; twenty-six seasons as a stone guard; the One-Offs; and a return among the Operatics' mercenaries, hidden by Porthus's mole. He sings in a voice like rocks, steers a Weeper for Hortense's litter, takes a blitz stick — 'Show me Mistress Henspar' — and kills ten thousand, the Operatic Collective with them; seventh edition (ch. 35).