Character · from book 6

Burcu

A porsuk swashbuckler floating around tenth on the leaderboard, Turkish, one of the three who fought over the memorial crystal at the masquerade; the wife or kinswoman a drunk crawler named Emir threatens Carl with. 'She's going to have to wait until tomorrow.'

Race and class, since book 6: Porsuk · Swashbuckler

First appears: Book 6

Series arc

Through book 8

Her accusation that Carl killed her father comes back to him when Nester is hired; he assumes the father was Emir, a Zebani (B8 ch. 73).

Through book 6

A threat made in her name by a drunk man, Emir (B6 ch. 32).

Through book 7

Her team, Carl hears, was conscripted by the Madness (B7 ch. 39). Find Crawler puts her free in the surgical theater; her Book of Voodoo page draws the Fireball traps before the book slams shut (B7 ch. 67). Bound and tongueless, she writes: he cut out her voice box, killed her mother in front of her — 'You owe me, Carl. You killed my father. Free me now.' Carl wands her asleep, frees the bindings, and her table tips; she wakes falling, accusing, and dies in Sheol fire (B7 ch. 68). Her teammates never say which of Carl's kills was her father (B7 ch. 86).

Where they appear

Book	Chapters they are in (of the book's)	Where
6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	2/74	Ch. 8, Ch. 32 · the book's own page
7 — This Inevitable Ruin	6/89	Ch. 39, Ch. 67, Ch. 68, Ch. 69, Ch. 70, Ch. 86 · the book's own page
8 — A Parade of Horribles	1/99	Ch. 73 · the book's own page

By book

Burcu in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

Number ten on the list, a newcomer: a level-59 badger-headed porsuk Carl met briefly at the Butcher's Masquerade and has in his chat; she fought Osvaldo and Prepotente after Imogen died (ch. 8). A drunk man, Emir, growls that his Burcu is going to kill Carl (ch. 32).

Burcu in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin

Her team, Carl hears, was conscripted by the Madness (ch. 39). Find Crawler puts her free in the surgical theater; her Book of Voodoo page draws the Fireball traps before the book slams shut (ch. 67). Bound and tongueless, she writes: he cut out her voice box, killed her mother in front of her — 'You owe me, Carl. You killed my father. Free me now.' Carl wands her asleep, frees the bindings, and her table tips; she wakes falling, accusing, and dies in Sheol fire (ch. 68). Her teammates never say which of Carl's kills was her father (ch. 86).

Burcu in book 8 — A Parade of Horribles

Her accusation that Carl killed her father comes back to him when Nester is hired; he assumes the father was Emir, a Zebani (ch. 73).