Character · from book 3

Chaco

Host of the Prize Carousel: a winged, wolf-headed Song Bard, level 66, 'giver-of-prizes, slayer of gods, former Crawler champion,' in a checkered leisure suit. Mordecai throws a chair at him on sight. 'I was just doing what his manager told me to do. If I hadn't done it, he'd have died. And then we'd all have lost her. We'd have lost Odette.'

Race and class, since book 5: Pterolykos · Bard

First appears: Book 3

Series arc

As of book 8. Mordecai's manager, the man Mordecai blames alongside Odette; in book 8 'voluntold' Grand Master of the parade in a tuxedo and top hat on a subjugated goddess. He breaks down on the route — 'This was my last season. I was almost free, and I’m so fucking scared' — and the AI rips both his wings off; Carl heals him under its gaze.

Open threads

Status is open or resolved; the chapter after it is the last one that moved the thread.

Thread	Opened	Status
What Chaco did to Mordecai, on his manager's orders	B3 ch. 7	resolved · B8 ch. 88 — Answered in book 6's prologue; Mordecai, a spirit in a table, has not forgiven him: 'I hope you do, you coward murderer'.
The tenth floor: 'Don't Come in Last'	B7 ch. 88	resolved · B8 ch. 87 — Run: seven heats, a food truck, last place then first, a dachshund at the final line; the Royal Court wins its heat alone and takes the stairs from a lobby full of shells.

All threads: Open threads.

Through book 3

A game-show host the fans put in a room with Mordecai; a chair, a time-out, and an apology that names Odette as the reason for whatever he did (B3 ch. 7).

Through book 5

Behind the masquerade's prize counter (B5 ch. 66): he will not say what he did, only that he regrets it and that the place makes you turn on your own party (B5 ch. 69). Gone when the seal breaks (B5 ch. 74).

Through book 6

Threw the Dart into Uzzi on Odette's order (B6 ch. 0); a trust set aside (B6 ch. 37).

Through book 7

A lint roller and 'Gravy Boat', punched across a room (B7 ch. 42); a brother's death on his account (B7 ch. 86); a chair to be filled (B7 ch. 88).

Through book 8

'voluntold' Grand Master of the parade, in a tuxedo and top hat on Lamashtu the donkey (B8 ch. 88, B8 ch. 92). He breaks down on the route — 'This was my last season. I was almost free, and I’m so fucking scared' — and the AI rips both his wings off; Carl heals him under its gaze (B8 ch. 92). He blinks away afterwards (B8 ch. 99).

Where they appear

Book	Chapters they are in (of the book's)	Where
3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook	5/35	Ch. 7, Ch. 8, Ch. 25, Ch. 29, Ch. 30 · the book's own page
5 — The Butcher's Masquerade	7/78	Ch. 66, Ch. 68, Ch. 69, Ch. 70, Ch. 72, Ch. 73, Ch. 74 · the book's own page
6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	5/74	Ch. 0, Ch. 2, Ch. 21, Ch. 37, Ch. 46 · the book's own page
7 — This Inevitable Ruin	4/89	Ch. 42, Ch. 43, Ch. 86, Ch. 88 · the book's own page
8 — A Parade of Horribles	4/99	Ch. 88, Ch. 92, Ch. 93, Ch. 99 · the book's own page

By book

Chaco in book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

The fans paid a credit a vote for the choose-your-own-prize show he hosts — to put him in a room with Mordecai, Carl reckons (ch. 7). He arrives with game-show music and a leisure suit, ducks a chair, hosts nine prizes with his microphone under the carousel, and leaves an apology for the manager: 'It was a long time ago […] I was just doing what his manager told me to do.' Clarabelle: Mordecai has mentioned him crying into his cup (ch. 8).

Chaco in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade

Behind the prize counter (ch. 66), in metallic armour, no longer the game-show host: he will not say why Mordecai hates him, only that he regrets it every day and that they would all have died, and that the place makes you turn on your own party in the end (ch. 69). He teleports out the moment the seal breaks (ch. 74).

Chaco in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

A wolf-headed pterolykos preparing the final ritual with Hold Steady and Uzzi, who throws the Dart into Uzzi on Odette's order (ch. 0); the Masquerade prize-counter box and a spellbook were bought from his booth (ch. 2); Mordecai threw a chair at his head at the prize carousel and got a timeout (ch. 21); he killed the trapped goddess in Odette's plan, and Odette has set aside a trust for him (ch. 37); Mordecai suggests the wand purchased from him (ch. 46).

Chaco in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin

Field correspondent at the council with a lint roller — 'Hello, Gravy Boat' — punched unconscious across the room by Stalwart (ch. 42). Mordecai's brother died because of him too (ch. 86). His last season needs a replacement, offered jointly to Carl and Donut (epilogue).

Chaco in book 8 — A Parade of Horribles

'voluntold' Grand Master of the parade, in a tuxedo and top hat on Lamashtu the donkey (ch. 88, ch. 92). He breaks down on the route — 'This was my last season. I was almost free, and I’m so fucking scared' — and the AI rips both his wings off; Carl heals him under its gaze (ch. 92). He blinks away afterwards (epilogue).