Character · from book 6
Damascus Steel
Assistant lead dancer at the Penis Parade, a level-75 Ifrit — metal to the touch, smoke from white eye sockets, baby-goat horns, faded ink and talon scars — Donut's favourite, and an NPC with the same spiderweb elbow tattoo as Carl. He walks Carl into the Guild of Suffering, weeps sizzling tears for his mother Astrid, hires his crew out to Carl for two floors, and goes with his brother Anaconda to fight their father and avenge their mother — 'This is family business,' says Anaconda.
Race and class, since book 6: Ifrit
First appears: Book 6
Series arc
Through book 8
He sent Pontiff back to the market for being a dick (B8 ch. 19); Hamed's son, who with Anaconda went hunting for their father and joined his cause (B8 ch. 59, B8 ch. 85).
Through book 6
The other man with Carl's elbow web, reading in the dark end of the Penis Parade's bar (B6 ch. 23); walks Carl into the guild through a purple-shag closet and makes him limp out (B6 ch. 23, B6 ch. 24). Weeps sizzling tears for his mother, hires his crew to Carl for two floors, and takes his brother to avenge their mother: 'There's more of us than you know […] two of thousands' (B6 ch. 33, B6 ch. 34).
Through book 7
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | 7/74 | Ch. 5, Ch. 6, Ch. 19, Ch. 23, Ch. 24, Ch. 33, Ch. 34 · the book's own page |
| 7 — This Inevitable Ruin | 3/89 | Ch. 10, Ch. 39, Ch. 56 · the book's own page |
| 8 — A Parade of Horribles | 3/99 | Ch. 19, Ch. 59, Ch. 85 · the book's own page |
By book
Damascus Steel in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
The other man with Carl's elbow web, reading in the dark end of the Penis Parade's bar (ch. 23); walks Carl into the guild through a purple-shag closet and makes him limp out (ch. 23, ch. 24). Weeps sizzling tears for his mother, hires his crew to Carl for two floors, and takes his brother to kill their father: 'There's more of us than you know […] two of thousands' (ch. 33, ch. 34).