Motif · from book 6
Eileithyia's boons
Katia's celestial prize for flooding Larracos, unopened since the sixth floor: the Engaged Lock Box of the Night Wyrm, three seals, and inside it the Orchid of Eileithyia's Grace — an hour at 1% health for one of three boons: triple constitution; Celestial Attendant, frozen as an NPC on the twelfth floor; or a child and the Kinder Facility in Mumbai. Won with Astrid's death; 'I won't eat it until we get down to the ninth.'
First appears: Book 6
Series arc
Through book 7
Three choices Carl will not think about (B7 ch. 56); a promise to hand the flower to Donut if it comes to that (B7 ch. 47); eaten with sixty-five minutes left and no goodbye (B7 ch. 84); a goddess frozen until the choice is made, and a pregnancy chosen to reach the children (B7 ch. 86).
Through book 6
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | 5/74 | Ch. 19, Ch. 30, Ch. 33, Ch. 37, Ch. 64 · the book's own page |
| 7 — This Inevitable Ruin | 3/89 | Ch. 56, Ch. 84, Ch. 86 · the book's own page |
By book
Eileithyia's boons in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
An Engaged Lock Box of the Night Wyrm with two seals broken, and the Orchid of Eileithyia's Grace inside (ch. 19); finishing the quest opens the box and gives Katia the orchid, Huanxin's side of the bargain (ch. 30); 'Carl, we did it. I have the orchid' — and one more thing to do; the third seal is a fairy (ch. 33); Odette on the choices former crawlers make, Celestial Attendant the safest (ch. 37); 'He doesn’t want me to use the orchid' — a death sentence either way (ch. 64).