Character · from book 3

Forkith

Author of the Cookbook's 20th edition, an Urgyle Sapper who reached at least the eleventh floor, annotated the whole book, taught readers how to append notes to passages, and mourns his sister Barkith.

First appears: Book 3

Series arc

As of book 8. The Cookbook's twentieth author; in book 8 named by the AI among the former crawlers still in the game, and in Sheol a small red demon fitting Louis with a leech: 'We needed soldiers on a different front' and 'waiting to make our move'.

Open threads

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

Thread	Opened	Status
The casino's 'Nothing': a stasis chamber that leads to Sheol, not the Cabaret	B8 ch. 79	open — Pontiff tests the portal and leaves the playing field (B8 ch. 82); Chris, Britney and then Louis follow, meant for Herot's menu (B8 ch. 85, B8 ch. 87); Louis wakes in Sheol with a leech on his skin and Forkith's welcome: 'We needed soldiers on a different front' (B8 ch. 99).

All threads: Open threads.

Through book 3

The book's most frequent annotator after Drakea: confirms Sinjin's smoke-curtain recipe (B3 ch. 8), corrects the backpack advice while mourning Barkith (B3 ch. 13) and vows to slay a god on the twelfth floor for her (B3 ch. 32). Carl learns his race and class and finds him unexpectedly kindred.

Through book 5

A long note synthesising the earlier authors' accounts of the Hunting Grounds: the monsters change, the map and the politics do not; stay away from the elves (B5 ch. 5).

Through book 8

Named by the AI among the former crawlers still in the game (B8 ch. 86); in Sheol, a small red demon fitting Louis with a leech: 'We needed soldiers on a different front' and 'waiting to make our move' (B8 ch. 99).

In the Cookbook

Author of the 20th edition, known from a note at B3 ch. 8. 4 notes in the text so far: B3 ch. 8, 13, 32 · B5 ch. 5. The register of every edition is on the Cookbook.

Where they appear

Book	Chapters they are in (of the book's)	Where
3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook	3/35	Ch. 8, Ch. 13, Ch. 32 · the book's own page
5 — The Butcher's Masquerade	1/78	Ch. 5 · the book's own page
8 — A Parade of Horribles	2/99	Ch. 86, Ch. 99 · the book's own page

By book

Forkith in book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

The book's most frequent annotator after Drakea: confirms Sinjin's smoke-curtain recipe (ch. 8), corrects the backpack advice while mourning Barkith (ch. 13) and vows to slay a god on the twelfth floor for her (ch. 32). Carl learns his race and class and finds him unexpectedly kindred.

Forkith in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade

A long note synthesising the earlier authors' accounts of the Hunting Grounds: the monsters change, the map and the politics do not; stay away from the elves (ch. 5).

Forkith in book 8 — A Parade of Horribles

Named by the AI among the former crawlers still in the game (ch. 86); in Sheol, a small red demon fitting Louis with a leech: 'We needed soldiers on a different front' and 'waiting to make our move' (epilogue).