Character · from book 4

Priestly

Author of the Cookbook's 14th edition and Carl's best source on the ninth floor: a note written in awe of Larracos — a living poem, a play to see before expulsion, a promised map — and a last entry, after the city fell, that was an incoherent jumble.

First appears: Book 4

Series arc

Through book 7

Carl finally sees Larracos as Priestly described it (B7 ch. 7); a short note on what battle lays bare (B7 ch. 30); Carl thinks of him again at the fallen city (B7 ch. 78). Not met in person.

Through book 4

Carl weighs Coolie against Priestly before a hard choice (B4 ch. 32); Priestly's note on Larracos — a living poem, a play to see before expulsion, a promised map — opens B4 ch. 33, and Carl recalls that the last entry, after the march over the city's dead, was an incoherent jumble (B4 ch. 33); he refuses to be paralysed the same way (B4 ch. 34).

Through book 6

'Stab, stab, stab', the second-to-last entry, from the conscripted bugbear army, with Drakea's warning not to read the last one (B6 ch. 54); Carl notes what Priestly did not know about Conscript (B6 ch. 65).

In the Cookbook

Author of the 14th edition, known from the narration at B4 ch. 32. 3 notes in the text so far: B4 ch. 33 · B6 ch. 54 · B7 ch. 30. The register of every edition is on the Cookbook.

Where they appear

Book	Chapters they are in (of the book's)	Where
4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods	3/35	Ch. 32, Ch. 33, Ch. 34 · the book's own page
6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	2/74	Ch. 54, Ch. 65 · the book's own page
7 — This Inevitable Ruin	3/89	Ch. 7, Ch. 30, Ch. 78 · the book's own page

By book

Priestly in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods

Carl weighs Coolie against Priestly before a hard choice (ch. 32); Priestly's note on Larracos — a living poem, a play to see before expulsion, a promised map — opens ch. 33, and Carl recalls that the last entry, after the march over the city's dead, was an incoherent jumble; he refuses to be paralysed the same way (ch. 34).

Priestly in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

'Stab, stab, stab', the second-to-last entry, from the conscripted bugbear army, with Drakea's warning not to read the last one (ch. 54); Carl notes what Priestly did not know about Conscript (ch. 65).

Priestly in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin

Carl finally sees Larracos as Priestly described it (ch. 7); a short note on what battle lays bare (ch. 30); Carl thinks of him again at the fallen city (ch. 78). Not met in person.