Character · from book 6

Splash Zone

An otter water mage whose Wet Spot routine will not cast here; married to Snail Trail, son-in-law of Grandma Sticky, both missing with the old dancers.

First appears: Book 6

Series arc

Through book 8

The Crocodilian stripper of the Pony Boy Guild. The Moon Reaper tells him he will die screaming while his family watches (B8 ch. 7); he stands in the garage circle watching Hedy work (B8 ch. 11); he tells Carl the history of the Pony Boy Guild, and Dong names his own greatest shame (B8 ch. 24). He goes into the Desperado Club's casino to find the Nothing spot, where the croupier stabs Gluteus, and then to Hamed, the club's new leader, to ask about his wife (B8 ch. 55); the system reports him 'no longer on this floor' (B8 ch. 59). By the parade he still does not know how Dong died (B8 ch. 87).

Open threads

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

Thread	Opened	Status
The , their shadow-mimic Enforcers, and Hamed's club	B8 ch. 85	open — Mitch, a level-120 adolescent Shadow Mimic, 'an Enforcer for the ', sent against Hamed's revolution; the Desperado Club is infested with them; the strippers vanished into Hamed's club and Splash Zone does not know Dong is dead (B8 ch. 86, B8 ch. 87). Safe words from now on.

All threads: Open threads.

Through book 6

Up next after Author Steve Rowland (B6 ch. 23); 'the weird little otter guy', a powerful water mage (B6 ch. 52); particular about his skin-care regimen (B6 ch. 63); 'Their act was a thing of legends' (B6 ch. 64).

Through book 7

An otter water mage whose Wet Spot routine will not cast in a saferoom (B7 ch. 5); married to Snail Trail, son-in-law of Grandma Sticky, both missing with the old dancers (B7 ch. 30, B7 ch. 56); 'That's a lot of cheese sticks' (B7 ch. 65); pulled into the ball (B7 ch. 67).

Where they appear

Book	Chapters they are in (of the book's)	Where
6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	6/74	Ch. 23, Ch. 33, Ch. 52, Ch. 63, Ch. 64, Ch. 65 · the book's own page
7 — This Inevitable Ruin	11/89	5–6, 20, 30–31, 56, 63–65, 67, 79 · the book's own page
8 — A Parade of Horribles	13/99	7, 11, 22–25, 34, 55, 58–59, 83, 85, 87 · the book's own page

By book

Splash Zone in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

The otter stripper, announced after Author Steve Rowland — watch out, ladies, you are going to get wet (ch. 23); rubbing Anaconda's back while Dong Quixote brings Damascus water (ch. 33). He turns out to be a powerful water mage (ch. 52), very particular about his skin-care regimen and upset about the slug disease (ch. 63); he sends a group of duende zombies floating away with a wave attack (ch. 64), and Carl counts on him, ranged attacks only, to keep the others safe (ch. 65).

Splash Zone in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin

An otter water mage whose Wet Spot routine will not cast in a saferoom (ch. 5); married to Snail Trail, son-in-law of Grandma Sticky, both missing with the old dancers (ch. 30, ch. 56); 'That's a lot of cheese sticks' (ch. 65); pulled into the ball (ch. 67).

Splash Zone in book 8 — A Parade of Horribles

The Crocodilian stripper of the Pony Boy Guild. The Moon Reaper tells him he will die screaming while his family watches (ch. 7); he stands in the garage circle watching Hedy work (ch. 11); he tells Carl the history of the Pony Boy Guild, and Dong names his own greatest shame (ch. 24). He goes into the Desperado Club's casino to find the Nothing spot, where the croupier stabs Gluteus, and then to Hamed, the club's new leader, to ask about his wife (ch. 55); the system reports him 'no longer on this floor' (ch. 59). By the parade he still does not know how Dong died (ch. 87).