Character · from book 3

The Desperado Club cretins

The other two of the four Desperado Club cretins delivered as mercenaries: switched from the party to Donut's own minions, keepers of the sleep-potion ball Samantha refused to carry, and the stagehands who raise a painted mainsail over thirty velociraptors.

First appears: Book 3

Series arc

Through book 8

Clay-ton, his contract ended, plays bass in the Desperado Club's jazz band and backs Chris and Donut against the guards; of Sledgie, Bomo and Very Sullen he says only that he does not know where they are (B8 ch. 85).

Through book 3

Level-35 rock-monster bodyguards at the Desperado Club: Bomo and the Sledge for Carl and Donut, and Clay-ton behind Elle, bored with his arms crossed (B3 ch. 8); stunned on the floor by a glowing dagger (B3 ch. 9).

Through book 5

Two shells to run under (B5 ch. 5); cretin-sized PlayStation controllers (B5 ch. 10); a 90s film with the cubs (B5 ch. 50); the props cart (B5 ch. 64); the servant ballroom (B5 ch. 66); a mainsail raised over thirty raptors (B5 ch. 74).

Through book 6

Three of the four bodyguards went down with the high elf castle; Bomo remains (B6 ch. 2); cretin bodyguards in the Desperado Club watch Carl's scuffle with Emir and charge the demon (B6 ch. 32).

Through book 7

Very Sullen in Donut's personal guard (B7 ch. 20); Clay-ton inseparable from Chris all floor (B7 ch. 65); both around the Sledge as he mourns Bomo (B7 ch. 78). Their kind will not transfer with the city (B7 ch. 85).

Where they appear

Book	Chapters they are in (of the book's)	Where
3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook	4/35	Ch. 8, Ch. 9, Ch. 14, Ch. 19 · the book's own page
5 — The Butcher's Masquerade	18/78	1, 3–5, 7, 9–10, 13, 17, 21, 35, 56, 58, 63–64, 66, 72, 74 · the book's own page
6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	7/74	Ch. 2, Ch. 11, Ch. 14, Ch. 16, Ch. 17, Ch. 32, Ch. 51 · the book's own page
7 — This Inevitable Ruin	9/89	10, 20, 28–29, 56, 60, 65, 78, 85 · the book's own page
8 — A Parade of Horribles	1/99	Ch. 85 · the book's own page

By book

The Desperado Club cretins in book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

Level-35 rock-monster bodyguards at the Desperado Club: Bomo and the Sledge for Carl and Donut, and Clay-ton behind Elle, bored with his arms crossed (ch. 8); two of them stunned by a woman's spell when a dagger goes into Donut (ch. 9).

The Desperado Club cretins in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade

Four now: Bomo, the Sledge, Clay-ton and Very Sullen lumber into the saferoom and a Mercenary Quarters door appears; Bomo and the Sledge stay with Carl and Donut, Very Sullen goes with Katia, and Clay-ton with Chris (ch. 3, ch. 4). On a floor full of NPC cretins nobody notices one of theirs unless they read that he is a member of the Royal Court of Princess Donut (ch. 5); two shells to run under (ch. 5). Carl plans cretin-sized PlayStation controllers for their too-big hands (ch. 10); they are part of a deal (ch. 13); a 90s film with the cubs (ch. 50); the props cart (ch. 64); the servant ballroom (ch. 66); a mainsail raised over thirty raptors (ch. 74).

The Desperado Club cretins in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

Bomo is the sole remaining member of the four bodyguards; the other three went down with the high elf castle to the ninth floor (ch. 2). Bomo brushes Mongo, happily but with less enthusiasm than the Sledge (ch. 11); the giant cretin wears twice Paz's armour at the orisha's temple (ch. 14, ch. 16), and a goddess in her own temple transfers him to the ninth floor (ch. 17). Cretin bodyguards in the Desperado Club eye the crawlers and scatter with the rest (ch. 32); Orren agrees to let the party keep all four for the ninth floor, since they are already down there (ch. 51).

The Desperado Club cretins in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin

Very Sullen in Donut's personal guard (ch. 20); Clay-ton inseparable from Chris all floor (ch. 65); both around the Sledge, 'the sad rock monster' (ch. 78). Their kind will not transfer with the city (ch. 85).

The Desperado Club cretins in book 8 — A Parade of Horribles