Character · from book 4

Tran

The tired Swashbuckler from Gwen's team who went down the stairs with Katia's party; at the masquerade with the guild, he loses both legs in the pit and a healing scroll does not grow them back.

Race and class, since book 4: Human · Swashbuckler

First appears: Book 4

Series arc

As of book 8. A tired Swashbuckler with a metal detector in book 4, legless in book 5, in a floating chair in book 6 with his estranged mother's building holding a key, a wall-climbing crab and the 102nd's driver in book 7. In book 8 he drives a hearse with wrecked spider legs, tries to stop the fight with Li Na and says of her 'She’s just sort of lost her humanity'; his parents' apartment in the L'Engle Building is 712, his the one photo without sewn-shut eyes; he wears a red shirt at the goodbye party and goes to the Cabaret.

Through book 4

A tired human Swashbuckler with a metal-detecting ability in Gwen's team, who drags a cable to the drain wheel, opens the valve part way, asks Vadim if he owns a red shirt, dives to the Akula and is carried across the ocean floor (B4 ch. 20, B4 ch. 22, B4 ch. 25, B4 ch. 27); he goes down with Katia's new party (B4 ch. 33).

Through book 5

With Katia's guild at the party; at the temple's front door on the last raid (B5 ch. 61); hammered with Bautista in the Imogen fight, both legs gone, and a healing scroll does not grow them back (B5 ch. 76, B5 ch. 77).

Through book 6

Legless in a floating chair (B6 ch. 22); his estranged mother's building holds a key, and her totem card goes to Katia (B6 ch. 38, B6 ch. 48); his chair kills a rock totem (B6 ch. 67); carried out by Katia (B6 ch. 72).

Through book 7

A crab that climbs walls (B7 ch. 21); 'Foop' (B7 ch. 13); the 102nd everywhere it is needed (B7 ch. 29, B7 ch. 84).

Through book 8

He drives a hearse with wrecked spider legs (B8 ch. 15); 'If this is my last message, know that I tried to stop them from fighting Li Na' (B8 ch. 51); of Li Na, 'She’s just sort of lost her humanity' (B8 ch. 54). His parents' apartment in the L'Engle Building is 712, and his is the one photo without sewn-shut eyes (B8 ch. 74). He wears a red shirt at the goodbye party and goes to the Cabaret (B8 ch. 71).

Where they appear

Book	Chapters they are in (of the book's)	Where
4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods	14/35	20–22, 24–34 · the book's own page
5 — The Butcher's Masquerade	9/78	36, 61–62, 66–67, 72–73, 76–77 · the book's own page
6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	19/74	3, 7–8, 11, 19, 22, 32, 38, 48, 55, 63–65, 67–72 · the book's own page
7 — This Inevitable Ruin	22/89	3–5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 21–22, 29, 32, 40, 45–46, 56, 59, 62, 65, 67, 79, 84, 86 · the book's own page
8 — A Parade of Horribles	17/99	15, 17, 22–23, 47, 50–52, 54–56, 67, 69, 71, 73–74, 85 · the book's own page

By book

Tran in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods

The cable to the wheel (ch. 20, ch. 21); the valve part way (ch. 22); 'Do you own a red shirt?' (ch. 25); the Akula's airlock and boss chamber; 'Hey,' at 'underperforming' (ch. 26); carried on Carl's shoulder across the ocean floor at five percent a second (ch. 27); Quan Ch's go-between and the messenger of 'just a deposit' (ch. 31); a scroll subscription from the quest box; Katia's party.

Tran in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade

One of Katia's group with Bautista, Gwen and the rest (ch. 36). At the front door with Katia in the assault (ch. 61); looting bodies with Gwen and Bautista as the Twister hovers over the church (ch. 62); flanking Lucia Mar at Chaco's counter to keep the hunters off (ch. 72, ch. 73). He and Bautista are getting hammered in the Imogen fight (ch. 76); he loses his legs, and a stranger helps him toward the stairwell while he sobs — a scroll heals him, but the legs stay gone (ch. 77).

Tran in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

Legless in a floating chair, not looking up (ch. 22); his ex-wife's and mother's building holds Katia's key (ch. 38); told by his mother's ghost he is not welcome (ch. 48); his exploding chair kills a rock totem (ch. 67); trapped with Imani, carried out by Katia (ch. 70, ch. 72). A smile, with Donut on his chair (ch. 63).

Tran in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin

Carried by Katia without his wheelchair (ch. 4); a mechanical crab that climbs walls and a plate exoskeleton in battle mode, no ranged weapons or the system would call him Armor (ch. 21); 'Foop' (ch. 13); the 102nd in the southern trenches and at the FUPA (ch. 29, ch. 65), and at the Dream castle's remains — 'Are you fucking kidding me?' (ch. 59, ch. 84). Into the stairwell (ch. 86).

Tran in book 8 — A Parade of Horribles

He drives a hearse with wrecked spider legs (ch. 15); 'If this is my last message, know that I tried to stop them from fighting Li Na' (ch. 51); of Li Na, 'She’s just sort of lost her humanity' (ch. 54). His parents' apartment in the L'Engle Building is 712, and his is the one photo without sewn-shut eyes (ch. 74). He wears a red shirt at the goodbye party and goes to the Cabaret (ch. 71).