Carl

Dungeon Crawler Carl

First appears in Dungeon Crawler Carl.

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Dungeon Crawler Carl

Summary spoilers for the whole series

Seattle marine technician and Coast Guard veteran who was minding his ex-girlfriend's show cat when the dungeon opened. Crawler 4,122, he fights with his fists and with bombs he builds himself, and serves as bodyguard of the Royal Court of Princess Donut. Over the books he climbs from a tutorial guild on the first floor to the top of the leaderboard and ever deeper down the floors.

Book by book 15 events

Dungeon Crawler Carl 6 events, spoilers
  1. Carl follows Donut out of his apartment just as the Transformation levels the buildings around him and the dungeon opens. source
  2. Carl and Donut take shelter in Mordecai's tutorial guild hall. source
  3. Donut names their party the Royal Court of Princess Donut and appoints Carl her Royal Bodyguard. source
  4. Carl's booby-trapped cart kills the goblin war chieftain and the children in his lair. source
  5. Carl, Donut and the Meadow Lark survivors kill the Ball of Swine, opening the first floor stairwell. source
  6. On the Maestro's show Carl calls the host 'pork boy' on air, then vows to fight him on the ninth floor. source
Carl's Doomsday Scenario 3 events, spoilers
  1. In a Skyfowl settlement on the third floor, Carl and Donut visit the Desperado Club for the first time. source
  2. Carl blows up the magistrate's quarters, kills the acting magistrate and becomes the settlement's Magistrate. source
  3. Carl seals an overloaded soul crystal in a Reaper Case and descends the stairs with Katia and Donut as the settlement is spared. source
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook 1 event, spoilers
  1. Carl and allies send the Maestro-controlled war god Grull into the abyss through a portal in Trainyard E. source
The Gate of the Feral Gods 1 event, spoilers
  1. Carl chooses to worship Emberus and a grenade meant to kill him instead summons the fire god, who finds Orthrus and leaves. source
The Butcher's Masquerade 1 event, spoilers
  1. Carl and his allies survive the Butcher's Masquerade at Queen Imogen's castle, though many crawlers die. source
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride 1 event, spoilers
  1. On the eighth floor Shi Maria takes control of Carl's body, takes Li Jun's eye and tattoos the Eye of the Bedlam Bride on his chest. source
This Inevitable Ruin 1 event, spoilers
  1. The Princess Posse wins Faction Wars and Emberus then destroys the ninth floor. source
A Parade of Horribles 1 event, spoilers
  1. Carl and Donut win the tenth floor races by blasting a path to the rooftop portals; Scolopendra joins the party in the floor's last minutes. source
Connections spoilers

Rules

Medium Skyfowl Settlement

Destroyed by

Wasteland

Allied with

Princess Donut, Mongo, Mordecai, Katia Grim, Samantha (Psamathe), Quasar, Imani, Elle McGibbons, Li Jun, Prepotente, Florin, Louis Santiago 2, Brandon Andrews, Daniel Bautista, Britney Proskurina, Miriam Dom, Paz Lo, Sister Ines, Tran, Zhang, Scolopendra, Garret, Zev, Tsarina Signet, Emberus, Rosetta Thagra, Chris Andrews, Orren, Ferdinand, Juice Box, Eris, Victory, Sledge, Hellik, Justice Light, Yemaya, Tipid, Dong Quixote, Porthus, Tserendolgor

Enemy of

Maggie My, Prince Maestro, Lucia Mar, Frank Q, Sister Ines, Scolopendra, Emberus, Imogen, Hekla, Grull, Quan Ch, D'nadia, Shi Maria, Diwata, Stalwart, Krakaren, Vrah, Khepri, Miss Quill, Astrid, Circe Took, Loita, Reminiscence Hydra of Malicious Compliance

Travels to

Floor 2, Floor 3 · The Over City, Floor 4 · The Iron Tangle, Floor 5 · The Bubbles, Floor 6 · The Hunting Grounds, Floor 7 · The Great Race, Floor 8 · The Ghosts of Earth, Floor 9 · Faction Wars, Floor 10 · Don't Come In Last, Floor 11 · A Parade of Horribles

Partner of

Beatrice

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