Chaco

Dungeon Crawler Carl

First appears in The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook.

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Dungeon Crawler Carl

Summary spoilers for the whole series

An alien NPC and former crawler, a winged, wolf-headed Pterolykos bard who hosts The Prize Carousel for the production. Hundreds of cycles ago, on the tenth floor of his crawl, he killed Mordecai's brother Uzzi, which is why Mordecai attacks him on sight. He appears at the Fourth Floor carousel, the Butcher's Masquerade and the Ninth Floor, and as Grand Master of the Eleventh Floor parade the AI tears off his wings.

Book by book 9 events

Before 1 event, spoilers
  1. On the tenth floor of his own crawl, under pressure from Odette, Chaco kills Uzzi with a thrown dart to force a storm goddess to be summoned through him, then traps and kills the goddess; Mordecai tackles him down the stairwell. source
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook 1 event, spoilers
  1. Carl's fan box triggers The Prize Carousel in the Royal Court's personal space on the Fourth Floor; Mordecai hurls a chair at Chaco, the system freezes it short of his head and gives Mordecai a seven-day timeout. source
The Butcher's Masquerade 2 events, spoilers
  1. Chaco runs the prize counter in ballroom A of the Butcher's Masquerade on the Sixth Floor, trading prizes for hunter scalps and warning Carl that everyone in the dungeon ends up broken. source
  2. Chaco vanishes along with the three judges the moment Signet breaks the masquerade's peace seal. source
This Inevitable Ruin 2 events, spoilers
  1. Sent to the Ninth Floor as field correspondent for the warlord council, he is knocked out by one punch from the orc king Stalwart, and Odette takes over the broadcast. source
  2. Quasar tells Carl that the one decent exit deal on offer exists because this is Chaco's last season, and offers his host job to Carl and Donut. source
A Parade of Horribles 3 events, spoilers
  1. The AI makes Chaco Grand Master of the Eleventh Floor parade; he announces the rules, then breaks down on air, saying this was meant to be his last season, while Mordecai says he hopes Chaco dies. source
  2. Riding the subjugated goddess Lamashtu, Chaco stumbles through the AI's script, and the AI tears off both his wings and takes over the narration through the fleshmancer Grigori; Carl heals him with a scroll. source
  3. After the parade Chaco blinks away, and Victory asks her staff to bring him in for a debrief. source
Connections spoilers

Home of

Floor 11 · A Parade of Horribles

Enemy of

Mordecai

Allied with

Odette

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