Emberus

Dungeon Crawler Carl

First appears in The Gate of the Feral Gods.

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Dungeon Crawler Carl

Summary spoilers for the whole series

The god of sun and ash, youngest brother of Taranis and twin of Hellik. Blinded by grief for his murdered son Geyrun, he becomes Carl's patron on the Fifth Floor after Carl returns his son's puppy Orthrus. He sets Carl quests tied to the murder, burns the Ninth Floor when it collapses, and is killed by Taranis on the Eleventh Floor in Carl's trap.

Book by book 11 events

Before 1 event, spoilers
  1. According to the lore, he once woke a volcano and covered a country in lava because a drunk man put out his torch. source
The Gate of the Feral Gods 4 events, spoilers
  1. Blind and enraged, he rampages through the Lacuna on the Fifth Floor in search of Orthrus, whom Carl has freed from the Nothing. source
  2. The page records his son Geyrun's murder by an unknown assailant on the day Orthrus was sucked into the Nothing. source
  3. Carl pledges himself and throws a celestial grenade; Emberus is summoned, reunites with Orthrus and vanishes. source
  4. Carl becomes his Acolyte; Emberus sets quests to find Geyrun's killer and to kill Hellik before the twelfth floor. source
The Butcher's Masquerade 1 event, spoilers
  1. The hunter Vrah summons him to Zockau, and he brands Carl Shunned for killing a fellow worshipper. source
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride 1 event, spoilers
  1. Amayon offers to tell him what became of Geyrun if he helps kill Amayon's three brothers in Sheol. source
This Inevitable Ruin 2 events, spoilers
  1. When Samantha admits a part in Geyrun's death, he enters the Ninth Floor and demands her, vowing to burn the floor. source
  2. After questioning her, he consumes the collapsing Ninth Floor in fire. source
A Parade of Horribles 2 events, spoilers
  1. Carl lures him to Club Scolopendra on the Eleventh Floor, renounces his faith and claims to have killed Geyrun. source
  2. Donut strips his invulnerability, and Taranis strikes him dead; his last words call out to his brother. source
Connections spoilers

Destroyed by

Floor 9 · Faction Wars

Enemy of

Samantha (Psamathe), Carl, Hellik, Khepri, Scolopendra, Eris, Amayon, Nekhebit

Allied with

Orthrus, Carl

Parent of

Apito

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