Mordecai

Dungeon Crawler Carl

First appears in Dungeon Crawler Carl.

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Dungeon Crawler Carl

Summary spoilers for the whole series

A former crawler turned indentured Game Guide, then manager to Princess Donut. His natural form is a golden skyfowl, but the dungeon assigns him a new body on each floor. A master alchemist who drinks heavily, he coaches Carl and Donut from his guild room and later through chat. He has one last tour left before his freedom.

Book by book 13 events

Before 1 event, spoilers
  1. Mordecai's world is displaced by the Syndicate, he crawls to the eleventh floor, and he takes an Exit Deal that makes him an indentured guildmaster. source
Dungeon Crawler Carl 1 event, spoilers
  1. Mordecai meets Carl in the Tutorial Guild on the First Floor and lets him in only after Donut slips through the door. source
Carl's Doomsday Scenario 2 events, spoilers
  1. On the Third Floor Donut's class choice binds Mordecai to the Royal Court as her manager, ending his planned transfer. source
  2. Donut reaches the Fourth Floor, which fulfils Mordecai's manager obligation. source
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook 1 event, spoilers
  1. Mordecai attacks Chaco when he appears to host Carl's prize carousel, and the system removes Mordecai from the dungeon for seven days. source
The Gate of the Feral Gods 1 event, spoilers
  1. On the Fifth Floor he shelters about forty dromedarian and changeling children in the team's personal space. source
The Butcher's Masquerade 1 event, spoilers
  1. Mordecai testifies against Odette, his former manager, at her trial. source
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride 2 events, spoilers
  1. On the Tenth Floor of his earlier crawl, Odette's scheme leaves his brother Uzzi dead and the stairwell open; Mordecai vows to kill her. source
  2. The team learns he has quietly hired Ruby and five other changeling orphans as room attendants to keep them out of the fighting. source
This Inevitable Ruin 1 event, spoilers
  1. Mordecai leaves the tent as Donut fires a crossbow bolt tipped with his mother's ashes at Huanxin Jinx. source
A Parade of Horribles 3 events, spoilers
  1. On the Tenth Floor the dungeon turns him into a shadow mimic in the shape of a Moon Reaper. source
  2. He sends Li Na out to the Pineapple Cabaret using an exploit he devised with Prepotente. source
  3. On the Eleventh Floor he becomes an animistic spirit that occupies the table in Donut's palace. source
Connections spoilers

Home of

Floor 11 · A Parade of Horribles, Tutorial Guild Hall

Allied with

Carl, Princess Donut, Mongo, Katia Grim, Zev

Enemy of

Odette, Huanxin Jinx, Chaco

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