Tipid

Dungeon Crawler Carl

First appears in The Eye of the Bedlam Bride.

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Dungeon Crawler Carl

Summary spoilers for the whole series

A tall Crest and veteran of an earlier crawl who wrote the fourth edition of the Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook. He survived by leaving his friend behind, worked as a game guide and sanitation worker, and joined the effort to dismantle the crawl. He returns as a Colonel in the Princess Posse for Faction Wars and later guides Carl through the tenth floor.

Book by book 9 events

Before 3 events, spoilers
  1. In his original crawl Tipid and his friend Horatio find a bone key that lets only one of them leave, and Tipid takes it, leaving Horatio to die. source
  2. He exits the dungeon at the start of the Twelfth Floor and takes a deal to work as a game guide, guildhall instructor and occasional guard. source
  3. After release he has no healthcare or inner-system citizenship, spends his pension on surgery for brain damage and takes sanitation work on a Crest colony. source
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride 1 event, spoilers
  1. From a refitted freighter in orbit with Rosetta, Tipid watches the end of the Eighth Floor and is cleared with 50,000 former crawlers to join Faction Wars. source
This Inevitable Ruin 3 events, spoilers
  1. He enters the Ninth Floor as a mercenary and is made a Colonel in the Princess Posse, commanding a regiment. source
  2. He coordinates defence of the team's headquarters against a large teleportation raid. source
  3. His arm is nearly blasted off by a Valtay attack during a defence and is healed by Bucket Boy. source
A Parade of Horribles 2 events, spoilers
  1. On the Tenth Floor he guides Carl and Donut to hidden performance guildhalls and explains a route to the Pineapple Cabaret. source
  2. By the Tenth Floor the dungeon has wiped his memory of Faction Wars, and allies catch him up. source
Connections spoilers

Allied with

Rosetta Thagra, Justice Light, Carl, Princess Donut, Porthus

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