The Butcher’s Masquerade

Opening his boxes, Carl finds each hunter trophy is a severed hand (or claw), currency for a prize counter at a masked end-of-floor party, the Butcher’s Masquerade, to which only the top 50 crawlers are invited. He also examines the Night Wyrm’s Web of Suffering tattoo the Ring left him, which grants access to the cultish Guild of Suffering. The recap launches the guild system (charters let separate parties ally) and shows the unchanged top-ten leaderboard, as the river rising in Carl’s mind grows louder.

First appearances (6)

• Britney (Character) — Ukrainian Pit Champion · Louis & Firas’s teammate
• Hunting Trophy (Severed Hand) (Item) — A killed hunter’s hand · currency for the Masquerade
• The Butcher’s Masquerade (Event) — The book’s namesake · the end-of-floor gala
• The Guild System (Notification) — Parties capped at 30 · guilds for the rest
• The Guild of Suffering (Lore) — The Night Wyrm’s cult · the ring’s true cost
• The River in Carl’s Mind (Lore) — Carl’s mounting, unexplained change

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