Characters

Crawlers, NPCs, factions & the powers behind the dungeon.

Book 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl (45)

• Administrator Mukta — Borant admin · enforces appearances
• Agatha — Homeless crawler · the accidental savior
• Beatrice (Bea) — Carl's ex · Donut's owner · catalyst
• Brandon Andrews — Eldercare crawler · the big hammer
• Brynhild's Daughters — All-female warrior faction
• Carl — Crawler #4,122 · protagonist · ex-Coast Guard
• Chris Andrews 2 — Brandon's brother · the quiet one
• Crawler Frank Q — Hostile crawler · killer
• Crawler Maggie My — Frank's partner · Crawler Killer ×5
• Crawler Rebecca W — Murdered crawler · Level 3
• Crown Prince Stalwart — The Maestro’s brother · Skull Empire warlord
• Damien — Mysterious name · Mordecai recoils
• Elle McGibbons — Eldercare resident
• Grull (the War God) — A “god” · worshipped by equine-class mobs
• Hekla — Crawler · leader of Brynhild's Daughters
• Imani C — Eldercare crawler · Crawler Killer ×12
• Jack — Eldercare resident · broke the bathroom rule
• King Rust — King of the Skull Empire · the princes’ father
• Le Mouvement — Crawler faction · armed group
• Lexis — Associate producer · After Hours
• Li Jun, Zhang & Li Na — Warehouse crawlers · Death Watch guests
• Lucia Mar — Crawler · ~13 · with two rottweilers
• Mexx-55 — Production camera-bot / projector
• Mistress Tiatha — The group's tutorial guide
• Mordecai — Guide & manager · a new body every floor
• Mrs. Parsons — Neighbor · first casualty Carl witnesses
• Odette — Talk-show host · After Hours
• Princess Donut — Crawler #4,119 · show cat · co-star
• Rory & Lorelai — Goblin engineers · reluctant allies
• Sebastian — Bopca Protector · Taco Bell safe room
• Tally — Bopca Protector · Level 63 · caretaker
• The Bloom (The Party) — Ultra-nationalist kua-tin party
• The Borant Corporation — Regent corp · the Kua-Tin owners
• The Eldercare Residents — ~33 helpless crawlers
• The Maestro — Orc talk-show host · “Death Watch”
• The Skull Clan — Maestro's orc clan · Faction Wars power
• The Skull Empire — Ancient orc government · the princes
• The Squim Conglomerate — Rival showrunner
• The Syndicate — Galactic authority · rule-makers
• The System AI — The dungeon’s Syndicate AI · every System voice
• The Titan Conglomerate — Independent producer · After Hours
• The Valtay Corporation — Parasitic creditor government · runs next season
• Yolanda Martinez 13 — CNA crawler · archer
• Yvette — Frank & Maggie's daughter · a tragedy
• Zev — Borant PR agent · kua-tin admin

Book 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario (24)

• Apito (The Oak Mother) — Mother of all gods · elf goddess
• Apollon the Mighty — Elite strongman ogre · the iced-cream vendor
• Burgundy — Krasue victim · reveals the plot
• City Elves & the 201st Security Group — Conspiracy-nut elf doomsday cult
• Clarabelle — Crocodilian bouncer · Level 40
• Daniel Bautista 2 — Tigran Swashbuckler · Level 18 · grieving brother
• Fitz — Level 30 human · innkeeper of the Narwhal
• Grimaldi (The Vine) — Circus ringleader · Signet’s love · became the vine
• GumGum — Kindly orc · protected the fallen women
• Katia Grim — Doppelganger · “Monster Truck Driver” · joins the party
• Magistrate Featherfall — Skyfowl magistrate · black cleric · undead-controller
• Manasa — Cobra-headed singer · Valtay treasure · killed
• Miss Quill — Skyfowl · Level 30 · magistrate's clerk
• Over City NPCs — Engineered, memory-wiped townsfolk
• Princess D'Nadia — Cephalopod royal · the Prism Kingdom
• Pustule — Hobgoblin explosives dealer · Level 30 · unhinged but kind
• Quan Ch — Half-Elf Imperial Security Trooper · Level 31 · the flying-jacket crawler
• Quint — Half-Djinn pharmacist · Mordecai’s old friend
• Ripper Wonton — Furry host of Danger Zone
• Sensation Entertainment, Inc. — Producer of “Vengeance of the Daughter”
• The Naiad Confederacy — The revolution that toppled the river crown
• Tsarina Signet — Half-Naiad/High-Elf Summoner · Level 60 Elite
• Tucker — Smug pundit panelist · pro-Kua-tin
• Vicente — City Elf · Level 16 · “trained his whole life”

Book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (22)

• Astrid — Bloodlust Sprite · Level 125 · club management
• Bomo & The Sledge — Cretin bodyguards · Level 35 · tuxedos
• Chaco the Bard — Pterolykos · Prize Carousel host · Level 66
• Crawler Coolie — 19th-edition Cookbook annotator · martyr of Qurux
• Dismember the War Mage — Silver-haired war mage · flays crawlers into Fleshers
• Eva Sigrid — Crawler #9,077,240 · Hekla’s enforcer · Half-Nagini / Half-Orc
• Fire Brandy — Lesser Demon MILF · Level 75 · firewoman of the Nightmare Express
• Florin — Crocodilian Shotgun Messenger · leaderboard #4
• Gore-Gore — ManTauR engineer · neighborhood boss · Level 40
• Growler Gary — Level 25 Shade Gnoll bartender · the indestructible NPC
• Ifechi — Human Physicker · leaderboard #8
• Levi the 7th — Troll Flesher + Hobgoblin Skellie Symbiote · Level 7
• Limp Richard — Mole Man shopkeeper · Level 36 NPC
• Loita — The new PR agent · Bloom hardliner
• Madison — Iron Tangle HR Associate · Level 10 · non-combatant
• Miriam Dom — Human Shepherd · leaderboard #5
• Pierre the Porter — Grapple · keeper of the suitcases
• Porthus — High Elf Rogue · OIPAN’s backer · Cookbook author
• Prepotente — Caprid crawler · leaderboard #3
• Vernon — Yellow Line conductor · dwarf · Level 32
• Wendita — Bopca proprietor · Nirula’s, Station 83
• Widget — Grease Gremlin · Level 19 · Iron Tangle train technician

Book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods (26)

• Bogdon Ro — Human Legatus · leaderboard #8
• Bonnie — Commandant Kane’s daughter · juvenile Dirigible Gnome
• Clay — Hump Town gatekeeper · Lv 30 Dromedarian
• Commandant Kane — Lord of the Dreadnaught Wasteland
• Doctor Hu — Architect of the Open Intellect Pacifist Network’s endgame
• Emberus — Blind feral fire god · hunting his lost dog
• Firas M. — Hump Town crawler · Hammersmith · Louis’s best friend
• Gravy Boat (“Ferdinand”) — The neighbor’s cat · Donut’s spurned suitor
• Gwendolyn Duet ("Gwen") — Crawler · Lv 27 Boring Ol’ Fighter · Land Quadrant
• Henrik — Changeling Principal · Hump Town’s false leader
• Juice Box — Lv 17 changeling · The Toe’s on-demand changeling prostitute
• Kevin & Magnificent Troy — The Survival Royale boss-battle commentary duo
• Langley & the Six Archers — A party of identical bow-only crawlers
• Leon the Commissar — Lv 44 Dirigible Gnome Negotiator
• Louis Santiago 2 — Hump Town crawler · the van-driver with Cloud of Exhaust
• Orren, the Syndicate Liaison — Neutral fact-finder · a Valtay worm
• Princess Formidable — Skull Empire heir · the failsafe’s lone advocate
• Samantha (Psamathe) — Banished lesser deity · the party’s trainer “Samantha”
• Skarn — Changeling juvenile · Hump Town orphan
• The Mad Dune Mage (Ghazi) — Called the Glass Wizard · holds the Gate’s winding box
• The Open Intellect Pacifist Action Network — Carl's second sponsor · anti-crawl NFC
• The Popov Brothers (Dmitri & Maxim) — Nodling Illusionist & Bogatyr · leaderboard #5
• The Subterranean Crawlers (Low Thi’s Party) — Five tomb-quadrant crawlers
• Vadim Zbar — Lv 28 Kuhli Gut Rearranger · water-quadrant survivor
• Veriluxx RealPet Companions — Donut's sponsor · toy company
• Wynne — Lv 50 Dirigible Gnome Flesh Mechanic · hostage

Book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade (25)

• Areson the Wise — Ogre strongman elite · Signet’s muscle
• Britney — Ukrainian Pit Champion · Louis & Firas’s teammate
• Cascadia — Floor-8 announcer · openly contemptuous
• Circe Took — Mantis hive queen · Vrah & Xindy’s mother
• Diwata — Minor nature goddess · Carl’s new enemy
• Dr. Ratchet — Automaton expert · gives Carl his minion key
• Edgar the Shell Mage — Signet’s talking tortoise · the party-hider
• Edict — Dark Hive merchant · the honorable suicide
• Hunter Xindy — Mantis Blood Tracker · Vrah’s little sister
• Hurk — Gleener set designer · CrawlCon fixture
• Nihit — Conspiracy-theorist naga reporter
• Quasar, the Null — Carl’s gray-alien attorney
• Queen Imogen — High Elf ruler · Signet’s half-sister
• The Apothecary — Carl & Donut’s third sponsor · the real Krakaren
• The Borant Emancipation Front — Donut & Zev’s secret revolution
• The Burrowers — The mantis royal government
• The Crafter Alliance — Drunken barbarian hunters
• The Dark Hive (Circe’s Mantises) — Vrah’s clan · the apex hunters
• The Dreadnought Clan — Faction-wars dropouts · horned red brutes
• The Dream — Galaxy-spanning pale-elf faction · a ninth-floor power
• The Hunters — The sixth floor’s alien predators
• The Nebular Sin Patrol (the Nebs) — Crusader-cult hunters in bishop hats
• The Plenty — The goat-people who built the tunnels
• Viscount Fog — Vampire-hunter elite · star of “Blood Hunter”
• Vrah — The head-collecting mantis · a Hunt regular

Book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (29)

• Amayon — Demon Prince of Sheol · possesses the boss snake
• Anton Lopez — Tattooed fugitive · the crossbow & a directional bomb
• Asher — Carl’s half-brother · the family he never knew
• Baroness Victory, Esq. — Orc judge · the Princess Posse’s Faction-Wars adjutant
• Carl’s Father — The Iowa memory replay · the keyholder’s trap
• Charles Ellis, the Bartender — Samantha’s doomed “boyfriend”
• Damascus Steel — Ifrit · assistant lead dancer & Guild gatekeeper
• Doctor Bones — Level 90 Skin Skellie Bard · the club DJ
• Dodola & Adad (Storm Gods) — The summoned storm deities · one sponsored, one AI
• Eileithyia — Goddess of Childbirth · Level 250 · the benevolent schemer
• Epitome Tagg — Dream-elf warlord of the Dream
• Harbinger — Caprid liaison from the Plenty
• Huanxin Jinx — Grixist heiress · Dodola’s sponsor
• Long Haul Biological Waste Management Solutions — Donut’s mortifying new sponsor
• Nekhebit — Egyptian vulture goddess · Odette’s Ascendency deity
• Ogun — God of blacksmiths & protection
• Osvaldo — Level 60 Curupira ranger · holds the memorial crystal
• Pater Coal — High Cleric of Emberus · Level 101 · the AI in disguise
• Paz Lo — Armored Santero · the Turtle tank
• Rishi — Naga envoy of the Blood Sultanate
• Rosetta Thagra — Crest ex-crawler · host of Shadow Boxer
• Sister Ines Quiteria — Cat-girl nun · Poet Laureate · the quiet leader
• The Nebulars — Hat-wearing cult · Sister Ines’s sponsor & patron
• Tserendolgor (“Ren”) — Mongolian crawler · the dog-woman · dies on Floor 8
• Uzzi — Skyfowl warrior · Mordecai’s brother
• Wakinyan (Meleagris Gallopavo Rex) — The Great Wild Turkey · a dead god of the Nothing
• Yemaya, the River Mother — Orisha goddess · key to Katia’s escape
• Ysalte (the Vinegar Bitch) — Ninth-floor goddess · the Downward Spiral
• Zeynep — crawler · died on the surgical table

Book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin (57)

• Admiral Corinne Whimpleshin — blood sultanate adjutant · camel
• Adrasteia — deity · Khepri’s patron · throne contender
• Architect Houston — Viceroy leader of the Madness
• Basilica Guards — untouchable ogre clerics of taranis
• Bodi — Land War veteran · Big Game Spear Hunter
• Burcu — badger-headed porsuk swashbuckler
• Colonel Boomer — militant former crawler · 106th commander
• Commander Stockade — Lemig warlord · undone by grief
• Dante — crocodilian Cookbook author · Justice Light’s brother
• Diah — child voice trapped inside lucia
• Dong Quixote — crawler lancer on a swamp yak
• Drick — Valtay-worm adjutant of Team Retribution
• Everly — Sward Mantis Cookbook author · the Inevitable Ruin
• Fopsy — tripod adjutant for the dream
• Goff — Pacifist Residual · the voice inside Paulie
• Hamed (the Night Wyrm) — Guild of Suffering head · paranoid new Desperado manager
• Hapanzi — Shi Maria’s god-husband
• Herman the Fleet — third ogre brother · doomed flag-room clerk
• Holger — were-castor guardian of the kids
• Judge Deng Bao — orc adjutant · impartial galactic judge
• Justice Light — broken skyfowl shopkeeper · trap master
• Kandy “Bigs” Newton — sluggalette with a head-hatchet
• Kina — horny sea-urchin goddess
• Lockjaw — gnoll mercenary for the Madness
• Milk — indentured cartographer · cookbook author
• Mork — lisping ram cleric of hellik
• Nami — influencer piloting eris
• Paca — merchant hiding the Feral Gods gate
• Penn — mountainous Fortification Engineer sergeant
• Personal Guard — warlord platoon · 15 elite guards
• Princess Chandra — Donut's attorney · Carl's new wife
• Princess Vinata — the Sepsis Whore · six-armed white naga
• Selvi & Tuba — conscripted crawlers freed by carl
• Sergeant Toyotomi — broken sai guard · inherited merc
• Stablemaster Kibben — former high-elf castle stablemaster
• Tart — antlered adjutant of the Reavers
• Team Retribution — The NPC defending team · headquartered in Larracos
• The 106th Bloody Leeches — posse battalion · warriors & thieves
• The Bloc — The eight-team attacking alliance
• The Bone Clan — orc / skull empire team · spots 1–2
• The Democratic (Lemig) Sortion — goblin faction · first team defeated
• The Frothing Tunnel Moles — posse SOF · diggers & sappers
• The Madness — masked Viceroy faction
• The Prism — faction-wars team · Empress D’Nadia
• The Reavers — faction-wars team · cyborgs & flying machines
• The Returned Crawlers — ~50,000 ex-crawlers, back for the war
• The Semeru Dwarves — devastated stewards of Larracos
• The War Mage Rebellion — rogue war-mage non-team entity
• Tipid — crest poisoner · Cookbook author · Posse Colonel
• Tran — posse field commander · crab exo-suit
• Volteeg — gargoyle Cookbook author · Weeper commander
• War Leader Arief — awakened Semeru dwarf commander
• Warlord Akuma — level-100 war mage · rebellion leader
• Warlord Fang — Reaver warlord of the Bloc
• Wepwawet — god in the Court of Nekhebit
• York — hollow tenodera poet · OIPAN captain
• Zander — ruined Squirties refueler