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Prepotente

Pony · the goat-mage

The goat-mage stuns the whole crew by abandoning the scripted float speech to sing 'In the Air Tonight' beautifully at the judging stand.

Story so far

Prepotente, the fastidious goat-mage now comfortable enough to let Carl call him 'Pony,' delivers the emotional heart of the 'Vengeance' float. He was meant to give a stinging scripted statement while Bianca burned the black-dahlia Midnight Epicure head to reveal its skull — Donut's carefully planned razzle-dazzle. Instead, at the judging stand, he goes off script ('He's pulling a Carl!') and simply sings 'In the Air Tonight' by Phil Collins — the song he never got to perform at the Desperado Club — with Sweety the tapir stamping out its famous drum beat with her feet as the only accompaniment.

His voice comes out strong, steady, and genuinely beautiful, flooring the entire crew, before he cedes the stage to Carl's revolution speech. A quiet triumph for the once-broken goat.

Appearance

A tall bipedal goat-mage with fine pale fur, formal and fussy, rectangular pupils; the Apito memorial crystal at his throat, a microphone in hand.

Role

The party's goat-mage, who upstages the scripted float by singing 'In the Air Tonight' with stunning skill.

Relationships

Carl — Whose 'Vengeance' presentation he opens by singing, then hands the mic to for the speech.
Sweety — His tapir, who stamps out the song's beat as his only accompaniment.
Half a Prayer, Half a Song — His singing quest and gift, finally realized in this public performance.
Jurgen — His partner, blindsided like everyone by the off-script song.

Earlier in this series

Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:

Sources — 6 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 5
  • The fussy, grief-forged goat-mage of the Posse, warning everyone not to kill their racing opponents.
Chapter 6
  • The grief-forged goat-mage and party family member, whose sharp warnings shape how the crew runs the races.
Chapter 76
  • The fussy goat-mage keeper of the Apito crystal, softened by Donut's mothering lessons — now racing the shrunken apartment maze.
Chapter 80
  • The goat-mage broken open by a what-if of his mother's life without him — and healed enough to finally offer Carl his nickname.
Chapter 85
  • Prepotente's theory proves out: his Apito memorial crystal shields him, Jurgen, and everyone in his building or mount from Scolopendra's first attack — and the crystal jumps to 11.1% charged from absorbing it.
Chapter 96
  • The goat-mage stuns the whole crew by abandoning the scripted float speech to sing 'In the Air Tonight' beautifully at the judging stand.
Character sheet
LitRPG stats — unique to this series. Other books surface a different panel here.
Goat-mage LVL ~99
Skills & spells
  • powerful offensive magic
  • deafening scream
  • singing (revealed)
Notable gear
  • Apito memorial crystal necklace
  • microphone
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