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The Minister of Blood-Letting

The singing ghoul-pope who achieves his dream — accepted into the Unholy Choir, he leaves the realm mid-crawl, dissolving a whole heat.

Story so far

The Minister of Blood-Letting, the level-98 Dark Ghoul Papist frontman of team Bleak Congregation (a pope-robed skeleton in a necklace of live bats), realizes his long-practiced dream: he is accepted into the 'Unholy Choir,' and his whole team accordingly leaves the realm before the final heat, a fresh team drawn in to replace them. Princess Donut — who befriended him at the Lollipop and takes his baby-sacrifice lyrics as 'a metaphor' — is genuinely, comically proud ('He's been working so hard'), over Elle's protests that he was 'evil incarnate.' His exit is bittersweet for the crew's plans, since his departure reshuffles the final matchups: Elle had counted on facing his Wienermobile alongside the Russian 'Tracksuit Troika,' and his replacement upends the careful crawler-vs-NPC math. He leaves the dungeon on a rare high note — a monster who chased karaoke stardom and, somehow, got it.

Appearance

A skeleton in ornate pope-like blood-red vestments and mitre, wearing a necklace of living bats.

Role

The ghoul-pope who wins his spot in the Unholy Choir and leaves the crawl, scrambling the final-heat matchups.

Relationships

Bleak Congregation — His team, which leaves the realm with him upon his Choir acceptance.
Princess Donut — Befriended him and is proud he achieved his Unholy Choir dream.
Elle — Counted on facing his crew in the final heat; deems him 'evil incarnate.'
Wienermobile — His giant hot-dog race vehicle, now gone from the final matchups.
Sources — 4 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 17
  • A pope-robed skeleton ghoul with a live-bat necklace who sings karaoke — front-monster of the Bleak Congregation.
Chapter 44
  • A pope-robed skeleton ghoul who sings karaoke to earn a place in the Unholy Choir — and races the Wienermobile.
Chapter 48
  • The singing skull-pope and his congregation emerge from Upano carrying a foul bucket of white liquid — that Imani warns is 'something even worse' than it appears.
Chapter 83
  • The singing ghoul-pope who achieves his dream — accepted into the Unholy Choir, he leaves the realm mid-crawl, dissolving a whole heat.
Character sheet
LitRPG stats — unique to this series. Other books surface a different panel here.
Dark Ghoul Papist LVL 98
Skills & spells
  • singing (Unholy Choir member)
Notable gear
  • necklace of live bats
  • papal vestments
Character portrait