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Giant Caterpillar Mount

the caterpillar

The six warriors' enormous mount, and by ratings evidence one of the show's genuine draws.

Story so far

When Princess Donut demands to know how the ratings on this show actually are, Zev's explanation of why the current arc works names two things: the six warriors and their caterpillar mount. The audience likes them. It is a modest verdict on a storyline Donut has just compared unfavourably to something the CW would cancel, but it is the one concrete asset the arc has.

The caterpillar is present in Signet's clearing among the roughly seventy assembled — the Were-Kin warriors and their mount, Areson the Wise, forty Bush Elves, Edgar, pixies, dryads, monkeys and a late pair of Ursine — sitting in on the announcement that commits them all to the assault on Fort Freedom.

Appearance

An enormous caterpillar large enough to carry six warriors, kept in camp among elves, dryads and a dinosaur without incident.

Role

Mount of Signet's six warriors and one of the current storyline's few audience draws.

Relationships

Were-Kin — Its riders, the six warriors it carries.
Zev — Cites it by name when explaining why viewers like the arc.
Signet — Part of the coalition she has assembled in the clearing.
Sources — 2 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 13
  • A waist-high, saddle-backed caterpillar that ambushed the yenk hunter in a tree and carries Signet's were-kin brothers.
Chapter 15
  • The six warriors' enormous mount, and by ratings evidence one of the show's genuine draws.
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