Story so far
Samantha bursts through the projected ceiling opening on a wave of liquefied mantis remains. Burned bald by the security-room blast, she rolls between Carl's legs and launches herself into the dinosaurs mauling Vrah.
When Carl thanks her before the transfer, Samantha misunderstands it as a breakup. News of Signet's sacrifice shocks her, but the appearance of Princess Lunette's incomplete body redirects her attention. She calls the golem her cousin and urgently asks Carl to keep it.
Rather than travel with Carl's group, Samantha magically lifts from the floor and rockets down through a hole, heading back toward the unconscious Diwata and the unresolved castle fight.
Appearance
A burned, hairless mannequin head moving through battle under her own magic.
Role
Samantha survives her sabotage, secures Lunette's body through Carl, and chooses her own unfinished battle.
Relationships
Vrah — She bites the dying hunter during the raptor attack.
Signet — She is devastated to learn Signet sacrificed herself.
Carl — She entrusts Lunette's body to him before departing.
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
Sources — 17 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 17
- Reanimated severed doll head, foul-mouthed and deafening, who wants her body back badly enough to threaten Carl's mother.
Chapter 21
- Something that was screaming until Carl made it stop, and is now coming adventuring whether it likes it or not.
Chapter 22
- An indestructible disembodied spirit turned into Carl's screaming, biting, twin-missile hunter-seeking projectile.
Chapter 23
- An indestructible rolling head growing faster and stronger, insulting Pawna and remaining central to the planned naiad-castle attack.
Chapter 24
- An indestructible rolling head who plays with Mongo, insults trees and gods, and charges alone toward a mysterious lightning attack.
Chapter 25
- Samantha claims kinship with Signet, asks for her body, and becomes Carl's airborne diversion against Fort Freedom.
Chapter 26
- Samantha infiltrates Fort Freedom's ventilation system, reports the battle, and refuses recall after springing the defenders' trap.
Chapter 27
- Samantha's grip on Claude causes the boss to teleport with her, and she survives being swallowed through the entire fight.
Chapter 28
- Samantha scouts the destroyed southern force, retrieves a pink feather, and renews her demand for a body.
Chapter 34
- Samantha endures torture and dog attacks, feeds the hunters false coordinates, and remains attached to a trophy-bearing mantis.
Chapter 39
- Samantha scouts the abandoned town, confirms survivors are hiding, and reports Big Tina's old massacre.
Chapter 50
- Samantha volunteers to carry Carl's aerosol weapon, but its trash-can scale makes her impractical for the first attack.
Chapter 61
- Samantha helps destroy the anti-air gun, steals a pretty ring from a severed hand, and supplies the crucial explanation of Diwata's reproductive power.
Chapter 68
- Samantha waits impatiently in the attendant area with a concealed potion ball inserted inside her for a future delivery role.
Chapter 70
- Samantha infiltrates Ferdinand's hidden tunnels, evades him, and reaches the security room only to discover its guards have already been killed.
Chapter 71
- Samantha restores the ballroom restrictions, traps Diwata in the security corridor, and detonates the soul crystals inside the birthing goddess.
Chapter 73
- Samantha surfs into battle on mantis gore, helps kill Vrah, recognizes her cousin Lunette, and rejects the ninth-floor transfer by flying back into the castle.