Crown Prince Stalwart

Captain Enormous

Stalwart survives the bomb only to be killed through the eye by a hidden magical archer working with Noflex.

Story so far

Stalwart refuses to flee when Noflex's detonator begins counting down. After the blast kills the Operatic cell mass, he regains his composure and denounces Cascadia and the mudskipper production as disgraceful.

Before he can finish praising Orc security, a blue magical arrow appears through his eye. The attack mirrors the injury Noflex used in her earlier shapeshifted taunt but comes after she has escaped, implying a helper inside or near the Orc castle.

Stalwart collapses and his feed ends. Cascadia expects him and the other dead representatives to regenerate by the next day.

Appearance

An armored Orc prince collapsed over a council projection with a sizzling blue magical arrow through one eye.

Role

Stalwart becomes proof that Noflex's resistance now includes coordinated infiltrators.

Relationships

Epitome Noflex — Her earlier eye-shot taunt predicts the attack, though she is not the shooter.

Cascadia — He condemns her production immediately before dying.

NPC Self-Awareness Crisis — His remote assassination shows the crisis spreading beyond one changeling.

Earlier in this series

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

Dungeon Crawler CarlBook 1
The Gate of the Feral GodsBook 4

Sources — 2 recorded facts, by chapter

Chapter 23

Maestro's older brother represents the Orc faction, threatens to skin Donut, and reacts furiously when the meeting's NPC security fails again.

Chapter 24

Stalwart survives the bomb only to be killed through the eye by a hidden magical archer working with Noflex.