Story so far
Ines contacts Carl and Donut after the Capitol falls. She identifies the final door in Iglesia de Jesús de Miramar but says opening it will unleash ultimate catastrophe because unseen advisers have told her the surrounding hell is punishment for sin.
She claims every appearing demon increases her power and calls herself the last rampart. Ines offers to free Carl's soul through the same method she used on her sisters but excludes Donut as an animal.
Carl pretends willingness to meet at FOSCA while inferring that the Nebulars deliberately restored and amplified Ines's religious instability. Ines then demonstrates control over full-form pleasure demons and Amayon, threatening to destroy the church if Carl approaches the door.
Appearance
A feline nun surrounded by infernal servants, speaking through a colossal demon-snake while pointing toward a church.
Role
Ines becomes the principal intelligent obstacle to the last Cuban exit and a Nebular instrument against the Royal Court.
Relationships
The Nebulars — Carl believes her sponsor-patron deliberately reactivated her instability and power.
Amayon — She compels the demon prince to summon Carl.
Imani — Her minions enter the church where Imani waits.
Carl — She offers him salvation and threatens the exit to force a meeting.
Sources — 12 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 7
- Sister Ines Quiteria is a Cuban Carmelite nun in cat-girl form whose calm authority contains her protective companions and turns a dangerous standoff into cooperation.
Chapter 8
- Ines explains her bard-healer role, coordinates her squad's first successful capture, and activates the captured Yago card as Team Sister Ines's leader.
Chapter 12
- Ines's anger at the dungeon's mockery of sacred traditions drives her toward the corrupted settlement, where her clerical attacks and cleansing magic prove highly effective.
Chapter 13
- Ines's hostility toward false gods escalates into visible terror before Asojano, revealing a destabilizing spiritual burden her companions have encountered before.
Chapter 17
- Ines tries to enforce loyalty to Ogun, violently frees Anton from Oshun's charm, and discovers her healing cannot remove the gods' combined punishment.
Chapter 18
- Sister Ines is exposed as a convicted convent poisoner with an unconscious loyalty compulsion, then refuses Paz's chosen death and captures him as a totem.
Chapter 19
- Ines conceals Paz's captured card from the goddesses, strips Anton's corpse, and leaves the restored settlement alone without answering Carl.
Chapter 22
- Sister Ines remains missing after abandoning Paz, and she blocks Donut after receiving threats about the nun murders and stolen cards.
Chapter 27
- Ines negotiates directly with the Monk Seal Abbot and exposes the crabs' southern surprise attack.
Chapter 56
- Sister Ines stands on a giant snake and uses recitation to hold surviving seals, crabs, and undead young in a strange coastal ritual.
Chapter 57
- Ines combines level-fifteen bard powers to enslave Madre de Aguas and its regional control network, then mentally collapses when the mass teleport breaks her spell.
Chapter 62
- Ines declares herself a demon-empowered protector, threatens the last stairwell, and offers to spiritually 'save' Carl while condemning Donut.