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Drakea

Dead friend who hated the naga, addressed directly in Carl's closing cookbook note about the day's work.

Story so far

Carl closes the chapter with a note added to the 25th edition addressed to Drakea, who is dead. He hasn't forgotten how much she hated the naga, and he hopes that if there is a veil — as he knows she believed — she watched the destruction of the Blood Sultanate from the other side.

He isn't sure what the day's implications are for the naga as a people, but he did what he could. He tells her he knows it isn't enough, not yet, but he hopes she would be proud of what happened. Then, alone on the page in a way he never is in front of the others, he admits it is getting harder every day to keep himself from drowning.

Role

The dead friend whose hatred of the naga gives Carl's victory its private meaning.

Relationships

Carl — Writes to her memory after the Blood Sultanate falls.
Blood Sultanate — The naga power she hated, destroyed in her name.

Earlier in this series

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

Sources — 5 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 12
  • Former crawler whose extensive notes on the hated naga are Carl's main source on the Blood Sultanate's customs.
Chapter 27
  • Cookbook author of the 22nd Edition who writes to absolve Justice Light and credits his traps with saving her life.
Chapter 51
  • Former crawler whose 22nd-edition cookbook note warns that the naga are cunning schemers who may be able to read minds.
Chapter 56
  • Namesake of the enchanted kerchief that grants Carl his level 15 Tripper spell.
Chapter 64
  • Dead friend who hated the naga, addressed directly in Carl's closing cookbook note about the day's work.
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