Gustavo 3

Gus · Gustavo

Lucia Mar's lightning-breathing rottweiler, terror of the dungeon, killed by Rend after nearly finishing Mongo.

Story so far

Called the terror of the dungeon and the second of Lucia Mar's two rottweilers, Gus is stuck in the stairwell loops just below the tower entrance, barking endlessly and trying to cast his lightning attack in a space too tight for it. Princess Donut knocks him down a few loops with Astral Paw; Lucia Mar, ordered to recall him, shouts "Gus, come" in an amplified voice and insists he does not listen to her anyway. His proximity is what suppresses the other voices in her head.

He bursts out the front door of The Nest in a tangle of bodies, killing two clockwork Mongos with lightning bolts fired from his mouth. When the real Mongo bites his backside he triggers Porcupine Defense, erupting steel quills in all directions and impaling the raptor, then electrifies the quills, retracts them, and seizes Mongo's throat to shake him. Moments later Rend rolls in with Wrecking Ball and blows the dog's back half into red mist.

Appearance

A massive rottweiler that fires lightning bolts from its mouth and can erupt steel quills from its entire body in every direction.

Role

Lucia Mar's bonded attack dog and the anchor that keeps her dominant personality present.

Relationships

Lucia Mar — Her bonded pet; his nearness suppresses the other children

Mongo — Impaled and nearly killed him

Rend — Destroyed by his Wrecking Ball charge

Raul — Fried his shell with repeated lightning hits during the slide down the chute

Earlier in this series

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Chapter 84

Lucia Mar's lightning-breathing rottweiler, terror of the dungeon, killed by Rend after nearly finishing Mongo.