Story so far
Donut's new minion declares he will protect his bride and vanishes from the projected ballroom. When Imogen breaks Carl's arm and pulls him through the air, Ferdinand reappears as an orange blur and crashes into her head.
The strike disrupts Imogen long enough for Carl to fall free. She backhands Ferdinand across the room, spraying blood and separating him from his ridiculous hat, but he disappears again after landing.
Appearance
A bloodied orange cat flying through the air after his royal hat is knocked away.
Role
The charmed familiar demonstrates genuine minion loyalty by buying Carl a critical recovery window.
Relationships
Princess Donut — He attacks in order to protect the cat he calls his bride.
Queen Imogen — He turns against his former master and is violently struck away.
Carl — His intervention stops Imogen from continuing to break Carl's body.
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
Sources — 6 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 51
- Donut identifies Queen Imogen's intangible, invulnerable familiar as Ferdinand, whose altered memory and personality turn him into a lecherous enemy who attacks Mongo.
Chapter 63
- Court testimony establishes that Ferdinand is only Imogen's inseparable familiar, not a knight or royal despite the authority he claimed to Carl and Donut.
Chapter 69
- Ferdinand silently appears on Carl's free shoulder and mocks Florin's concern, giving Samantha the distraction window for her role.
Chapter 70
- Ferdinand is identified as a level-one-hundred province boss, succumbs to Donut's charisma, and unwittingly disrupts the tunnel operation by pursuing her.
Chapter 72
- Ferdinand becomes Princess Donut's official minion and loudly celebrates her performance without realizing his allegiance has changed.
Chapter 73
- Ferdinand phase-jumps into Queen Imogen to protect Donut, interrupting the queen's lethal attack on Carl at severe cost to himself.