Story so far
In the last minutes of The Ninth Floor, Sledge said goodbye to Donut, who called him the best bodyguard anyone could ever have. He patted her on the head and told her that maybe he'd see her again, and maybe he'd see Bomo, and that maybe by then she wouldn't need a bodyguard anymore. Donut insisted she would always need her Sledgie, headbutted him, and jumped from his back to Carl's shoulder.
Sledge then announced he was starting to cast, and glowed as he began Zerzura — the five-minute spell that would lift Larracos and Shanty Town down to The Twelfth Floor. He counted down the last twenty seconds himself. Just before the flash, he turned to Carl and asked whether he had made a difference. Carl told him he had. As a hired mercenary, Sledge does not transfer with the city; he and the surviving Cretins simply disappear when the spell fires, bound for NPC Storage or the Mercenary Markets.
Appearance
A hulking rock monster, big enough for Donut to ride on his back and shoulder and to pat her on the head with a stone hand.
Role
Donut's devoted bodyguard and the caster of the spell that saves two cities' worth of people.
Relationships
Donut — Her sworn bodyguard; she calls him Sledgie and headbutts him goodbye.
Carl — Asks Carl at the end whether he made a difference; Carl says yes.
Bomo — Hopes to see Bomo again once he leaves the crawl.
Zerzura — Casts the city-transfer spell as his last act on the floor.
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
Sources — 15 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 18
- Faction member who fought to name the stronghold Los Santos and remains bitter about losing.
Chapter 27
- Cretin in Donut's personal guard, grounded with the others for being too heavy for the transports.
Chapter 37
- Donut's escort, posted with Bomo to guard the Reavers' saferoom door inside the castle.
Chapter 39
- NPC ally among the first upright after the blast, joining the swarm that finishes the cyborgs.
Chapter 40
- Ally working with Bomo to move guild supplies into the castle before access is lost.
Chapter 66
- Cretin rock creature assigned as Donut's bodyguard in the Nest, prone to saying weird things.
Chapter 70
- Cretin missile operator running fire support from Shanty Town alongside Bomo.
Chapter 72
- Sledge answers Donut's missile request with grim brevity and opens the barrage on the Reaver castle.
Chapter 73
- Missile operator reporting strike results on the Reaver castle during the assault.
Chapter 76
- Crawler, called Sledgie by Donut, frozen among the witnesses in the pile.
Chapter 82
- Separated from Bomo during the deployment because he was mixed in with the ball.
Chapter 87
- Absent ally whose best friend Bomo was killed by Lucia Mar; Carl expects he'll take it in stride.
Chapter 90
- Grieving rock monster clutching a repurposed video game controller, whose spell Edgar cannot extract from stone.
Chapter 96
- Called out of the tent by Carl the instant the Dream falls: "Sledge! It's time!"
Chapter 97
- Donut's rock-monster bodyguard, who casts Zerzura to save Larracos and then departs the crawl for good.