Story so far
Carl orders Dong to keep trucking toward the other Saferoom entrance with Gonk, noting that they really need to get him a Pet Carrier if he intends to keep the yak. Prepotente promptly offers an extra mount-specific carrier he is quite willing to lend, and hands it over.
Dong thanks him profusely, then mutters to the sock over his shoulder that yes, yes, he knows nothing is ever free — before conceding to it: but, no, no, you're right. Jefferson Nickel Sock apparently wins the argument.
Appearance
A crawler leading a swamp yak, with a sock riding on his shoulder that he argues with.
Role
Yak handler running the second saferoom approach.
Relationships
Gonk — The swamp yak he has adopted and needs a carrier for.
Prepotente — Lent him a spare mount-specific pet carrier.
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
Sources — 20 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 5
- A stripper who currently carries Jefferson the nickel sock, the sapient weapon looted from Quan Ch.
Chapter 27
- Stripper and personal guard who takes the chariot's gunner seat with a nickel sock flail on his lap.
Chapter 30
- Member of Carl's front-rank assault squad, holding the position at his left in the trench.
Chapter 31
- Splits off with Holger into the dark at the start of the charge, merging with a formation to the left.
Chapter 32
- Rockets from level 45 to 51 and beyond during the trench slaughter while Carl lies unconscious.
Chapter 48
- Crawler seen stroking Gonk's swamp yak at the base while Jamal's shark tumbles around them.
Chapter 56
- Ally assigned by Donut, alongside Splash Zone, to keep Elle and Imani safe during the castle raid.
Chapter 66
- Crawler searching the Desperado Club for missing strippers while taking advice from his talking sock flail.
Chapter 73
- Delusional knight-errant who arrives at Carl's infiltration on yakback, lance and crust sock in tow.
Chapter 75
- Elderly former stripper who, alone among the crawlers besides Carl, stays awake through Eris's Witness spell.
Chapter 76
- Carl's companion who holds the invulnerability buff and argues for striking the Madness castle immediately.
Chapter 77
- The lance-carrying stripper rides Gonk beside Carl into the Madness castle and inexplicably keeps his invulnerability glow.
Chapter 78
- Sock-swinging warrior who brains the last mercenary, guards the theater door, and heals Carl after the fire.
Chapter 81
- Lance-wielding crawler mounted on Gonk the yak, the only one who charges after Carl toward the ball.
Chapter 82
- Separated from the group because he was riding Gonk, and rerouted to Shanty Town instead of the pet stables.
Chapter 85
- Left at the base of the Nest Tower guarding the entrance with his slug thing.
Chapter 87
- Crawler astride Gonk at the tower's base, sent by Carl back into the fire zone to grab Lucia Mar's trigger jewel.
Chapter 88
- Argues over chat about retrieving a trap while Carl frantically orders Shanty Town evacuated.
Chapter 91
- Dong rides Gonk alongside the convoy, whooping, and supplies the definitive history of the stripper named Tart.
Chapter 94
- Sent ahead to the other saferoom entrance with Gonk, Dong gratefully accepts a spare pet carrier from Prepotente.