Story so far
After releasing Samantha — whom he had intended to eat before throwing her into the volcano as she asked — Emberus set about blowing up the world. A warning went out: Emberus will destroy the ninth floor in three minutes. The volcano erupted, red comets streaked across the dawn sky above Larracos, and the heat became sweltering.
When the crawlers finally cleared the floor, only two beings remained on it. One was Emberus, who filled the world with fire. The other was Justice Light, hidden by a spell, waiting to spring his trap; Emberus's fire is what finally engulfed him and gave rest to his tired soul.
Appearance
Not seen directly; present as world-filling fire, an erupting volcano, red comets across the dawn sky, and unbearable heat.
Role
The god who burns the ninth floor to nothing, providing both the deadline and the pyre for Justice Light.
Relationships
Samantha — Carried her into the volcano and meant to eat her.
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
Sources — 17 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 5
- Carl's patron god, hunting his son's killer and now pushing Carl to win permission to break the divine truce.
Chapter 22
- God whose shrine Carl feeds before the drug dive, in hopes of extra protection while he is unconscious.
Chapter 31
- Carl's patron god, present in the battle only through the ring that burns on his hand.
Chapter 57
- God worshipped by the naga castle guards, whose universal devotion Carl correctly predicted.
Chapter 59
- Carl's god, who takes personal offense at a ram's insult and hands out a kill quest mid-negotiation.
Chapter 60
- Carl's deity, who answers a completed blasphemer kill with ten seconds of shrieking, unhinged laughter.
Chapter 61
- Carl's patron god, whose favor grows with every Hellik worshiper Carl kills during the club raid.
Chapter 63
- God whose ring overloads on Carl's finger and who is the intended recipient of Hellik's desperate message.
Chapter 67
- Carl's patron god escalates from grudge to fratricidal quest, then confesses he may burn Carl for carrying it out.
Chapter 74
- Grieving god whose message explains that banished gods are collected by whoever banished them, framing the Apito mystery.
Chapter 85
- Related to the dead god Yarilo as nephew, cousin, or half-brother — probably all three.
Chapter 88
- Carl's patron god, accused by Eris of putting him in an impossible situation, whose message Carl minimizes unread.
Chapter 90
- God whose quest to find his son's killer updates for Carl, saying nothing about Eris despite Carl's expectation.
Chapter 95
- God whose arrival is announced by system message the instant Samantha confesses to a hand in Geyrun's death.
Chapter 96
- Grieving fire god who enters the ninth floor and gives the world sixty-six minutes before cremation.
Chapter 98
- The god waiting in the volcano who catches Samantha, weeps, and then erupts in rage.
Chapter 99
- The fire god fills the ninth floor with fire, giving the crawlers a three-minute warning to leave.