Story so far
Tran appears in the epilogue only through merchandise. Among the Veriluxx Real Pet Companion figures Zander is clearing off the shelves at Squirties sits a Raul crab action figure, modeled on the crab body Tran wears.
Knocked over by the flailing Uzi Jesus toy, it announces itself - Hello, fine warrior! I am Raul - and then, as Zander despairs about being indentured, delivers the line that has followed the character across the galaxy: Do not kowtow. Never kowtow. It is advice the bankrupt shopkeeper is in no position to take.
Appearance
Known to the galaxy in his armored crab body, faithfully reproduced in molded plastic.
Role
A crawler whose defiance has been reduced to a toy's catchphrase in the wider galaxy.
Relationships
Raul — The name and crab form his action figure carries
Veriluxx — Produces the figure based on him
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
Sources — 21 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 6
- A Vietnamese crawler invoked as Donut questions whether Quan could possibly understand an American Cracker Barrel reference.
Chapter 7
- Crawler traveling with Katia's group, carried by hand after losing his magical wheelchair.
Chapter 9
- Crawler whose wheelchair is gone, prompting Katia to build him a replacement on Carl's automaton table.
Chapter 16
- Crawler who has just received an upgraded wheelchair built for him by Katia.
Chapter 18
- Crawler who proposes calling the castle "the Foop" as a compromise nickname.
Chapter 20
- Crawler for whom Katia built the conveyance that served as the model for Jamal's much larger leg harness.
Chapter 28
- Crawler field commander at the southern front, fighting from a mechanical crab-body wheelchair built by Katia.
Chapter 29
- Crab-legged crawler officer who briefs the southern assault map and commands the battle mages.
Chapter 37
- Colonel of the 102nd Bulwark Battalion holding the southern border and issuing orders to the newly flipped Prism troops.
Chapter 40
- Crawler holding the southern front while the northern siege builds around the castle.
Chapter 49
- Crawler who has picked up a spell that temporarily turns fingers and arms into noodles.
Chapter 54
- Leads a team to the Shanty Town border unopposed, setting up on the enemy side to watch for approach.
Chapter 55
- Leads group two's small, nimble southern feint toward the naga castle before angling west to Shanty Town.
Chapter 66
- Commander of the 102nd Bulwark Battalion holding the southern trenches behind the trap fields.
Chapter 69
- General whose force absorbs the Dream artillery barrage and bunkers in rather than the headquarters.
Chapter 72
- Tran suffers heavy losses to enemy magical artillery without ever engaging anyone directly.
Chapter 75
- Commander rushing the 102nd Bulwark Battalion to reinforce the FUPA, then silent after the ritual.
Chapter 91
- Tran holds the remains of the Dream castle with the 102nd, waiting out the clock on its throne room.
Chapter 96
- Spots Emberus first from the field and is ordered back to the city over battle chat.
Chapter 98
- Enters the stairwell to the tenth floor along with the rest of the departing crawlers.
Chapter 100
- The crab-bodied crawler whose action figure still shouts never kowtow from a forgotten waystation shelf.