Story so far
When Louis mourned the loss of the Party Planner, Carl pointed out that airships wouldn't be allowed on the next floor anyway — and that they had another plane now, because Florin stole one.
The theft is enough to instantly reverse Louis's mood, and it means the group leaves The Ninth Floor with air power they weren't supposed to have.
Appearance
Not described in this chapter; present only through the stolen plane he brought back.
Role
The one who supplies the group's replacement aircraft by stealing it.
Relationships
Louis — His theft replaces Louis's lost airship.
Carl — Carl breaks the news of the stolen plane.
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
Sources — 47 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 4
- A crawler ally who got Carl's note about Lucia, made it to the ninth floor, and hopes he didn't miss anything exciting.
Chapter 7
- Crawler heading to Carl's saferoom to be put on recruiter duty for the coming war.
Chapter 9
- Former bodyguard who becomes the crawler army's first General and architects its officer hierarchy.
Chapter 10
- The Posse's newly appointed general, assessing the airship tactically and pushing everyone toward base defenses and recruiting.
Chapter 11
- Newly minted crawler general with real military leadership experience, whose rank Donut thinks has gone to his head.
Chapter 14
- Ally at headquarters who messages Carl that something mind-blowing awaits him, with the saferoom secured.
Chapter 16
- Teammate who summoned Carl to the saferoom and reveals that fifty thousand former crawlers have joined the war.
Chapter 17
- Crawler and Princess Posse officer managing camp recruitment ranks and summoning his giant caiman to help raise walls.
Chapter 18
- Carl's blunt lieutenant who explains the castle's name, the scouting rules, and the spy problem.
Chapter 19
- The Princess Posse's defense builder, digging trenches and trap-lined no-man's land on the northern border.
Chapter 20
- Veteran advisor who points out the crawler army's "battalions" are really brigade-sized — too late to fix.
Chapter 24
- Northern-front commander who spots the enemy push forming and orders all teams to positions.
Chapter 25
- Posse chat coordinator who escalates Elle's go/no-go question to Carl at the critical moment.
Chapter 27
- Builder of the flame spider tanks who directs Team Retribution's northern defense as the enemy pushes in.
Chapter 28
- Carl's source of intelligence from the northern front, where mercenary waves are being pushed back.
Chapter 29
- Crawler fighting the northern front, reporting the enemy composition there back to Carl.
Chapter 32
- One of the two commanders Carl keeps in contact with during the flight to the enemy castle.
Chapter 35
- Commander of Carl's northern front, who reports the line is failing and prepares a fallback while readying the castle for siege.
Chapter 36
- Posse commander getting hammered on the northern front, absorbing the reinforcements Li Jun wants.
Chapter 37
- Commander of the 101st Crocodiles on the northern front, who reports the Cheese Sticks' big armored push and a fighting retreat.
Chapter 38
- Commander of the 101st's fallback position, bypassed entirely by an enemy force that struck the castle instead.
Chapter 39
- Field commander whose foresight mandated jump scrolls, and whose 101st is pinned in the fallback trenches.
Chapter 40
- Commander who fell back before the northern host and personally led a charge that destroyed an enemy tank.
Chapter 41
- Australian field commander who stops the enemy armored regiment, captures two Weepers, and rolls out to hold Carl's western flank.
Chapter 42
- The crawler Carl needs to prepare the ambush on the Skull Empire horde as it retreats.
Chapter 44
- Australian ally who messages Carl asking whether he set off the blast audible from Florin's position.
Chapter 48
- Officer whose 101st chases fleeing enemy soldiers north and is asked to investigate the Weeper blast.
Chapter 54
- Commands the 103rd and 105th pushing three klicks into former Operatic territory through non-magical minefields.
Chapter 55
- Commander of group one, ordered to make an all-out balls-to-the-wall push along the northern border.
Chapter 66
- Commander of the 101st Crocodiles, holding sector two on the northern front against the orcs.
Chapter 69
- Commander assigned to deal with the orcs in Operation Ruin, and butt of Samantha's G.I. argument.
Chapter 70
- Australian crawler commanding the 101st against the orc forces, the only unit in hand-to-hand at the opening of the assault.
Chapter 71
- Ground commander calling missile strikes on Stalwart's armor and requesting atrocities as demons arrive.
Chapter 72
- Florin reports from the front that his forces face NPC-commanded enemies, rising demons, and lava flowing toward Larracos.
Chapter 73
- Commander of the 101st, reporting mission accomplished and worrying about the fate of inherited off-worlders.
Chapter 75
- Battalion commander marching on Shanty Town whose entire force is frozen by the Witness spell.
Chapter 76
- Crawler counted among the frozen witnesses heaped beside the Dream castle.
Chapter 84
- Ally whose belief that children are trapped inside Lucia Mar is the reason Carl hesitates to kill her.
Chapter 85
- The unlikely owner of the bullet-holed 1800s dictionary now sitting in the guildhall main room.
Chapter 90
- Shotgun-toting Australian crawler who warns Carl about acid puddles and explains why many crawlers will refuse the deal.
Chapter 91
- Florin's soldiers captured a Reaver airship, and he stays behind to clear lava damage at Larracos.
Chapter 92
- Sends the chat message that Kiwi's water broke and that the party is needed back at Larracos.
Chapter 93
- Florin cuts into chat to tell the group to hurry back because she is, uh, crowning.
Chapter 94
- Florin holds Kiwi's hand through labor, then jokes darkly that back home the newborns would be drowned.
Chapter 97
- One of three crawlers surrounding a sobbing Lucia Mar, trying to talk her into taking the deal.
Chapter 98
- Talked Lucia Mar into partying with him, and refuses a deal himself when hers looks sketchy.
Chapter 99
- Florin stole a plane, giving Louis a replacement for the lost Party Planner.