The Valtay
The showrunners who countermand the Syndicate Council's self-destruct order, openly breaking with galactic authority.
Story so far
When the Syndicate Council orders production to initiate the Headquarters self-destruct, The Valtay showrunners immediately send a message telling them not to comply. Zev confirms they are not complying.
The split comes at the same moment as warships firing on one another in orbit and Glory's failed attempt to assassinate Carl through a hidden Syndicate override — three signs that the arrangement running the show has come apart. Whether the Mercenaries will side with the showrunners or the Syndicate is still unknown.
Role
Showrunner faction now openly defying the Syndicate Council.
Relationships
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
- Dungeon Crawler CarlBook 1
- Carl's Doomsday ScenarioBook 2
- The Dungeon Anarchist's CookbookBook 3
- The Gate of the Feral GodsBook 4
- The Butcher's MasqueradeBook 5
Sources — 6 recorded facts, by chapter
- The makers of the neural enhancement that the Residuals stole, modified, and hid in a cup of coffee.
- Corporate faction Stockade blames, alongside the mudskippers and mantids, for the ineptitude that trapped everyone.
- Alien corporate power whose home language Carl suspects is the one the containment interface renders in.
- Galactic power whose gondii worm citizens are charter-bound to willing hosts — a rule outlaw mercenaries ignore.
- Mercenary power hired by Borant rebels to fight the Bloom forces, in a war that is going badly.
- The showrunners who countermand the Syndicate Council's self-destruct order, openly breaking with galactic authority.