Story so far
Boomer comes back from Faction Wars visibly aged, hailing the Homecoming Queen from the onboarding facility and telling York to bring her in nice and easy. Their running joke is York's poetry, and Boomer's contribution is a doggerel verse - roses are red, violets are blue, we won Faction Wars, now we get to kill more of them - which York rates, correctly, as terrible.
Business follows the joke. Boomer confirms that phase two is about to begin and that it will be far less difficult than planned, because they made friends down in the dungeon. He orders the breaching suits readied, is delighted to hear the enhancement zone suits and Cronus-class Power Armor are online exactly as Porthus predicted, and tells York to set aside four Cronus suits for a landing skiff - there is a pregnant veteran on the surface who needs backup. Then, cigar in mouth, he gives the order that defines the ending: it is time to bring the war out of the dungeon, so warm up the lasers.
Appearance
A grizzled old elf, noticeably aged even on a low-resolution display, with a cigar he pops into his mouth mid-sentence.
Role
Field commander of the returning crawler-veteran force who launches phase two of the resistance's war.
Relationships
York — His pilot, whose poetry he mocks with good-natured relentlessness
Porthus — Whose predictions about the enhancement zone gear proved correct
Homecoming Queen — The behemoth he is docking with, now the strongest ship in orbit
Faction Wars — The campaign he and the other veterans just won
Sources — 20 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 28
- Former crawler serving as Colonel of the 106th Bloody Leeches, unknown to Carl before this battle.
Chapter 29
- Grizzled old elf tenner and legendary crawl critic, now colonel commanding the 106th Bloody Leeches.
Chapter 31
- Colonel in Carl's army who calls the assault into the forward craters during the trench charge.
Chapter 32
- Takes over the assault as colonel and orders a deliberate stalemate so the trapped enemy won't surrender.
Chapter 34
- Colonel Boomer radios in mid-execution to warn that surviving Prism artillery is zeroing in on their position.
Chapter 35
- Colonel in Carl's army who converts the surrendering gnoll mercenaries and wants to press on to the Blood Sultanate castle.
Chapter 37
- Colonel of the 106th Bloody Leeches, salty about not taking the Naga castle, who spots the enemy flyers first.
Chapter 40
- Colonel organizing the castle's outer defense who reports King Rust riding out for parlay.
Chapter 48
- Grizzled elf officer who delivers Carl's post-battle debrief and says it is time for the naga raid.
Chapter 55
- Holds the 106th Bloody Leeches hidden in reserve, ready to ambush any naga push at the southern border.
Chapter 67
- Boomer commands a battalion Carl fears is undermanned going into the coming assault.
Chapter 69
- Commander of the offensive against the Reavers, whose operation Samantha is dropped in to support.
Chapter 71
- Ally warned by name in Carl's shockwave broadcast to watch their heads.
Chapter 72
- Boomer launches the raid on the Reaver castle and is assigned to guide Samantha if the feral god chases her.
Chapter 73
- Colonel commanding the Reaver assault who tells Carl bluntly to stop meddling and run his own operation.
Chapter 74
- Commander who orders Samantha to run for the castle the instant a god comes bellowing across the realm.
Chapter 75
- Crawler pushing on the Reavers' front door while waiting for Louis's bombs, silent after the ritual.
Chapter 91
- Boomer stays at Larracos helping clear lava damage and repair the city's defensive towers.
Chapter 100
- Grizzled, cigar-chewing elf veteran who returns from Faction Wars to launch phase two of the war outside the dungeon.
- The old elf who comes home from Faction Wars and orders the war brought out of the dungeon.