Story so far
When the group struggles to describe Epitome Tagg's situation inside Louis, Katia says it's more like Shi Maria inside Carl than like Maggie My inside Chris.
Elle agrees the comparison fits, then asks for some new types of mortal danger in the future. The distinction matters: Maggie is lodged in Chris's brain, whereas Tagg isn't in Louis's heart — he is Louis's heart.
Role
Precedent for one being inhabiting another, used to frame the Tagg problem.
Relationships
Carl — Exists inside him, the closest parallel to Tagg's situation
Katia — Cites her as the right comparison
Maggie My — The alternative comparison case, inside Chris's brain
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
Sources — 14 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 1
- Spider demigod who refused to be discarded and wrote herself permanently into Carl's chest.
Chapter 4
- The spider demigod tattooed onto Carl's chest, who has already spoken inside his head, and whom a quest is now urging him to release into an allied city.
Chapter 5
- The entity who controlled Carl and used him to maim Mongo, a guilt Carl still carries.
Chapter 7
- The Reaper Spider who plucked out Li Jun's eye and warned Carl he might absorb the man's skills.
Chapter 16
- Spider who brewed the still-hot ink used for Carl's Bedlam Bride tattoo, now demanded by Rosetta.
Chapter 19
- The spider presence bound into Carl's sternum tattoo, secretly trying to cast through his body and seize control.
Chapter 22
- Powerful spider entity bound into Carl's sternum tattoo, now strong enough to speak in his mind and warn him off.
Chapter 23
- The spider demigod who slaughtered a throne room through Carl, then was trapped inside him like an egg.
Chapter 24
- Reaper spider minion merchant, part demon and part demigod, contained within Carl and desperate to escape.
Chapter 25
- The Bedlam Bride, briefly manifested through Carl to massacre a ballroom, now contained in the eye on his chest.
Chapter 72
- Shi Maria's voice reaches Carl from beneath the torrent, calling him a puppet on rails and begging to be untied.
Chapter 75
- The voice Carl first assumes is speaking to him during the psionic assault, and rules out.
Chapter 79
- Shi Maria bursts screaming into Katia's dream insisting she did not kill him, colliding two dreams at once.
Chapter 93
- Cited by Katia as the closest parallel to Tagg: a second presence living inside Carl himself.