Agatha
Names: AgathaCrawler AgathaAgent number 22Warlord AgathaAgatha the Residual
First appears in Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl, chapter 22 (22)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl
- Ch 22Agatha, a homeless level 2 crawler with a shopping cart, started the fire that evacuated the facility and was first down the ramp.
- Ch 26Agatha forces her way into the boss fight; Carl stores her shopping cart, and she screams that he is a thief.
- Ch 27Agatha has no inventory because she never did the tutorial; she disappears down the stairwell ramp after the fight.
- Ch 30Agatha has reached Floor 2 ahead of them and killed a Brindle Grub, apparently by running it over with her cart.
- Ch 31Agatha was edited out of the recap's footage of the Speedbump fight, and her picture was not shown.
- Ch 47Carl finds that Agatha's cart, which he once held, contained an illegal Valtay communication device, a personal shield and a pulse pistol.
- Ch 47Agatha, still alive at level four, appears just as Carl finds the items, refuses to let him near her cart and descends the stairs.
- Ch 47Agatha silently warns Carl off asking about her cart, saying the dungeon's critters know she's there but don't know what to do about it.
Book 3: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook
- Ch 34Agatha, now level 8 and still classless, reappears with her shopping cart and descends the stairwell, astonishing Imani.
Book 4: The Gate of the Feral Gods
- Ch 33Agatha, the level-12 woman with a shopping cart, appears from nowhere and descends the stairs early; Carl says to ignore her.
Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Ch 75Agatha, Agent 22, is of an ancient rare species that takes over bodies; she split from her collective and has waited ten years in Wenatchee.
- Ch 75Agatha's people serve the Eulogist and compete with the Apothecary's agents to recruit the dungeon's system AI to their cause.
- Ch 75Agatha wants the entire universe swept clean of biological life so the Eulogist can return to its slumber.
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 36Agatha, an old woman with a shopping cart and no class, came asking for Carl by name and went to a bar near Lucia Mar.
- Ch 47Orren says the AI's metaphorical girlfriend 'looks like Agatha'; the AI angrily warns them not to stray from the metaphor.
- Ch 78Agatha is warlord of the War Mage Rebellion and won three emergency action items, including access to Conscription.
- Ch 80Agatha, warlord of the War Mage Rebellion, is a rare residual aligned with the Nebulars, who worship the Eulogist.
- Ch 81Agatha is co-warlord of the War Mage Rebellion alongside Akuma, who dislikes her; the system is backing their team.
- Ch 81Fopsy theorises Agatha wants to end the crawl and the ascendency quickly to trigger shutdown, seeing the local AI as a threat to the Eulogist.
- Ch 85Agatha is removed as Warlord of the War Mage Rebellion for abandoning her post; Akuma becomes sole Warlord.
- Ch 90Akuma says Agatha was forced on the War Mages, seeks to kill everyone, and can escape to the Waiting Room; she'll resurface on Floor 10.
Connections
- member ofResiduals
- ally ofThe Eulogistserves it
- enemy ofThe Apothecary
- friend ofParvati
- leadsWar Mage Rebellion
- related toNebularsaligned with the Nebulars
- related toAkumaAkuma dislikes his co-warlord
- enemy ofAkuma
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 22Meeting the eldercare group
Carl and Donut find Brandon, Chris, Yolanda, Imani and Agatha guarding 38 elderly crawlers outside the spiral maze.
- Book 1 · Ch 26Borough boss battle begins
Carl, Donut, the four Meadow Lark staff and Agatha enter the spiral; it becomes a rave arena and the Ball of Swine charges them.
- Book 1 · Ch 31Appearance on the recap
Carl's group appears briefly on the recap's Ball of Swine footage, and Chris notices Agatha was edited out.
- Book 1 · Ch 47Agatha's hidden tech
Carl's inventory history reveals Valtay tech once in Agatha's cart; moments later Agatha appears and heads down the stairs.
- Book 1 · Ch 47Agatha descends
Agatha rebuffs Carl's hint about her cart and goes down the stairs; Zev reports a feed outage during the encounter.
- Book 3 · Ch 34Descent from Floor 4
The group returns to station 36 and heads down the stairwell; Agatha unexpectedly passes them, and Loita summons Carl and Donut to Odette's green room without explaining Zev's absence.
- Book 6 · Ch 75Borant starts the Earth season early
Years before, sleeper agent Agatha in Wenatchee receives the alert that the crawl is starting early and lights a fire hoping a dungeon entrance generates.
- Book 7 · Ch 36Warning about Agatha
Li Jun reports Agatha came looking for Carl, and Zev passes on a direct order from the Syndicate's prime minister that Carl must not interact with her.
- Book 7 · Ch 78The Peeling Phase begins
Larracos opens; Agatha's War Mage Rebellion gains Conscription, makes defeated teams die on the spot, and seizes Team Retribution's throne room and the city defenses.
- Book 7 · Ch 80Rosetta chooses to fight on
Despite doubts and her job being done, Rosetta sides with Justice Light and orders everyone to fight the war mages for the castle of Larracos.
- Book 8 · Ch 104The contenders are shown
The AI shows images of gods and contenders, including Taranis, Eris, Odette as Nekhebit, Princess Donut, Carl, Lucia Mar, Samantha, unknown figures and finally the Unwashed, before a one-hour countdown to the Ascendency.