Beatrice
Names: BeatriceBea
First appears in Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl, chapter 1 (1)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl
Book 3: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook
Book 4: The Gate of the Feral Gods
- Ch 32Bea's parents gave twenty percent of their income to their church.
- Ch 35Bea, a nurse, survived the collapse with Brad, cries herself to sleep, and sleeps beside a stray orange cat.
- Ch 35Beatrice took in the half-feral Gravy Boat, singing apologies to him at night, and seems to be cracking up.
- Ch 35Beatrice says her old cat Princess was a lot smarter than she was.
Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade
- Ch 17Odette tells Carl that his ex-girlfriend Beatrice is alive.
- Ch 18Beatrice survived the initial collection, and bounty hunters were going to illegally sell her to Borant to become a country boss.
- Ch 19Beatrice is now a full Syndicate citizen and will stay hidden at an undisclosed location until after the crawl.
- Ch 19Beatrice appears via hologram, thin, apparently drugged, with memory gaps, and has a tattoo of Princess Chonkalot, Donut's grandmother.
Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Ch 1Donut mentions, then refuses to discuss, Miss Beatrice's return and appearance on Odette's program.
- Ch 11Donut recalls Miss Beatrice watching recorded Teletubbies episodes and sometimes crying.
- Ch 49Donut reveals Bea secretly used Carl's Facebook and got Sally fired by having a friend send Dick fake nude photos.
- Ch 49Bea knew about Asher and hid him from Carl, likely ignoring Tami-Lynn's message asking Carl for help; Carl is finally angry at her.
Book 8: A Parade of Horribles
- Ch 19Beatrice once had an expensive 'alternative' therapist named Dr. Metcalf who turned out not to be a real doctor.
Connections
- related toPrincess Donut the Queen Anne ChonkBeatrice's show catPrincess was Beatrice's cat
- partner ofCarlex-girlfriend; they just broke up
- partner ofBradBrad is Bea's ex-boyfriend
- inNew Queen Anne
- related toBradtravelling companion and tent-mate
- family ofBea's mommother
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 12Carl's moment of longing
Before entering the Tutorial Guild, Carl pauses to take in the large town and wishes the crawl were over, recalling Bea's words about him.
- Book 2 · Ch 17Fan boxes opened
At The One-Eyed Narwhal, Donut's fan box reveals a photo of Bea with her ex Brad, which no longer bothers Carl, and Carl's reveals a xistera that suits his Cesta Punta skill.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Danger Zone audience questions
Audience members question Hekla about leaving her husband, Carl about killing, and Donut about Ferdinand and whether she would leave Carl for Bea.
- Book 4 · Ch 35Brad's sleepless night
Brad recalls surviving the collapse in Seattle with Bea and four dentists, and how Bea went looking for her old cat but found a stray instead.
- Book 4 · Ch 35Bea adopts Gravy Boat
At her ruined apartment Beatrice finds her neighbour's cat Gravy Boat, whom she calls Ferdinand, and brings him back to New Queen Anne.
- Book 4 · Ch 35Lexis abducts Beatrice
As the hunters breach Beatrice's tent, Lexis kills Gennrik, captures the null, shoots Brad and takes Beatrice, saying she is being hunted.
- Book 4 · Ch 35Odette's cover-up
Odette orders the scene staged as a fight over the cat, Brad left to die, and Gravy Boat handed to Borant, while Beatrice is kept for a better use.
- Book 5 · Ch 17Odette reveals Beatrice is alive
In Odette's trailer, with Zev present in person, Odette tells Carl that his ex-girlfriend Beatrice is alive.
- Book 5 · Ch 18Odette explains Beatrice's rescue
Odette reveals she had Beatrice taken off Earth to keep bounty hunters from selling her to Borant, and asks permission to bring her on the show before a rival program breaks the story.
- Book 5 · Ch 19Beatrice on Odette's show
Beatrice appears as a guest on Odette's show; Carl and Donut stay cold on air, then off air Donut confronts Beatrice for planning to give her away and they say goodbye.
- Book 6 · Ch 49Carl learns Bea hid his brother
After the fight, Donut reveals Bea ran Carl's Facebook, got Sally fired, and knew about Asher, which makes Carl angry at Bea for the first time.