Big Top
First appears in Book 2: Carl’s Doomsday Scenario, chapter 9 (9)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: Carl’s Doomsday Scenario
- Ch 9Collapsing the big top requires breaking three poles at the centres of its three rings; the vine is in the center ring.
- Ch 10Inside the big top, the transformed performers obsessively perform parodies of their old acts and ignore a ticket-holding Carl.
Connections
- part ofGrimaldi's Traveling Circus
- containsThe Vine
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 9Assault reaches the big top
Signet's elementals crush the circus's outer defenses and secondary tents, but the big top's ancient protective magic repels them. Signet tells Carl he must enter with a ticket and break the three tent poles.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Carl enters the big top
Holding a Big Top Ticket, Carl passes Clammy the Clown and enters the big top, where performers ignore him. He discovers Grimaldi is a level 85 City Boss and elite.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Carl poisons the vine
Following Mordecai's advice, Carl removes his poison-resistant cloak, poisons himself, and bleeds onto Grimaldi's root, then cures himself, unsure whether it worked.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Carl's deal with the producers
Holding Grimaldi's life hostage with his poisoned blood, Carl forces the Vengeance of the Daughter producers to agree, via Zev, to make him a regular on their show, then cures the vine.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Grimaldi and Signet reconcile through Carl
Infested by Grimaldi's worms but protected by Wisp Armor, Carl pleads with Grimaldi and Signet to stop fighting. Grimaldi un-banishes Signet, Carl purges the worms with a potion, and Signet enters the big top.