Chaco the Bard
Names: Chaco the BardChaco
First appears in Book 3: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, chapter 7 (7)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook
- Ch 7Chaco the Bard is a level 66 Pterolykos NPC, a former crawler champion and host of The Prize Carousel.
- Ch 7Chaco says his feud with Mordecai is hundreds of cycles old; he acted on the orders of Mordecai's manager and regrets it.
- Ch 7Chaco claims that had he not done what he did, Mordecai would have died and they would have lost Odette.
Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade
- Ch 64Chaco, the winged werewolf-like figure Mordecai hates, runs the masquerade's prize counter.
- Ch 67Chaco, a wolf-headed winged former skyfowl, was once in Mordecai's party and runs the prize counter at the masquerade.
- Ch 67Chaco says his party betrayed Mordecai to survive, and warns that the dungeon eventually makes every crawler turn on their own party.
Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
Book 8: A Parade of Horribles
- Ch 92Chaco is made Grand Master of the parade, explaining float processions, judging and a final arena with a floor boss.
- Ch 96Chaco, the parade's grand master, breaks down mid-script, and the AI rips off both his wings.
Connections
- related toPterolykosspecies
- enemy ofMordecai
- leadsThe Prize Carouselhost
- member ofPterolykos
- enemy ofCrown Prince Stalwart
- related toLamashtuChaco's parade mount
- related toCarlheals him
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 7Mordecai attacks Chaco
Carl's fan box triggers The Prize Carousel hosted by Chaco; Mordecai hurls a chair at him and is removed for a seven-day time out.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Carl chooses his Prize Carousel prize
Shown nine prizes including his father's motorcycle and his own tool chest, Carl picks a thick book with an anarchy symbol.
- Book 5 · Ch 64The masquerade begins
Inside Ballroom A, Donut meets her sponsor Empress D'Nadia, Chaco runs the prize counter, Vrah charges toward Carl, and Carl signals Bomo, the Sledge and Britney to start the plan.
- Book 5 · Ch 67Carl questions Zabit
At the prize counter Carl confronts the hunter Zabit, who explains he hunts crawlers so his people, the Atoll, can survive.
- Book 5 · Ch 67Carl spends his hunter hands
Guided by Mordecai, Carl examines the prize counter, learns of the memorial crystal, and buys a shrink wand, a lore book, Skedaddle sheet music and potions.
- Book 6 · Ch 2Chaco kills Uzzi
At Odette's urging, Chaco worships Dodola and uses the Dart of Ophiotaurus on Uzzi, forcing Dodola to manifest in a containment circle where she dies and the key forms.
- Book 6 · Ch 2Mordecai's vow
Mordecai tackles Chaco into the stairwell and vows to escape and kill Odette, who is now free.
- Book 7 · Ch 51Stalwart punches Chaco
Donut and Ferdinand laugh at Stalwart's crown; when Chaco calls a viewer vote on it, Stalwart knocks him out.
- Book 8 · Ch 92Chaco announces the parade
Chaco, made parade Grand Master, explains the 90-minute float build, judging and arena; garages merge and Carl and Donut join Prepotente and Jurgen under the theme Vengeance.
- Book 8 · Ch 96The AI hijacks the parade
When Chaco breaks down, the AI rips off his wings and possesses Grigori to narrate the history of the Primals.
- Book 8 · Ch 96Carl's vengeance speech
Carl reveals an Unwashed effigy, heals Chaco under Grigori's gaze, and vows vengeance on the galaxy; sluggalos drop from the airship and slaughter the masked elites in the stands.
- Book 8 · Ch 97The revolution speech and charge
Carl proclaims a crawler revolution on the jumbotron, reveals the missile launcher, and the sluggalo-driven truck smashes into the arena among slaughtered stand-ins.