Circe Took
Names: Circe TookCirce
First appears in Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade, chapter 21 (21)
Appearances
What you know
Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade
- Ch 32Circe Took, moderator of Carl's panel, is a mantis minor hive queen, former famous hunter and amusement park owner.
- Ch 33Circe Took slices through the panel table beside Carl and later vows to kill whoever harms her other daughters.
- Ch 41Circe is enraged over Carl wounding Vrah and is reportedly heading to the Earth system to act.
- Ch 55Circe Took of the Dark Hive, Vrah's mother, has sponsored the god Diwata and is coming after Carl.
- Ch 61Carl and Katia conclude Circe used Diwata's brief appearance to reach Vrah and cure her, so Vrah is back.
- Ch 71Diwata is controlled by Vrah's mother Circe, who sold half her possessions to come help her daughter.
- Ch 74Stripped of Diwata, Circe Took is torn apart by her own mantis children, dying while shrieking Carl's name.
Connections
- member ofThe Dark Hive
- family ofXindymother
- family ofVrahmother
- enemy ofCarl
- related toDiwataCirce sponsored Diwata
Key moments
- Book 5 · Ch 32Zev briefs Carl on the panel
Zev tells Carl his panel is moderated by Circe Took, mother of Xindy, whom he killed, and hints Vrah may learn when he returns to the dungeon.
- Book 5 · Ch 33Circe Took attacks at the panel
Moderator Circe Took cleaves the table where Carl virtually sits after he insults her hive, then lectures on crawl history until Carl mocks her.
- Book 5 · Ch 33Drugged Carl turns the panel
Drugged by his guards and backed by a robed sponsor, Carl provokes Circe into storming out and asks the crowd how to kill Vrah and her sisters.
- Book 5 · Ch 55Secret message about Circe
Carl's benefactor potion carries a hidden note from P. Hu: Circe Took sponsored Diwata, and Donut's spell must secretly be pushed to level 15.
- Book 5 · Ch 61Diwata enters the realm
The last hunter flees into a temple, where Diwata erupts from his body, marks Carl for death, and flies off, apparently to reach Vrah.
- Book 5 · Ch 74Circe Took dies
Carl gets Donut close to Diwata, who strips the god armor with Laundry Day; Circe Took is killed by her own children.