Corcunda
Names: CorcundaCorky
First appears in Book 8: A Parade of Horribles, chapter 15 ([ 13 ])
Appearances
What you know
Book 8: A Parade of Horribles
- Ch 15The gimp of team three is a half-mantaur, split vertically by the Split Personality spell, who wears a full suit to hold his insides in.
- Ch 15Corcunda, nicknamed Corky, is Dong Quixote's best friend; his other half, Porky, is also somewhere on the floor.
- Ch 21Corcunda the half-mantaur lies unconscious in the Lady Dominators' convertible, put to sleep by a spell.
- Ch 25Dong's best friend and steed Corcunda appears to be held, drugged, by the fifth-place team in a garage two doors away.
- Ch 26Corcunda was hit by Split Personality and exists as two halves in gimp suits: Corky, the dancer close to Dong, and Porky.
- Ch 26A new quest asks Carl and Donut to reunite Corcunda's halves via a fleshmancer, freeing him from racing for the Lady Dominators.
- Ch 61If Corky, Porky's other half, dies, Porky dies too; Corky is held by the Lady Dominators.
- Ch 63Dong fell in love with Corky after Corky comforted him during a battle at the Desperado Club, just after he had been split.
- Ch 67Corky is a half-mantaur in a suit, found unconscious and strung out, his containment off and his suit cooking him.
- Ch 68When Corky and Porky's health bars join, their names vanish and the single name Corcunda appears.
- Ch 69Corcunda says he thought he was free of Grull after splitting, but the god marked him the moment he was rejoined.
- Ch 69Corcunda tells Dong he still loves him, gives Dong his scarf, and offers to be ridden one last time.
Connections
- member ofLady Dominators and the Gimp
- friend ofDong Quixotebest friend
- related toPorkytwo halves of the same mantaurthe other half of the same mantaur
- related toPontiffformer coworkers
- related toLady Dominators and the Gimpheld captive by
- partner ofDong Quixotecalls Corky 'my love'
- includesPorkythe other half of the split Corcunda
- enemy ofGrullmarked him for death
Key moments
- Book 8 · Ch 15Corcunda quest triggered
Carl and Donut realize the half-mantaur gimp is Dong Quixote's lost friend Corcunda; talking about it triggers a quest to reunite them and restore Corcunda's other half.
- Book 8 · Ch 24Bucket Boy mentions Corcunda
Bucket Boy blurts out to Dong that he saw Corcunda and Pontiff, something Donut had just remembered they should have warned him not to say.
- Book 8 · Ch 25Dong learns Corcunda is nearby
Bucket Boy reveals Corcunda is drugged in the Lady Dominators' garage, and Dong, Samantha and others rush to bang on its door.
- Book 8 · Ch 26Corcunda quest part two
The AI reveals Corcunda was split in two by a spell and tasks Carl and Donut to reunite the halves with a fleshmancer; the reward is two stand-ins summoned to the 11th-floor arena.
- Book 8 · Ch 34Three-way crash at the finish
With Gluteus unconscious, Carl kicks through Tem's skull as Dwight's cannon flips the truck; three vehicles tumble over the line together.
- Book 8 · Ch 61Carl recruits Porky
Inside the Stage Performance Guild, Carl frees Porky's stuck zipper and persuades him to help reunite with Corky, though Porky wants revenge on Dong.
- Book 8 · Ch 62Failed garage raid on Corky
Before Carl's group can break in, Genesis and Rapture drive Corky out to the race; Porky learns Dong is involved and is furious.
- Book 8 · Ch 66Dominators' shield taken down
Sweety fires rockets into the Lady Dominators' car and Prepotente reports their shield is down, sending Bianca in to grab Corky.
- Book 8 · Ch 67Corky rescued from the wrecked GTO
After the Lady Dominators' car falls into a trap hole, Donut teleports down and retrieves the unconscious Corky while cocaine-elemental dolls swarm.
- Book 8 · Ch 67Corky revived in the truck
Grigori cures Corky's debuffs; Porky lies beside him to rejoin, and Carl retakes the wheel as the race continues.
- Book 8 · Ch 68Corky and Porky fused into Corcunda
Inside the upside-down truck, Grigori's spell and Dong's grip join the two half-mantaurs into one being named Corcunda.
- Book 8 · Ch 68Grull enters the realm
Right after the fusion, a god's marked-for-death symbol appears over Corcunda and a system message says Grull has entered the realm.
- Book 8 · Ch 69Grull attacks in the factory
Grull crashes through the factory wall, wrecks the truck with an axe blow, and Donut ejects the Maestro from his chest with Laundry Day.
- Book 8 · Ch 69Dong and Corcunda's last charge
To make Grull leave, Corcunda and Dong charge the god with a magnetised lance, smashing through the slag elementals; Grull calls it a good death and vanishes.