Grigori the Placid
Names: Grigori the PlacidGrigori
First appears in Book 8: A Parade of Horribles, chapter 57 ([ 54 ])
Appearances
What you know
Book 8: A Parade of Horribles
- Ch 57Grigori the Placid is a level 93 human Fleshmancer mercenary of Team Meadow Lark who worships Gula.
- Ch 59Grigori's mercenary contract is transferred to Carl's guild, and Donut has the fleshmancer brush her.
- Ch 62Grigori has never rejoined two halfsies, since they rarely survive Split Personality, but specializes in fixing others' mistakes.
- Ch 62Grigori offers Carl multiple options for giving Samantha a body and wants to examine her.
- Ch 65Grigori rides in the back of the truck and suffers from motion sickness; he took poorly to driving lessons.
- Ch 67Despite his sickness, Grigori casts a spell that cures Corky's Strung Out debuff and says the suits must be removed.
- Ch 68Grigori, a fleshmancer, performs a spell mid-race to fuse the half-mantaurs Corky and Porky back into one body.
- Ch 71Grigori introduces himself as Grigori the Placid, the most renowned flesh sculptor the dungeon has ever known.
- Ch 96The AI takes over Grigori, a dungeon-born NPC, to narrate the parade, something it couldn't do with former crawler Chaco.
Connections
- member ofMeadow Lark
- ally ofCarlmercenary who survived the race
Key moments
- Book 8 · Ch 59Preparing the karaoke duet
Carl and Donut prepare to sing 'Take on Me' to gain guild entry, with potions, a scroll, Mongo watching and a packed bar.
- 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 65The factory race begins
Carl drives the truck to the factory starting line with Donut, Dong, Porky and Grigori, plans to tail the Lady Dominators, and the race starts.
- Book 8 · Ch 66Racing through the factory
Carl tails the Lady Dominators' GTO through the factory, rocket-jumping a gap between conveyor belts over vats of molten metal amid crashing rivals.
- 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 70Aftermath of heat five
Carl's team mourns Dong; allies check in, and Osvaldo reveals Dwight won by going over the factory instead of through it.
- Book 8 · Ch 71Grigori meets Samantha
Samantha discovers the fleshmancer Grigori and demands he find her a body; he agrees to examine her.
- 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 96The Primal history
Across the floats, the AI tells of the Primals' Resolution, Decision, the Betrayal of the doomsday collective, the war, the Eulogist and the Apothecary, then punishes the mantids and breaks Team Resolution's legs for a weak float.
- 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.