Hekla
Names: HeklaHekla the Amazonian Shieldmaiden
First appears in Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl, chapter 39 (39)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl
- Ch 39Hekla, an Icelandic crossbow-wielding crawler, leads a growing band of female warriors called Brynhild's Daughters.
Book 2: Carl’s Doomsday Scenario
- Ch 7Hekla of Brynhild's Daughters, from Iceland, chooses the Amazonian race, becoming much taller and stronger.
- Ch 7Hekla chose the earth class Shieldmaiden.
- Ch 19Hekla, leader of Brynhild's Daughters, asks Carl and Donut to help one of her scattered team members level up, as a personal favour.
- Ch 19Asked why she left her husband in the dungeon, Hekla says he left her no choice; he is dead and she regrets it.
- Ch 26Odette warns that the cunning Hekla wants Donut in Brynhild's Daughters for access to Mordecai, and thinks Carl unstable.
Book 3: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook
- Ch 4Hekla reports via Katia that mobs leave trains every five floors into cave tunnels, and thinks they migrate in a circle.
- Ch 5Hekla named a crossbow-and-kick move the 'Donut Kick' after Princess Donut admired it.
- Ch 18Katia says Hekla thinks Carl is reckless but really likes Donut.
- Ch 20Through the exit portal, Carl sees Hekla and around thirty women inside their personal space with Katia.
- Ch 21Hekla, a level 33 shieldmaiden with a huge automatic crossbow, leads about thirty women and thanks Carl for training Katia.
- Ch 21Hekla asks the Royal Court to help rescue a thousand crawlers, including Li Jun's group, trapped at station 101 on the Vermillion line.
- Ch 21Hekla's team stole a never-used Vermillion subway train, shooting its engineer, and added a second engine for reversing.
- Ch 21Hekla ignores the grieving dwarf and tells Carl to focus on what he can control.
- Ch 22Hekla fights with twin curved blades under an Enraged buff and appears not to notice Katia was saved.
- Ch 23Hekla calls shooting Katia a mistake and a stupid risk, proposing a reset and offering cigarettes.
- Ch 23Hekla the Amazonian Shieldmaiden was the number two crawler in the game when she died.
- Ch 25The recap reveals Hekla abandoned her poisoned husband on entering the dungeon and won her crossbow box by killing a rat with his rib.
Connections
- leadsBrynhild's Daughters
- member ofBrynhild's Daughters
- friend ofKatia GrimHekla saved her life
- ally ofKatia Grimrelays information
- enemy ofKatia Grimsecretly shot her with phased bolts
- enemy ofPrincess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk
- related toLoitaformer representative
- related toNamisurgically altered to look and sound like her
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 7Race selection recap episode
Carl, Donut and Mordecai watch a special recap showing crawlers' race and class choices, including Hekla's, Carl's, Donut's and Lucia Mar's dramatic Lajabless transformation.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Danger Zone panel appearance
Carl and Donut appear live on Danger Zone with Ripper Wonton alongside Hekla and alien panelists. Donut mocks the comedian Tucker, and Hekla asks them to help one of her Daughters.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Danger Zone audience questions
Audience members question Hekla about leaving her husband, Carl about killing, and Donut about Ferdinand and whether she would leave Carl for Bea.
- Book 2 · Ch 21Katia Grim joins the party
At the One-Eyed Narwhal, Hekla's friend Katia Grim, a struggling doppelganger, meets Carl, Donut and Mordecai, and joins their party at Hekla's request.
- Book 2 · Ch 26Leaderboard revealed
Odette reveals the draft top-ten leaderboard, with Carl and Donut sixth and seventh, and explains the numbers are bounties on each crawler.
- Book 2 · Ch 26Odette's private warnings
Odette privately warns Carl about Grull, a possible Skull Empire deity sponsorship, and Hekla's designs on Donut.
- Book 3 · Ch 20Hekla's party in the personal space
After looting the trailer and hearing Bautista's group is stranded, Carl sees Hekla and dozens of women in their personal space.
- Book 3 · Ch 21The daughters arrive
Hekla and about thirty of Brynhild's Daughters enter the Royal Palace of Princess Donut through Katia's whitelist to collect Katia.
- Book 3 · Ch 21Plan to rescue station 101
Hekla recruits Carl and Donut to rescue a thousand trapped crawlers using a subway train with Katia as a living cowcatcher; Carl reluctantly agrees.
- Book 3 · Ch 21Riding to Station 60
Carl drives the Nightmare toward Station 60 with the daughters clinging to its outside.
- Book 3 · Ch 21Carl comforts Tizquick
Passing through Station 60's NPC colony, Carl stops to comfort a grieving dwarf conductor whose family was false, while Hekla urges haste as stage-three mobs appear.
- Book 3 · Ch 22Plowing down the Vermillion line
With Katia as a living plow and Eva driving, the subway train smashes through ghouls at station 72 and onward, Katia nearly electrocuted.
- Book 3 · Ch 22Hitting the main horde
Near station 101 the train hits the main horde; living gore floods the cab waist-deep and Katia cries for help.
- Book 3 · Ch 22Hekla's betrayal exposed
As Katia's health plunges, Donut spots Hekla shooting her with invisible bolts; Carl has Katia disengage and pulls the bolts out, saving her.
- Book 3 · Ch 22Donut attacks Hekla
With the train stopped at station 101, Donut ignores Carl's plea for calm and blasts Hekla in the face with a Magic Missile.
- Book 3 · Ch 23Standoff in the cab
After Donut's attack, Eva and two mages strike at Carl until Hekla halts the fight and tries to dismiss the betrayal as a mistake.
- Book 3 · Ch 23Katia kills Hekla
Mocked by Eva, Katia uses Rush on her but veers and kills Hekla, the number two crawler, earning a bounty and a golden skull.
- Book 3 · Ch 24Escape from station 101
Donut turns Hekla's corpse into clockwork minions, Katia loots the key and crossbow, and Carl drives the packed train backwards away from stage-three monsters.
- Book 3 · Ch 25Hekla tribute recap
The recap honours Hekla, shows Eva abandoning Katia, frames Katia's kill as rage, and reshuffles the leaderboard with Carl third.
- Book 3 · Ch 35Odette interview after Floor 4
Odette discusses the Death Challenge, Borant's losses and the Maestro's humiliation; Carl needles her about sponsoring Hekla, and Loita mutes topics about Eva and Chris.