Larracos
Names: LarracosPlains of LarracosLarracos levelLarracos, City of DreamsCity of DreamsCity of Broken Dreams
First appears in Book 3: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, chapter 9 (9)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook
- Ch 9Larracos is the capital of the disputed lands, the prize over which the factions will fight once crawlers reach the ninth floor.
Book 4: The Gate of the Feral Gods
- Ch 3Mordecai says ninth-floor factions shop in person at the funnel city of Larracos until crawlers arrive and fighting begins.
- Ch 24Larracos is a dwarf-built city shaped like an inverted cone with a castle at the bottom, at the center of the ninth floor.
- Ch 33Priestly describes Larracos, an inverted-cone city of museums and colleges at the center of Floor 9, destroyed once three armies remain.
- Ch 34Flooding Larracos kills irreplaceable NPC shopkeepers, cutting sponsors off from markets, mercenaries, food supplies and the Desperado Club.
Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade
- Ch 58Larracos has still not drained, leaving outworlders trapped in the club's Larracos level.
Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Ch 29Larracos is flooded, so the mage who might transfer Samantha into a body is probably dead.
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 4Larracos is a funnel-shaped city at the centre of Faction Wars; its lowest levels were recently drained of water.
- Ch 12Larracos is a funnel city of about 66 ring levels numbered from the bottom up, with the college on level 50.
- Ch 12Floodwater in Larracos once reached level 39; the NPCs kept the drain clogged, leaving water over the castle's highest tower.
Connections
- related toDesperado Clubreached by a staircase from the club casinoLarracos-level guards; club is on this level
- inFloor 9
- containsLarracos College of Magecraft
- created bySemeru dwarves
- includesFaction market
- containsHerman the Fleet
- part ofDesperado Club
- related toYsalteworshipped by its citizens
- containsHome Team
- containsTeam Retribution
- containsThe Larracos College of Magic
- containsDesperado Club
- containsPiccadilly Theater
- related toShanty Townsurrounds the top entrance
- containsClub Vanquisherentered via a temple outside the city
- containsThrone Room of Team Retribution
- inFloor 12
- inCelestial Halls
Key moments
- Book 4 · Ch 34The real plan revealed
The thrown box was a decoy; Katia opens the real gate underwater, draining the sea, bombs and sharks into Larracos's faction market on the ninth floor.
- Book 7 · Ch 4Arrival in Larracos
Carl and Donut land in a drained alley of Larracos as the ninth floor, Faction Wars, begins with a 60-hour ceasefire.
- Book 7 · Ch 4Carl purges soul poisoning
Suffering Soul Poisoning, Carl uses Daughter's Kiss to vaporise a dead concierge shark and disperse the stored soul energy.
- Book 7 · Ch 10Tour of the Party Planner hangar
Louis takes the group up the new airship elevator to the hangar, where they examine his stealth light bomber Party Planner and discuss Faction Wars armor rules.
- Book 7 · Ch 11Donut discovers the Donut Holes shirt
Donut finds Louis wearing an enchanted Donut Holes fan club t-shirt depicting her backside and is outraged; Zev explains the merch is licensed and Donut earns nothing from it.
- Book 7 · Ch 12Descent through Larracos
Arief leads Carl's group down through the rings of Larracos, recruiting crawlers on the way and explaining the city, the NPCs' memories of past seasons and their raids on enemy camps.
- Book 7 · Ch 78The Peeling Phase begins
Larracos opens; Agatha's War Mage Rebellion gains Conscription, makes defeated teams die on the spot, and seizes Team Retribution's throne room and the city defenses.
- Book 7 · Ch 80Rosetta chooses to fight on
Despite doubts and her job being done, Rosetta sides with Justice Light and orders everyone to fight the war mages for the castle of Larracos.
- Book 7 · Ch 83Carl bombs the Piccadilly
Carl levitates over Larracos and drops his entire bomb folder on the Piccadilly Theater, destroying the generator but activating the city towers, which target him as he climbs into Shanty Town.
- Book 7 · Ch 87The ball is dropped into Larracos
Harpocrates throws the ball into the Larracos funnel while Britney's side turns the castle moat to acid and starts draining it.
- Book 7 · Ch 89Li Na storms the castle
Li Na maxes her stats and tears through the Larracos castle; the War Mages flee by portal, and the throne room returns to Team Retribution's control.
- Book 7 · Ch 90Justice Light sent after the gate
Carl tells Justice Light that Paca in the Midnight Market holds the Gate of the Feral Gods; Justice plans to retrieve it with the sluggalos.
- Book 7 · Ch 90Setting out to rescue Louis
As cleanup proceeds in Larracos, Carl, Donut and others prepare to raid the Reaver castle to rescue Louis while Prepotente joins Li Na's hunt.
- Book 7 · Ch 94Juice Box's confession
In the medical tent, Juice Box tells Carl the Hunter Wraith's curse showed her that Louis doesn't love her; Carl insists nothing is hopeless.
- Book 7 · Ch 94Kiwi's twins are born
Kiwi gives birth to twin girls fathered by Mongo, a new legendary species called Ursensus, with Imani, Bucket Boy, Edgar and Florin assisting.
- Book 7 · Ch 96Katia eats the orchid
Carl urges Katia to eat the Orchid of Eileithyia at once; she says she loves them all and falls unconscious before Donut can say goodbye.
- Book 7 · Ch 96Louis's transplant and Tagg's death
Mordecai, Edgar, Juice Box and others transplant Princess Lunette's organs into Louis while Donut taunts Tagg; Tagg dies and the Dream are defeated.
- Book 7 · Ch 97Larracos is sent to the Ascendency
The Sledge casts Zerzura, transferring Larracos and Shanty Town with their NPCs to the 12th floor while mercenaries and outworlders vanish from the dungeon.
- Book 7 · Ch 97The crawlers' farewell gift
Milk reveals departing crawlers have painted their skills into books for Carl and Donut, then they shower the city with flowers and streamers.
- Book 7 · Ch 98Victory becomes Prime Minister
Victory reveals she is now acting Syndicate Prime Minister; Carl privately resolves he would still kill her if necessary.
- Book 7 · Ch 98Donut kills Huanxin Jinx
When Eileithyia arrives for Katia, Donut traps and kills her sponsor Huanxin Jinx using Laundry Day, Katia's crossbow and Mordecai's ash-tipped bolt.
- Book 7 · Ch 99The crew leaves the 9th floor
Samantha is recalled from Emberus, and the remaining crawlers say goodbyes and enter the stairwell as Emberus destroys the floor.