Milk
First appears in Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade, chapter 61 (61)
Appearances
What you know
Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade
- Ch 61Milk's cookbook entry warns that a country boss drops a Treasure Map whose loot locations sparked crawler-on-crawler slaughter.
Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Ch 15Milk, the cookbook's sixth-edition author, wrote about portals, mapmaking and special inks, and wished to feed the whole galaxy their pain.
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 33Milk is an indentured NPC guildmaster of the hidden Calligraphy and Cartography guilds in Club Vanquisher on the fifth floor.
- Ch 33Milk was once a vesper crawler, reached level 73, and took a deal on the tenth floor; she is now a xenopus.
- Ch 33Milk will be freed only after her services are used 333 times; so far they've been used six times.
- Ch 33Milk wrote the sixth edition of the Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook and has slept through many seasons, ashamed of her inaction.
- Ch 33Milk breaks the rules to help Miriam and Prepotente, offering a map of Club Vanquisher's secret exits.
- Ch 64Milk, author of the sixth edition of the cookbook, is the Xenopus guildmaster of the hidden Calligrapher's Guild in Club Vanquisher.
- Ch 66Milk refused to leave Club Vanquisher, so on Rosetta's advice the team kidnapped her and holds her in the FUPA.
- Ch 87Milk writes calligraphy-guild Words of Power over Donut's tattoo, temporarily raising Bijanbi to level 15.
- Ch 87Milk gives Carl Stayfast Ink and a fountain pen, hinting that recipes written in the Book of Voodoo reach everyone who has it.
- Ch 87Milk says recipes she wrote in a book after switching inks faded and disappeared.
- Ch 91Milk suspects Donut's class and title stem from posturing on the 12th floor set in motion by Nekhebit.
- Ch 97Milk has fulfilled her contract and will return to her guild rather than transfer; Carl hugs her goodbye, calling her his sister.
Connections
- ally ofRosetta Thagraresponded to Milk's cookbook note
- related toThe Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbookwrote the sixth edition
- createdThe Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbookauthor of the sixth edition
- leadsCalligraphy guild
- leadsCartography guild
- ally ofMiriam Dom
- related toCarlfellow cookbook authors; Carl feels she is like a sister
Key moments
- Book 7 · Ch 33Miriam and Prepotente flee into Milk's guild
Fighting Club Vanquisher's guards after Miriam's access is revoked, Miriam, Prepotente and Bianca burst into Milk's hidden guild; Bianca burns it, but Miriam heals Milk.
- Book 7 · Ch 33Milk offers a way out
Ashamed of years of inaction, Milk invites the crawlers to 'threaten' her so she can give them a map of the club's secret exits.
- Book 7 · Ch 64Carl meets Milk
Prepotente leads the team into a hidden guild where Carl finds Milk, the sixth-edition cookbook author, and breaks down in her embrace.
- Book 7 · Ch 85Carl reunites with Donut atop the Nest
Carl climbs the Nest to reunite with Donut, whose trapping net finally fails; Rosetta, Milk and Edgar arrive to tattoo Donut with a spell for the War Crime plan.
- Book 7 · Ch 86Edgar tattoos Donut
After Carl offers her a way out, Donut agrees to a tattoo on her right flank granting Bijanbi; Edgar reveals the design is a dog.
- Book 7 · Ch 87Donut receives the Bijanbi tattoo
Edgar finishes Donut's dog tattoo granting Bijanbi, Milk boosts it with Words of Power, then gives Carl ink and a pen before leaving with Rosetta and Edgar.
- 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.