Orthrus
Names: Orthrusthe dog
First appears in Book 4: The Gate of the Feral Gods, chapter 28 (28)
Appearances
What you know
Book 4: The Gate of the Feral Gods
- Ch 28Orthrus is Emberus's dog, sucked into the Nothing when Emberus's son was murdered; Carl's group released him.
- Ch 29Orthrus is a two-headed, level-10 juvenile gate guardian filling half the bubble; he is fire-immune and unaffected by the Nothing, but fragile.
- Ch 29Orthrus was the pet of Geyrun, Emberus's murdered son, and is described as Cerberus's kid brother.
- Ch 29Orthrus survives the lightning thanks to Donut's healing, but sharks keep biting him and he won't leave the water.
- Ch 30Lured by Meat Hooks, Orthrus leaves the water and tumbles out of bubble 543 into the Lacuna, completing Where the Red God Glows.
- Ch 31Emberus is reunited with Orthrus, and both blink away, completing the reunion Carl was tasked with.
- Ch 31After The Dumber of the Flunkies is completed, Orthrus is on the twelfth floor resuming his training.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 4 · Ch 28Samantha explains Orthrus
Mordecai brings out Samantha, who reveals the released creature is Emberus's dog Orthrus from the Nothing, confirming Carl's group caused the crisis.
- Book 4 · Ch 29Orthrus in the bubble
Carl's team finds the giant two-headed puppy Orthrus trapped in their bubble, hurt by lightning and sharks, triggering the group quest Where the Red God Glows.
- Book 4 · Ch 29Keeping the puppy alive
Carl sends Donut, Louis and Firas up in the Twister so Donut can heal Orthrus with Heal Critter during the storm.
- Book 4 · Ch 29Bubble 543 pops
With all four quadrants freed, the bubble's top vanishes and the stairwells open, but Orthrus is still dying in the water.
- Book 4 · Ch 30Luring Orthrus out
Carl flies the drop bear while Donut heals Orthrus and casts Meat Hooks, drawing the puppy out of bubble 543 into the Lacuna toward Emberus.
- Book 4 · Ch 30Bounty on the puppy
The AI escalates with a new group quest and a world quest offering huge rewards to any crawler who kills Orthrus.
- Book 4 · Ch 30Orthrus attacked
An unknown flier hits Orthrus with a spell, crashing his health, and circles back to finish him as Carl turns to intercept.
- Book 4 · Ch 30Carl warns off Quan Ch
Recognising the attacker as Quan Ch, Carl asks anyone in contact with him to tell him to back off from the puppy.
- Book 4 · Ch 31Aerial fight with Quan Ch
Carl and Donut knock Quan Ch from the sky with a disco ball and hob-lobber, but Quan returns and knocks Orthrus unconscious.
- Book 4 · Ch 31Carl summons Emberus
Carl worships Emberus and throws the celestial grenade at Quan, summoning the god; the plane crashes into him and he reclaims Orthrus.
- Book 4 · Ch 31Quests resolve
Get Orthrus fails and The Dumber of the Flunkies completes, earning Carl's group a platinum quest box.