Pontiff
First appears in Book 8: A Parade of Horribles, chapter 21 ([ 19 ])
Appearances
What you know
Book 8: A Parade of Horribles
- Ch 21Pontiff is a level 83 Taurin Rhythm Rider, a sound mage hired as a mercenary by One Fine Pig.
- Ch 21Pontiff was a dancer until Damascus sent him back to the mercenary market; he once slapped Bucket Boy.
- Ch 22Pontiff used to work with Corcunda, questions why he is asleep, and admits he used to be an ass to Bucket Boy.
- Ch 74Pontiff, a bullheaded Taurin and former stripper, is hired as Carl's driver for the next race and tries to make amends with Bucket Boy.
- Ch 82Pontiff investigates the missing strippers at the Desperado Club and finds the Wheel of Fortune now has 'Nothing' in quotes.
- Ch 83Pontiff plans to step into the new Nothing slot portal to test whether Carl's original exit plan is still viable.
- Ch 85Pontiff left the playing field and is no longer Carl's mercenary, implying the portal leads outside the playing field.
Connections
- related toOne Fine Pighired mercenary
- related toCorcundaformer coworkers
- ally ofCarlhired mercenary driver
- friend ofForkith
- ally ofBritney Proskurina
Key moments
- Book 8 · Ch 21Reaching the gatekeeper boss
Carl's truck crawls through the hailstorm to a hilltop where One Fine Pig and the Lady Dominators have stopped; Carl and Donut walk over and see the boss waiting in the road below.
- Book 8 · Ch 22Truce at the kangaroo bosses
Racers on both roads face twin level 170 kangaroo-like gatekeepers, Prison Pocket and Party Foul; the womantaurs propose a temporary truce while Nico threatens Donut over Penelope.
- Book 8 · Ch 23Killing Prison Pocket
Using gremlin bait, Little Günter's delayed mallet strike and a joey-skin costume, Carl gets inside the kangaroo boss's pouch and blows it up from within.
- Book 8 · Ch 24Bucket Boy mentions Corcunda
Bucket Boy blurts out to Dong that he saw Corcunda and Pontiff, something Donut had just remembered they should have warned him not to say.
- Book 8 · Ch 76Heat six starting line
Shrunk to Lego size, the racers start inside apartment 712 of the L'Engle Building; a last-minute rule requires seven rings, one per floor.
- Book 8 · Ch 77Racing through the what-if apartments
Carl's team clears gates one and two in apartments depicting crawlers' alternate lives, including Tran's parents' home, using Hole spells to drop between floors.
- Book 8 · Ch 78Archie's what-if apartment
Passing through Archie Mu's apartment for gate four, the team watches his wife Mackenzie become aware and tear at her stitched eyes.
- Book 8 · Ch 79Escorting Imani and Elle out of 310
Carl's team waits for Imani and Elle to clear their gate amid the beetles, then all drop through a Hole to the second floor.
- Book 8 · Ch 81Damien's announcement
Damien opens the Outreach Guild, disowns the Pineapple Cabaret exploit, and reveals that Floor 11 begins with building a parade float.
- Book 8 · Ch 82Pontiff's casino discovery
Pontiff reports the Wheel of Fortune now shows a quoted 'Nothing', casting doubt on Akuma's casino escape plan.
- Book 8 · Ch 83Pontiff volunteers to test the portal
Pontiff tells Carl he will step into the new Nothing slot portal to learn whether it leads outside the playing field, and Carl asks him to pass a message to Herot.
- Book 8 · Ch 85Contingency three
Realising Pontiff's exit means a way out exists, Carl, now a dachshund, tells all crawlers facing allies to use contingency three, and the crawlers turn on the NPC racers.
- Book 8 · Ch 105Louis lands in Sheol
Louis emerges from storage not at the Pineapple Cabaret but in Sheol, where Britney, Pontiff and the demon Forkith revive him with a leech and subdue the werewolf Chris.