Porthus the Rogue
Names: Porthus the RoguePorthusDr. P. HuDr. HuDr. Porthus Hu
First appears in Book 3: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, chapter 8 (8)
Appearances
What you know
Book 4: The Gate of the Feral Gods
- Ch 34Porthus, the first to receive the Cookbook and author of its 2nd edition, accepted 'the deal' and vowed to one day make the enemy pay.
- Ch 34The xistera extension's inscription credits design approval to Dr. P. Hu, CEO and president of Outreach Operations at the pacifist network.
- Ch 35Dr. Hu, also called Porthus, secretly funds a crawler at great expense, believing he has already shaken everything up even if he fails.
Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade
- Ch 55Via Escape Plan, a hidden message from P. Hu tells Carl to secretly boost Donut's spell to 15 and that Circe sponsored Diwata.
Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 3Porthus is a high elf rogue, top level 89, who reaches an outreach guild at the start of the eleventh floor of a past crawl.
- Ch 3Porthus fled into the tenth floor's exit, leaving his friend Menerva with her foot stuck, and is wracked with guilt.
- Ch 3Porthus takes the game guide deal, survives his indentureship, and is now missing and wanted by Syndicate Security.
- Ch 16Dr. Porthus Hu, author of the cookbook's second edition, founded the Crawler Project to help released crawlers.
- Ch 16Dr. Hu called for former crawlers to join Faction Wars and suggested converting a garbage freighter into a passenger liner.
- Ch 29Porthus publicly distanced himself from Boomer but secretly stayed in close contact with him.
- Ch 43Porthus's network disguised Volteeg's records so he wasn't segregated with the other former-crawler mercenaries.
- Ch 80Porthus plans to take the crawlers' families on a generation ship via the Plenty system to the far-reaching Impetus Point gate.
- Ch 100Porthus releases a video announcing a militant group that will attack Syndicate properties unless the crawl is stopped.
Connections
- related toThe Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbookfirst owner
- leadsThe Open Intellect Pacifist Action Network, Intergalactic NFC
- ally ofTipidrecruited him
- friend ofMenerva
- friend ofKimuparty member
- createdThe Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbooksecond edition
- createdCrawler Project
- createdThe Open Intellect Pacifist Action Network, Intergalactic NFC
- ally ofColonel Boomer
- ally ofVolteeg
- partner ofRosetta Thagra
- ally ofThe Apothecary
Key moments
- Book 4 · Ch 35Backers debate their crawler
Dr. Hu and a woman argue over the money spent backing an unstable crawler; Dr. Hu insists they are going all in on him.
- Book 5 · Ch 55Secret message about Circe
Carl's benefactor potion carries a hidden note from P. Hu: Circe Took sponsored Diwata, and Donut's spell must secretly be pushed to level 15.
- Book 6 · Ch 75Aboard the Homecoming Queen
Tipid and Rosetta, Crest working with Doctor Hu, watch Carl and Donut escape the eighth floor and discuss the AI and the failsafe.
- Book 7 · Ch 3Porthus takes a deal
Haunted by abandoning Menerva on the tenth floor, Porthus accepts the game guide deal from his soother attorney at an outreach guild.
- Book 7 · Ch 16Tipid's story
Tipid explains Dr. Hu's Crawler Project, how the former crawlers came, and that the other eight teams each gained about 20,000 armed mercenaries.
- Book 7 · Ch 80Rosetta's mission completes
Victory confirms the Pacifist Network funds reached their destination and ships were bought; Rosetta reflects on Porthus's plan and her distrust of the Apothecary.
- Book 7 · Ch 100York's confession and phase two
York reflects on killing the orc children, then docks Homecoming Queen for Boomer's soldiers as Porthus's resistance group declares war on the Syndicate.