Quasar
Names: QuasarNullUncle Quasar
First appears in Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade, chapter 3 (3)
Appearances
What you know
Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade
- Ch 3Quasar is a Nullian attorney assigned to represent Carl alone, appearing as a hologram after Carl asks for a lawyer.
- Ch 3Quasar warns Carl that the liaison tried to get him to touch the artifact under administrative hold, which would have deleted it.
- Ch 13Quasar, Carl's lawyer, negotiated with Borant for bodyguards, spells and a secondary-program license extension for Vengeance of the Daughter.
- Ch 15Quasar now needs a court order to message Carl, because Carl's complaints about hunters receiving outside information have caused a stir.
- Ch 21After a court injunction, hunters may no longer communicate with anyone outside the dungeon, which Carl credits to Quasar.
- Ch 56Quasar, Carl's lawyer, advises him to request the Zerzura spell through a negotiated mercenary deal.
- Ch 59Courts have frozen crawl litigation, so Orren brings Quasar in person to bypass the ban on messaging Carl.
- Ch 75Quasar believes the Operatic Collective will be forced to vote yes on removing sponsor protections.
Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Ch 14Quasar, Carl's attorney, appears by holo to stop Harbinger from speaking to his client.
- Ch 14Quasar says Carl's army mostly escaped to its battlefield, where changelings are building a stronghold, and Tina is still an allosaurus.
- Ch 53Quasar, Carl's attorney, argues the looted Residual's bin is legally Carl's, citing Grixist Swarm v. Syndicate Council.
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 1Quasar, Carl and Donut's lawyer, is Tempest's uncle and fears he may be in danger for representing Carl.
- Ch 4Quasar warns that the Dream bought Sensation Entertainment and is demanding the contracted third season of the Vengeance of the Daughter storyline.
Book 8: A Parade of Horribles
- Ch 2Chandra has hired two Taurin associates to eliminate Quasar, whom she sees as her biggest threat.
- Ch 91Quasar notes 203 crawlers reached Floor 11 while 172 took deals offering a season's indenture as game guide.
- Ch 91Quasar, a Nullian, had to sue just to attend law school, and won before Judge Victory.
- Ch 91Furious that his family was targeted, Quasar hires Kiki for both legal and violent help.
- Ch 92Quasar shows Carl a deal offering freedom after one season, warns him not to trust it, and leaves visibly shaken.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 5 · Ch 3Carl gets a lawyer
Carl asks for an attorney during his meeting with liaison Orren, and the Nullian lawyer Quasar appears and coaches him to negotiate collateral for giving up the gate.
- Book 5 · Ch 13Negotiating the license for Vengeance of the Daughter
Quasar negotiates with a kua-tin Borant admin and Orren, securing bodyguards, spells and a secret emergency license extension for Vengeance of the Daughter.
- Book 5 · Ch 56Quasar explains Zerzura
Fifteen days earlier, Quasar explains the Zerzura spell and its dangers as a way to move the changelings' town downward, and plans to negotiate for mercenaries.
- Book 5 · Ch 59Summoned by Orren
After Astrid knocks Carl out, Orren tells Carl and Donut he is leaving until the ninth floor, warns them about rogue liaisons, and summons Quasar and a weeping fan.
- Book 6 · Ch 14Harbinger as liaison
At the production trailer, Carl and Donut meet the caprid liaison Harbinger, and Quasar arrives by holo to object to his presence.
- Book 6 · Ch 14Shadow Boxer interviews
Rosetta Thagra interviews Donut about television; during a break Quasar briefs Carl on Faction Wars, then Rosetta begins Carl's interview about his dead mother.
- Book 6 · Ch 15Harbinger shuts down the interview
Harbinger ends the interview, dismisses Quasar, bans Rosetta for cheating, and tells Carl he is working to have him removed from the crawl.
- Book 6 · Ch 38Carl picks Baroness Victory as adjutant
Offered Ripper Wonton, Baroness Victory or Drick, Carl chooses the orc judge Baroness Victory as his team's adjutant.
- Book 6 · Ch 53Trading away the bin
With Quasar present, Carl trades the Residual's bin to Orren for minor scrolls and keeping four cretins on the ninth floor; Orren refuses to return the Gate of the Feral Gods.
- Book 7 · Ch 1Tempest's school report
Tempest fixes her uncle Quasar's sink in exchange for his recap of Carl and Donut's eighth floor for her school report.
- Book 7 · Ch 100Carl declines all deals
In the Outreach Guild, Quasar outlines poor exit deals and the 10th floor's racing format; Carl and Donut both decline, and Quasar reveals Donut's lawyer is Carl's new wife.
- Book 8 · Ch 2Chandra's legal takeover
From the warship Ventilator, Chandra marries Carl under Widow's Rights, takes conservatorship of Donut's assets, becomes Donut's attorney and sends assassins after Quasar.
- Book 8 · Ch 91Hit on Quasar's family
As Quasar prepares for Carl's deal call, Taurin hitmen hired by Princess Chandra attack his brother's home; his niece Tempest kills them.
- Book 8 · Ch 91Quasar hires Kiki
Quasar accepts the summons to Carl's call and retains Kiki for both legal and physical help against Princess Chandra.
- Book 8 · Ch 92Arrival on Floor 11
Carl refuses a deal from Quasar, and lands in the parade staging garage to find only 23 crawlers left; Donut chooses a new class.