Rishi
Names: RishiSultan Rishi the Usurper, First of his Name of the Naga Uprising
First appears in Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride, chapter 23 (21)
Appearances
What you know
Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Ch 23Rishi represents the Blood Sultanate, the team Carl and Donut must destroy, and pointedly mentions Katia.
- Ch 24Rishi proposes NPC invulnerability and a safe zone as a compromise, but threatens harsh Blood Sultanate retaliation against Juice Box.
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 55Rishi, the temple guard naga, is married to one of Vinata's Ikbal cousins.
- Ch 68Rishi, the last surviving member of the original Blood Sultanate on the floor, surrendered by burying himself in dirt until Vinata died.
- Ch 68Li Na's people removed Rishi's four arms while holding him prisoner in the brig.
- Ch 68Rishi offers Earth naga citizenship rights and five generation ships in exchange for settling other planets in Earth's system.
- Ch 68Rishi reveals he is the new Naga Sultan; his brothers are deposing Vinata's father in a coup.
Book 8: A Parade of Horribles
- Ch 12Carl's fan box from executing Rishi dumps Rishi's entire house of burned junk into the safe room.
Connections
- member ofBlood Sultanate
- member ofPrincess Posse
- related toNagaRishi is a naga
- enemy ofCarlexecuted him
- family ofPrincess Chandrawidow (second wife)
Key moments
- Book 6 · Ch 23Faction Wars preproduction meeting
Carl and Donut attend a meeting run by Cascadia with the other warlords, where Donut provokes Crown Prince Stalwart and they meet Rishi of the Blood Sultanate.
- Book 6 · Ch 24Juice Box's demands
Juice Box demands NPCs become their own Faction Wars team, Carl tables the motion, and her detonator blows up the Operatic Collective's representative before an arrow drops Stalwart.
- Book 7 · Ch 68Carl interrogates Rishi
Carl questions the captured naga Rishi, who explains why he hid during the fight, reveals he has usurped the naga throne, and offers Earth a treaty of citizenship and generation ships.
- Book 7 · Ch 68Carl rejects the naga treaty
Disgusted by the politics, Carl tells Rishi to drive his ships into a star, marks him, and announces to watching naga viewers that their new leader is about to die.
- Book 8 · Ch 12Rishi's junk floods the safe room
Carl's legendary fan box spews Rishi's burned household junk until it fills the safe room to the ceiling, to Donut's disgust.