Rosetta Thagra
Names: Rosetta ThagraRosettaMiss ThagraCrawler RosettaRosetta ThagRosie
First appears in Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride, chapter 14 (12)
Appearances
What you know
Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Ch 14Rosetta Thagra is a Crest former crawler and game guide, recently freed from indentureship, who hosts Shadow Boxer.
- Ch 14Carl believes Rosetta Thagra is the explosives-loving Rosetta who wrote the cookbook's ninth edition.
- Ch 14Rosetta's documentary The Other Side of the Glass about her home planet led the Open Intellect Pacifist Network to fund Shadow Boxer.
- Ch 14Rosetta is visibly nervous around Harbinger and barely acknowledges Carl until his own interview begins.
- Ch 15Rosetta uses a faked photo and talk of stew, milk and potatoes to pass Carl a coded message tied to Milk's cookbook notes.
- Ch 33Crawler Rosetta's cookbook note advises pulling fairies' wings off, since that is where they store their magic.
- Ch 63In a cookbook note, Rosetta recalls the Faction Wars victors leaving through a portal, and an orc prince cutting a crawler in half.
- Ch 75Rosetta, a former crawler, wants the chance to kill the Syndicate leaders and worries what the AI will do for the NPC tenth team.
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 16Rosetta Thagra, author of the cookbook's seventh edition, joins the Princess Posse as a level 60 Crest Barn Burner colonel.
- Ch 16Rosetta takes Carl's remaining toraline and Shi Maria's tattoo ink, and asks for millions of gold to start work.
- Ch 39Rosetta reports the Reaver saferoom door is gone but warns the doggie-door entrance must be isolated and guarded.
- Ch 40Tipid says Rosetta has history with King Rust; she shows no outward reaction to his arrival.
- Ch 42Rosetta, hidden underground with an invisibility cloak, decapitates King Rust with a whip as he rides away from the parlay.
- Ch 44Rosetta uses King Rust's ring, hand and retina on a datapad to transfer money out through Colloid Bank, then breaks down sobbing.
- Ch 44Rosetta does not yet know about Princess Formidable's plan when Carl is pulled away.
- Ch 45Rosetta stole a few billion credits from King Rust via Colloid Bank using his family ring, eyeball and a password.
- Ch 46Rosetta killed King Rust in revenge, because he killed a friend of hers during an earlier Faction Wars.
- Ch 55Rosetta believes Vinata hides inside Club Vanquisher, reached via a temple entrance outside Larracos.
- Ch 69Rosetta is the designated Theater Commander coordinating the whole Operation: Ruin.
- Ch 80Rosetta's main mission was helping fund the Pacifist Network's plan; Victory confirms the money arrived and ships were bought.
- Ch 80Rosetta's mother died on the first day of her crawl; Rosetta later became a journalist and made The Other Side of the Glass.
- Ch 80Rosetta loves Porthus, who is obsessed with finding Menerva, a missing crawler from his own crawl.
- Ch 80Rosetta, a Crest Gazetteer who reached level 91, took a deal on the 11th floor and returned to fight for the Princess Posse.
- Ch 80Rosetta decides to fight the war mages for Larracos for her friends rather than accept defeat.
- Ch 86Rosetta plans for Donut to combine Bijanbi and Wall of Fire with War Crime, letting the fleshers finish off the enemy.
Book 8: A Parade of Horribles
- Ch 3Rosetta and Tipid have been converted to hired mercenaries and remain in the safe room.
- Ch 11Rosetta buys Donut red claw caps so she can safely sheath her glowing claws.
- Ch 28Rosetta reports finding a fleshmancer and hires two Jikininki ghoul mercenaries, all that were left.
- Ch 35Rosetta and Tipid shop the mercenary market for two drivers, at double prices since the last mercenaries died.
- Ch 41Rosetta recognized the name Menerva and asked many questions, but was hesitant to say more.
- Ch 56Rosetta explains that catchall gods like Chalchiuhtlicue do poorly in the Ascendency game because their powers are comparatively weak.
- Ch 72Rosetta says the pet stables are a guild add-on room where a bug keeps gods from overhearing what is said.
- Ch 72Rosetta explains that floors lasting weeks is a Syndicate guideline, not hard-coded, and the AI is ignoring such guidelines.
- Ch 92Rosetta says hitting elites financially only enriches others, until the baskets overflow with their heads.
Connections
- leadsShadow Boxer
- related toThe Dungeon Anarchist's CookbookCarl believes she wrote the ninth edition
- ally ofMilkresponded to Milk's cookbook note
- member ofThe Open Intellect Pacifist Action Network, Intergalactic NFC
- related toHomecoming Queenaboard
- ally ofTipid
- ally ofPrincess Possetroopers for the team
- member ofPrincess Posse
- related toKing Rusthas history with him
- enemy ofKing Rust
- family ofCarlconsiders her his sister
- partner ofPorthus the Rogue
- friend ofJustice Light
- related toThe CrestRosetta is a Crest
Key moments
- 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 15Carl's interview about his past
Rosetta questions Carl about his mother's suicide, his father's abandonment and his time at the Anacortes Boys' Ranch, while slipping him a coded cookbook clue about milk and potatoes.
- 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 51Zev's warning
As Carl leaves the saferoom, Zev warns him that his sponsor and the entire charity, including Rosetta, have disappeared, and that no one knows what he is heading into.
- 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 6 · Ch 75Former crawlers join the Princess Posse
The AI clears the Homecoming Queen for onboarding; fifty thousand hidden former crawlers become troopers for the Princess Posse in Faction Wars.
- Book 7 · Ch 16Former crawlers arrive as reinforcements
In the Meadowlark saferoom, Carl meets cookbook authors Tipid and Rosetta, who reveal that over 50,000 former crawlers have joined the Princess Posse.
- Book 7 · Ch 22Katia and Carl go under
In the base field hospital, Mordecai gives Katia and Carl modified Glory Bound so Katia can confront her past and Carl can try to trap Shi Maria in her worst memory.
- Book 7 · Ch 38Defending the castle entrance
Pinned behind shields at the castle's only entrance, Carl, Donut and the defenders pick off invisible Monkeywrenchers while worm-controlled Lonnie disables the castle's protections from the enemy lines.
- Book 7 · Ch 39Killing the last worm-controlled mage
Carl kills an invisible assassin on the barracks roof, then leaps onto the fleeing worm-controlled Lonnie; the Reaver door vanishes.
- Book 7 · Ch 40Closing the saferoom entrance
In the guildhall, the leaders decide to collapse the bait shop entrance, while Donut spends the last money on a hangar, anti-air gun and banners.
- Book 7 · Ch 42Rosetta kills King Rust
As Rust rides back, Rosetta bursts from the ground and decapitates him with a whip; his enraged army of tens of thousands charges.
- Book 7 · Ch 43Bloc fractures after Rust's death
Rosetta's killing of King Rust and Formidable's revelations split the Bloc; Hortense claims leadership against Stalwart and orders a full attack on the Posse.
- Book 7 · Ch 44Looting King Rust
Amid the enemy charge, Rosetta uses King Rust's corpse to authorise a bank transfer while Carl takes the body into his inventory; robed war mages on clockwork mounts approach.
- Book 7 · Ch 44Rescue through the dwarven tunnel
When a dispel clears the smoke, the ground opens and the group falls into a Semeru dwarf tunnel, where the dwarves fight off war mages who fall in.
- Book 7 · Ch 55The plan to kill the line of succession
Carl recounts the four-group plan built on Tipid and Rosetta's intelligence to kill the four naga in Vinata's line of succession.
- Book 7 · Ch 55Rosetta's theory of the vanishing sultana
In a flashback, Rosetta argues from past seasons that Vinata escapes into Club Vanquisher through a temple outside Larracos.
- Book 7 · Ch 57Edgar detects movement
Edgar senses non-corporeal movement rising in the castle, and Li Na climbs the clock tower as Carl's part begins.
- Book 7 · Ch 58Rosetta's theory confirmed
Edgar's detection of a Bijou confirms Rosetta's theory, and Carl deduces Vinata's court will travel to Khepri's temple in Club Vanquisher.
- Book 7 · Ch 61Race to the temple portal
Carl, Katia, Prepotente and Samantha cross the blood-soaked club to the temple portal and dial Khepri's temple, where Vinata is visible.
- Book 7 · Ch 69Dream battalions teleport to the FUPA
The Dream mass-teleports battalions outside the FUPA; Rosetta sends half the 105th to help Tipid defend.
- Book 7 · Ch 69Elle opens the first feral gate
Elle opens the Gate of the Feral Gods; Meatus appears near the Dream castle and summons Harpocrates, prompting Rosetta to abort Britney's digger attack.
- Book 7 · Ch 70Meatus smashes Harpocrates into the Dream castle
Meatus knocks Harpocrates into the Dream castle, dropping its shields; the elves begin fleeing and Donut takes over the southern campaign.
- Book 7 · Ch 75Eris's Chaos Ritual
Eris casts Bear Witness and Bring Forth the Witnesses, freezing almost everyone outside structures on the floor and lifting them into the sky, including Carl's army and the Madness soldiers.
- Book 7 · Ch 76Donut's Rolling Battle Formation
To move the huge pile of frozen witnesses away from the god fight, Donut casts Rolling Battle Formation, forming a giant steerable ball that also swallows Meatus and Eris.
- 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 80Rosetta chooses to fight on
Despite doubts and her job being done, Rosetta sides with Justice Light and orders everyone to fight the war mages for the castle of Larracos.
- Book 7 · Ch 85Carl reunites with Donut atop the Nest
Carl climbs the Nest to reunite with Donut, whose trapping net finally fails; Rosetta, Milk and Edgar arrive to tattoo Donut with a spell for the War Crime plan.
- Book 7 · Ch 86Rosetta reveals the War Crime plan
Rosetta explains Donut will cast War Crime combining Bijanbi and Wall of Fire to pull enemies out of the ball into a ring of fire, with fleshers as the finisher.
- Book 7 · Ch 86Edgar tattoos Donut
After Carl offers her a way out, Donut agrees to a tattoo on her right flank granting Bijanbi; Edgar reveals the design is a dog.
- Book 7 · Ch 87Donut receives the Bijanbi tattoo
Edgar finishes Donut's dog tattoo granting Bijanbi, Milk boosts it with Words of Power, then gives Carl ink and a pen before leaving with Rosetta and Edgar.
- Book 7 · Ch 90Justice Light sent after the gate
Carl tells Justice Light that Paca in the Midnight Market holds the Gate of the Feral Gods; Justice plans to retrieve it with the sluggalos.
- Book 7 · Ch 93Tagg revealed as a cyborg
Carl deduces Epitome Tagg is a cyborg like Fang who grafted himself into Louis's mechanical organs, as Tagg threatens to kill Louis if removed.
- Book 7 · Ch 97Larracos is sent to the Ascendency
The Sledge casts Zerzura, transferring Larracos and Shanty Town with their NPCs to the 12th floor while mercenaries and outworlders vanish from the dungeon.
- Book 7 · Ch 98Victory becomes Prime Minister
Victory reveals she is now acting Syndicate Prime Minister; Carl privately resolves he would still kill her if necessary.
- 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.
- Book 8 · Ch 9Mordecai's prophecies
In the safe room, Mordecai's glitching Moon Reaper form unveils a flaming eye and delivers ominous prophecies to Carl and Donut, then reveals he is really a shadow mimic.
- Book 8 · Ch 11Donut's glowing claws
Donut's godslayer boon gives her radiant claws and Claw skill 17; Rosetta fits claw caps so she can retract them safely.
- Book 8 · Ch 28Rosetta and Tipid return with leads
Rosetta and Tipid report a likely fleshmancer and a lead on the hidden performance guild, and bring two Jikininki ghoul mercenaries.
- Book 8 · Ch 36Team Helix hired
Rosetta and Tipid bring Team Helix, three mercenaries who can drive and protect; Quemada demands triple pay after seeing the Emberus shrine, and Carl accepts.
- Book 8 · Ch 56Researching Chalchiuhtlicue
Rosetta, Mordecai and Prepotente share what they know about the goddess Donut nicknames Chachi.
- Book 8 · Ch 58The cleaner bot plan is a go
After Mordecai's test succeeds, Carl approves a plan to send Li Na to the Pineapple Cabaret via Herot's cleaner bot purchases.
- Book 8 · Ch 72Guild meeting in the pet stables
Carl outlines the plan for the last two heats and Floor 11, including leaving the party to deal with Hellik, while Donut and Imani object.
- Book 8 · Ch 72Rosetta explains the Scavenger myth
Rosetta recounts the myth of Nekhebit, her children, and the Scavenger's Daughter, a being able to erase the pantheon and take gods' powers.
- Book 8 · Ch 73Examining the Memorial Crystal
In the god-proof stables, Prepotente lets Carl inspect Apito's Memorial Crystal and explains his quest from the Midnight Epicure.
- 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 93Mandatory parade broadcast
Screens everywhere show a tunnel-node map, then Earth near the Juan de Fuca Ridge, then a yellow-brick parade route with a countdown.
- Book 8 · Ch 94Building the Vengeance procession
The team decorates five vehicles and three giant mounts with dahlias and Gurkha gear, assigning drivers and riders for the parade.