The Arena
First appears in Book 8: A Parade of Horribles, chapter 16 ([ 14 ])
Appearances
What you know
Book 8: A Parade of Horribles
Connections
- inFloor 11
- containsKrakaren Prime
Key moments
- Book 8 · Ch 97Carl's farewell to Donut
At the arena door, Carl hugs Donut, tells her he loves her and sends her and the pets to the RV; Tipid is replaced by sluggalo drivers.
- Book 8 · Ch 97The revolution speech and charge
Carl proclaims a crawler revolution on the jumbotron, reveals the missile launcher, and the sluggalo-driven truck smashes into the arena among slaughtered stand-ins.
- Book 8 · Ch 97Carl chooses Scolopendra
Realising every NPC and mob is a Primal fragment, Carl makes his first stand-in choice: Scolopendra.
- Book 8 · Ch 98Scolopendra enters the realm
Carl's choice summons Scolopendra, the level 500 Dungeon boss, alongside Krakaren Prime; the AI explains the consequences of killing or abandoning her.
- Book 8 · Ch 98Plan C begins
Carl straps the sapient pig Penny to his chest, messages Emberus to meet in Club Scolopendra, and holds a gun to Penny's head to draw out Taranis.
- Book 8 · Ch 100Trapping Emberus
Donut swaps in for Penny and pins Emberus with Katia's bolt; Emberus's fire is redirected to Penny, and Donut teleports herself and Carl to the arena.
- Book 8 · Ch 100Taranis kills Emberus
Enraged at the attack on Penny, Taranis destroys his brother Emberus; the blast wrecks vehicles across the arena, though the crawlers survive.
- Book 8 · Ch 100Eris enters
As Carl mounts his motorcycle with Donut refusing to leave him, the world freezes and Eris enters the realm.
- Book 8 · Ch 101Scolopendra turned to goo
Amid Eris's inventory swap, Donut finds the biscuit-loaded banger sphere and Carl hurls it into Scolopendra's mouth, turning the Dungeon boss into a puddle.
- Book 8 · Ch 101Eris's visit
Eris freezes time to speak to Carl about the Ascendency, chaos and the coin's fifth side, then leaves.
- Book 8 · Ch 101Taranis departs
Taranis returns Penny, banishes Khepri, spares Carl and Donut, and leaves with Samantha and Krakaren Prime, ending the battle.