The Nest
Names: The NestNest tower
First appears in Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin, chapter 59 ([ 50 ])
Appearances
What you know
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 59After this raid, Toyotomi's builders will erect an expensive synergy tower called The Nest at the edge of the hole into Larracos.
- Ch 66The Nest is a master-quality granite synergy tower in Shanty Town, giving Donut line of sight over the whole battlefield from its top.
- Ch 71The Nest tower's synergy is set to Atrocity-class spells, including Donut's new spell War Crime.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 7 · Ch 66Carl's doubts before Operation Ruin
Watching his army prepare and Donut enter the Nest, Carl dreads the losses the coming all-out attack will bring.
- Book 7 · Ch 82The Nest tower is attacked
Donut is trapped in the Nest by a net while a crawler woman with a dog enters the tower; Toyotomi, Sergeant Bret S and Bomo die trying to stop her.
- Book 7 · Ch 83Li Na gives Carl the potion
In the Nest, Li Na, wearing her brother's eye, gives Carl a duplicated Hell-Kissed Conscription potion and leaves to use the original on Harpocrates.
- Book 7 · Ch 83Lucia is conscripted
Lucia climbs the Nest against Donkey Kong barrels; Donut summons Raul, who sends Lucia tumbling and seizes her, and Carl smashes the conscription potion on her.
- Book 7 · Ch 84Lucia under Carl's orders
Conscripted, Lucia drops her protections; as Carl prepares to kill her, a child named Diah surfaces and begs him to wait for Lucia to return.
- Book 7 · Ch 84Battle with Gustavo 3
Mongo, Raul and clockwork Mongos tumble out of the Nest with Carl and Gustavo 3; the dog nearly kills Mongo until Rend's Wrecking Ball kills it.
- 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 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 87Trapped by Lucia's second net
Carl and Donut find a second net keeping them in the Nest; as the ball breaks, Carl tells Donut to cast War Crime without fire and sends Dong to grab the trigger.
- Book 7 · Ch 88Eris visits Carl
Freed from War Mage control, Eris freezes time, makes Carl's Pied Piper permanent, tempts him to become her champion, and tells him where the Gate of the Feral Gods went.