The spiral
Names: The spiralthe round mazethe mazespiral maze
First appears in Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl, chapter 21 (21)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl
- Ch 21Graffiti warns crawlers not to go deeper into the spiral, a round maze holding the Stairwell to Floor Two, or they'll activate the borough boss.
- Ch 21A huge, pink, fleshy, ball-shaped creature smelling of sewage rolls at speed through the spiral's ring corridor.
- Ch 22Cops and firefighters who entered the spiral vanished; the boss can only be reached through the main gate, which locks behind crawlers.
- Ch 26Once the ball pops, the spiral's walls retract into an open arena, with the stairwell at its centre behind a red forcefield.
Connections
- part ofFloor 1
- containsBall of Swine
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 21Graffiti leads to the stairwell
Fresh spray-painted signs lead Carl and Donut to a gathering of crawlers near a stairwell inside a spiral guarded by a borough boss.
- Book 1 · Ch 22Meeting the eldercare group
Carl and Donut find Brandon, Chris, Yolanda, Imani and Agatha guarding 38 elderly crawlers outside the spiral maze.
- Book 1 · Ch 22Plan to storm the spiral
Carl decides to grind for a day, then return with Donut and the four caregivers to fight the borough boss and get the residents downstairs.
- Book 1 · Ch 26Borough boss battle begins
Carl, Donut, the four Meadow Lark staff and Agatha enter the spiral; it becomes a rave arena and the Ball of Swine charges them.
- Book 1 · Ch 26Popping the Ball of Swine
The ball wedges on the Speedbump; the group stabs until it bursts, raining dazed tusklings as the fortress collapses.
- Book 1 · Ch 26Slaughter of the tusklings
The group kills the confused, weaponless tusklings released from the Ball of Swine, needed to drop the stairwell's forcefield.
- Book 1 · Ch 27Borough boss defeated
Brandon crushes the Tuskling Dominatrix, ending the fight; Carl loots the Borough Field Guild and the stairwell forcefield drops.