The Sultana
Names: The Sultanathe WhoreSepsis WhorePrincess VinataVinata
First appears in Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin, chapter 12 ([ 8 ])
Appearances
What you know
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 12The Sultana is the real-life naga crown princess, play-acting the Sepsis Whore; she has military experience and has never been killed in the game.
- Ch 29The Naga castle usually falls first, but the Sultana has never been captured; she vanishes and reappears at the end.
- Ch 51Princess Vinata, the Blood Sultanate's warlord, is a huge white six-armed naga with solid red eyes who plays a queen called the Sepsis Whore.
- Ch 51Outside the game, Vinata is the sultan's daughter, a war veteran and her father's lead advisor.
- Ch 52Vinata whispers that Cascadia's ex-husband and family are dead, offers to 'take care of' Katia, and invites Carl to join her father's court.
- Ch 52Vinata tells Carl the Blood Sultanate expects his attack and will be ready.
- Ch 55Every season, Vinata and her six-naga honor guard vanish from her throne room and reappear only after the war is won.
- Ch 55Vinata's disappearing act is deliberate mystique, followed by floods of tourism advertisements for the naga system.
- Ch 57The slain head of the castle guard was Vinata's real-life boyfriend.
- Ch 58Rosetta's theory: one of Vinata's guards worships a light god and carries the others as 'prospects' to a temple in Club Vanquisher.
- Ch 61Inside Khepri's temple, Vinata carries protection blessings and an Immortal tag.
- Ch 62Vinata herself worshipped Khepri and summoned him into his own temple, trapping Carl's team as trespassers before a god.
- Ch 62Six naga are in the temple: Vinata, her two cousins and three personal guards; Rishi is absent.
- Ch 62The AI reveals Vinata's secret husband is dead and her kingdom's plan to seize shipbuilding factories is being leaked.
- Ch 63Driven mad by the Eye of the Bedlam Bride, Vinata crushes and stabs Carl, lamenting her people were almost free and her lost future children.
- Ch 63Vinata is killed by a sluggalo that bursts from Carl's slugpox boil and plants a hatchet between her eyes.
- Ch 64Vinata's white scales were makeup or an effect; in death she is gray with red at the neck.
- Ch 68Rishi says Vinata planned for the naga to steal their shipyard fleet and flee for a generation.
Book 8: A Parade of Horribles
- Ch 2Chandra says she is no relation to Vinata, the late crown princess killed by a crawler's slug.
Connections
- leadsBlood Sultanate
- related toNagais a
- enemy ofPrincess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk
- related toKhepriworships
- enemy ofCarl
Key moments
- Book 7 · Ch 51The warlord council assembles
The warlords gather at the production facility; Carl meets the imposing naga warlord Princess Vinata, whom his team plans to kill.
- Book 7 · Ch 52Odette hosts the warlord council
Odette takes over hosting after Chaco is knocked out, interviewing warlords while Cascadia sits drunk and Vinata whispers threats and offers to Carl.
- Book 7 · Ch 53Blood Hunter revelation
Odette reveals the Blood Sultanate made Blood Hunter; Carl realizes their troops are already dead and bursts out laughing, while Donut vows vengeance on Vinata.
- 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 61Entering Khepri's temple
Samantha opens the door and the team storms in, only to find Vinata immortal-tagged and Khepri himself present.
- Book 7 · Ch 62Vinata's trap sprung
Carl's team storms Khepri's temple and realizes Vinata anticipated them, summoning Khepri so they'd trespass in a god's presence.
- Book 7 · Ch 62Temple Battle Grudge Match
The AI declares a boss-style temple battle against Khepri and six naga, drags in Li Jun, Bautista and Zhang, and opens betting.
- Book 7 · Ch 63The Waffle Maker in Khepri's temple
Carl summons Little Günter and detonates the Waffle Maker in the narrow temple, killing the guards and both cousins while immortality keeps him together.
- Book 7 · Ch 63Gods pour into Club Vanquisher
Blasted out with Carl, Vinata crushes him as dozens of gods emerge; Hellik banishes Khepri and gives Carl a message for Emberus.
- Book 7 · Ch 63Death of Princess Vinata
A sluggalo bursts from Carl's slugpox boil and kills Vinata with a hatchet once her immortality ends.
- Book 7 · Ch 64The Blood Sultanate falls
With Vinata dead, the Blood Sultanate is defeated and its assets go to the Princess Posse; the sluggalette Bigs gets the kill.