Fire Brandy
A Lesser Demon, level 75, sealed inside the Nightmare Express's boiler as its living fire-stoker, billed on her own card as 'Fire(wo)man of the Nightmare Express' and a non-combatant NPC. Red-skinned, black-haired, styled like a 1950s pinup with a rockabilly up-do and two black horns; only her head fits through the firebox door. Talks Carl through driving the train after the original engineers turn up dead, in a brisk, matter-of-fact accent Carl reads as almost German.
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Level
75B3C14
Physical
Red-skinned and black-haired from the neck up, the only part of her that fits through the firebox door, styled like a 1950s pinup with her hair in a rockabilly up-do under a red bandana and two black horns rising through it. Swirling black eyes with heavy, exhausted-looking rings underneath, and steam rising off her skinB3C14
Shifted from her usual matter-of-fact, southern-belle-but-German manner to something more melancholy, having realized the Iron Tangle is all a constructionB3C31
Location
Sealed inside the boiler as the Nightmare Express backs up and speeds into the abyss portal, loaded with explosive satchelsB3C34
Still sealed inside the idling Nightmare Express, parked a few stations down the hidden employee line, last used to ferry Brynhild's Daughters to station 60B3C31
Sealed inside the boiler, told the party's plans, and content to idle at station 41 while they're awayB3C19
Sealed inside the boiler, giving birth again mid-argument with MadisonB3C18
Sealed inside the Nightmare Express's boiler, somewhere on the run between station 283 and station 436B3C14
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No data on this one yet. It either hasn't mattered, or it is about to.
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Stats unknown. Rest assured the dungeon has precise figures on exactly how underwhelming they are.
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No spells or skills on record. Punching things very hard is not a skill until the dungeon says it is.
History by chapter
Book 3
Chapter 14
- LOCATION Location: Sealed inside the Nightmare Express's boiler, somewhere on the run between station 283 and station 436
- PHYSICAL Appearance: Red-skinned and black-haired from the neck up, the only part of her that fits through the firebox door, styled like a 1950s pinup with her hair in a rockabilly up-do under a red bandana and two black horns rising through it. Swirling black eyes with heavy, exhausted-looking rings underneath, and steam rising off her skin
- TAG NPC: A Lesser Demon sealed into the Nightmare Express's boiler as its fire-stoker, billed on her own card as the train's Fire(wo)man; a non-combatant
- LEVEL Level: 75
Chapter 18
- LOCATION Location: Sealed inside the boiler, giving birth again mid-argument with Madison
Chapter 19
- LOCATION Location: Sealed inside the boiler, told the party's plans, and content to idle at station 41 while they're away
Chapter 31
- PHYSICAL Demeanor: Shifted from her usual matter-of-fact, southern-belle-but-German manner to something more melancholy, having realized the Iron Tangle is all a construction
- LOCATION Location: Still sealed inside the idling Nightmare Express, parked a few stations down the hidden employee line, last used to ferry Brynhild's Daughters to station 60
Chapter 34
- TAG Deceased: Chooses to stay with the train and die in the pit rather than let Carl pull her and her three unborn children clear first, refusing to be used for another cycle of losing them
- LOCATION Location: Sealed inside the boiler as the Nightmare Express backs up and speeds into the abyss portal, loaded with explosive satchels
Relationships
- Carl:
- Donut:
- Katia Grim:
- Madison:
- Tizquick:
Refuses his offer to get her and her babies clear, explains her repeating boiler-job history for the first time, and tells him she now understands what the whole system is and that they shouldn't be enemies over itB3C34
Gives him several hundred still-burning sheol bricks and a few dozen unlit ones when he asks, but refuses to part with all of them, needing to keep her own fire hot for her children; relays Tizquick's and Madison's news, and asks him to look after her babies if this is the last time they see each otherB3C31
Slams the furnace door shut mid-labor scream to cut off her argument with Madison, timing it to another contractionB3C18
Gives birth again mid-conversation, her face scrunching in pain; tells him she doesn't know whether the yard would let them just drive the train out, and asks him not to blow it up since she has two little ones to look afterB3C16
Pokes her head out through the firebox once he stumbles into the wrecked cab, walks him through the valves, throttle, and braking system in brisk, matter-of-fact instructions, then answers his own question about reaching station 10's trainyard by pointing him to the cab's track-switch leverB3C14
Asked directly if she's okay; doesn't answer, just nods and turns back to her fireB3C31
Chats with her and Katia on the ride back, comparing notes on motherhood once Donut names Mongo as her own son; mentions having two children so far and a custom of not naming young until they're presented at an altarB3C16
Sympathizes, sounding genuinely sorry, on hearing Katia has no children of her own after losing her chance to adopt when aliens destroyed her planetB3C16
Refuses to be fired by her, citing her own contract and an executive named Portia; Carl steps in to end the standoff before it turns violentB3C18
Discusses the decision to stay with him beforehand; the two die together when the loaded train detonates in the pitB3C34
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No known associates. Loners have historically excellent odds. That was sarcasm.
History by chapter
Book 3
Chapter 14
- RELATIONSHIP Carl: Pokes her head out through the firebox once he stumbles into the wrecked cab, walks him through the valves, throttle, and braking system in brisk, matter-of-fact instructions, then answers his own question about reaching station 10's trainyard by pointing him to the cab's track-switch lever
Chapter 16
- RELATIONSHIP Carl: Gives birth again mid-conversation, her face scrunching in pain; tells him she doesn't know whether the yard would let them just drive the train out, and asks him not to blow it up since she has two little ones to look after
- RELATIONSHIP Katia Grim: Sympathizes, sounding genuinely sorry, on hearing Katia has no children of her own after losing her chance to adopt when aliens destroyed her planet
- RELATIONSHIP Donut: Chats with her and Katia on the ride back, comparing notes on motherhood once Donut names Mongo as her own son; mentions having two children so far and a custom of not naming young until they're presented at an altar
Chapter 18
- RELATIONSHIP Carl: Slams the furnace door shut mid-labor scream to cut off her argument with Madison, timing it to another contraction
- RELATIONSHIP Madison: Refuses to be fired by her, citing her own contract and an executive named Portia; Carl steps in to end the standoff before it turns violent
Chapter 31
- RELATIONSHIP Donut: Asked directly if she's okay; doesn't answer, just nods and turns back to her fire
- RELATIONSHIP Carl: Gives him several hundred still-burning sheol bricks and a few dozen unlit ones when he asks, but refuses to part with all of them, needing to keep her own fire hot for her children; relays Tizquick's and Madison's news, and asks him to look after her babies if this is the last time they see each other
Chapter 34
- RELATIONSHIP Carl: Refuses his offer to get her and her babies clear, explains her repeating boiler-job history for the first time, and tells him she now understands what the whole system is and that they shouldn't be enemies over it
- RELATIONSHIP Tizquick: Discusses the decision to stay with him beforehand; the two die together when the loaded train detonates in the pit
Kills
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Notable quotes
“I’d give it all to you. But I need to keep the fire burning nice and hot. Keep my babies happy, for as long as it will last.”
“You are ze boot, not ze foot.”
“That’s a good name. I have two children so far. We don’t name our young until they’re presented at the altar.”
“Now you know how to run train. Do not go fast. Do not overpressurize, and we will have no problems, no? Now close my door and leave me be.”
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