THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Li Na

First seen: Book 1, Chapter 42

Met and heard from directly for the first time, volunteering alongside her brother Li Jun and Zhang to help Carl retrieve a spare interdiction cart. Blunt, sharp, and unwilling to let a bad plan slide unchallenged, she talks Carl through a fix he immediately adopts and fights using a set of chains that can bind, burn, or knock a target unconscious. Level 30, of a race called Changbi and a class called Slave Driver.

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Level

30B3C32

Physical

Appearance:

Taller than Carl remembered her, rail thin, her skin gone deathly pale; wears a flowing white and red robe with long, wide sleeves that drag chains as she walksB3C32

Location

Stands off to the side in trainyard E with Li Jun, talking between themselves, while Carl finishes rigging the Nightmare ExpressB3C34

Confirmed fine by her brother Li Jun, riding in the Vermillion train's cargo section near the front, separated from him until the train stopsB3C24

Unknown; shown on the recap show alongside Li Jun and Zhang, not on Carl and Donut's map. No level or class shownB3C3

History by chapter
Book 1
Chapter 42
  • TAG Crawler: Shown only on-screen, part of the four-crawler group fleeing a troglodyte and Brindled Vespa ambush during Death Watch; doesn't speak
Book 3
Chapter 3
  • IDENTITY Race: No longer Human, an odd, demon-like race that fights with chains, per Carl's own recap-show narration. Not named on the page
  • LOCATION Location: Unknown; shown on the recap show alongside Li Jun and Zhang, not on Carl and Donut's map. No level or class shown
Chapter 24
  • LOCATION Location: Confirmed fine by her brother Li Jun, riding in the Vermillion train's cargo section near the front, separated from him until the train stops
Chapter 32
  • TAG Crawler: Speaks and fights on the page for the first time, volunteering with her brother Li Jun and Zhang to help Carl retrieve a spare interdiction cart. Blunt and sharp, unwilling to charge into a plan she hasn't heard in full, and quick enough in a fight that Carl wonders how her brother made some version of the top ten and not her
  • PHYSICAL Appearance: Taller than Carl remembered her, rail thin, her skin gone deathly pale; wears a flowing white and red robe with long, wide sleeves that drag chains as she walks
  • LEVEL Level: 30
  • IDENTITY Class: A Slave Driver, fights with multiple chains that unspool from her robe's sleeves, including one that lassos a target into a full minute of unconsciousness
  • IDENTITY Race: A Changbi, tall and rail thin, deathly pale, with an overwide mouth, a deeply ridged brow, and short black horns, confirmed and named in person for the first time
Chapter 33
  • TAG Crawler: Amputates and heals the second mantaur vessel down to his head and torso so he can be controlled and thrown into the portal on command; the plan that ends up banishing Grull without a fight
Chapter 34
  • LOCATION Location: Stands off to the side in trainyard E with Li Jun, talking between themselves, while Carl finishes rigging the Nightmare Express
Book 4
Chapter 33
  • TAG Bubble Popped: Once their last castle falls, their bubble pops and floods the surrounding lacuna, killing several crawlers who'd already gotten out and were exploring the dark fog outside
  • TAG Objective: Battles a crab monster alongside Li Jun on the recap show to defeat their bubble's final castle, in a world whose waterline had been rising since it started; their whole bubble is submerged by the time they win

Notable quotes

“If I touch you with my hand, you will experience excruciating pain throughout your entire body that will cause you to lose control of your bladder and bowels.”

Book 3, Chapter 32 (Li Na, declining Carl's offered high five.)