THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Tran

First seen: Book 4, Chapter 20

A level-28 Human Swashbuckler, the same class as Daniel Bautista 2, part of Gwendolyn Duet's Land Quadrant team. A tired-looking man with a metal-detecting ability; Gwen sends him to test whether the sandcastle's spare electrical cable reaches the necropolis wall's drainage wheel.

CrawlerObjectiveMocked On AirInjuredLoot

Level

28B4C20

Physical

Legs:

Both legs are gone after the Cage Fight Extreme; Carl's healing scroll does not regrow them.B5C76

Location

Ballroom A at the Butcher's Masquerade with the arriving crawler groupB5C67

Confirmed by Katia, over chat, already down the stairs to floor 6 with Gwen's team before she finishes her own part of the gate operationB4C34

Escapes with Carl and Katia through the completed Gate of the Feral Gods to a spot outside PandinusB4C27

History by chapter
Book 4
Chapter 20
  • TAG Crawler: Part of Gwendolyn Duet's Land Quadrant team; his metal-detecting ability confirms a hidden ring under the drainage wheel's handle, giving Carl's spare electrical cable a second use
  • LEVEL Level: 28
  • IDENTITY Class: A Swashbuckler, the same class as Daniel Bautista 2
Chapter 22
  • TAG Objective: Partially opens the necropolis drainage valve on Gwen's order once the boss chamber collapses on Carl and Donut, flooding and destroying the sandcastle to try to save them
Chapter 24
  • TAG Objective: Sent into the newly-dug-out, entirely glass stairwell chamber by Gwen; everything flashes the moment he steps in, breaking the sandcastle's own crystallization spell
Chapter 25
  • TAG Objective: Joins Carl's four-person dive team into the Akula alongside Katia and Vadim, using his own Pathfinder skill to track the sub and spot The Bugbear's Delight's hidden corpse
Chapter 26
  • TAG Mocked On Air: Called an underperforming crawler to his face by Magnificent Troy during the live special event broadcast of the Lusca fight
Chapter 27
  • LOCATION Location: Escapes with Carl and Katia through the completed Gate of the Feral Gods to a spot outside Pandinus
  • TAG Injured: Loses five percent health per second after Lusca dies and can't stand on his own; Carl carries him back toward the wrecked Akula
Chapter 28
  • TAG Loot: Opens a large haul of boxes alongside Gwen and the others; specific contents not itemized on the page
Chapter 29
  • TAG Injured: Nearly zeroed out by the lightning tower strike, healing himself back up afterward; fights alongside Carl, Katia, and Gwen against a wave of feral pazuzu
Chapter 33
  • TAG Objective: Joins Gwendolyn Duet's team exploring the now-dry subterranean level, looting the tomb raiders' remains and reaching Anser's own tomb; the team's looting of Quetzalcoatlus's corpse also turns up a partial map of the sixth floor
Chapter 34
  • LOCATION Location: Confirmed by Katia, over chat, already down the stairs to floor 6 with Gwen's team before she finishes her own part of the gate operation
Book 5
Chapter 67
  • LOCATION Location: Ballroom A at the Butcher's Masquerade with the arriving crawler group
Chapter 76
  • PHYSICAL Legs: Both legs are gone after the Cage Fight Extreme; Carl's healing scroll does not regrow them.

Notable quotes

“Now I know how a flea feels when he sees a dog.”

Book 4, Chapter 29 (Tran, getting his first look at Orthrus filling half the bubble.)

“Do you own a red shirt? I feel as if I should put one on.”

Book 4, Chapter 25 (Tran, to Vadim, before the dive team heads underwater.)