THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Kravyad

First seen: Book 3, Chapter 11

Named only by an Iron Tangle train engineer as the ones in charge of returning employees at the end of a line, using dark magic to prepare them before they step through the portal home. That same magic is blamed for the memory loss conductors and other staff suffer on the trip. Never seen on the page; Carl privately guesses they might be a boss guarding the portal, unconfirmed.

DungeonNPCDeceased

Appearance

Blue-skinned and six-armed, per Madison's own comparison to a nagaB3C18

Connections

Madison:

Names herself as their benefits manager, alongside the six Station Mimics, treating both as ordinary staff rather than anything mysteriousB3C17

Daniel Bautista 2:

Dies during his crew's attempt to paralyze rather than kill her, sealing the employee portal for good and leaving over 150 of his group without souvenir hats strandedB3C20

Her hypnotize spell neutralized by his last Voca Nye; disarmed, she threatens to kill herself rather than let his crawlers get closer, and a former police negotiator among them talks her down through the doorway as the chapter endsB3C19

Warned by Carl, once Madison confirms it, that the employee portal at station 435 only stays open while the local Kravyad stays aliveB3C18

History by chapter
Book 3
Chapter 11
  • TAG Dungeon: Named only by an ochre line train engineer as the ones who process Iron Tangle employees at the end of a line; never seen on the page
Chapter 17
  • RELATIONSHIP Madison: Names herself as their benefits manager, alongside the six Station Mimics, treating both as ordinary staff rather than anything mysterious
Chapter 18
  • RELATIONSHIP Daniel Bautista 2: Warned by Carl, once Madison confirms it, that the employee portal at station 435 only stays open while the local Kravyad stays alive
  • TAG NPC: Not designated as combatants, per Madison; part of the Iron Tangle's human resources side of the operation rather than security
  • PHYSICAL Appearance: Blue-skinned and six-armed, per Madison's own comparison to a naga
Chapter 19
  • RELATIONSHIP Daniel Bautista 2: Her hypnotize spell neutralized by his last Voca Nye; disarmed, she threatens to kill herself rather than let his crawlers get closer, and a former police negotiator among them talks her down through the doorway as the chapter ends
  • TAG NPC: Confirmed by Bautista's own encounter: a multi-armed snake woman, not a boss, matching Madison's account exactly
Chapter 20
  • TAG Deceased: The station 435 Kravyad died during Bautista's crew's attempt to merely paralyze rather than kill her; the standoff ended in her death regardless, sealing the employee portal shut
  • RELATIONSHIP Daniel Bautista 2: Dies during his crew's attempt to paralyze rather than kill her, sealing the employee portal for good and leaving over 150 of his group without souvenir hats stranded

Kills