THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Club Vanquisher

First seen: Book 2, Chapter 15

The Over City's other major club, the counterpart to the Desperado Club and, per Mordecai, permanently mutually exclusive with it: once a crawler has access to one, they're generally barred from the other. Described as more of a country club, old clerics smoking pipes in leather chairs. Not entered; mentioned only in passing.

UnenteredStill Closed

Appearance

Per Mordecai, more like a country club, old clerics sitting in leather chairs, smoking pipes, and occasionally telling racist jokesB2C15

Where

Fronted by a small church at station 59, past Station E's gate; still not enteredB3C18

Also fronts as a well-kept, church-like building at a small transit station on the ochre line, one of only three shops there, guarded from outside by a silent ram-headed cleric; still not enteredB3C10

Connections

Desperado Pass:

Mutually exclusive with it per Mordecai: once a crawler has access to one club, they're generally barred from the other, confirming what Carl and Donut's own passes already ruled out back at book 1 chapter 19B2C15

Katia Grim:

Carl suggests she try for access here instead, since she still has no Desperado Club pass of her own; what it actually takes to get in is still unknownB3C8

Gore-Gore:

Ducks into its ochre line storefront looking for mead, the first on-page confirmation the club has actual members; storms back out enraged moments later, apparently tipped off that the party caused his train's wreckB3C11

Prepotente:

Tells Donut he was disappointed she wound up with Desperado Club access rather than this club, phrasing it as though he expects her to have some access of her own here; still never shown or entered on the pageB3C32

Carl:

Granted free access, marked with an unexplained asterisk, as a benefit of worshipping Emberus, despite Desperado and Vanquisher access supposedly being permanently mutually exclusive; Carl recalls it's still closed for cleansing from the Prepotente brawl last he heardB4C32

History by chapter
Book 2
Chapter 15
  • RELATIONSHIP Desperado Pass: Mutually exclusive with it per Mordecai: once a crawler has access to one club, they're generally barred from the other, confirming what Carl and Donut's own passes already ruled out back at book 1 chapter 19
  • PHYSICAL Character: Per Mordecai, more like a country club, old clerics sitting in leather chairs, smoking pipes, and occasionally telling racist jokes
  • TAG Unentered: The Desperado Club's counterpart club in the Over City; described only in passing by Mordecai, not visited
Book 3
Chapter 8
  • RELATIONSHIP Katia Grim: Carl suggests she try for access here instead, since she still has no Desperado Club pass of her own; what it actually takes to get in is still unknown
Chapter 10
  • LOCATION Location: Also fronts as a well-kept, church-like building at a small transit station on the ochre line, one of only three shops there, guarded from outside by a silent ram-headed cleric; still not entered
Chapter 11
  • RELATIONSHIP Gore-Gore: Ducks into its ochre line storefront looking for mead, the first on-page confirmation the club has actual members; storms back out enraged moments later, apparently tipped off that the party caused his train's wreck
Chapter 18
  • LOCATION Location: Fronted by a small church at station 59, past Station E's gate; still not entered
Chapter 32
  • RELATIONSHIP Prepotente: Tells Donut he was disappointed she wound up with Desperado Club access rather than this club, phrasing it as though he expects her to have some access of her own here; still never shown or entered on the page
Book 4
Chapter 32
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Granted free access, marked with an unexplained asterisk, as a benefit of worshipping Emberus, despite Desperado and Vanquisher access supposedly being permanently mutually exclusive; Carl recalls it's still closed for cleansing from the Prepotente brawl last he heard
Chapter 33
  • TAG Still Closed: Confirmed still closed for repairs; bubbles that lose access to it, same as losing Desperado access, are cut off from the mass extraction plan entirely