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Fan illustration of Edgar, an ancient giant tortoise holding a silver tattoo needle in his beak
NPC · First seen in book 5, floor 6

Edgar in Dungeon Crawler Carl

Edgar is a talking giant tortoise and Shell Mage who fights alongside Signet's forest rebels on the 6th floor. Donut quickly befriends him. Book 5

First named
Book 5, ch. 15
The Butcher's Masquerade
Times named, books 1-8
78
in 32 chapters across 4 books
Biggest book
Book 7
This Inevitable Ruin
Status
Gone end of book 7

How much Edgar is in each book

Times the text names Edgar (or ), counted by us in each book. Bars for books past your shield setting are blurred.

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B1
–
B2
–
B3
–
B4
20
B5
1
B6
56
B7
1
B8

Edgar at a glance

RaceTortoise (looks like a regular giant tortoise but can talk)Book 5
ClassShell MageBook 5
SkillsPart of the Background and Sense Movement (both level 15), map-making and tattoo magicBook 7

Edgar's story, book by book

  1. Book 7 This Inevitable Ruin

    He hides Signet's group with a protection spell, senses an ambush, and joins the assault on the high elves. He turned Clint and Miss Nadine into tattoos on Signet.

    Source: Book 5, ch. 25, ch. 28; Book 7, ch. 20
  2. Book 7 This Inevitable Ruin

    He helps oversee Katia and Carl's treatment, scouts naga territory unseen, spots the naga army's corpses and detects the non-corporeal movement the plan needed. With Milk he extracts a fallen crawler's spell for a tattoo on Donut.

    Source: Book 7, ch. 16, ch. 40, ch. 45, ch. 48, ch. 74
  3. Book 7 This Inevitable Ruin

    At the end of the 9th floor he goes to the 12th floor.

    Source: Book 7, ch. 86

Who Edgar shares the most scenes with

Chapters in which both names appear, books 1-8. Counted from the text.

Princess Donut
32 shared chaptersCarl
30 shared chaptersKatia Grim
26 shared chaptersMongo
24 shared chaptersMordecai
23 shared chaptersSamantha
23 shared chaptersElle McGibbons
20 shared chaptersLouis Santiago
20 shared chapters

Edgar: questions readers ask

Who is Edgar the tortoise in Dungeon Crawler Carl?

A talking tortoise Shell Mage from Signet's group on the 6th floor. He later serves as a scout and tattoo-magic expert for Carl's side in the faction wars. Book 7 spoiler level

Also connected

Tsarina SignetMilk

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Facts come from our reading of Matt Dinniman's books 1 to 8 (Dungeon Crawler Carl, Carl's Doomsday Scenario, The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook, The Gate of the Feral Gods, The Butcher's Masquerade, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride, This Inevitable Ruin, A Parade of Horribles). Each one is tagged with the book that reveals it. Counts and shared chapters are computed from the text. Not affiliated with the author, the publisher or the Peacock show. Portraits are our own fan art, made with AI image tools from the books' descriptions; they are not official art.

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