Katia Grim in Dungeon Crawler Carl
A shy crawler and friend of Hekla, who sends her to Carl and Donut to gain experience. The system calls her human, but she is a doppelganger who has to sculpt her own face. Book 2
How much Katia is in each book
Times the text names Katia Grim (or Katia, Katia Grimmsdottir), counted by us in each book. Bars for books past your shield setting are blurred.
What Katia looks like, book by book
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Katia at a glance
| Race | Listed as Human; really a doppelganger | Book 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Class | Monster Truck Driver | Book 2 |
| Race | Doppelganger (bounty board) | Book 3 |
| Job before the dungeon | Art professor | Book 3 |
| Home | Iceland | Book 4 |
| Full name | Katia Grimmsdottir | Book 7 |
| Race | Made human again by the goddess Eileithyia | Book 7 |
Katia's story, book by book
- Book 2 Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Joins Carl and Donut's party on the third floor at Hekla's request. Mordecai trains her to shape her face, and she is named in the failed-lich-spell quest with Carl and Donut.
Source: Book 2, ch. 21, ch. 23, ch. 24 Travels with Carl and Donut while staying in contact with Hekla and her friend Eva. When Hekla turns on her during a train fight, Katia kills Hekla and jumps from level 24 to 37.
Source: Book 3, ch. 18, ch. 24- Book 4 The Gate of the Feral Gods
Fights with the party on the fifth floor. At the end she tells them she will leave to gather and protect the scattered former Daughters before Eva can, and Carl gives her Eva's dropped saber.
Source: Book 4, ch. 33 - Book 5 The Butcher's Masquerade
Runs her own group and helps set up the guild with Imani as guildmaster. She is in a relationship with Daniel Bautista. In the epilogue she finds the buried Eva and kills her, but Eva's last act puts the Crown of the Sepsis Whore on Katia's head.
Source: Book 5, ch. 20, ch. 57, Epilogue - Book 6 The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
Starts the eighth floor in Iceland with her own squad. She helps Carl plan the hit on Astrid, the manager of the Desperado Club, and goes after Astrid herself during the fight in the club.
Source: Book 6, ch. 1, ch. 31, ch. 32 - Book 7 This Inevitable Ruin
Because of the crown, she and Donut must deal with the Naga and only one can leave the ninth floor. She eats the Orchid of Eileithyia, chooses to become pregnant with Louis as the father, is made human again with cybernetic limbs, and leaves the dungeon.
Source: Book 7, ch. 84, ch. 86 - Book 8 A Parade of Horribles
Absent. Carl and Donut miss her; Lexis says Katia is on the surface at the kinder facility, where a confused third party is protecting it, and believes she is okay.
Source: Book 8, ch. 6, ch. 15, ch. 27
Is Katia alive? Status at the end of each book
| End of book 2 | alive · In Carl's party |
|---|---|
| End of book 3 | alive · Killed Hekla |
| End of book 4 | alive · Leaving the party to protect the former Daughters |
| End of book 5 | alive · Killed Eva; now wearing the Crown of the Sepsis Whore |
| End of book 6 | alive · Still crawling |
| End of book 7 | gone · Pregnant, made human, and removed from the dungeon |
| End of book 8 | gone · Alive on the surface at the kinder facility, as far as Lexis knows |
“We’ve all become experts at hiding what we’ve really lost.”
Who Katia shares the most scenes with
Chapters in which both names appear, books 1-8. Counted from the text.
Katia Grim: questions readers ask
Does Katia die in Dungeon Crawler Carl?
No. In book 7 she chooses the Eileithyia pregnancy boon, is made human, and leaves the dungeon alive. Book 7 spoiler level
What race is Katia?
She is a doppelganger, though the system first lists her as human. In book 7 the goddess Eileithyia makes her human again. Book 7 spoiler level
Why does Katia leave the dungeon?
The Crown of the Sepsis Whore tied her and Donut to the ninth floor so only one could leave. She chose to become pregnant, which made her ineligible, so she could protect the children held on the surface. Book 7 spoiler level
Who is the father of Katia's baby?
Louis. The goddess said the father had to be human, Katia asked Louis, and he agreed. The goddess said it will be a boy. Book 7 spoiler level
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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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