Louis Santiago in Dungeon Crawler Carl
An overweight, balding young American crawler Carl first meets drunk in a bar with his best friend Firas on the fifth floor. He loves cartoons and pop culture jokes. Book 4
How much Louis is in each book
Times the text names Louis Santiago (or Louis, Santiago), counted by us in each book. Bars for books past your shield setting are blurred.
What Louis looks like, book by book
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Louis at a glance
| Full name | Louis Santiago (shown as Louis Santiago 2) | Book 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Class | Pest Exterminator | Book 4 |
| Class | Extermination Professional | Book 5 |
| Body | Has gills after his heart and lungs were replaced | Book 7 |
| Family | Father of Katia's son | Book 7 |
Louis's story, book by book
- Book 4 The Gate of the Feral Gods
Joins Carl's plan to leave the fifth floor, sobers up, and flies the Twister airship with Firas.
Source: Book 4, ch. 5, ch. 6, ch. 29, ch. 33 - Book 6 The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
Travels with Katia's group, bombs a creeper with his new class, and loses his best friend Firas at the Butcher's Masquerade.
Source: Book 5, ch. 8, ch. 51, ch. 75; Book 6, ch. 11 - Book 6 The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
Kills Sister Ines, the Reaper of Havana, and is marked for death by the goddess Ysalte, who is then killed.
Source: Book 6, ch. 65, ch. 66, ch. 69 - Book 7 This Inevitable Ruin
Flies the airship Party Planner. The Dream warlord Epitome Tagg takes over his heart and lungs, which are replaced in surgery, leaving him with gills. He agrees to be the father of Katia's child.
Source: Book 7, ch. 6, ch. 80, ch. 84, ch. 86 - Book 8 A Parade of Horribles
Races and is targeted by an alien assassin. He jumps into the portal meant for the Pineapple Cabaret but wakes in Sheol, the fifteenth floor, with Chris and Britney.
Source: Book 8, ch. 74, ch. 87; Book 8, Interlude
Is Louis alive? Status at the end of each book
| End of book 4 | alive · Left the fifth floor |
|---|---|
| End of book 5 | alive · Knocked out but survived |
| End of book 6 | alive · Survived Ysalte's mark |
| End of book 7 | alive · Survived the organ transplant |
| End of book 8 | gone · Alive in Sheol, the fifteenth floor, outside the normal playing field |
“I’m not nearly as scared as I used to be.”
Who Louis shares the most scenes with
Chapters in which both names appear, books 1-8. Counted from the text.
Louis Santiago: questions readers ask
Is Louis the father of Katia's baby?
Yes. The goddess Eileithyia required a human father, Katia asked Louis, and he agreed. It will be a boy. Book 7 spoiler level
Does Louis die in Dungeon Crawler Carl?
Not through book 8. He ends the book alive in Sheol, the fifteenth floor, kept alive by a demon's leech. Book 8 spoiler level
Why does Louis have gills?
Epitome Tagg took over his heart and lungs in book 7, and the replacement organs left him with gills. Book 8 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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