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Crawler · First seen in book 2, floor 3

Quan Ch in Dungeon Crawler Carl

Quan Ch is a half elf crawler who first insults Carl and Donut in a quest chat, then becomes a recurring enemy. Donut calls him a cheater. Book 4

First named
Book 2, ch. 24
Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Times named, books 1-8
151
in 40 chapters across 7 books
Biggest book
Book 6
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
Status
Alive end of book 4
Dead end of book 6

How much Quan is in each book

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

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B1
4
B2
8
B3
34
B4
9
B5
79
B6
16
B7
1
B8

Quan at a glance

ClassImperial Security TrooperBook 2
RaceHalf ElfBook 3
ClassSergeant at ArmsBook 5

Quan's story, book by book

  1. Book 2 Carl's Doomsday Scenario

    Survives a blast meant to kill him and earns a Bandit achievement on the recap.

    Source: Book 2, Epilogue
  2. Book 4 The Gate of the Feral Gods

    Steals a province boss fight from Prepotente and Miriam Dom, and gets a celestial box that Donut resents.

    Source: Book 3, Epilogue; Book 4, ch. 4, ch. 31
  3. Book 4 The Gate of the Feral Gods

    Tries to kill the giant dog Orthrus, which would doom two bubbles of crawlers. Carl fights him and rips off his arm, but Quan escapes down the stairs.

    Source: Book 4, ch. 30, ch. 31
  4. Book 6 The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

    Returns on the eighth floor as a card-game expert with over sixty player killer skulls. He fights Ren's team for the exit keys and is killed, with Donut getting credit for the kill.

    Source: Book 6, ch. 18, ch. 52, ch. 58

Is Quan alive? Status at the end of each book

End of book 4alive · Loses an arm to Carl
End of book 6dead · Killed in the fight at the exit

Who Quan shares the most scenes with

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

Princess Donut
40 shared chaptersCarl
37 shared chaptersMongo
33 shared chaptersMordecai
32 shared chaptersKatia Grim
31 shared chaptersElle McGibbons
24 shared chaptersImani C
24 shared chaptersLucia Mar
21 shared chapters

Quan Ch: questions readers ask

How did Quan Ch lose his arm?

Carl rips it off in a fist fight after Quan attacks the dog Orthrus and Carl's plane in book 4. Book 4 spoiler level

What race and class is Quan Ch?

A Half Elf. His class is Imperial Security Trooper, later Sergeant at Arms. Book 5 spoiler level

Does Quan Ch die in Dungeon Crawler Carl?

Yes. He dies on the eighth floor in book 6 in the fight over the exit keys, and Donut gets credit for the kill. Book 6 spoiler level

Also connected

Tserendolgor (Ren)Prepotente

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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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