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Faction · First seen in book 6, floor 6

The Madness in Dungeon Crawler Carl

The Faction Wars team of the Viceroys, a masked people known for horrific battlefield spells and necromancy. Book 6

First named
Book 6, ch. 21
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
Times named, books 1-8
84
in 32 chapters across 2 books
Biggest book
Book 7
This Inevitable Ruin
Status
Unknown end of book 6
Gone end of book 7

How much The Madness is in each book

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

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B1
–
B2
–
B3
–
B4
–
B5
5
B6
79
B7
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B8

The Madness at a glance

MembersViceroysBook 6
Known forBattlefield spells and necromancyBook 6
LeaderArchitect Houston, prime of the ViceroysBook 7
AdjutantOpiee, a BuneBook 7

The Madness's story, book by book

  1. Book 6 The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

    The Madness is one of the Faction Wars teams. It tries to abandon Faction Wars with the others, but the request is denied, and it warns it will use illegal spells.

    Source: Book 6, ch. 21, ch. 48, Book 6, Epilogue
  2. Book 7 This Inevitable Ruin

    On the eighth floor it joins the Bloc against Carl's Princess Posse and runs a surgical theater. Carl breaks into Architect Houston's theater, Houston dies, and the Madness is defeated with its assets awarded to the Princess Posse.

    Source: Book 7, ch. 1, ch. 8, ch. 68

Is The Madness alive? Status at the end of each book

End of book 6unknown · Still in Faction Wars
End of book 7gone · Defeated in Faction Wars after Architect Houston falls

Who The Madness shares the most scenes with

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

Princess Donut
30 shared chaptersCarl
27 shared chaptersThe Reavers
23 shared chaptersJuice Box
20 shared chaptersLouis Santiago
20 shared chaptersRosetta Thagra
20 shared chaptersKatia Grim
18 shared chaptersElle McGibbons
17 shared chapters

The Madness: questions readers ask

Who leads the Madness in Dungeon Crawler Carl?

Architect Houston, the masked Viceroy leader and prime of the Viceroys. Book 7 spoiler level

What happens to the Madness in Dungeon Crawler Carl?

It is defeated in Faction Wars in book 7 when Architect Houston dies and Carl gets credit for the kill. Its assets go to the Princess Posse. 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.

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