Dungeon Crawler Carl · Character
Carl's father
Also known as Carl's dad
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 6 · Ch. 13
Carl's father is a supporting character in Dungeon Crawler Carl (Book 6).
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 6 · Ch. 13
- Books
- 2
Carl's father is a looming, largely offstage presence in Carl's life: an abusive, domineering man from whom Carl has been estranged for more than twelve years. In The Eye of the Bedlam Bride, Carl confronts a memory of him in the hospital. The once-robust, mustachioed motorcyclist has been reduced by illness to a frail, jaundiced 140 pounds, and he dies after his much younger wife, Tami-Lynn, secretly gives him a lethal dose of morphine. Carl feels little grief, only lingering childhood fear and anger. Because the father died before the collapse, he plays no part in the hydra's fate, and by This Inevitable Ruin he survives only as a passing, shadowy reference.
Description
In his prime, Carl’s father was a big man of about 220 pounds, with dyed brown hair and the kind of growth that let him produce a mustache quickly. In his final illness, he is reduced to roughly 140 pounds, his skin yellow-mottled, translucent, and almost plastic in appearance. Wispy gray hair and a patchy, bone-white beard frame his weakened face. His hospital-bed appearance is profoundly frail, a stark contrast to the broad, solid figure preserved in memory. No physical details are provided for Carl’s father. His age, build, complexion, hair, eyes, facial features, clothing, and manner are all unspecified. He should not be assigned visual traits beyond being identified as male.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
Carlson
An abusive, domineering father whom Carl has not seen in over twelve years. Revisiting him on his deathbed forces Carl to face his childhood fear and anger, yet Carl ultimately feels little sorrow at his death. Afterward the father fades into an occasional, uncomfortable mention.
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Tami-Lynnwife
His much younger wife, who is supposed to care for him as he dies but instead secretly gives him a lethal dose of morphine.
Story so far
BOOK 6The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Remembered as a big, robust man with dyed brown hair, a quickly grown mustache, and a motorcycle with Georgia plates
- Seen by Carl in the hospital, wasted by illness to about 140 pounds with yellow-mottled, near-translucent skin
- His young wife Tami-Lynn secretly administers a lethal dose of morphine
- Carl witnesses his death and feels little grief, confronting old fear and anger
- Having died before the collapse, he is set apart from the hydra's fate
BOOK 7This Inevitable Ruin
- Mentioned in connection with a petting-zoo incident described as worse than Quasar's
- Remains a shadowy figure at the edge of the narrative
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