Dungeon Crawler Carl · Character
Clint Smashgrab
Also known as Clint, Clint tattoo, young Clint
- Major
- First seen · Book 5 · Ch. 13
Clint Smashgrab is a bald Were-Kin recon specialist with a mace in Dungeon Crawler Carl (Book 5).
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- Gender
- male
- Age
- child
- First appears
- Book 5 · Ch. 13
- Books
- 2
Clint Smashgrab is a Chee were-castor, a one-footed Were-Kin recon specialist who fights with mace and machete and shifts into a stocky, buck-toothed beaver form. In Book 5 he serves in Tsarina Signet's forces alongside his quarrelsome comrade Holger and fights beside Carl and Donut, until he is brutally ripped apart before Holger's eyes. His memory lives on in Signet's memorial tattoo beside his former teacher Miss Nadine, who loved him deeply. By Book 7 Clint returns in a startling new guise: a tiny, childlike flesh golem in a metal skull cap, dragging a training spear, frightened by the castle battle and protected by Holger, who now calls him his best friend.
Description
Clint is stocky and barrel-like, with a flat face, large brown eyes, and, in his furry form, brown fur with an oily sheen. Buck teeth jut from his rodent-like mouth, while a long, flat tail trails behind him and one hand is webbed. His bald head is wrapped in a tight red bandana, and he wears black studded leather from neck to toe; a curved metallic bar replaces his missing foot, while a mace and machete are crossed over his back. His broad silhouette and open, wide-eyed expression give him a strangely disarming presence. Clint has a tiny, dwarf-like frame and the proportions of a kindergarten-aged child. He is a flesh golem, though his precise coloring and facial features are not specified. A metal skull cap is his clearest identifying detail; he is also associated with a training spear, which is large enough to drag beside his small figure. His youthful scale gives him a vulnerable, wary presence.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
Carlally
Clint allies with Carl, tracking threats and defending him and Donut during the hunters' attack.
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Holgerconflicting source relationships
In Book 5 the two were-castors bicker and even brawl but fight loyally side by side; Holger witnesses Clint's gruesome death. In Book 7 the dynamic softens into tenderness as Holger calls the childlike golem Clint his best friend and shields him from battle.
Tsarina Signetcommander
Clint and his fellow were-castors serve as a battle-hardened unit in Signet's forces; she later honors him in her memorial tattoo.
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Miss Nadineconflicting source relationships
Nadine was Clint's day-school teacher before being turned into a caterpillar and loved him deeply, their likenesses joined in Signet's memorial tattoo. In Book 7 she becomes his protective caretaker, worrying over the small golem's safety.
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Queen Imogenpersecutor
As Sorcerer General, Imogen transformed the Chee and sent cleansers after them, making her the persecutor Clint and the surviving Chee warriors resisted.
Story so far
BOOK 5The Butcher's Masquerade
- Introduced as a bald Were-Kin recon specialist with a mace, a machete, and a curved metal bar in place of a missing foot
- Transforms into his stocky, fur-covered beaver form with buck teeth, webbed hand, and flat tail
- Trades insults and blows with fellow were-castor Holger, then joins him to defend Carl and Donut
- Helps track threats and supports Carl's group during the hunters' attack
- Is ripped apart in front of Holger; his likeness is later memorialized in Signet's tattoo beside Miss Nadine
BOOK 7This Inevitable Ruin
- Reappears as a tiny, childlike flesh golem wearing a metal skull cap and dragging a training spear
- Complains that Miss Nadine is strict about where he may play
- Is frightened during the fighting at the castle
- Holger takes responsibility for protecting him and tries to keep him out of the battle
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