Dungeon Crawler Carl · Character
Damascus Steel
Also known as Steelie, the Damascus guy, that Damascus guy
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 6 · Ch. 6
Damascus Steel is a supporting character in Dungeon Crawler Carl (Book 6).
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 6 · Ch. 6
- Books
- 2
Damascus Steel, known as "Steelie" around the Desperado Club, is a level 75 ifrit stripper whose smoky, scarred, tattooed presence makes him hard to forget. In The Eye of the Bedlam Bride he is a friendly acquaintance of Donut and Katia who helps Carl reach the hidden Guild of Suffering. He is drawn into a family tragedy when his mother Astrid, who had placed him at the club to protect him, is killed in a plot he blames on his father Hamed. Turning down a mercenary role with Carl's faction, he leaves the stage to seek vengeance, and by This Inevitable Ruin he and his brother Anaconda are former strippers hunting their father through the club.
Description
Damascus Steel is a large, well-toned man with dark purple skin, pointed ears, and short, blunt horns resembling a baby goat’s. His eyes are completely white, without pupils, and smoke rises from his hair and skin, curling out of his eye sockets as well. Old faded tattoos cover his arms; a broad chest tattoo shows spread batlike demon wings surrounding an anatomical heart, while old red welts and scars mark his body. He wears an open embroidered vest and wide, wavy trousers in an Aladdin-like style, carrying himself with a smoky, deliberately theatrical presence. The text identifies Damascus Steel as male but gives no physical details. His height, build, skin tone, hair, eyes, facial features, clothing, and distinguishing marks are unspecified.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
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Anacondabrother
His brother. Damascus first rebuffs Anaconda's offer of help as family business, but the two later set out together to hunt their father.
- A
Astridmother
His mother, who placed him at the club to protect him. Her death drives his vow of vengeance.
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Hamedfather
His father, whom he blames for arranging Astrid's death. Damascus's opposition grows into an active hunt to kill him.
Carlmutual acquaintance
Damascus welcomes Carl on Donut's and Katia's word and helps him reach the Guild of Suffering. Carl later considers hiring him as a mercenary.
Katia Grimconflicting source relationships
An acquaintance he helped through the Guild of Suffering's entry ritual. She later considers hiring him as a mercenary, but he chooses his vendetta instead.
Princess Donutacquaintance
A friendly club acquaintance. Donut is put out that he kept the Guild of Suffering entrance secret, and later scolds him for passing her by without a greeting, keeping their familiar, slightly bickering rapport.
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Rosemarieassociate
Manager of the club's Meat Shields location, whom Damascus presses to process the dancers' mercenary hiring so they can leave safely.
Story so far
BOOK 6The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Appears as Steelie, a level 75 ifrit dancer at the Desperado Club and an acquaintance of Donut and Katia.
- Welcomes Carl on Donut's and Katia's recommendation and helps him reach the Guild of Suffering, having earlier helped Katia with its entry ritual.
- Draws Donut's indignation for never telling her that the strip club front hides the Guild of Suffering entrance.
- Grieves his mother Astrid's death, blames his father Hamed, and vows revenge, calling it family business when Anaconda offers to help.
- Urges Rosemarie to approve the dancers' mercenary hiring so they can leave safely, but leaves himself to pursue the family conflict.
BOOK 7This Inevitable Ruin
- Named as one of two brothers, both former strippers, hunting their father Hamed in the club.
- Seen with Anaconda on a shared mission to kill Hamed.
- Glimpsed walking past a hallway door, with Donut calling after him and scolding him for not saying hello.
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