Dungeon Crawler Carl · Character
Edgar the tortoise
Also known as Edgar
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 6 · Ch. 3
Edgar the tortoise is identified as the tattooist in Dungeon Crawler Carl (Book 6).
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 6 · Ch. 3
- Books
- 2
Edgar the tortoise first appears as a figure in the background of Tsarina Signet's story, the slow-moving tattooist whose stick-and-poke kit inked her magical tattoos. By the seventh floor he has become an active ally of Carl's forces: a deceptively patient scout whose acute movement-sensing lets him detect threats approaching unseen in naga territory. His craft also proves pivotal. He tattoos Princess Donut with a spell salvaged from a fallen crawler, and he reveals that the incomplete flesh golem body of Princess Lunette began as one of his tattoos, a body that then supplies the replacement organs needed to save Louis.
Description
Edgar is a tortoise with a compact body carried low beneath a protective shell. He is associated with a stick-and-poke tattoo kit, suggesting a deliberate, careful manner of working. The text does not specify his coloring, shell pattern, facial features, or any clothing or accessories. Edgar is a tortoise-like being, moving slowly and with visible effort. The text offers no further specifics about his shell, coloring, face, eyes, or clothing, so these remain undefined. His deliberate gait and attentive, watchful presence are his clearest visual traits.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
Carlconflicting source relationships
In Book 6 Carl knows Edgar only by reputation, recognizing the tattoo kit Edgar once used on Tsarina Signet. By Book 7 Edgar works directly for Carl as a scout in naga territory and serves as a trusted authority on tattoo craft, whom Carl consults about his own tattoo.
Princess Donuttattooist
Edgar tattoos Donut with a spell taken from a fallen crawler. She is wary and protests the procedure, but the tattoo proves key to the plan.
SignetProfessional
Edgar was the tattooist who applied Signet's magical tattoos with his stick-and-poke kit.
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Princess Lunettecreator
Edgar claims the incomplete flesh golem body of Princess Lunette was originally his tattoo creation. That body is later harvested for replacement organs to save Louis.
Story so far
BOOK 6The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Is identified as the tattooist who used a stick-and-poke kit to apply magical tattoos to Tsarina Signet
- Carl recognizes a tattoo kit he obtains as the same kind Edgar used
BOOK 7This Inevitable Ruin
- Joins Carl's forces as a slow-moving but vigilant ally
- Scouts naga territory, using stealth and his movement-sensing gift to detect unseen threats
- Is consulted by Carl about the quality of Carl's tattoo
- Tattoos a protesting Princess Donut with a spell taken from a fallen crawler, enabling the team's plan
- Reveals that Princess Lunette's incomplete flesh golem body was originally his tattoo; it becomes the source of organs that save Louis
Appearances
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