Dungeon Crawler Carl · Character
Paz
Also known as Paz Lo, Santero, The God Predator
- Major
- First seen · Book 6 · Ch. 10
Paz is asked by Asojano in Dungeon Crawler Carl (Book 6).
- Gender
- male
- Age
- mid-30s
- First appears
- Book 6 · Ch. 10
- Books
- 2
Paz Lo is a former Brazilian prison guard and armored paladin who enters the dungeon alongside his cousin Anton as one of Sister Ines Quiteria's protectors, worshipping the Orisha Ogun in hopes of shielding himself from her charm and his fatal condition. Nervous yet loyal, he fights beside Carl's party until his patron Ogun turns on him, killing Anton, burning a handprint into Paz's face and revoking his grace so he cannot heal. As he dies, Ines turns him into a card and later summons him, forcing him to suffer and self-destruct against his pleas. Yet in that state he achieves legend as the 'God Predator,' decapitating the goddess Ysalte, before Carl and his allies honor his wish by ripping his card and freeing him. By Book 7 he survives chiefly as a remembered name: the plate-armored crawler who fought beside Katia and slew a goddess.
Description
Paz is a human man most often concealed beneath heavy armor that clanks whenever he moves. His gestures are animated, and his expression can turn visibly nervous or abruptly still; yellow light may gleam around him in combat. A giant cross tattoo on his back bears a smudged, crude image of Jesus. His most striking facial feature is a hand-shaped burn that leaves red muscle and white teeth exposed; no hair, eye color, or build details are specified. Paz Lo is a man in his mid-thirties whose build and precise features are not described. He wears glowing silver plate armor, offset by platform boots and a backwards baseball cap; his head sticks out from the breastplate in a strikingly unconventional silhouette. A card image shows him smiling, and his armor is described as upgraded. No hair color or eye color is given. Paz is described wearing shining plate armor, its polished surfaces bright and conspicuous. The text provides no reliable details about the wearer’s face, hair, eyes, skin tone, or build, and the armor leaves these features unspecified. The overall impression is of a protected, battle-ready figure, with no further distinctive markings or clothing details established.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
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Anton Lopezconflicting source relationships
Cousin and fellow former prison guard who fights at range while Paz tanks. Both worship Ogun for protection from Ines, but Ogun kills Anton, leaving Paz to mourn him.
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Amayonindebted beneficiary
Amayon considers himself even with Paz for helping slay Ysalte, and credits him with providing the strength and souls for his homeward spell.
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Asojanopriest
Asojano recognizes Paz as a Santero and asks him to repair the Orisha's shrine to free the ghommids.
Carlconflicting source relationships
Paz fights beside Carl and follows his plans, though their alliance is strained over the shrine conflict. Carl ultimately honors Paz's wish by ripping his card to free him.
Katia GrimAlly
Remembered as having fought beside Katia in the battle that killed Ysalte.
Mongoplaymate
Mongo is fascinated by his reflection in Paz's breastplate, and Paz answers with laughter rather than anger.
Sister Ines Quiteriaconflicting source relationships
Paz begins as one of Ines's protective companions who cares for her while fearing her charm. She turns him into a card as he dies, then summons him and forces suffering on him against his pleas, and Ren urges Carl not to let her keep his card.
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Ogunformer worshipper
Paz worships Ogun for protection and relief from his fatal condition. Ogun betrays him, revoking his grace, scarring him, and leaving him to die.
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Ysalteslayer
Paz kills the goddess with an arrow-like weapon to the eye and a concentrated explosion that decapitates her, earning the title God Predator and marking him for death by the deities.
Story so far
BOOK 6The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
- Joins Carl's party as part of Sister Ines's group, tanking alongside his cousin Anton and warning Carl that Ines's charm and violent past make her dangerous
- Is asked by Asojano, who addresses him as a Santero, to repair the Orisha's shrine, while his devotion to Ogun clashes with Carl's restoration of Yemaya's shrine
- Ogun kills Anton, scars Paz's face with a burning handprint, and revokes his grace, leaving him unable to heal and dying
- Sister Ines turns the dying Paz into a card and summons him, forcing him to suffer and self-destruct despite his pleas
- As a carded entity he kills the goddess Ysalte, earning the title God Predator, and is freed when Carl's team rips his card
BOOK 7This Inevitable Ruin
- Remembered as the crawler who fought beside Katia and killed the goddess Ysalte
- His legacy is defined by that act and his gleaming plate armor
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