Porthus

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I can only promise two things. Eventual death. And eventual justice.^[1]

Dr. Porthus Hu is a former crawler and the author of the Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (2nd Edition). He is now CEO of the Open Intellect Pacifist Action Network.

Description

A crawler in the 15th season of Dungeon Crawler World, Porthus chose the High Elf race and Rogue class. He received the first edition of the Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook disguised as a blank sketchbook after arriving on the Ninth floor, and is the author of the second edition.^[2] The first edition contained "meager, mostly-useless" recipes, which he did his best to add to before accepting a deal of 100 years of indentured servitude.^[3]

Story

Dungeon History

Post Dungeon

After his indentureship and many hundreds of cycles later, Dr. Porthus Hu is now CEO and President of Outreach Operations of the Open Intellect Pacifist Action Network, an intergalactic NFC. He insisted that OIPAN become Carl's second sponsor on the fifth floor, believing that he and Carl "fight the same fight."^[4] He chose to send Carl the Toraline, specially commissioned and approved the design of Carl's Xistera Extension, and sent the extension in an Emergency Platinum Benefactor Box (which Mordecai suggests may be the most expensive box in the game's history).^{[4] [3]}

Book 6

Cookbook Entries

Final Entry

<Note added by Crawler Porthus, 2nd Edition>

I don’t know why this journal came to me, but I don’t feel it will ever be enough. I have done my best, adding little things here and there to the meager, mostly-useless recipes. How many generations before this book truly has enough information to make a difference? Too many, I fear. As the first to receive these words, and now, as the author of the second edition, I feel inadequate. I have not done enough.

I have decided to accept the deal. I don’t know what will become of me, but I swear on the name of all my fallen brothers and sisters, one day I will make them pay. It seems those who live outside our world can exist for thousands of years. I don’t know how this is possible, but if I survive my 100 seasons of servitude, I will do everything I can to end this horror. I don’t know if I have the strength, but I will do my best to not be broken.

This will be my last entry into this book, but I am not yet done with the enemy. As long as I have breath, I will fight.

^[3]

BOOK 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

Possession

<Note added by Crawler Porthus, Second Edition.>

It’s important to note that possession via ghost and an evicted demon inhabiting a shell are two very, very different things. They call it possession, but it is anything but. Think of an elf falling to his death off a cliff, and at the last moment, he grabs onto a root, temporarily saving him. That root is the body he now resides within. Regular possession can be defeated. Evicted demons are something else entirely. Once one of these desperate creatures has taken a shell, be it living, dead, or recently undead, the end result for that shell is always the same. Destruction. They are gone the moment the demon moves in.

Kill it with fire. Destroy the head. Do whatever you can. These beasts will be frantic to get back home, and they will fight with everything they have. Don’t let one grab onto you, as it will pull you into Hades. Be wary of using healing magic on demon-possessed shells. While that works well for undead, it is different when it comes to those from the realm of Sheol. It is unpredictable and can possibly make the creature stronger.

This is important. Do not. Do not, do not, do not. Do not under any circumstances attempt to teleport a shell that’s possessed by an evicted demon away from you. The shell will teleport and dissipate.^[5]

References

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Keyword Definitions: Feral • Vorpal