Drakea

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Once lit, a fire is easier to stoke than it is to extinguish.[1]

Drakea was a former Crawler and author of the Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (22nd Edition).

Description

Drakea participated in the last Naga-produced season of Dungeon Crawler World over 250 cycles ago.[2] Born a Bune, he kept his race on the Third Floor and chose a rogue/magic class similar to the Compensated Anarchist Class. He built elaborate traps using magical items and magical triggers, and chose a sixth floor subclass that allowed him to experiment with hidden traps.[3][4]

Drakea added more notes to the Cookbook than anyone else, commenting on everything, but wrote little about himself. His entries are "both emotional and verbose," and include multiple pages of "borderline-insane ranting" against the Nagas and the Syndicate.[1][3] He is the first and only contributor to mention a guild system, which was implemented on the Sixth Floor of his season.[5]

He was killed on either the eleventh or twelfth floor, when one of his own elaborate traps "unnaturally backfired." The naga broke the show's rules and caused the trap to blow prematurely, which prompted Syndicate lawyers, acting on Drakea's behalf, to sue the Blood Sultanate for a massive sum. The legal fees combined with the exorbitant cost of the many Celestial-tier loot boxes distributed over the course of the season have left the Blood Sultanate in endless bankruptcy.[3] [2] [6]

Cookbook Entries

Book 3: The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

Personal Entry

Once lit, a fire is easier to stoke than it is to extinguish. Remember that. Fuck the snakes. Fuck the rats. Fuck them all. One day they will all burn, and while I’m certain I will be long dead, I will laugh. I will laugh long and hard, and I will be waiting for them on the other side of the veil where not even the vast expanse of stars or time will withhold my wrath. If you are reading this, friend, I pray you will join me. Side by side we will exact our revenge.[1]

Bathrooms

<Note added by Crawler Drakea. 22nd Edition>

The saferoom restrooms are a good place to read. Just don't take too long or you'll get pinched. The rats say there's a Syndicate rule that they can't watch you in the bathroom stalls. This is just for the actual toilets, not the rest of the bathrooms. Dunno if it's true. Those Naga bastards are a suspicious lot, and I fear I may soon be discovered.[7]

On NPCs

<Note added by Crawler Drakea. 22nd Edition> - Replying to Azin's re: Indestructible NPCs.

We found one of them and tied him to the front of our shield. Ha. The next day the Nagas patched it. Didn’t make an announcement or anything, but the guy disappeared. Went back to the church to grab him again, and it wouldn’t let us take him from the building. We dragged him out the door, and he exploded and then was reborn. Tried it five times before giving up. Turns out he knew the password to the safe that held the key for the stairwell chamber.[8]

Book 5: The Butcher's Masquerade

General Notes

<Note added by Crawler Drakea. 22nd Edition> - Responding to Volteeg.

This is Volteeg’s first, last, and only entry in the cookbook. Fuck everything about this place.[9]

<Note added by Crawler Drakea. 22nd Edition> - Responding to Ikicha's Final Entry.

This was Ikicha’s last entry. It took me a while to understand what our brother truly meant when he posted this. Now that I know, I, too, struggle with the knowledge. Gone is gone. Dead is dead, and anything presented to you in any other matter is nothing but a cruel, sadistic tease. We are on a fabricated stage surrounded by puppets built by the enemy. Do not ever forget this.

Even if I succeed. Even if I survive to this fabled 18th floor and emerge victorious, I hold no cursed faith for those who have been lost, and I suggest you do not, either.

But that doesn’t mean we still can’t have hope.

I dream of a fire that spreads across the sky like the Winter Nebula. A fire that reaches the beginning and the end, and even though this fire exists only in my mind—for now—the warmth of it is enough to sustain me, even on the coldest of nights.

For you, Ikicha. [10]

<Note added by Crawler Drakea. 22nd Edition> - Responding to Everly's Death.

This is Everly’s last entry. She did not mention the manner in which she was set up, which is unfortunate. Please, future author. Be as detailed as you can.[11]

Sixth Floor Hunting Grounds

<Note added by Crawler Drakea. 22nd Edition>

The hunters avoid the elites. They are smart enough to know not to fight against something they won’t be allowed to easily defeat. The problem for us is elites are more dangerous than the hunters, and much more numerous. They should always be avoided. However, it appears some of the more powerful hunters go out of their way to hunt these elites anyway, all in a quest to gain more equipment and clout for themselves. It is a most dangerous game, one I am happy to watch play out. I am not yet powerful enough to kill either elite or hunter claw-to-claw, but with my new subclass, I am experimenting with hidden traps that may even the odds. I shall attempt not to directly slay either, but to bring hunter and elite together.

The woman from the talk show let slip that the naga fools have offered insurance to those idiotic dramas that control the elite beasts. It will be my pleasure to watch the elites fail and die. While killing a hunter directly is a worthy feat, it is not a smart one. Killing individuals may be satisfying, but the true satisfaction is hurting them on a larger scale. When one values coin above life, you should target the coin, for it hurts them more. And that is my food. My life. My god. Hurting the naga and everyone responsible for this nightmare.[12]

Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

General Notes

<Note added by Crawler Drakea. 22nd Edition> - Responding to Priestly's final entries.

This is Priestly’s second-to-last entry. Do yourself a favor. Don’t read that last one. He doesn’t make it to the battle once he sees what has happened to Larracos, and that’s all you really need to know.

Fuck them all.[13]

<Note added by Crawler Drakea. 22nd Edition>

If you get the chance, don’t hesitate. Not for one second. [14]

System AI

<Note added by Crawler Drakea. 22nd Edition>

Ever since I hit the tenth floor, I’ve noticed a peculiarity in some of the mobs. It is difficult to put to words, but it is like they are embracing death more and more. It’s not that they are willing to fall upon my traps, but there is a strange... Joy? Curiosity? that only appears at the very end, when they know they have been beaten. But there’s more. There’s frustration, too. I must admit, it scares me. I know this will sound unhinged, and maybe I am indeed the one who has lost their mind, but I can’t stop thinking about it. The voice that runs this world has been getting stranger and stranger in its words and rulings. I believe it is moving into the minds of these monsters, taking them over, but just at the point of death. It’s as if it’s desperately attempting to know what it’s like to lose it all. But it keeps failing, so it keeps trying. Its frustration grows. If only I could convince it to move into the minds of one of these nagas.[15]

Book 7: The Inevitable Ruin

General Notes

<Note added by Crawler Drakea. 22nd Edition>

Justice Light. I do not know if you survived this, and if you did, I doubt you will ever have the chance to see these words. But if you're out there, I hope you're watching. Your traps have saved my life more times than I can count. I am working on a big one, based on your seeking flechette design.

Listen to me, brother. We all make mistakes. We sometimes hurt those we haven't intended to hurt. These are the tides of life, the ebbs and flows, and it is unavoidable. But in this case... it was not your fault. no. They put you here. I remember your passage about how you would hunt and give food the flightless elders of your world. You were once a good, gentle soul. They turned you into a warrior. They are the engineers of this all.

We both know there's no going back, so take comfort in the words of our brother Ikicha from the 11th edition. "The burning Yenk needs only to embrace their enemies."

Don't shy from what you've become. Force them to look upon you. Force them to see what they wrought, what they forged in the fires of their own creation.

Let them know fear.

Dinniman, Matt. This Inevitable Ruin

(Chapter 20)

<Note added by Crawler Drakea. 22nd Edition>

The naga. Beware the naga. They are cunning, and sometimes I wonder if they can read one's mind. The others say that the mantids are the masters of strategy, but I do not believe this. Even though everything seems to be going wrong for the nagas this season, I cannot shake the idea that this all isn't some grand scheme. Underestimate them at your own peril.

Dinniman, Matt. This Inevitable Ruin

(Chapter 42)

See Also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 13)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dinniman, Matt. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Epilogue)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dinniman, Matt. The Gate of the Feral Gods (Chapter 28)
  4. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Butcher's Masquerade (Chapter 24)
  5. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 32)
  6. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Chapter 59)
  7. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 8)
  8. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 26)
  9. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Butcher's Masquerade (Chapter 47)
  10. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Butcher's Masquerade (Chapter 52)
  11. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Butcher's Masquerade (Chapter 64)
  12. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Butcher's Masquerade (Chapter 25)
  13. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Chapter 54)
  14. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Chapter 50)
  15. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Chapter 42)
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