Katia Grim

Katia came strolling up in her regular, human form. She had what looked like an iced tea in her hand with a little umbrella. She sipped on it.

“What was the plan again?” she asked. “Oh yes, I remember. You were going to sneak in, figure out what they had hidden in there, and sneak out again undetected. Good job.” (Book 4, Chapter 7)

Katia Grimmsdottir (this was shortened to "Grim" in her crawler ID) is a former art professor and a crawler from Iceland. She joins Carl and Donut's party on the Third Floor.

Description

Katia was a university art professor in Reykjavik, Iceland, before the transformation.[1] A single thirty-something, Katia is well-traveled and fluent in Icelandic, German, Russian, and English.[2] [3]

She enters the Dungeon with her friend and fellow professor, Eva. The two join Hekla and Brynhild's Daughters and participate in a neighborhood boss and a borough boss battle before descending to the Third Floor, where they are separated from the party for class selection. After her game guide, Bannon, persuades her to take the Monster Truck Driver Class and Doppelgänger race, Katia transforms into a tank with a momentum-based constitution buff who can shape her mass (i.e. body and equipped gear) like clay into any form of equal mass... if she can just figure out how. By the time Hekla asks the Royal Court to add Katia to their party, Katia is ten levels behind and the System AI has only recently graduated her visible race from "What the f-word?" to "Human."[4] With Carl and Donut's influence, Katia soon learns to use her skills to kill with style.

SPOILERS FOR BOOK 4, 5, 6

When Carl and Donut are removed from the fifth floor, Katia assumes leadership of the ongoing bubble quest and succeeds. Enraged to learn that members of Brynhild's Daughters are returning to Eva and dying, she informally splits from the Royal Court on the Sixth Floor to team up with Louis, Firas, Daniel Bautista, Florin, and Gwen's team. They follow a trail of Eva's victims across The Hunting Grounds and Katia finds the "gift" Eva left for her on one of the former daughter's corpses: blitz sticks.

Katia and Bautista had been in contact since meeting on the second floor and develop a romantic/sexual relationship on the sixth floor, even as Katia becomes addicted to drugs and the false memories they create. Katia's self-destructive habits worsen after she kills Eva, and Eva's last act is placing the Enchanted Crown of the Sepsis Whore upon Katia's head, ensuring that only Katia or Donut can leave the Ninth Floor by traditional means.

Appearance

On Earth, While Sleeping, and On Shows. In her natural human form, Katia has short black hair, pale skin, and "light wide-set eyes that sat at an odd angle on her face."[2] Although Carl describes her as "stunning," she hadn't liked her hair or her nose; they were the first traits she changed.

The Third Floor. Katia struggled to master her race, sculpting her appearance using the reflection off of a health potion bottle, and it shows. Her face generously looks "like a Juan Gris painting" (a twentieth century artist known for cubism), her hair follicles are too large, and even her blue track suit and snow boots look poorly sewn.[5]

The Fourth Floor. With Donut's encouragement, Katia slowly transforms to become more "vibrant" and "interesting." Her new look is marked by a purple mohawk, a leather outfit, and black shoes.[6]

SPOILERS FOR BOOK 4
Katia loses four fingers on her right hand in the fight with Gore-Gore. [7]

Gallery

See also: Fan Art for Katia

Personality

Insecure, shy, and a little awkward, Katia is initially afraid of almost everything in the Dungeon and struggles to understand her class and race. Still, she is a fundamentally good person: when Fools Who Broke the Glass Quest triggers shortly after she joins the Royal Court, spelling her near-certain death, she focuses on saving NPCs and encourages Donut and Carl to save themselves.[8] She has a quiet sense of humor and is clearly not a person who is used to or comfortable with being noticed.

With Donut's "advice" and Carl's very special brand of support, Katia starts to come into her own.

History

On Earth, Katia has previously visited at least Moscow and Tokyo. Although Katia claims that she and Eva were "friends but not great friends" who ate lunch together occasionally at the university, Eva knows a great deal about her including: Katia's ex, Fannar, left Katia for one of his students; that Katia was unable to adopt; and enough of Katia's secrets to taunt her.[9][10]

SPOILERS FOR BOOK 5 and 6
Katia had wanted to start a family but was unable to conceive and prevented from adopting. Before the Butchering, when she smokes Blitz Sticks, she thinks of Annie: the nine month old girl she had wanted to adopt. She remembers Annie standing in her crib, and she remembers picking the baby up in her arms. For an unspecified but probably terrible reason, this memory is paired with two quotes:
  • I do that sometimes. I hurt those around me. [11]
  • Why do you do this, Fannar used to say. You’re dumb. Dumber than you look. Do you really think I’d start a family with you? You’re a joke. Do you really think you could be a mother? Do you really think I’d let you do more damage to this world? [11]

Progression: Stats, Skills, & Gear

Book 2

Book 2 Levels & Stats
Chapter Note Level STR INT CON DEX CHR
21 Starting Stats (includes Ring of CON+15) 9 11 8 51 30 8
Bold numbers are explicitly stated in the text. Mana points may be used as a reference for intelligence.

Book 2 Skills

Book 3

Book 3 Levels & Stats
Chapter Note Level STR INT CON DEX CHR
1 Starting Stats with Momentum Bonus (CON x 2) a 11 8 51 / 102a 30 8
2 (p.39) Good Rest Buff Bonus: All Stats +10% b 11 / 12b 8 / 9b 51 / 56b / 112a 30 / 33b 8 / 9b
2 (p.39) Good Rest Bonus + Automatic Shower (All Stats +10%) Totalc 11 / 13c 8 / 9c 51 / 61c / 122a 30 / 36c 8 / 9c
6 (p.95) stated 22
6 (p.100) stated 23
(p.149) Armor: +8 STR, +4 DEX** 19 / 22** 8 / 9** 51 / 61 / 122** 34 / 40** 8 / 9**
(p.172) stated 24
(p.193) Stat allocation, unknown points into CHR* 49/58* 8/9* 51/61/122* 34/40* 8/9* +?
(p.196) STR bonus due to mass increase, DEX down (not specified) 49/58* +? 8/9* 51/61/122* 34/40* -? 8/9* +?
(p.342) stated 37
(p.354) Enchanted Repeating Crossbow of the Scavenger Mother of Mothers (+15 DEX, +10 STR when wielded) 49/59/70** +? 8/9** 51/61/122** 49/58** -? 8/9** +?
(p.366) Enchanted Wrestling Belt of the Great Gorgo (+5% STR, +5% CON) 51/61** +? 8/9** 53/64/128** 34/40** -? 8/9** +?
(p.430) Enchanted Shade Gnoll Riot Forces Crowd Control Shield: +5% CON 51/61** +? 8/9** 56/67/134** 34/40** -? 8/9** +?
Bold numbers are explicitly stated in the text. Mana points may be used as a reference for intelligence.


a Momenutm Bonus
b Good Rest Bonus
c Good Rest Bonus + Automatic Shower Bonus

Book 3 Skills

Book 4

Book 4 Levels & Stats
Chapter Note Level STR INT CON DEX CHR
44
Bold numbers are explicitly stated in the text. Mana points may be used as a reference for intelligence.

Book 5

Book 5 Levels & Stats
Chapter Note Level STR INT CON DEX CHR
52
60
Bold numbers are explicitly stated in the text. Mana points may be used as a reference for intelligence.

Other Gear

THIS SECTION MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS.

  • As a reward for completing the Squeeze out the Juice Box Quest she got a sed on her level.
  • 10 bolts of petrify rock creature.
  • An adjustable backpack similar to the one Carl made but with a higher capacity. It’s indestructible and enhances the wearers stability whilst worn. It also has retractable stilts that makes loading it easier.
  • After the sixth floor she received an item that lets her move really fast.

Trivia

  • Katia never saw the "Terminator" movies because she doesn't like violence. [13]

References &

  1. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 21)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dinniman, Matt. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Epilogue)
  3. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 12)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dinniman, Matt. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Chapter 21)
  5. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Chapter 21)
  6. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 15)
  7. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 12)
  8. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. Carl's Doomsday Scenario, chapter 24.
  9. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 23)
  10. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Butcher's Masquerade (Epilogue)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Dinniman, Matt. The Butcher's Masquerade (p. 717; epilogue). Dandy House. Kindle Edition.
  12. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 1)
  13. ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 2)
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