Character · from book 4
Tran
The tired Swashbuckler from Gwen's team who went down the stairs with Katia's party; at the masquerade with the guild, he loses both legs in the pit and a healing scroll does not grow them back.
Race and class, since book 4: Human · Swashbuckler
First appears: Book 4
Series arc
Through book 5
With Katia's guild at the party; at the temple's front door on the last raid (B5 ch. 61); hammered with Bautista in the Imogen fight, both legs gone, and a healing scroll does not grow them back (B5 ch. 76, B5 ch. 77).
Through book 4
A tired human Swashbuckler with a metal-detecting ability in Gwen's team, who drags a cable to the drain wheel, opens the valve part way, asks Vadim if he owns a red shirt, dives to the Akula and is carried across the ocean floor (B4 ch. 20, B4 ch. 22, B4 ch. 25, B4 ch. 27); he goes down with Katia's new party (B4 ch. 33).
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods | 14/35 | 20–22, 24–34 · the book's own page |
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 9/78 | 36, 61–62, 66–67, 72–73, 76–77 · the book's own page |
By book
Tran in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods
The cable to the wheel (ch. 20, ch. 21); the valve part way (ch. 22); 'Do you own a red shirt?' (ch. 25); the Akula's airlock and boss chamber; 'Hey,' at 'underperforming' (ch. 26); carried on Carl's shoulder across the ocean floor at five percent a second (ch. 27); Quan Ch's go-between and the messenger of 'just a deposit' (ch. 31); a scroll subscription from the quest box; Katia's party.
Tran in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade
One of Katia's group with Bautista, Gwen and the rest (ch. 36). At the front door with Katia in the assault (ch. 61); looting bodies with Gwen and Bautista as the Twister hovers over the church (ch. 62); flanking Lucia Mar at Chaco's counter to keep the hunters off (ch. 72, ch. 73). He and Bautista are getting hammered in the Imogen fight (ch. 76); he loses his legs, and a stranger helps him toward the stairwell while he sobs — a scroll heals him, but the legs stay gone (ch. 77).