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Mounting rig · Introduced in Book 7
Scorpion’s Bite
Scorpion’s Bite is a nonmagical rig that lets Donut hold and fire a crossbow with her feline body. It mounts a weapon she already owns.[1]
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History
Book 7
This Inevitable Ruin
Donut uses it to fire the Crossbow of the Scavenger Mother of Mothers at Huanxin after Laundry Day separates her from Eileithyia. Mordecai makes the special bolt from his own mother’s remains.[1]
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Book 8
A Parade of Horribles
The rig later holds the crossbow for a planned Danforth shot on the starting grid. The plan is interrupted before Donut fires.[2]
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Sources
References are to Matt Dinniman’s novels. Book links open our recap guides.
- This Inevitable Ruin, Chapter 86.
- A Parade of Horribles, Chapter 18.