Carl's Doomsday Scenario

Carl, the protagonist and narrator of the Dungeon Crawler series, is a 27-year-old former member of the Coast Guard who entered the dungeon game in the first book, along with his ex-girlfriend Bea’s show cat, Princess Donut. At the beginning of the second novel, he chooses to change to the Primal race. However, he chooses this race partly because it allows him to keep his human physical appearance. He does not wish to completely give up his connection to his humanity, even at the risk of later disadvantages. His decision hints at his deeper struggles to maintain his sense of morality even while compromising it for the sake of survival, which is a vital theme of the novel.

Carl grows and develops significantly in the second book. He continues to display the loyalty he possessed in the first book as his relationship with Donut shifts to a partnership between friends. This extends farther still when, in Chapter 12 when he acknowledges that Donut and Mongo are not only his teammates, but his family. He would do anything necessary to keep them safe and would be deeply impacted by their loss. Additionally, his anger over the cruelty and injustice of the Borant Corporation and the dungeon AI increases, leading him to take a more active and defiant stance against them.