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Hekla

First appearance: Book 2 - Carl's Doomsday Scenario

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Hekla. A top-ranked crawler first glimpsed in Book 1's recap broadcasts and met in Book 2 (Carl's Doomsday Scenario), whose story with the party plays out in Book 3 (The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook) on Floor 4, the Iron Tangle. Powerful and calculating. Her Book 3 story sits behind a spoiler gate below.

Who is Hekla?

Hekla is a crawler in Dungeon Crawler Carl, first glimpsed in Book 1's recap broadcasts and met in Book 2 (Carl's Doomsday Scenario). Her story with the party plays out on Floor 4 (the Iron Tangle) in Book 3 (The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook). She is one of the strongest crawlers in the dungeon at this point in the series, leading a tight-knit party and sitting near the top of the Leaderboard.

Her role in Book 3 (spoilers, tap to open)

The full story, with spoilers: Book 3 recap

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Hekla: questions readers ask

What happens to Hekla later in Dungeon Crawler Carl?

In Dungeon Crawler Carl, Hekla is the Icelandic leader of Brynhild's Daughters, an all-female crawler party. She arrives in Book 2, finishes the Third Floor second on the leaderboard, and carries on into Book 3, The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook, on Floor 4, the Iron Tangle.

What happens to her there is a Book 3 spoiler. The full answer is in the Book 3 recap.

Is Hekla an ally or an enemy of Carl in Dungeon Crawler Carl?

In Dungeon Crawler Carl, Hekla first reaches out as a friend. On a Floor 3 talk show in Book 2 she asks Carl and Donut to help Katia, a member of her party who got separated, and Donut happily agrees. That is how Katia ends up travelling with them.

Odette is warier. At the end of Book 2 she tells Carl privately that Hekla means to lure Donut away from him, and calls her not evil but very practical and cunning. How things stand between them on Floor 4 is a Book 3 spoiler, answered in the Book 3 recap.

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Book 2

Key relationships

Crawler

Carl

Hekla and Carl's paths cross on the Iron Tangle in Book 3. What happens is a spoiler, gated below.

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Katia Grim

Hekla and Katia's story is a Book 3 spoiler, gated below.
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Where to start with Hekla
Hekla is one of the characters in Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl. New to the series? Start with Book 1 in whichever format fits you — Book 8 (A Parade of Horribles) is also out now if you're caught up.
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