NPCs · first: CC E1
Lord Calroy Cruller
Lord Calroy Cruller is a slice of cake with eyes in striped pantaloons and a saber, and his card calls him Marquis of Muffinfield, Master of State, and Right Hand of the King CC E1·00:33:14 CC E1·00:33:32. He advises Amethar that an emperor who subjects himself to a life of misery because he thinks he is supposed to would not behoove the six kingdoms CC E1·01:36:37. He warns of the 30-warrior limit on the Sucrosi Road and sends a servant for the finest pants CC E1·01:37:16 CC E1·01:39:43.
Calroy is Amethar's Master of State and longtime friend, who fights in the Sucrosi Road ambush with a natural 20 sneak attack and a souvenir helmet, and who teaches Jet fencing in a flashback CC E2·01:01:19 CC E2·01:02:02 CC E7·00:28:27. He declines to join the arrest of Liam because too many Candians would send the wrong message CC E5·00:18:18.
He is Amethar's betrayer. Soldiers in House Cruller colours attack Castle Candy, and Theobald tells the queen they are Calroy's soldiers CC E10·00:04:41. In the halls he sings out to Caramelinda that her husband has had an unfortunate fall, and says her marriage never truly transpired CC E10·00:07:37. Manta Ray calls him a backstabber he should have spotted, and Calroy holds Castle Candy and asks to be re-baptised for the crusade CC E11·00:41:21 CC E13·00:37:20.
In the final siege he runs along the wall alone and tries to escape through the secret exit, but Cumulous blocks him and makes him say Amethar's title, the Unfallen CC E17·01:42:19 CC E17·01:49:37 CC E17·01:49:44. Amethar kills him with Payment Day after a natural 20, and Brennan says he lived a lie for 25 years as the king's advisor and right hand CC E17·01:53:49 CC E17·01:52:02.
By episode
CC E1: There Is Strength in Sweetness
- Calroy Cruller — card: "LORD CALROY CRULLER / MARQUIS OF MUFFINFIELD / MASTER OF STATE / RIGHT HAND OF THE KING"; a slice of cake with eyes, striped pantaloons, saber — 00:33:14, 00:33:32. Served with Amethar in the war ("in the muck, in the tents, in the trenches") and calls him "a good king" — 00:37:41
- Tells Amethar an emperor who "subjects himself to a life of misery" because he thinks he is supposed to would not behoove the six kingdoms — 01:36:37
- Warns of the 30-warrior limit for the Sucrosi Road — 01:37:16; sends servant Archibald for "the finest pants" — 01:39:43
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry to disturb." — 00:33:38
CC E2: Ambush On the Sucrosi Road
- Lord Calroy Cruller — Master of State; leaps from the wagon, "Stay inside!" (to the others) and goes to the king: "Your majesty!" — 00:32:38, 00:32:56; wears "striped" pants — 00:33:10
"Nothing but the finest for my majesty." — 01:01:45
"Remember if we win without class, we haven't really won at all." — 01:02:13
CC E3: Keep Sharp
- Lord Calroy Cruller (Calroy) — the king's Master of State [from CC_01 card: "MASTER OF STATE / RIGHT HAND OF THE KING"] who steps into the carriage; grabs Ruby's hand — 00:03:35. Lectures on discretion — 00:04:10. "Death is not on the line" for casting — 00:24:16. Sits with the king in the hall and serves as social guide — 01:13:59, 01:14:42.
"the art of politics is being able to smile and pretend it's another." — 00:04:20
"We're not talking about theology, Your Highnesses, we're talking about politics." — 00:27:27
"Well, no one is until the war comes." — 00:47:52
"I will only, (sighs) it will be easier for me to hunt something down and stop it if I know what it is I'm hunting." — 00:54:13
CC E4: The Grand Tournament
- Lord Calroy Cruller (Calroy) — Amethar's Master of State; with the Candian stands during the joust. Told by Theobald the cheese-boy information, he becomes "an extremely dear fatherly benefactor to the Duchess Coldbottle" and takes her shopping with his wife — 00:06:11, 00:06:21. Cheers the joust: "Yes, yes, this is how it is done in Candia!" — 00:34:31. Cuts Bonathan's belt, shouts "The fight’s over!" and "We need a healer!" — 01:04:59, 01:05:28. Kicks Keradin in the head "to disguise" it while bowing, then chases the fleeing gladiator — 01:27:38, 01:28:19. Returns winded: "They arrested the runner, the gladiator." — 01:39:08. Quips: "the Order of the Knights of North-Gumbia, I think, have put themselves on the map in terms of international jousting today." — 01:39:40. Plan for Liam: "maybe I'll be option three of just disappearing in the night and getting Liam back to Candia." — 01:47:37
"Liam is the son of a Duke in open rebellion." — 01:45:47
CC E5: Lapin's Big Day
- Lord Calroy Cruller — Master of State (title from the CC_01 card); funny, loyal; declines to join the arrest because too many Candians would send the wrong message in an equal concord — 00:18:18; "I waffle. Some days I'm on your side, some days I'm with Theo and Caramelinda" — 00:52:40; lays out how nominations and Council votes work — 00:46:56; suggests Caramelinda and Amethar nominations; stays to guard quarters — 00:52:52. Forecast: "we may have a Concordant Emperor as early as tomorrow morning" — 00:19:41.
CC E7: Escape From the Bulb Creeps
- Lord Calroy Cruller ("Lord Cruller") (from earlier episodes; Jet's fencing teacher in the flashback) — gives her cola, jokes "I'm old, be nice to me!" and says "I knew a lot of very sweet people in the war, who died. And I knew a lot of very strong people who lived." — 00:28:27, 00:30:09, 00:31:41. In the present the players wonder about "Cal" (not shown) and place him at the Pyramid of Food — 00:04:09, 00:04:21. Theo: "we did tell Cal to get a boat ready in case." 00:49:49. (Whether "Cal" is Calroy is from CC_06 notes, not said here.)
CC E9: Safe Harbor
- Lord Calroy Cruller (Cal, Lord Cruller; from CC_01–CC_07) — runs out in finer war pants — 01:21:44; "Hello, friend. Who's the hollow-eyed companion?" — 01:22:32; asks "And where is the Chancellor?" — 01:22:42; takes Cumulous on a tour — 01:27:51; knocks on Amethar's door — 01:42:59; stabs him on the ramparts — 01:44:41; confesses — 01:47:02: he sold weapons to the Ceresians, and Rococoa "was found riddled with arrows so far behind our own lines" after she "found out that I was selling weapons to the Ceresians" — 01:47:02; the Muffinfield soldiers are called "Lord Cruller's men" — 02:08:19; in the preview he sings "Caramelinda! Where are you?" [META] — 02:16:07
CC E10: Blood & Bread
- Lord Calroy Cruller (Cal; from CC_01–CC_09) — heard in the halls: "Caramelinda~! I'm afraid your dear husband, or I suppose, seeing that your marriage never truly transpired, the man who made bastards of your daughters, has had an unfortunate fall." — 00:07:37; Amethar: "He's part of it." — 00:19:25
CC E11: At the Mountains of Sweetness
CC E13: Family Ties
- Calroy Cruller (House Cruller) — holds Castle Candy; asks for re-baptism — 00:37:20
CC E17: For Candia! (Part 2)
- Calroy Cruller, Marquis of Muffinfield (from CC_01) — runs along the wall alone 01:42:19; "Amethar, the Unfallen." 01:49:44; killed by Amethar 01:53:49