Crawler

Crawler
Characteristics
Species	Monkey
Gender	Male
Age	Adult
Fur Color	Unknown
Information
Home	The Void (Formerly)
Story Role	Deuteragonist (BS, BS2, BS3) Cameo (SR1)
Occupation	Leader of Crawler's LARPing Group
Status	Alive
Game(s)

“I promise it’ll all be pretend, so no real casualties. This Tomohawk kid has some real roleplaying potential. See you around Rocky!”

–Crawler

Crawler is a Monkey adapted by GuyThatExists that appears in the short stories Blank Slates, Blank Slates 2, and Blank Slates 3 as a secondary character. He also appears in Salem Rose Pt. 1 as a cameo.

Crawler was a primary member of Drakon's army and a representative of Beta King, and he was a primary member in the fight against Shadow Mari. After the fight, he would go on to lead a LARPing Group. He, along with his group, would later fight Salem Rose when he attacked, and fought against the Tree King and his army. When Tombstone attacked, Crawler would lead the LARPing Group into battle once more, but eventually gets separated from them, and eventually separated from his mechanical suit, ascending into the Developer's Grove, where he was written into canon by Eric Kozlowsky.

Appearance

Crawler is a small monkey that pilots a mechanical, insect-like suit. The suit has two front "arms", two "legs", and a "tail" that is tipped with a laser gun.

Story

Blank Slates

Crawler is first seen when Drakon and Dinofrog arrive in the Drawn to Life Village during the boss meeting. Crawler acts as a representative for Beta King, since Beta King cannot talk or even think for itself. After the bosses' discussion, Crawler is sent to go fight the screeners with Rata, Tat & Tat, Rocket Vulture, and Beta King. However, right when they make it to The Next Chapter Village, Willham sweeps over them, deleting the village and Crawler's army.

Crawler, as one of the survivors of the attack, gets into an argument with Willham for deleting his army, but he eventually gets bored of the fighting and sits next to Rocko, who had spaced off. Crawler asks how Rocko was able to negotiate with Willham and how they were all brought to life in the first place. Rocko explains how Shadow Mari brought them all back to life and that he, Fox, and Jinxy were all planning to go thank Shadow Mari. Crawler stands up and declares that they'd go thank Shadow Mari on their own, but Willham and Mayo pick the two up and begin to speed towards the Shadow Hole.

On their way there, the four are stopped by Flash who was fighting Dinofrog with the other Guardians. She asks for their help, and Crawler refuses as Dinofrog was still technically his boss. Rocko is eager to fight, but Crawler attacks him for the same reason. Rocko returns to the sidelines and watches as Willham deletes Dinofrog. The group continue to the Shadow Hole with the Guardians joining them and arrive in time to watch Fiora push Jinxy into the Hole. Crawler is indifferent to the act, but fights against the Shadow and Ink army alongside Rocko, Nolan, Fiora, and the Four Guardians.

Eventually, Drakon dives into the Shadow Hole with the Droogle Killer following close behind, allowing Shadow Mari to call of her army; however, this also lets her see Willham speeding towards her. Mayo suddenly screams at Shadow Mari to kill the screener, so she obliges. This raises concerns from everyone still in the void, not including Crawler. However, Mayo screams at the group, more specifically at the Guardians and Willham when reformed, about how she treated poorly for obeying the rules. After her breakdown, she falls to the ground, leaving everyone else to their own devices.

Crawler doesn't group up with anyone until the Droogles from the Developer's Grove begin to appear in The Void thanks to Jinxy and the Droogle Killer's attack. Eventually, Willham and Shadow Mari kill the Droogle Killer, capture the Droogle Leader, and close the Shadow Hole for good. The two of them soon come back and return life to the void. Sensing an opportunity, Crawler walks over to a Droogle named Tomohawk and asks if he wanted to survive. Crawler then told the Droogle to gather his friends and to follow him. Rocko comes up and asks what his plan is, so Crawler explains that with the Droogles and the reformed Rocket Vulture, Rata, Tat & Tat, and Beta King, hes going to start a LARPing group. Crawler says goodbye to Rocko and leaves the rest of Rocko's friends to go off with his new group.

Salem Rose Pt. 1

Crawler is seen when Salem Rose, a corrupted version of Miles, comes to The Void. As Salem Rose makes his speech to the residents of the void, Crawler is among those who attack him, joining Fox, Rocket Vulture, Jinxy, Shadow Mari, and Willham. Jinxy and Fox both grab Salem Rose's legs as Crawler, Shadow Mari, and Willham trap him. Jinxy and Fox let go as Rocket Vulture explodes on the bubble Salem Rose was trapped in, revealing that he had already portaled away.

Blank Slates 2

Suddenly, an explosion rings out from the Wii Village, so Crawler, Jinxy, and the rest of Crawler's LARPing Group leave to investigate it. When they arrive, they find the Tree King's group attempting to break down the entrance to the Baki Temple. Jinxy demands him to stop, but the Tree King refuses, leading to a battle between the Tree King's forces - Squid, Robot, Gingerfre, Red Dragon, and himself - and Jinxy and the LARPing Group.

The battle leads to the release of the Jungle Creature, with Jinxy and the LARPing Group being trapped inside the Baki Temple. Unable to escape, Crawler and Jinxy decide to lead the group deeper into the temple, and to pass the time, Crawler begins a small campaign. Some time later, Crawler finds a room full of unused vehicles, where Pot adopts the Sea Anemone. Suddenly, the laughter of the new Tree King echoes through the hallways, so the LARPing Group runs towards the exit. The combined force of them all is able to break down the door, leading them back out to the Wii Village.

The new Tree King follows them out and is coated by a fragment of the Jungle Creature, so Jinxy and the LARPing Group fight him once more. However, before they can land a blow on him, the Tree King grabs Rocket Vulture and uses her to free Shadow and Ink creatures trapped within the Ink Well, dropping her on Beta King. Crawler in enraged at the death of his leader, and Jinxy fears that they lost the battle, but one Shadow creature, Abyss, stands up to the Tree King, refusing to fight for him. This empowers the LARPing Group, and they begin attacking.

Later, the group is joined by the Four Guardians, Willham, Shadow Mari, SuperRapo, Apprentice, and Sorcerer, who help take out the new Tree King. After the battle, Crawler helps move the injured and deceased Droogles off the battlefield, returning them to the Drawn to Life Village.

Blank Slates 3

Two years later, Crawler is LARPing with Sorcerer when suddenly, Tombstone erupts from the Drawn to Life Village, drawing the LARPing Group's attention. Crawler directs the Group into the village to fight Tombstone, and falls in behind them after hearing Sorcerer's concerns about the monster. The LARPing Group arrives at the Drawn to Life Village in time to deal a devastating blow to Tombstone using the combined powers of Violet, Sorcerer, Crawler, Rocket Vulture, and Lambert.

After the fight, Crawler and the LARPing Group traveled back to the Two Realms Plains, where they had been before the attack. Once there, they stay until after the attack on the Shadow Village, where Crawler makes a speech to the group, first telling them that they needed to ascend into the Developer's Grove if they didn't want to fight, but when Sorcerer and Repair Guy turn away, Crawler tells the LARPing Group to not ascend and rather pillage the Baki Temple for more things to help fight Tombstone.

When the Group agrees, Crawler informs Cecil's Militia of the plan and leaves to ask Repair Guy and Fox to join them. However, after consoling them and watching Repair Guy ascend into the Developer's Grove, Crawler turns around to find that the LARPing Group and Cecil's Militia had left without him. Now left with Fox, Racoomie, and Mew Pod, they travel to The Next Chapter Village, a duty Repair Guy had neglected during Tombstone's attacks.

When they arrive in The Next Chapter Village, Crawler and the group meets up with Gargoyle and Stocking, and they notice Tombstone erupting from the Two Realms Plains, so they return once again. When they arrive, Crawler immediately starts attacking Tombstone, joining forces with Fiora and Fox. However, Tombstone quickly shocks Crawler's mech, rendering it immobile and trapping Crawler inside. As Tombstone begins to absorb it, Willham sweeps over the mech, creating a gap for Crawler to jump out of. Stocking then teleports him back to The Next Chapter Village, where he waits for the fight to end with a sleeping Nolan and eventually Mew Pod.

When Nolan wakes up, Crawler tells him that Fiora was okay and listens to Nolan explain why he didn't like Stocking. Crawler then explains his experiences after Beta King was killed - shutting down and resenting Rocket Vulture. Even though the two reconciled, Crawler tells Nolan that their relationship was never the same and that Nolan should hold onto his friends. The three of them then decide to ascend into the Grove, knowing that they would be unable to fight Tombstone any more, ascending using Nolan's custom mantra. However, when they arrive at the Grove, they find it overrun with Tombstone's corrupted Droogles.

Crawler and Mew Pod run to Repair Guy, who was fighting with GenericChallenge, and Crawler reveals that GenericChallenge used to be a part of the LARPing Group but was removed for being too violent. Crawler later encounters Eric Kozlowsky, who uses the Stylus to inadvertently send him into canon.

Quotes

“I apologize, your frogginess, but Beta King over here can’t talk. You can call me–oh I don’t know. I’ve always liked the name Rex.” –Crawler “Fine then. Call me Crawler.” –Crawler “More of a representative. King here can’t talk, or even think for that matter. And since Click is up there, in the great canon or whatever, I may as well be the King.” –Crawler “Be nice now. I don’t think you want to be on our bad side.” –Crawler “You can call us Bosses if it’s all the same to you.” –Crawler “Don’t forget my armada! Now it’s just me in this mech and no one to back me up!” –Crawler “I’m Crawler and I was coming to find you two to send me up there, into the grove.” –Crawler “You managed to negotiate with this guy, huh? Pretty impressive if you ask me.” –Crawler “How did we get here? I’ve been wondering about that ever since Drakon started talking about Droogles and getting out of here. I sort of understand it, but Vulture was telling me about you specifically.” –Crawler “So, the shadow is the one who brought us back? Not the screeners or the devs? Interesting.” –Crawler “Well, Rocko, it looks like we have someone to meet. How about the two of us head over to that deep hole?” –Crawler “Then it’s a deal! Onward to the hole!” –Crawler “We may be friends, but that frog over there is my boss. Sorry bud, these are the rules.” –Crawler “Hey bud, what’s your name?” –Crawler “Yeah, I am. Say Tomohawk, you don’t wanna die like your friends did, or like Mayo did, or even worse, like Drakon did. You don’t wanna end up like that, right?” –Crawler “Well, then, I have the surprise for you! I’m your new boss! Gather all your buddies and follow me!” –Crawler “Drakon’s dead and their leader is gone. Might as well give them someone to organize under. Plus, Drakon and Dinofrog are really dead, not like your furry friends were. So, when my army shows back up, I’m gonna be in charge. Hope the lot of you can fight back one day!” –Crawler “I promise it’ll all be pretend, so no real casualties. This Tomohawk kid has some real roleplaying potential. See you around Rocky!” –Crawler

“We’re coming with you. If something big is happening back there, you’re gonna need some firepower.” –Crawler “Don’t forget that we were made to kill a Creation Hero. Hell, most of us are bosses!” –Crawler “Hey Jinxy! Gimme a hand here!” –Crawler “I want you to pull me up! I’m about to fall!” –Crawler “Don’t you dare.” –Crawler “Yo Jinxy! I wanna ask you somethin’. You ever consider joining our group?” –Crawler “Well, this hallway doesn’t seem to be getting any shorter. How about you and I craft a character so we can go for a bit? Just this once.” –Crawler “We’ll start you off as some NPCs this session, so I’ll let you know more once we actually get started.” –Crawler “Hey y’all, we just got our asses handed to us, so how ‘bout we chill out for a bit with some dungeon crawling?” –Crawler “He’s just gonna be whatever NPC we need, probably just a separate explorer or an undead king or something.” –Crawler “Hey! Jinxy! You gotta come look at this!” –Crawler “I have no idea, but this’ll be great for sessions down the line. Real hang gliders and a real UFO!” –Crawler “What’s up green buddy?” –Crawler “It’s moving alright. It looks like its wobbling back and forth.” –Crawler “I told you the Shadow was moving! Must have something to do with that bright light back there.” –Crawler “This time you’re alone, and we know what to expect.” –Crawler “You son of a bitch! I swear to god I’m gonna kill you myself!” –Crawler “Hell no! This is my guy to kill! You guys can have what’s left.” –Crawler

“Did you talk to my sister? Did you talk to my son? My wife? My father? No Clas, there is no talking about this. You die here tonight.” –Lawrence Rex “Hold! SuperRapo, what are you doing? Those were real lasers and real spells; you could’ve been seriously hurt!” –Crawler “It’s… fine, but you need to be more careful! We’ve warned you about this too many times already!” –Crawler “Alright people, listen up! All of us should know how to fight for real, so we need to go over there and fight whatever that is, yeah?” –Crawler “There’s no doubt in my mind. That’s the Jungle Creature for sure.” –Crawler “And that’s how you kill your BBEG everyone!” –Crawler “I don’t always agree with this guy, but if all of those guys can’t take it down, we definitely can’t.” –Crawler “So, none of you are allowed to ascend, no matter what I said on stage. Bureaucracy and all, y’all know how it is. Here’s the real plan. We all need to buff up our weapons a bit to really take Tombstone down. Y’all know where we can get some good weapons and upgrades? C’mon guys! We were just there like, a few years ago! The Baki Temple!” –Crawler “That’s true RTT, very true! But if I remember correctly, there’s a number of you here who never got the chance to experience the Temple last time.” –Crawler “Then we’re off! If you guys are okay with it, I’d like to invite Keto Bubba and his isle of misfits on this adventure. Any nays? Great! Majority rules so I’ll head over to talk to em. Also, Rocko and Fox are invited too. I’m out!” –Crawler “Hey you two, ready for a brand new adventure? Got a great plan for all of us to storm the Baki Temple. Hello? You guys listening?” –Crawler “Oh come on, now’s the best time Rocko! We can head to the Baki Temple, cause some big ruckus, and fight Tombstone!” –Crawler “So… You guys don’t seem okay… And you’re clearly not talking to each other… Wanna shoot it past me? It’s okay if you don’t, just wanted to offer.” –Crawler “Fox! Hey, slow down buddy! One step at a time! Salem Rose – shit hit the fan like, immediately after that. Gingerfre – not your fault. That was Tree King. Jungle Creature – also Tree King. Shadow Village – Tombstone, so by extension, Tree King.” –Crawler “And if you wanna talk about flaws, just look at me! I basically ran the squad with Drakon and Dinofrog back then. Not to mention losing those fights with Salem Rose and the Tree King. We all have our flaws man; don’t let it get to ya.” –Crawler “Woah, brain blast! Why don’t you head up to the Grove, get Joe to check on your daughter, and then hop back in to fight!” –Crawler “Hey! Where’d everybody go!?” –Crawler “I think he got more than just her.” –Crawler “Shit! Someone help me out here! I’m stuck inside! Like right fucking now!” –Crawler “Hey, you’re finally awake. We got good news and bad news.” –Crawler “Slow your roll there. It’s a shame we lost him, but it’s not your fault. Tombstone was just way too much for any of us.” –Crawler “Sure is. You read that note yet?” –Crawler “Well, if it’s any condolence, when Tombstone killed Beta King, I shut myself away from everyone, especially RV. But it wasn’t her fault, y’know? Tombstone knocked her out of the air, and she just happened to land on him. Still, I resented her for it for the longest time, and we tried to make amends, but after so long, it just didn’t feel like we could ever rekindle that friendship. We’re cordial, but it’s not the same. You still got Stocking, and Fio, and Rocko, whenever he gets back. Hold onto that, okay?” –Crawler “No disagreements here. That fucker absorbed my mech, so I won’t be getting any milage on the battlefield any time soon.” –Crawler “Y’know? I’m okay with that.” –Crawler “Hey Rocko! How the fuck did they get up here?! And what the hell is this guy doing here?” –Crawler “Mr. Challenge over here was a part of the LARPing Group for a while, but took things way too far. Used to play as one Pinkleg the Plunderer until we booted him.” –Crawler “If you say you got this, you got this.” –Crawler

Relationships

Allies

• Droogle Leader
• Drakon †
• Dinofrog †
• Crawler's LARPing Group
  • Rocket Vulture
  • Rata, Tat & Tat
  • Beta King †
  • Tomohawk †
  • Pot
  • Jinxy - Former Enemy
  • Sorcerer
  • SuperRapo
  • Apprentice
• Shadow Mari
• Joseph Tringali - Former Enemy
• David Franco - Former Enemy
• Willham † - Former Enemy
• Alana † - Former Enemy
• Nolan - Former Enemy
• Fiora - Former Enemy
• Four Guardians - Former Enemies
  • Flash/Mill †
  • Ninja/Paint/Sparky
  • Skate/Hose/Violet
  • Tank/Ore/Hoopz
  • Lambert † - Former Enemy
• Repair Guy - Former Enemy
• Fox - Former Enemy
• Cecil's Militia
  • Cecil
  • Shadokomo
  • Rusty
  • Pet
  • Mew Pod
• Racoomie †
• Gargoyle
• Stocking
• Eric Kozlowsky

Enemies

• Mayo †
• Salem Rose †
• Tree King †
• Squid †
• Robot †
• Gingerfre
• Red Dragon †
• Jungle Creature/Tombstone †
• GenericChallenge

Trivia

• When Crawler is first introduced, he says that he would like to be called "Rex", but Rata, Tat & Tat tell him that the name is "already taken".
  • This is a reference to the Monkey King, as he wears a set of rings that spell out the word "REX".
  • This is later references by his LARPing character, "Lawrence Rex", referencing the two names presumed to belong to the Monkey King.
• Crawler is the third enemy to appear as a major character in GuyThatExists' short stories.
  • Other characters in this category include Fox, Jinxy, Stick, and Stick 2.
• In earlier drafts of Blank Slates 3, Crawler was supposed to also be at the Baki Temple. In this same draft, Crawler was supposed to be killed by Tombstone during the final battle.

Media

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  The concept art with Crawler shared by Joseph Tringali in the Drawn to Life: For All Discord server.