 LaMerk Industries and LaMerk Foundry are two other entities which appear to be subsidiaries of the Sombra Group.The Crimson King's stated goal is the destruction of the multiverse/all reality.Among NCP's creations in the books are dipolar computers, a number of androids and cyborgs (namely the Guardians of the beams, including Shardik the Bear and Maturin the Turtle), Stuttering Bill (one of the few robots the Ka-Tet encounter that is not hostile and actually aids them in their quest), Andy the Messenger Robot (Many Other Functions), and Blaine the Mono, a highly intelligent and sadistic monorail system that enjoys riddles.