Ok, since I’m now a locked tomb blog kinda now, and I Have Thoughts, I’m gonna share them with you. What would happen if Cytherea hadn’t shown up? I don’t mean like “everyone has happy fun times and works on necromancy together!” First of all, Silas Octikiseron is there, and he always gonna be No Fun. A non-Cytherea Canaan House would still be full of petty sniping at each other. What I’m saying is, the necromancers of Canaan house are some of the most brilliant to have ever existed.
We’ve got Ianthe , Abigail , Palamedes, and Harrow, who could all make claim to being the best in their respective fields. You honestly think these four couldn’t figure out perfect lyctorhood together? Hell, in canon Palamedes figured out Something that allowed Cam to both survive and get his eyes, and they had this planned out before his suicide attack on Cytherea. Ianthe figured out imperfect lyctorhood without any help, Cytherea killed Abigail first explicitly because her spirit medium abilities and knowledge of history could figure out who Cytherea was! And then Harrow, who managed to preform the lyctoral process while being attacked by a much older lyctor! If we get into Harrow the Ninth, she’s one of two people in canon who can manage theorems in The River! You honestly wanna tell me if they put their heads together, they couldn’t figure it out?
So my idea is that the Necromantic Dream Team over here figures out perfect lyctorhood, thinks “Oh yeah, this is probably how we do it.“ Then everybody who wants to be a lyctor becomes one, cavaliers intact, and they send a call to God like, ”Ok everybody’s done”. Could you imagine? Everybody just walking on the ship with their cavaliers like it was nothing? I can’t decide if it would be funny or absolutely heartbreaking. Funny from an outsider’s perspective, but Augustine and Mercy and maybe Gideon the First would just break. Pyrrha, Cristabel, and Alfred‘s sacrifice meant nothing, and these children figured out what they couldn’t! The angst potential here!
[ID: Drawings of characters from The Locked Tomb series. 1. Harrow and Gideon sit together at a desk. Harrow writes on a piece of paper. There are textbooks in front of her. Gideon drapes an arm over Harrow’s shoulders and looks over at Harrow’s work with a curious expression. Harrow glares back. Harrow wears a gray hoodie over a striped shirt. Gideon wears a white shirt with torn off sleeves and sunglasses on the top of her head.
2. Camilla and Palamedes from the shoulders up. They both frown slightly. Camilla wears a white polo shirt and Palamedes wears oval glasses and a gray turtleneck.
3. Harrow and Gideon’s faces. Harrow has deep shadows under her eyes. She scowls. Gideon smiles slightly.
4. Harrow wears a gray hoodie, black skinny jeans, backpack, and checkered shoes. Her hands are in the hoodie pocket. Gideon wears a backwards black cap, a blue sweater that says “sports”, black basketball shorts, and red shoes. She smiles and crosses her arms.
5. Ianthe corners Harrow by leaning an arm against the brick wall and appears to be flirting with her. Ianthe wears a yellow long sleeve shirt, gray skinny jeans, a messenger bag, and a purple plaid shirt tied around her waist. Harrow stares at Ianthe blankly, unimpressed. In the background, Gideon’s eyes are wide in surprise and anger as she stumbles upon the scene.
6. Naberius, Coronabeth, and Ianthe from the shoulders up. Naberius wears an indigo sweater. Coronabeth’s hair is tied up with a purple scrunchie and she wears a purple turtleneck and indigo tank on top. Ianthe wears a purple polo with a light blue collar. Naberius frowns while Corona grins and Ianthe smiles slyly. End ID]
Apparently, drawing Naberius makes me want to physically hit my computer screen. The irritating energy is off the charts. Well done, Naberius Tern.
I can’t believe it’s been like five months since I last did some Gideon the Ninth headshots. I’m debating whether I think I can finish the other three (?) houses before Harrow the Ninth comes out and I have to think about NEW CHARACTERS AHHH
