Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)

by Tamsyn Muir

DRAMATIS PERSONAE In Order of House Appearance The Ninth House Keepers of the Locked Tomb, House of the Sewn Tongue, the Black Vestals Harrowhark Nonagesimus HEIR TO THE HOUSE OF THE NINTH, REVEREND DAUGHTER OF DREARBURH Pelleamena Novenarius HER MOTHER, REVEREND MOTHER OF DREARBURH Priamhark Noniusvianus HER FATHER, REVEREND FATHER OF DREARBURH Ortus Nigenad CAVALIER PRIMARY TO THE HEIR Crux MARSHAL OF THE HOUSE OF THE NINTH Aiglamene CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD OF THE NINTH Sister Lachrimorta NUN OF THE LOCKED TOMB Sister Aisamorta NUN OF THE LOCKED TOMB Sister Glaurica NUN OF THE LOCKED TOMB Some various followers, cultists, and laypeople of the Ninth and Gideon Nav INDENTURED SERVANT OF THE HOUSE OF THE NINTH The First House Necromancer Divine, King of the Nine Renewals, our Resurrector, the Necrolord Prime THE EMPEROR HIS LYCTORS