Harrow wishes to answer the call, but her official cavalier, Ortus Nigenad, doesn’t want to go for fear of death. The Emperor needs more Lyctors for his war since most of the original eight Lyctors have died. The Emperor requires the necromancer heirs of each House and their cavaliers to attend Canaan House, the “Temple” of the First House.
There, Harrow reads a letter from the Emperor. She defeats Gideon and drags her to Drearburh. Harrow, a necromancer, rigs the battlefield with shards of bone that allow her to summon skeletons. Gideon refuses again, so Harrow challenges her to a fight if she wins, Gideon must come to Drearburh, and if Gideon wins, she will be free. Gideon refuses, and Harrowhark Nonagesimus, the 17-year-old heir of the Ninth House, offers to free Gideon if Gideon comes to Drearburh. The Ninth House is nestled in a large crack on a desolate planet far from the sun and consists of terraced farms tended by skeletons with decrepit architecture reminiscent of cathedrals.Ĭrux, the marshal of the Ninth House, and Aiglamene, Gideon’s mentor, try to convince Gideon to come to Drearburh, the central keep, for a big announcement. Gideon Nav, an 18-year-old swordswoman, attempts to escape the Ninth House, where she is enslaved, via an illegal shuttle. The relationship is modeled on the first Lyctors and their cavaliers who sacrificed themselves. All houses are governed in a feudal system: There is a ruling family whose heir is attended by a cavalier, a life-long bodyguard. An additional House, the First House, comprises solely the Emperor and his Lyctors. Each House’s culture reflects the values of their corresponding Lyctor. The secret of how to become a Lyctor is kept hidden.Īfter being saved in the Resurrection, humanity was divided into eight Houses on eight separate planets in the Dominicus system, each corresponding to one of the original Lyctors. The Emperor accomplished this feat with eight powerful Lyctors, immortal necromancers with companions called cavaliers. This event is known as the Resurrection, and the Emperor has become God to humanity. Ten thousand years ago, an unspecified apocalypse nearly destroyed humanity, but a man referred to as the Emperor saved-and possibly revived-humanity with necromantic magic. Necromancy is conducted through “theorems,” (similar to mathematical formulas) that achieve certain effects, and there are devoted schools of study for necromancy’s individual branches. Some individuals are born with the ability to manipulate thanergy (death energy) and thalergy (life energy) they can convert thalergy into thanergy but not the other way around. Necromancy (death magic) is common in this world.
Gideon the Ninth takes place in an unspecified star system with nine planets revolving around the star Dominicus. Content Warning: Gideon the Ninth contains graphic violence and gore, death, self-harm and suicide, and physical and emotional abuse.
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