Cytherea the First

Character from The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

The original Seventh House Lyctor who spent ten millennia dying of guilt and then came to Canaan House wearing a dead woman's face to burn it all down — the series' first villain, and its most sympathetic monster.

Also known as: Cytherea, Cytherea the First, The Seventh Saint

What They Know

• Original Lyctor of the Seventh House — ten thousand years old, terminally ill despite immortality
• Impersonated Dulcinea Septimus at Canaan House to destroy the Lyctor system from within
• Murdered Dulcinea, Protesilaus, Abigail, Magnus, and others at Canaan House
• Killed by Harrowhark Nonagesimus with assistance from multiple Houses
• Consumed her cavalier Loveday Heptane — carried the guilt for millennia
• Defected from the Emperor's service — possibly aligned with Blood of Eden

Connections

• murdered — dulcinea
• killed_by — harrow
• enemy_of — palamedes
• served — john

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