Gideon Nav

Character from The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

The Ninth House's unwanted swordswoman who would rather die than serve her necromancer — and then does exactly that, because it turns out love and spite look identical from the inside.

Also known as: Gideon, Gideon the Ninth, Kiriona Gaia, Griddle, Nav

What They Know

• Master swordswoman specializing in two-handed longsword — the only person in the Ninth House who trained seriously
• Daughter of the Emperor (John Gaius) and Commander Wake of the Blood of Eden — raised without knowing either parent
• Became Harrow's cavalier through a deal: serve at Canaan House, earn her freedom afterward
• Died willingly to fuel Harrow's Lyctoral ascension — the ultimate cavalier sacrifice
• Her soul persists inside Harrow as a Lyctor's cavalier component — later resurrected as Kiriona, a revenant
• Spent her entire childhood trying to escape the Ninth House — failed seventeen times
• The only person who can make Harrowhark Nonagesimus lose her composure

Connections

• cavalier_of — harrow
• child_of — john
• child_of — wake
• rivals — ianthe
• friend_of — dulcinea
• friend_of — camilla

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