Ortus Nigenad

Character from The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

The Ninth House's original cavalier — a cowardly, poetry-obsessed swordsman who was terrible at fighting and turned out to be brave when it actually counted.

Also known as: Ortus, Ortus the Ninth

What They Know

• Original cavalier primary to Harrowhark — replaced by Gideon for the Canaan House mission
• Terrible swordsman by cavalier standards — devoted more time to poetry than practice
• Writes epic verse about the legendary Ninth House cavalier Matthias Nonius
• Died with unexpected courage and fought as a revenant alongside the real Matthias Nonius

Connections

• former_cavalier_of — harrow
• replaced_by — gideon

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