The Lyctor Process

Item from The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

The Eightfold Word — the necromantic theorem that grants immortality by consuming your cavalier's soul, because the Nine Houses have never met a problem they couldn't solve by making someone else pay for it.

Also known as: Lyctorhood, The Eightfold Word, Lyctoral Ascension, The Megatheorem

What They Know

• Requires consuming the cavalier's soul to grant the necromancer immortality and vast power
• The 'traditional' method kills the cavalier permanently — their soul becomes fuel
• Perfect Lyctorhood (soul-sharing) was possible but hidden by the Emperor
• John achieved it with Alecto; Palamedes and Camilla achieved it by becoming Paul
• The original eight Lyctors all consumed their cavaliers — seven successfully, one (Anastasia) went wrong
• Lyctors' eyes change color to reflect their consumed cavalier's original eye color

Connections

• created_by — john
• used_at — canaan_house

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