Early thoughts from reading TLT wrong
so, I've finally gotten around to reading The Locked Tomb books, and the first one was on a five weeks wait at my library.
The second one was entirely ready to check out.
Now, was my decision to read the famously confusing Harrow The Ninth with no context but osmosis and the first couple chapters of book one as context a good idea? Absolutely not, I've probably got a million wrong guesses about what's going on. But is it interesting? Why, yes it is.
See, I've basically never felt *lost.* There's always enough information around about the literal mechanics of the setting to more or less vibes through the terms.
And that's got me thinking about exposition. Like, it's genuinely amazing how far you can get with praxis and people figuring out extensions from what they already know. Brain tired, but I might have to play with that later...
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Once upon a time, a couple of assassins sneaked into NRC, but no one knew the targets (they were after all of the princes, so Leona, Kalim and Malleus), so everyone was in high alert.
Silver, Lillia and Sebek were constantly patrolling the grounds, but they coudn't do much during housewarden meetings (even though Malleus always misses those, he made an effort to actually be present so he could protect the others).
So Silver and Sebek asked Riddle to keep an eye on everyone, especially considering how useful "Off With Your Head" is in those types of situations.
A few days later, right before the meeting, the criminals attacked Riddle (he wasn't the main target, they just wanted to keep him and his unique magic out of the way. Imagine you're gearing up to fight The Malleus Draconia and this tiny gremlin with anger issues cancels out your magic and then throws a fireball at your face.)
Riddle came out of the attack mostly unscathed and then rushed to the dormleader meeting (if the assassins didn't want him there, then he was DEFINETELY going, also the rules said so and he was LATE).
When he finally arrived in the Hall of Mirrors, there was already an all out brawl between the dormheads and the criminals, with Leona and Malleus being absolute monsters and Kalim and Azul teaming up.
Needless to say, the enemies didn't last long, even without the redheads interference.
Then everyone went to the infirmary, because the assassins came prepared and threw everything made of iron they could find at Malleus, not to mention a few explosive potions, also Riddle had at least 3 stab wounds.
One minute of silence to mourn Idia's tablet.
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Samara Bishop/ The Fallen Beauty
Basic Info:
Full Name:
Samara Grace Bishop
Birthdate:
Saturday, October 24th, 1997
Place of Birth:
Mahoney’s Junkyard, Painesville, Ohio
Death Date:
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
Place of Death:
Royce Clayton Memorial High School, Madison, Ohio
Age:
17
Heritage:
Russian, French, German
Family
Father:
Horace Mahoney/ The Juggernaut
Mother:
Evelina Ivanova/ Ellie Bishop
Sister:
Dana Newman/ The Angry Princess
Aunt:
Katarina Ivanova/ Krista Matthews
Best Friends
Aria Rafkin:
Sara Parr:
Enemies:
Johnny Sullivan:
Markus Sullivan:
Killer; School Shooter
Personality:
Samara is a free-spirited, rebellious, and open-minded young woman. Given that her mother’s job had them relocate all around the world she was also unafraid to try new things and dared to be different from most others of her age group. She has a creative mind as well as a photographic memory which makes it easy for her to remember things she has read, watched, or listened to with perfect detail. Sam is quick-witted and resourceful, knowing how to pick locks, pockets and was able to rebuild Royce Clayton’s 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air Convertible from pictures alone.
Samara had a close bond with her father, Horace, and inherited inhuman strength from him (though Horace himself stated she could easily overpower him in terms of raw force if the mood ever struck her), something she struggled to control for most of her life. Witnessing his death traumatized her deeply and despite knowing that the knowledge of his identity would lead to her being ostracized by everyone around her, she refused to insult her father’s memory by hiding the truth. After their abrupt move back to her mother’s home town, though, she is surprised to find out that people not only know who her father is, but don’t seem to care, coming for days after to offer their condolences and help out any way they could.
Despite her kind and amenable nature, Samara can be aggressive and impulsive. She can also be tempestuous and sarcastic as well as habitually rude to people she does not like. Due to her stoic facial expression and ability to overpower a linebacker, most of her classmates try not to antagonize her for fear of reprisals.
Samara is not close to a lot of people, preferring to keep them at arms length. However, when she was six, that changed. During recess in her kindergarten class, a dark haired boy stomped on a sand castle that two girls were building before holding them down and pulling their hair. Little Sam seized a block before hurling it like a star pitcher at the back of the boys head, causing him to let go and run off to the teacher, crying. That little boy was Markus Sullivan and those girls were Aria Rafkin and Sara Parr. The girls were inseparable from that day forward. Markus also formed a strong hatred for Sam, culminating in him murdering her (as well as 26 of their fellow students and 6 faculty members) 11 years later.
Samara possesses an otherworldly beauty much like her mother, sister, and aunt but she does not seem to care all that much, shrugging and saying, “I know” emotionlessly with a blank expression when someone comments on it. The only part of her appearance she has an obvious fondness for is her deep red hair. A trait she shared with her sister, Dana.
Samara is a nerd at heart, loving to read poetry, books, and watch films. She likes new age films but older films, particularly one’s from the 50’s have a special place in her heart. Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Edgar Allan Poe are great loves of hers, able to recite full monologues from the movies and paragraph after paragraph of the books from her memory alone. She is obsessed with history, both World and US and due to extensive traveling with her mother, has expansive knowledge of different cultures and traditions and speaks several different languages, proving to be an effective reader of Latin.
She had a knowledge of the Arcanum and its contents despite most people being unaware of its existence outside of churches and the studiers of the occult.
One would believe that as the byproduct of a serial murderer and a contract killer that she would have a predilection for and nonchalant view of violence and they would be right. While not impulsively violent, she is not afraid to use it to maintain order and control or right wrongs. The most surprising is she manages to do these things with very little thought or consideration for others. Going back to whatever she was doing beforehand.
Some examples of this are when she saw a man about to throw a bag of kittens off a bridge, she snagged the mewing bundle and gripped the back of his shirt, tossing him off instead. When Colin Miller's father beat him so badly, he wound up in the hospital, she threw the older man over a railing to his death. She threatened Johnny Sullivan multiple times, breaking his tibia during one of their confrontations. She hospitalized three girls after a fight when they tried to jump Aria in the bathroom, and she paralyzed one of her classmates from the waist down when it became apparent that he was just going to keep getting away with sexual assault until he was stopped.
Sam seems to have an unexplainable connection to Royce Clayton, dreaming about him (even before she knew who he was) from the time she was old enough to dream. She spent her life unaware that Royce is why her mother abruptly decided to return to her hometown. Royce’s energy surrounds the town of Madison and hangs particularly heavy around the Sullivan family. The dark force of his rage repels other ghosts from even entering the town, giving Sam unlimited safety from the entities who would seek to harm her for actions that she was not responsible for.
Sam is a talented artist and carries around art supplies in her bag, which is with her even in death.
I will go into her tattoos in a separate post. Also, I am almost positive that Dana was a redhead. Even with it wet, her hair has a red hue to it.
Also, for the record, the perfume that Sam uses is DKNY Be Delicious
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