"Abigail Pent did," she agrees. "I have wondered if it is related to her death."
"We know very little. I assume each House knows the name of their own Lyctor and cavalier, as we know Anastasia the First and Samael the Ninth. A few other names are spoken of--but it appears the Lyctors bear new names after ascension, virtue-names given by the Emperor."
"I remember hearing, much against my will at the time, that Matthias Nonius dueled against the saint named for Duty at one time."
"There was once a history of those days written by Anastasia. But it was destroyed or lost four thousand years ago. We searched for a copy desperately before I left, but it is gone."
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Date: 2020-11-01 11:31 pm (UTC)"We know very little. I assume each House knows the name of their own Lyctor and cavalier, as we know Anastasia the First and Samael the Ninth. A few other names are spoken of--but it appears the Lyctors bear new names after ascension, virtue-names given by the Emperor."
"I remember hearing, much against my will at the time, that Matthias Nonius dueled against the saint named for Duty at one time."
"There was once a history of those days written by Anastasia. But it was destroyed or lost four thousand years ago. We searched for a copy desperately before I left, but it is gone."