Necromancy and You - An Introduction to the Locked Tomb World

[@Madeleinewith3Es]

*read in Moira Quirke voice* "Nooooo, Magnussss, don't tell everyone about our loreeee"

[@thosefroggyfolks2004]

Moira Quirke’s voices are so iconic. I will just be doing random tasks around the house and break out into Harrow or Jeannemary’s voice

[@AsheandCinders]

Moira Quirke's voice work is perfection in every regard except one. She does not know how to say "“Staaahp being so fucking dramahhhtic,”

[@ForestFairy]

@@thosefroggyfolks2004 Whenever I hear the name Magnus the only thing that my brain can do is the imagine her as Jean Marie calling out to Magnus in their intro scene. 🤣

[@robinarkell7221]

I love this so much! I only have two notes that may help clarify for anyone reading: First, necromancy may be partially genetic. It's implied to run in families to some extent (otherwise, reigning families of necromancers wouldn't be an established practice) and while that may be more a matter of exposure to the energies than actual genetics, it's not stated anywhere that genetics play no part. Just that they aren't the only or most important part (which is being born in system on a necromantic world). Necromancers can have non-adept children, and vice versa, but there is likely some correlation otherwise you wouldn't have heriditary titles and family lines of necromancers. Second, the way this describes the "Necromantic Scion" thing is misleading. "Scion" just means child/descendant, and in this case the term means that they act as a representative for their house, not that they rule it. They aren't necessarily the official leaders of their planets, in fact from what the letter Harrow reads says they are explicitly NOT intended to be. As far as anyone (probably including the Emperor at that point) is concerned, she is the daughter of the rulers of the ninth house, not its leader. She probably is known to be the strongest necromancer, however, and definitely known to be the Reverend Daughter. So it's addressed to her parents, requesting her. Similarily, most of the other scions have titles but NOT titles which would indicate supreme leadership ("princess" instead of queen, duchess, Captain, etc.), and it would make logical sense that the honor of becoming a Lyctor and thus having to leave the system would be bestowed on the families of the rulers rather than rulers themselves for political and stability reasons, and on the best possible necromancers for practicality reasons. The sole exception to this that I can recall is Palamedes, who is the Master Warden which is implied to be a powerul title- but the sixth is also suggested to be an at least somewhat meritocratic society so this is probably the only situation where "best necromancer" and "ruling necromancer" would be indisputably the same. This would also explain why so many of the scions skew so young (late teens to mid twenties for many of them) because they're the children of/related to the people in power rather than holding complete power in their own right. And again, Lyctors have to leave the system, the Emperor wanted as many Lyctors as possible from the trials, and the trials themselves were dangerous. Intentionally removing the rulers from all eight of the Houses at once would be unwise for a number of reasons.

[@loadeddice7831]

Silas is the head of the Eighth, Abigail of the Fifth and Isaac is technically the ruler of the Fourth (though given his age he likely has never done any actual ruling). Silas mentions it explicitly when talking to Colum, Abigail took Magnus as her Cavalier only after taking up the position five years before GtN, and Isaac inherited the title of Baron from his deceased father.

[@Yakerina]

... when one kid in three is an adept, the heads of the house just count their necromancers born. and only if it's artificially done will it be exact numbers. maybe harrow's mother accidentally did her own babies in by trying to make them necromancers, but they have to already be necromancers...

[@KimKimeraKimes]

*glares at the last bit of the exposition*

[@HarperEvolution]

Big side-eye to it, yeah. Wanted to see a different individual in that art style.

[@mazatl2341]

I love love love that you made palamedes's glasses pentagons

[@loupgarou95]

Hexagons! For the 6 sides. The Greek prefix penta- is 5, hexa- is 6.

[@twig_a_liz]

@@loupgarou95 Although, considering Palamedes' last name having a more latin origin, would it not make more sense to call them sexagons? Sex Pal wearing Sexagon glasses

[@robinnewmiller2713]

I will use this as an advertisement to convince my friends to read TLT.

[@parasitic.morality]

the nerdy palamades animations are everything to me

[@Letalis86]

I am in the middle of Gideon the Ninth and this helped a ton to clarify the houses and what they do, thank you!

[@twig_a_liz]

Thanks Sex Pal and Cam! But fr, I love that it reads like Palamedes explaining to the audeince what the hell is happening because no one else has or will bother

[@Orange-tf3bf]

The animations for the different necromantic specialties were so cool!

[@kathmblair]

When the internet horrifyingly knowing all the things you do online results in a perfect recommendation! I love your Palamedes and his six-sided glasses.

[@Acebender]

I'm now neck deep in Harrow the Ninth, but this is still great because one of the things that made it difficult for me to get into Gideon the Ninth was understanding the lore and how fast they throw you into the deep end

[@silly_goob]

I'm one of the nerds who wants to figure stuff out by herself but I also know that I won't catch everything from my first reading of the book so I'm going to save this video for later. For now, the illustrations are so well-done and cute and the narration is interesting, thank you for this video!

[@eliasapollo4131]

I didn't know you had a yt channel??? This is such a lovely surprise, your tumblr blog has been one of my favourites since you started drawing cr fanart! This is a fantastic introduction to tlt, i can only hope for more tlt content on here 🙏

[@the.chekhov]

Thanks! I don't usually advertise it a lot because I'm not very good at video making yet, and I don't plan to monetize it, I just like the process. Maybe I'll make other stuff as well!

[@ElysianLys]

The way I literally finished all three books but still haven't internalized most of the info about the houses and their specialties (aside from sixth and ninth and yes that's totally a coincidence!) Thanks so much for this, I appreciate all the work that went into making such a fantastic primer!

[@drskelebone]

Pal would 100% explain things to death. XD

[@twig_a_liz]

I mean- He kinda did...

[@dragon9261]

My friend sent this so that I might get into the series, and the way my chemistry final riddled brain IMMEDIATELY woke up after hearing about CORPSE BOMBS

[@catnerdadrian7601]

Hope you like anatomy too cuz they get into the nitty gritty of specific parts sometimes

[@Piorn]

Love how just from the list of houses, most people would guess the Ninth to be the villain.

[@emilyaw3831]

Something to note is that scion also means heir. All of the necromantic scions are also heirs to ruling their respective planets, though this isn't always hereditary.

[@lunalu2174]

I wish I had seen this before starting the book! It would have made the reading process less confusing, but now that I have finished the book, I can see I was not too far off, pretty rewarding! Great job! I´m trying to explain the book to my boyfriend and I might just send him this video since it is better than anything I could come up with.

[@geffbob8960]

You should tell your boyfriend that he's amazing and rob a bank and give him all the money

[@rosegallo5305]

This is super cute! I love how you depict the necromancy

[@katiematten4452]

Just started the book and was feeling lost. Off to youtube I went, knowing that someone somewhere had done the work and presented it in a digestible way. Tada! This is it. But beyond that, the art is incredible and has made me more excited to dive into this world. Thanks so much Chekhov!

[@the.chekhov]

Glad to hear it! :D Have fun reading, it's a wild ride!

[@Kyo10001]

Late to the party and I found this video by complete accident from an animated music video that i also discovered by accident. This made made me want to read the books. In fact, i bought the first one as I watched this video. Great work!

[@mazatl2341]

I LOVE YOUR PROTISTELAUS DESIGN? woah woah woah I adore your designs for everyone so much I am insane about your Harrow

[@juliaglendenning6556]

Bless your bones for uploading this 🙌🙏

[@mlamferreira]

3:40 ring poem, is that you? great video, this all sounds very promising. will be ordering the first book soon

[@mizsparrow]

thaLergy - - > Life thaNergy - - > Necromancy

[@the.chekhov]

Oh that's a neat way to remember that!

[@CrowCoded]

Actually, that's exactly how I've taught myself the difference too LMAO.

[@idobelieveinfaeries]

This was very educational :) made me want to get back on Tumblr for the fan art :( but thanks for fuelling my obsession, reading this trilogy is preserving my life force like Dulicinea rn

[@VanillaAnimations]

12:00 Me, just finished reading GtN: but.. wait, i thought gideon was.. Me, after finished reading HtN: oh.

[@catnerdadrian7601]

I mean he was the cavalier primary for the longest time before he noped out

[@Basementcryptid]

Legally, he probably still is. I doubt anyone bothered to update the paperwork before Harrow and Gideon left.

[@Pine-m6h]

*shakes violently with love and excitement* Hey, this is very good and I love it and I love your art, and I love the way you shaded the portraits, and *inhaling wheeze* thank you for making and sharing this.

[@abab7601]

Thank you for this video! I tried to start the series multiple times but always found the amount of characters and info you get straight from the beginning kinda overwhelming. This definitely makes things more clear!

[@sapphinese]

Almost screamed when the Palamedes sprite showed up bc ofc he’s the one explaining this for us

[@macoppy6571]

This is excellent to mine for use in Keith Baker's Karrnath, Khorvaire, Eberron TTRPG setting.

[@shay5555]

I love seeing your art on tumblr and this is such a great introduction to the series! I hope you get to illustrate an official full length Locked Tomb graphic novel someday.

[@vani9358]

thank you for making this! this helped me so much after reading the first 4 chapters of the first book and being very lost in the sauce

[@andrewmathewson341]

Tysm for this, I've had the first book sitting on my "to-read" pile for months and now I feel more confident about diving in! I may love worldbuilding, but something of this depth I appreciate knowing before getting started.

[@pacerdaisy]

I have come back to this video so many times. Thank you for making it. I absolutely love it. I'm on my seventh re-reding of the series.

[@renakellner4448]

I have read all three books twice and still barely understand the necromancy aspect, yet I still love every word written 😂

[@Hallszman]

Nice, good work, I really appreciate the brief explanation.

[@katbrechtel499]

Yo this was better than most of the educational videos I watched in school. Well put together, understandable, with great visuals. Nice job!

[@anina4358]

Thank you so much! I might finally read it now - I am embarrassed to say that I started and now it lingers in my shelf for months.

[@StopStealingMySandwich]

This is such a good break down!! It’s definitely useful for anyone just getting into the books!

[@sarah.s.flanagan]

Absolutely delighted to find the creator of my favorite SU comic is out here making Gideon content

[@cinnorris5692]

This was fabulous. I've read the books several times and this explained some things I hadn't realized I'd even missed. Thank you!

[@HellyeahRook]

Oh damn I wish this existed when I first read the books! Great explaining of the lore for the Locked Tomb books.

[@XCitrusOda]

Amazing! This is such a fun watch.

[@gadzooks2763]

This video is a godsend, and what I needed a year ago

[@ravnholt]

that was some amazing character potraits =D

[@teodorapetkovic]

This was sooooo good! Amazing job!!! Now I wish every book had an official introduction.

[@valeried5173]

Just finished the first book yesterday 😂 wish I knew this guide existed before reading cuz I listened to the audiobook on 1.25 speed and uhh got confused about some of the characters like up to the finale lol. Thanks for making it so brief and understandable!

[@hanahnh]

THIS IS SOOOO GOOD! THANKS

[@roseghouled_]

Im almost halfway thru the book and i love it! But i was confused about the types of necromancy, so thanks! Also the clips of you trying to pronounce the words at the end is so funny, there are definitely a few words i pronounce differently than you 😂

[@velvet_echo]

Followed you elsewhere, did not know you had a youtube! This video is great

[@cowriey]

this is so high quality :-) im on my third reread of the series and im still learning LOL

[@danielagutierrez7809]

I absolutely love this

[@jennyawesome1711]

Yoooo! I’ve been following you for ages on tumblr and just found out you had a you had a KZbin account! Awesome to find u here!

[@the.chekhov]

@@jennyawesome1711 haha hey thanks! :D

[@fabi2994]

I'll be using this to make my friends start reading gtn. thanks!

[@captainwatercress]

This is so cool!

[@Julykus]

I'm wholeheartedly agree with your last statement 😆

[@shirley5006]

Bro this was really helpful! I learned new things, and this is coming from someone who's been raw dogging the books 'till Nona the Ninth lmao

[@alsamil6716]

Beautiful

[@GabsAEstranha]

THANK YOU.... I am a note taker but DAMN MY NOTES CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH

[@AntEaterAjay]

Marta,Judith(cav)-2nd house Caronabeth,ianthe,naberius(cav)-3rd house isaak,jeannemarie(cav)-4th house Magnus(cav),Abigail-5th house Palamedies,Camilla(cav)-6th house Dulcinea,protesolauis(cav)-7th house Colum(cav),silas-8th houses harrowhark,gideon(cav)-9th houses

[@neelek204]

Absolutely love this ❤

[@Knifesistaken]

Maybe Neberius Tern should have spent more time collecting intelligence, nowhatImean? Great summary, thanks!

[@daco8160]

También usaré el video para engatusar a mis amigos para que se lean los libros 😈 ¡gracias!

[@Omahdon]

about to shove this at all my friends' faces in an effort to convince them to read these books with me o: please my friends join us in the tlt soup. we got bones in there.

[@kevynzero]

man Im gonna have to read this now arnt I? Sci fi necormagic high fantasy? that sounds awesome

[@doxielain2231]

Gideon is the Gen X of the House

[@Fritz-co4pb]

Oh yeah the lesbian necromancer books i listened to the ausiobooks of while working in a welding factory for a few months. I have like 3 memories of them just know they were kinda good. No idea what the plot was

[@deathangel7335]

Well crap. Now I have yet another thing I need to get into. 📚

[@EZ-fj7ck]

❤

[@kiladaemon6351]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@honeywasp7839]

im under the impression that only the ninth and the first can raise whole skeletons from fragments? or is this just due to harrows.... aptitude for being a great necro

[@the.chekhov]

I believe it was mentioned that only harrow could raise skeletons from fragments, yeah. But as for the first... I guess technically yes because they're all lyctors? Though none of them specialized in bone magic.

[@PromiscuousTimeTraveler]

Tee hee! The narrator of this KZbin video called me The meatiest of jocks.. then used terminology like overclocking... I'm going to fit in here, aren't I?

[@maddragonriseowo1278]

Jajajja read all the books and there will be things you still don’t understand

[@BlueberrySmith]

Thanks Sex Pal!