Pythia
Names: Pythiathe LadyDear Mother
First appears in Book 1: The Dreaming Void, chapter 9 (Inigo’s fourth dream)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Dreaming Void
- Ch 11Has blocked the astronomical association's bid for Guild status for seven centuries, calling astronomy near-heretical.
- Ch 13The Pythia looks like a beautiful woman not yet fifty; she says Edeard has very strong potential and a long way to travel.
- Ch 13The Pythia is addressed as Dear Mother; she says only one true Lady exists.
- Ch 13Rumour says the Pythia uses a concealment ability to twist her features; she is over a hundred and fifty years old.
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 4The Pythia announced she would never bar anyone from entering Eyrie to attend the Lady's church.
- Ch 7A religious leader; Kristabel is distantly related and offers to arrange an appointment for Edeard.
- Ch 7The Pythia witnessed Chae's spirit through Edeard's gifting and blessed his passing; she wants to speak with Edeard about his connection to the spirit world.
- Ch 9Edeard found his previous meeting with the Pythia uncomfortable; her authority made him feel like a scolded child.
Connections
- family ofKristabeldistantly related
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 13Reception meetings
Edeard meets Masters Graley and Imilan, the Pythia, who finds his potential strong, and is confronted by Mistress Florell, whom the Mayor steers away.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Death of Sergeant Chae
Medath's body falls and crushes Chae. Edeard gifts his perception so everyone, including the Pythia, sees Chae's spirit, which departs toward the nebulae.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Edeard's soul dream
Edeard wakes from another dream of souls rising from Makkathran; Kristabel comforts him and he reflects on the Lady's scriptures and his unease about the Pythia.
- Book 2 · Ch 12Edeard and Kristabel's wedding
Edeard marries Kristabel in a church ceremony led by the Pythia, attended by guild masters, constables and Mayor Finitan; Salrana sends regrets.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Procession to the tower
Edeard lifts Finitan, and with Dinlay and the doctor they go by gondola to the Lady's church, where the Pythia, Kanseen, Kristabel and Macsen join them heading to a tower.
- Book 3 · Ch 5The Skylord claims Finitan
A vast Skylord flies over Makkathran. The tower flares with light, Finitan's body turns to ash and his spectral soul is taken up by the Skylord to the Heart. The Skylord promises its kindred will return, and Edeard feels he has won.