harrowhark nonagesimus,
who wants to live so badly—not for herself, not because she thinks she deserves it, but because it is her duty. harrowhark who lives every day with the knowledge that she is two hundred sons and daughters of her house. harrow, who lives every day with the knowledge that she is the only hope the entire 9th house has for survival. harrow, who knows that she was engineered to be a great necromancer, and spends every waking hour studying and working to be the greatest necromancer of her generation.
harrow, who says “i am a war crime,” “i’m an abomination,” “of course i wouldn’t be worth it”
(also harrow, who at ten years old got tired of being an entire generation’s worth of dead children? who decided to die, and then decided to live, and then ended up losing her entire family in one fell swoop? oh my god)