Sister Aisamorta (EYE-sa-mor-tah) is a Nun of the Locked Tomb, sister to Sister Lachrimorta, and great-aunt to Harrowhark Nonagesimus. The sisters were blinded in their service to Ninth House, and keep the family's darkest secrets.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Sister Aisamorta participated in the plot to create a great necromantic heir through House genocide. She and her sister spent weeks carefully calculating and measuring the organophosphates that would need to be pumped into the Ninth House nursery in order to kill every child and release their precious thanergy. The poison they released caused them to go blind.
Gideon the Ninth[]
Act I[]
Aisamorta attends the muster called by Harrow. She sings a hymnal with her sister, but otherwise does not participate in the dramatics surrounding the announcement of the Emperor's summons.
One the day that Harrow and Gideon depart for the First House, Aisamorta and her sister attend the sending-off gathering and pray silently on their beads with rest of the attending Ninth House.
Appearance and Personality[]
Gideon first describes Sister Aisamorta as thus:
"Blessed Sister Lachrimorta and Blessed Sister Aisamorta were unaltered. They were still tiny, their faces still tight, grey-painted dribbles, and as the Ninth was free from miracles, they were still blind. They had black bands tied over their faces with white, staring eyes painted on the front." [1]
The sisters are incredibly dour and serious women. Their devotion to their House is ironclad, and they have proved they will unflinchingly perform the most heinous of acts to protect their House.
Powers & Abilities[]
Possessions[]
- Prayer Beads: Aisamorta possess two sets of prayer beads (knucklebones, threaded on cords).[2]
- Blindfold: Aisamorta and her sister wear identical black bands with white eyes painted on them.[2]
Relationships[]
Lachrimorta[]
Aisamorta and her sister have an incredible close bond—one that sees them acting as a unit rather than separate people. Though little is known about the specifics of their relationship, they have never been seen apart or acting individually.
Trivia[]
- "Aisa-" is taken from the Greek word for fate or destiny. [3]
References[]
- ↑ "Gideon the Ninth," Act I, Ch. 3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Gideon the Ninth," Act I, Ch. 3
- ↑ "Gideon the Ninth," A Little Explanation of Naming Systems