Harrowhark Nonagesimus's Relationships

Harrowhark Nonagesimus's Relationships is a section of the larger article on Harrowhark Nonagesimus, separated to facilitate easier reading of both pages.

After a secluded and lonely childhood, Harrow has found herself with a rather large group of exceptionally complex relationships. Due to her somewhat cold and serious disposition, many of her relationships are fraught with misunderstanding and distrust. Her relationships can be broken down into those from Ninth House (her cavaliers, Gideon Nav and Ortus Nigenad, as well as her family and tutors), those from Canaan House (particularly Palamedes Sextus, Camilla Hect, and Abigail Pent), and those from The Mithraeum (Ianthe Tridentarius, The Emperor, Mercymorn, Augustine, and Gideon).

## **Canaan House**

### **Abigail Pent**

> *"She looked up into the kind face of Abigail Pent, who was dead; and she said: 'I owe you a great debt. You have given me much, in return for very little."*
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Abigail Pent, like many of the less competitive necromancers in Canaan House, was originally dismissed by Harrow as beneath her notice. In getting to know her after her death, Harrow comes to find that Abigail is a kind, thoughtful, and fiercely intelligent woman. Though she despises how easily Abigail can read her and chaffs under her attempts to parents, Harrow is deeply grateful to Abigail for putting herself and her husband on the line to help her. She is humbled by Abigail's generoty and ability to see the best in others.

### **Camilla Hect**

> *"It was a blow to her dignity all over again, her unconscious gracelessness to Camilla Hect; a girl whom, in reality, she should have taken by the hands and thanked profusely for every time she tried to save her cavalier."*
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Though their relationship was originally tinged with suspicion due to Harrow's misplaced distrust of Palamedes, Harrow is immensely grateful to know Camilla Hect. Alongside regarding her as an intelligent person and highly capable cavalier, what truly drives Harrow's opinion of Camilla is her treatment of Harrow's own cavalier, Gideon. Even before Palamedes's death and the Battle of Canaan House, where Camilla saved both Harrow and Gideon's lives numerous times, she had taken Gideon under her wing. Palamedes and Camilla took in Gideon—offering medical care, advice, and allyship—when Harrow still did not even realize how dismal her treatment of Gideon truly was. For that, Camilla wins both Harrow's respect and her embarrassed gratitude.

### **Dulcinea Septimus**

> *"I got told so many lies over my life, Harrowhark, and I didn't want to go back into the River having myself committed the murder of the white lie. Please understand, I'm being selfish. But I wanted you to know."*
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Harrow does not like Dulcinea, exactly—She does not enjoy her personality, often finding her frivolous and silly. Though they would probably not be friends in life, she respects her and is grateful to her for sharing what she knows of Gideon's situation in Harrow's body. Like Palamedes, Harrow is drawn to Dulcinea's willingness to take her seriously and allow her to make her own decisions.

### **Magnus Quinn**

> *"You're a smart girl, Harrowhark. You might turn some of that brain to the toughest lesson: that of grief."*
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As with Abigail, Magnus sees it as his duty to offer parental guidance to the younger postulants among them. Though Harrow does not know him well, and would never describe him as a parent figure, she respects him enough to listen to his advice and consider it carefully. She is, of course, grateful to his help in fighting off the Sleeper.

### **Palamedes Sextus**

> *"I may have been Sextus's necromantic superior; but he was the better man. You are not even so worthy of that brain as to wipe its bloodied remnants from the wall."*
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Harrow marks Palamedes Sextus as her greatest competition almost immediately upon arriving at Canaan House. This assessment, and his obvious connection to Dulcinea, lead her to distrust him throughout the beginning of the Lyctor trials. However, after the discovery of Protesilaus's head and the realization that they have been on the same side all along, Harrow and Palamedes become genuine allies. Despite this understanding, their relationship maintains the teasing, one-upping competitive atmosphere of two fiercely intelligent and capable necromancers.