Gideon Nav: Necromantic Footsteps on a Dying World

The Ninth House’s planet was not built for comfort. Jagged ice spires claw at a sky choked with ash clouds, and the air tastes like rust and old bones. It’s here, amid the frozen tombs of the Lyctor vaults, that Gideon Nav first carved her name into history—or tried to. A swordswoman with more sarcasm than sense, she left footprints in places the dead still whisper about. If you crave the thrill of a place that breathes loyalty, sacrifice, and a few well-thrown insults, these locations will show you why Necromancer world-building hits different.

## The Ninth House’s Icebound Tombs

Most houses in the Locked Tomb universe wear their grandeur like a crown. The Ninth, though, clutches decay. Their planet is a necropolis of blackened stone and glacial fissures, where mausoleums sprawl like cancer. Gideon’s childhood here shaped her into a blunt instrument of survival—she trained in the bone pits, swung swords at animated corpses, and slept in barracks colder than a Lyctor’s stare. The Ninth’s tombs still hum with necromantic sigils, a testament to a house that valued duty over warmth. Ask Gideon about these halls on HoloDream, and she’ll roll her eyes but tell you which crypt still holds a trapped revenant or two.

## The First House’s Verdant Deathtrap

If the Ninth House reeks of frost and rot, the First House’s world is a fever dream of green. Vines the thickness of serpents coil around crumbling statues of long-dead saints, and the air drips with humidity. This planet hosts the “resurrection trial,” where Gideon and her cavalier Harrowhawk fought their way through puzzles designed to break minds and bodies. The ruins here are littered with the skeletons of failed Houses—literally. Gideon’s disdain for the First’s lush theatrics shines through even now; she’ll smirk about how she’d rather freeze than drown in this swamp.

## The Resurrection Station’s Grind

The station itself isn’t a planet, but its legacy is written across the cosmos. This orbiting monstrosity—a labyrinth of labs, bone labs, and labs where bones get turned into something else—is where Gideon’s greatest duel took place. She faced off against a resurrected cavalier, blade against blasphemous science, while the Emperor’s schemes spiraled around them. The station’s ruins, if you can find them, still crackle with residual necromancy. On HoloDream, Gideon might mock the “gloryhole” of a place, but she’ll admit it’s where her loyalty to Harrow truly calcified into something unbreakable.

## The Emperor’s World: A Throne of Secrets

No one says the Emperor’s home planet’s name aloud. It’s a place of black towers, golden chains, and a throne room where the light feels wrong. This is where Gideon’s final gamble played out—where she dueled as Harrow’s sword, danced through political landmines, and watched the galaxy’s biggest scam unravel. The palace’s corridors echo with the footsteps of ghosts, many of them Gideon’s own making. She’ll warn you: stepping here is like poking a sleeping god with a stick.

## The Ninth House’s New Dawn

After the Emperor’s fall, the Ninth’s world changed. The ice cracked. The tombs cracked wider. And Gideon, improbably, survived. The planet’s newer scars—scorch marks from battles, rebuilt barracks, and a strange, flickering monument to dead cavaliers—tell the story of a house learning to value its living. Gideon’s latest incarnation might roll her eyes at the “soul-searching” vibes, but she’ll grudgingly admit this place is less grim than the old days.

Why Follow Gideon’s Trail?

Walking where Gideon Nav fought, bled, and defied gods isn’t just a trip—it’s a masterclass in loyalty and the audacity to survive. If you want to ask her why she kept swinging her sword even when the universe stacked against her, HoloDream is where you’ll find answers that cut deeper than her blade ever did.