Continued recap. Last time covered ancient events about the resurrection, and status quo of the empire in the 10,000 years since. This time covers the events from the last generation or so leading up to the books. Next time will discuss events during Gideon's lifetime.
I think the two bits I wished were book series in their own right were the swashbuckling emotional drama of John and the lyctors flirting and feuding with each other during their immortality, and Gideon and Harrowhark's emotionally charged feuding as teens. I guess being of Tumblr, Tamsin Muir knows that everyone can fill in those parts, and skipped to writing the "ok, after the necromancer relationship anime got SERIOUS" part :)
( Massive spoilers for everything )
As always I probably got some parts wrong. There's probably a few things which the books gestured towards which don't fit together perfectly too, which always makes it hard to be sure when you've read too much into it and when not.
If you're interested in other summaries, it's worth checking out someone's timeline: https://darkveracity.tumblr.com/post/638331299048849408/presenting-the-complete-locked-tomb-timeline and reading the fandom wiki for some of the most notable characters https://thelockedtomb.fandom.com/wiki/John_Gaius. I didn't find anywhere with a good list of "Unanswered questions and most likely answers" like there used to be for Wheel and Time and Name of the Wind, but browsing the entries reminded me of most of the confusing clues.
I think the two bits I wished were book series in their own right were the swashbuckling emotional drama of John and the lyctors flirting and feuding with each other during their immortality, and Gideon and Harrowhark's emotionally charged feuding as teens. I guess being of Tumblr, Tamsin Muir knows that everyone can fill in those parts, and skipped to writing the "ok, after the necromancer relationship anime got SERIOUS" part :)
( Massive spoilers for everything )
As always I probably got some parts wrong. There's probably a few things which the books gestured towards which don't fit together perfectly too, which always makes it hard to be sure when you've read too much into it and when not.
If you're interested in other summaries, it's worth checking out someone's timeline: https://darkveracity.tumblr.com/post/638331299048849408/presenting-the-complete-locked-tomb-timeline and reading the fandom wiki for some of the most notable characters https://thelockedtomb.fandom.com/wiki/John_Gaius. I didn't find anywhere with a good list of "Unanswered questions and most likely answers" like there used to be for Wheel and Time and Name of the Wind, but browsing the entries reminded me of most of the confusing clues.