Egarwaen
(He/Him)
So @Lucas noticed something interesting:
JG is the main one who uses modern memes a lot, and he's also an extreme phone addict. One way of interpreting this is as a hint that JG is contemporary. We know he predates the other Lyctors by an enormous amount of time, and seems to be the only character with direct knowledge of what killed the solar system in the first place.
This implies that the First House is Earth, which syncs up with the descriptions in Gideon. But that also tells us some other interesting things!
The First House - Earth
The Second House - The Cohort - are obviously on Mars, of course, being the god of war.
The Sixth House - The Wardens - Mercury, whose Greek analog, Hermes, is a god of boundaries. We know from the end of Harrow that they're closest to Dominicus, as everyone's very concerned about them getting obliterated by even a tiny fluctuation in the star.
The Ninth House - Keepers of the Locked Tomb - Pluto, the lord of the underworld and farthest planet-ish-thing from the Sun.
So if this is right, we should be able to work out where the other houses are...
The Third House - The Procession, The House of the Shining Dead - Saturn, a god of plenty in the Roman pantheon
The Fourth House - The Emperor's Sword - Jupiter, as the chief deity of the Roman state. They're represented by a skull crowned with laurels.
The Fifth House - Watchers over the River - Neptune, apparently originally associated with springs, lakes, and rivers prior to becoming a God of the Sea... Though could also be a hint that the River being a river is an extreme misnomer.
The Seventh House - The Rose Unblown - probably Venus
The Eighth House - The Forgiving House - Uranus, since the name is ironic and they're actually judgmental bastards. (And as @Octopus Prime pointed out... They're assholes)
The Houses based on a gas giant are likely actually on moons, but I don't think that changes the correspondences much.
This implies that the First House is Earth, which syncs up with the descriptions in Gideon. But that also tells us some other interesting things!
The First House - Earth
The Second House - The Cohort - are obviously on Mars, of course, being the god of war.
The Sixth House - The Wardens - Mercury, whose Greek analog, Hermes, is a god of boundaries. We know from the end of Harrow that they're closest to Dominicus, as everyone's very concerned about them getting obliterated by even a tiny fluctuation in the star.
The Ninth House - Keepers of the Locked Tomb - Pluto, the lord of the underworld and farthest planet-ish-thing from the Sun.
So if this is right, we should be able to work out where the other houses are...
The Third House - The Procession, The House of the Shining Dead - Saturn, a god of plenty in the Roman pantheon
The Fourth House - The Emperor's Sword - Jupiter, as the chief deity of the Roman state. They're represented by a skull crowned with laurels.
The Fifth House - Watchers over the River - Neptune, apparently originally associated with springs, lakes, and rivers prior to becoming a God of the Sea... Though could also be a hint that the River being a river is an extreme misnomer.
The Seventh House - The Rose Unblown - probably Venus
The Eighth House - The Forgiving House - Uranus, since the name is ironic and they're actually judgmental bastards. (And as @Octopus Prime pointed out... They're assholes)
The Houses based on a gas giant are likely actually on moons, but I don't think that changes the correspondences much.