Locke Lamora

Memory #14: False-Facing & False Priesthood Training (p. 509, implied)

2014-02-10T17:47:05Z

As a teenager, Locke spent years training to be a priest of the Crooked Warden. This particular training montage took place mostly offstage, sadly, so mostly what we know are the little bits of theology and ceremony we see elsewhere. We do, however, know that Locke also received training in at least two and possibly as many as four other priestly orders, those of other gods - under false pretenses, so he could learn how to fake being an acolyte of any deity he chose. The whole gang he was with did this, and then shared notes with one another so that they all had the capability to sham any priesthood they desired - blasphemy, of course, but one of the things we learn is that divines of the Nameless Thirteenth have one arguably magical passive ability - immunity to divine retribution for sacrilege or blasphemy.

Anyway, this is Locke's memory of all that training. A smug teenager having to get serious about the study of theology. I cannot imagine it went well or easily, but it took - Locke's piety in his priestly service is one of his most notable and unwavering attributes.

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Memory #13: The Boy Who Cried For A Corpse.

2014-02-10T17:37:28Z

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+10 sober reflection
+20 joy of the con
+10 sense of responsibility
+10 how the fuck did I kill a thief at age 7

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Memory Writeup #12: The Five-Year Game, Infinite Variation Pt. II: Back to Business in Karthain

2014-01-04T08:35:27Z

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+50 WHY IN THE FUCK IS HE WORKING FOR THE BONDSMAGI?
+50 WHY IN THE FUCK IS HE WORKING FOR THE BONDSMAGI?
+50 WHY IN THE FUCK IS HE WORKING FOR THE BONDSMAGI?

+25 curiosity about Sabetha

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Memory Writeup #11: The Amusement War.

2014-01-04T06:45:49Z

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+100 hatred of the entitlement of the rich
+50 sometimes I can't help and that's the worst fucking feeling in the world
+75 shonen determination. One day I will remember pissing on the embers of your vile carbuncle of a city.

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Memory Writeup #10: A Strained Conversation.

2014-01-04T06:11:00Z

I'm going to say he took so long to take this one because something about crowns make him faintly uneasy.

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+100 WHAT THE FUCK
+100 PARANOIA
+100 I MUST NOT LET MY FRIENDS DOWN

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Memory Writeup #9: Last Reminiscence: By Their Own Rope

2014-01-04T05:05:25Z

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Ramifications:
+150 Serious Priestly Devotion because otherwise I would have killed that bastard
-20 Tolerance For Stupidity because gods-damn-it I wanted to kill that bastard
+50 I HATE CLIMBING HIGH PLACES ALWAYS END TERRIBLY FOR ME

... and if he's reading this right, +50 patience. The long con they're working in Tal Verrar takes them at least two and a half years.

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theliesof @ 2013-12-08T14:49:00

2013-12-08T21:09:04Z

( Kink Chart )

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Locke as Jean as Oberon.

2013-11-19T19:02:21Z

[play threading goes here; tag with act & scene!]

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IC Continuations.

2013-11-11T17:29:05Z

[Nothing to see here, folks]

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Memory #8: What Chains Said afterward.

2013-11-01T03:16:43Z

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+50 "fuck authority, I do what I think is right by my weird ethical system"

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Memory Write-Up #7: Summer's End; RSURS 385-405

2013-11-01T03:09:39Z

( Read more... )At no point does Locke remember what the fuck he was doing on a boat.

+100 this is what it feels like to be in it over your head
+50 lying solves some problems but not all of them
+50 ability to mount a panicked filibuster
+50 piety over practicality
+10 nautical miscellanea

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Kissing Game Postgame Analysis.

2013-10-19T23:55:56Z

Locke had a very strange game. Three days ago he specifically let Natasha know he was angling for her romantically; she said she wanted more memories, he put things on hold. Two days ago he stole Kira’s fingertrap. Yesterday he slept with Kira, gave it back, and got slapped. THIS IS CONFUSING ENOUGH AS IT IS. So of course a game promoting casual physical intimacy makes it even weirder.

Let’s break it down chronologically. He kissed Dorian, Sinbad, Canna/Clover, Natasha, Selenia, Kira, Briar, Naha, Smoke/Ahad, Rin, Radu, Obsidian, Sunshine, Mirage, Beauty, Madame White, David, and Dean.

In thread order, I thiiink his kiss with Dorian was the very first kiss in the game? Anyway, he meant it to be. Another example of Locke being reckless with Personae just.. to show he can? Not terribly meaningful.

Kissing Sinbad was a playful thing, basically just a conversational gambit for control, but I will say it was one of two kisses with a guy where he said “that was fun and I might do it again.” Which I did not expect. So. Something to consider.

Kissing Selenia, Briar, Ahad, Radu, Obsidian, David, & Dean… all of those were entirely about the game. There was a friendly element with a lot of them, and kissing a dragon was about bragging rights, but basically the conversations were more meaningful than the kiss. Mirage is kind of a border case because of all the banter and flirting, Locke was sort of like “well maybe kissing dudes is okay I guess?” Which made Dean more awkward because. Nope. Kissing dudes is still weird.

Basically, Locke is straighter than I am.

Kissing Canna/Clover was something he paid specific attention to because it was the first kiss of the game with someone he found physically attractive? And the blushing was fun, and they both got into it a little. Ideally, from his perspective, it would have been better if every kiss in the game was like this one. He’s a little curious whether she was just embarrassed or whether she’d be interested in doing it again, but it’s a mild thing and mitigated by some of the more serious stuff later.

Natasha, on the other hand… he was just going to talk to her. But she… reeled him in when he was going to stay back? And wow, it was everything he’d been hoping it would be, and it seemed to mean something to her too, and then… she apologized? Which deeply baffled him. Anyway, he’s still very very much interested and that was a definite Moment of some sort.

Kira and Locke got a short span of time to chat and iron out some misunderstandings. He acknowledged his attraction was real, they made out a lot because Kira Issues (and he was brazen enough to still ask for a kiss), and as far as he can see things are still fraught and up in the air. He’s definitely interested in something, but he’s not positive what. He also has deliberately not yet begun to ponder how the Kira & Natasha situations might effect one another, if they would.

You know, Matt-the-player isn’t that interested in women who intimidate him, but based on who I play you’d never guess that wasn’t an ironclad kink of mine.

Naha. Well. Naha is really hot. There were wine metaphors. Locke told Sinbad later that she had nice… grapes. But I think he emotionally disengaged a bit at this point because he realized that his kissing life is complicated enough as it is. Still, if he had things figured out, he wouldn’t mind doing that again. He just didn’t mean it when he told her he’d like to do that again. Or rather, he’d like to, but he doesn’t intend to.

Rin is fun to mess with.

Sunshine. Sort of Canna, part 2? Here’s a younger lady who seems attracted to him & who he has a previously established flirting relationship (which is more than he had with Canna before, they have a previously established let’s-get-revenge relationship). Kissing her was a great deal of fun, but after his distancing with Naha, he deliberately gave himself some mental space on this one. Unless Steph pursued him in some way, he doesn’t want another layer of complications.

Beauty (and Mal). So he actually wanted to kiss Mal and just sort of wanted to tease Beauty, and then Beauty (TOTALLY JUSTIFIABLY) zapped and chastised him when he tried to ‘steal’ a kiss, because Locke is dumb and dumber around Personae; & Mal & Allison also chastised him, and… *in context* he learned a lesson here, which is that Beauty has more steel in her than he thought, and that tempers but doesn’t remove her vulnerability, and… he won’t mess with her again. And then she danced with him, and was patient with him, and let him kiss her, and his respect for her and dere for her went up A LOT.

And then Mal was less charmed by him and he totally blew any chance he might have had to kiss her, and this is leading to a lot of Thought about Sterling and Onyx, and probably the first real thoughts he’s had about moderating his behavior. Like, from stealing from Jaina and getting a trauma memory, he learned “be careful about memories” but nothing about more generalized caution. Stealing from Madame White lead him to want to know what he was doing. Stealing from Old Joe reminded him of how tricky Personas can be. Stealing from Kira reminded him that he can hurt his friends and trigger unforeseen consequences.

And yet, trying to steal a kiss from Beauty is the first time he’s done something and had the thought “my behavior as a whole may need some modification, the problem here is general and not specific.”

Locke is not terribly self-aware.

Madame White. The kiss itself wasn’t meaningful in any way but it did get him thinking about patron options and persona relations and his role as a knight and how he could find alternate ways to live up to hit. his lecture by Allison helped with that, too.

So there’s a lot of substance here for him to deal with, moving forward.

It’s not the KISSING in kissing games that leads me to do extensive postgame analysis. It’s the brief, intense one-on-one CR with a dozen plus characters and my need to keep it all straight and not space anything out.

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MEMORY #6: Little Games, Part Two.

2013-10-09T04:59:30Z

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MEMORY #5: A Minor Prophecy.

2013-09-25T03:48:28Z

This is the shortest memory in his registry.

Locke is fourteen, on the roof with his mentor, Father Chains, who's looking at him, slightly appalled.

“Some day, Locke Lamora,” he said, “some day, you’re going to fuck up so magnificently, so ambitiously, so overwhelmingly that the sky will light up and the moons will spin and the gods themselves will shit comets with glee. And I just hope I’m still around to see it.”
“Oh please,” said Locke. “It’ll never happen.”

+200 cockiness

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Inventory

2013-09-20T23:03:07Z

Boon from Madame White

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MEMORY #4: Justice Is Red/ The Bondsmage.

2013-09-20T06:58:35Z

( trigger warning: discussion of torture and mutilation )

+100 grief and rage and bloodlust
+50 stomach for dirty deeds
+50 vengefulness and spite
+50 some things are more important than revenge
+25 Jean is the only person in the world who truly matters to me
+150 You do not fuck with a Camorri's friends.

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Skill Writeup: Crooked Warden Priesthood.

2013-09-15T06:58:34Z

In Locke's world, the pantheon of gods most commonly worshiped is said to be twelve in number. Aza Guilla, Lady of the Long Silence; Azri; Callo Androno, the Eyes-on-the-Crossroads; Gandolo, Lord of Coin and Commerce; Dama Elliza - Mother of Rains and Reaping; Iono - Lord of Grasping Waters; Morgante - City Father, Lord of Noose and Trowel; Nara - Lady of Ubiquitous Maladies; Perelandro - Father of Mercies, Lord of the Overlooked; Sendovani, & Venaportha.

While their literal existence is debatable, their worship is a central part of life, and the tenets of their religion are very specific about their number. There are many ways to praise or appease them, rituals and sacrifices, distinct and respected orders of priesthood...

And then there's a less respected priesthood. A secret priesthood, generally speaking. Thieves worship the Nameless Thirteenth, also called the Crooked Warden, Thiefwatcher, Benefactor, Father of Necessary Pretexts. Like almost any priesthood, they have their own rites and traditions, and are rumored to have certain supernatural powers. Primarily, priests of the Nameless Thirteenth are said to be strangely immune to divine punishment for blasphemy - they regularly hide their heresy by posing as priests of other deities, normally an unthinkable act for which most people would expect divine retribution. They also bless deceased thieves and unfortunates, asking the Benefactor to place his thumb upon the scales when their souls are weighed. But there are two parts to their priestly traditions that are most vital.

First, the death-offering. Any follower of the Thirteenth, whether clergy or humble thief, is expected to make recompense if their actions cause the deaths of other thieves, directly or indirectly. The more the fault, or the greater the respect... the bigger the offering. Locke still doesn't remember details, but he's made some pretty damned big death-offerings in his time.

Second. The dogma of the Thirteenth is simple. Two commandments, no more.

Thieves prosper. The rich remember.

On a practical level, what this means for Locke is that as soon as he takes this skill he's going to be much more conscientious about his knighthood. He'll do a better job of looking after heroes, although he'll still lie and cheat just as much - but he'll want everyone to succeed, not just himself, and he'll go to great lengths to make that happen. This will be especially true of more roguish characters, but in general, well, everyone's trying to steal worlds back from the darkness. You're all under his damn keeping now, gods have pity on you/

He'll also redouble his efforts to trick, cheat, confound, or steal from Personae, especially those who mistreat heroes or act as if they're automatically deserving of respect because of their powers or station. The rich remember means nobody gets to put on airs, nobody gets to believe in their inherent superiority. This may also apply to knights and heroes, but the Personae are the obvious targets.

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MEMORY #3: The Half-Crown War.

2013-09-08T04:11:59Z

( Locke gets beat up a lot )

- to desire for an actual fight (already low).
+ to tendency to cheat or change the rules
+ to failure and punishment are fine if you get to fuck the other guy up
+ to Jean dere
+ to ego

... He's even more reckless because now he's not afraid to get hurt as long as he gets the job done.

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MEMORY #2

2013-08-31T19:27:28Z

Working for the Thiefmaker / Black Whisper at the Elderglass Vine (pages 16-25)

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Circumspect, Hell. Locke remembers his penchant for trouble and his flair for the dramatic. The lesson isn't don't pull dramatic and theatrical acts of deception. The lesson is don't let anyone catch you.

Locke is kind of a slow learner.

Also, he now knows he was lying about his name to everyone since the age of five.

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Starting Memory: Raven's Reach.

2013-07-24T16:55:36Z

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Skill Registry.

2013-07-18T20:03:04Z

positive skills
cooking
etiquette across a diverse range of cultural and class backgrounds
pick-pocketing and sleight of hand
disguises & knowledge of fashion
crafting & maintaining false identities
lock-picking
mediocre to poor swordfighting
mediocre math and accounting
Crooked Warden priesthood <-- PRIORITY
tactical planning
nautical skill
agriculture
modestly impressive athletic skills (running, jumping, climbing(specifically rapelling))
forgery
art appraisal
gambling
cheating at gambling
language skills (Therin, Vadran, Throne Therin, etc)
stealth skills (hiding, moving silently)
acting, voice mimicry and accents.

negative skills
erectile dysfunction
slow death by poison

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STATS for Aather.

2013-07-18T19:57:09Z

Name Lukas Fehrwight//Thorn//Lamora | Locke Lamora.
Age 28
Team Sterling (Knight).

Height/Build 5'10" slender.
Hair Color/Eye Color brown/hazel-brown.
Notable Traits No notable traits. SPECIFICALLY no notable traits.

Other (blank for now)

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Memory Registry.

2013-07-18T19:50:02Z

SIGNIFICANT POSTIVE

The Boy Who Cried For a Corpse (pages 250-275) Memory #13 Won Here Write-up Here

The Year That Followed/Jean Tannen (304-320)

Orchids and Assassins (544-578)

---- Crooked Warden Priesthood Training/Later Training (implied) (LOCKED)

---- Meeting Sabetha /The hanging (RoT sample chapter) (LOCKED)

The Half-Crown War (413-425) Memory #3 Earned Here, Write-Up Here

Scourging the Sea of Brass, RSURS 642-667

SIGNIFICANT NEUTRAL

Raven’s Reach (617-642) (STARTING MEMORY) Write-Up Here

Revenge against Bullies (Interlude: Locke Explains, p.84-90)

Sale to Father Chain / The Death Mark (page 25-38)

Locke Stays for Dinner (121-140)

So This Is Winning (716-719)

Back to Raven’s Reach (664-689)

The Grey King, Again (689-707)

Justice Is Red/The Bondsmage (647-663) Memory #4 Won Here Write-Up Here

Meeting Barsavi & Nazca (p.179-198)

What Chains Said Afterward (p. 198-199) & The Amusement War, RSURS 217-219 Memory #8 Won Here Writeup Here

Reminiscence: The Capa of Vel Virazzo RSURS 49-75

Requin: 2.1-2.3 RSURS 76-99

All Souls In Peril, RSURS 444-487

Points of Decision, RSURS 582-630

Settling Accounts, RSURS 702-750

Red Seas Under Red Skies, RSURS 751-760

SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE

Out the Window/The Funeral Cask (361-382; 393-412, 451-459)

Teeth Lessons (460-477)

At the Court of Capa Raza (482-503)

--- Catchfire orphan days (implied) (LOCKED)

Locke Explains (84-90)

A Strained Conversation RSURS 1-4 MEMORY #10 WON HERE WRITEUP HERE

--- Requin: 2.4; RSURS 99-105; Warm Hospitality RSURS 117-141 (LOCKED)

Little Games, RSURS, 25-48, MEMORY #6 WON HERE WRITEUP HERE
Between Brethren, RSURS 668-701

TRIVIAL POSITIVE

A Minor Prophecy (page 709) MEMORY #5 WON HERE Write-Up Here

Paying the Tithe/Barsavi & Bethrothal (pages 203-249)

Planning The Don Salvara Game (TLOLL, pages 41-59)

The Don Salvara Game begins (pages 65-79)

Second Touch/The Teeth Show (pages 91-120)

Imaginary Men/Salvara & The Midnighters (pages 141-178)

Little Games RSURS 5-25

Reminiscence: The Best-Laid Plans RSURS 106-116

All Else, Truth, RSURS 488-531 Memory #15 Won Here Write-Up Here

Port Prodigal, RSURS 532-581

TRIVIAL NEUTRAL

Adoption by the Thiefmaker (pages 7-14)

Working for the Thiefmaker / Black Whisper at the Elderglass Vine (pages 16-25) Won Here MEMORY #2 Write-up Here

Training/Three Months As a Farmer(383-392)

False-Facing & False Priesthood Training (p. 509, implied) Memory #14 WON HERE Write-up Here
The Salvara Game Continues (579-617)

The Fat Physicker (519-543)

Blind Alliances, 4.2 onward, RSURS 165-194

On a Clockwork River, RSURS 228-254

Last Reminiscence: By Their Own Rope, RSURS 255-275 MEMORY #9 WON HERE WRITEUP HERE

Balance of Trades, RSURS 276-339, flashback portions of Casting Loose, LOCKED

Casting Loose, RSURS 340-381, minus flashbacks

Summer’s End, RSURS 405-414; The Poison Orchid, RSURS 415-443
Back to Business in Karthain, RoT 8.3-8.7, MEMORY #12 WON HERE WRITEUP HERE

TRIVIAL NEGATIVE

The Grey KIng/Nice Bird, Asshole (pages 277-303)

Nazca’s Death/The Whorehouse (321-344)

---- Blind Alliances, 4.1, RSURS 161-165, LOCKED

Reminiscence: The Amusement War, RSURS 195-217, 219-227 MEMORY #11 WON HERE WRITEUP HERE
Summer’s End, RSURS 385-405 MEMORY # 7 WON HERE WRITEUP HERE

OTHER MEMORIES
Killing Jacen & Making Out With Jag from Jaina
This Memory from Laon
And this one from Jaina

positive skills
lying superbly well
---- confidence games (LOCKED)
etiquette across a diverse range of cultural and class backgrounds
pick-pocketing and sleight of hand (starting skill)
disguises & knowledge of fashion
crafting & maintaining false identities
lock-picking
mediocre to poor swordfighting Won Here
mediocre math and accounting
Crooked Warden priesthood Won Here
tactical planning
nautical skill
agriculture
modestly impressive athletic skills (running, jumping, climbing(specifically rapelling))
forgery
art appraisal
gourmet cooking
gambling
---- cheating at gambling (LOCKED)
language skills (Therin, Vadran, Throne Therin, etc)
stealth skills (hiding, moving silently) WON HERE
acting, voice mimicry and accents.

negative skills
erectile dysfunction
slow death by poison (LOCKED)

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Memory Registry (chronological).

2013-07-18T19:38:20Z

THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA

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Catchfire orphan days (implied)

Adoption by the Thiefmaker (pages 7-14)

Meeting Sabetha /The hanging (RoT sample chapter)

Working for the Thiefmaker / Black Whisper at the Elderglass Vine (pages 16-25)

Revenge against Bullies (Interlude: Locke Explains, p.84-90)

Sale to Father Chain / The Death Mark (page 25-38)

Locke Explains / Locke Stays for Dinner (84-90; 121-140)

Meeting Barsavi & Nazca (p.179-198)

What Chains Said Afterward (p. 198-199)

The Boy Who Cried For a Corpse (pages 250-275)

The Year That Followed/Jean Tannen (304-320)

Training/Three Months As a Farmer(383-392)

The Half-Crown War (413-425)

False-Facing & False Priesthood Training (p. 509, implied)

Crooked Warden Priesthood Training/Later Training (implied)

A Minor Prophecy (page 709)

FOURTEEN?? YEARS IN BETWEEN (implied; LOCKED)

Planning The Don Salvara Game (TLOLL, pages 41-59)

The Don Salvara Game begins (pages 65-79)

Second Touch/The Teeth Show (pages 91-120)

Imaginary Men/Salvara & The Midnighters (pages 141-178)

Paying the Tithe/Barsavi & Bethrothal (pages 203-249)

The Grey KIng/Nice Bird, Asshole (pages 277-303)

Nazca’s Death/The Whorehouse (321-344)

Out the Window/The Funeral Cask (361-382; 393-412, 451-459)

Teeth Lessons (460-477)

At the Court of Capa Raza (482-503)

The Fat Physicker (519-543)

Orchids and Assassins (544-578)

The Salvara Game Continues (579-617)

Raven’s Reach (617-642)

Justice Is Red/The Bondsmage (647-663)

Back to Raven’s Reach (664-689)

The Grey King, Again (689-707)

So This Is Winning (716-719)

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RED SEAS UNDER RED SKIES
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theliesof @ 2013-07-18T14:36:00

2013-07-18T19:37:15Z

( Aather Application )

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