Character · from book 4
Samantha
Psamathe, a minor deity banished to the Nothing by her father for bearing a king's child, half of whom escaped into the nearest naiad vessel — a sex doll of the fictional bard Lika — and now lives as a talking, immobile, latex head with fangs, a barrette reading 'Wet for you', and one refrain: 'I'm going to kill your mother.' Hired as the personal space's trainer. Her child is a sand ooze; her mother is a god.
Race and class, since book 4: Minor deity
First appears: Book 4
Series arc
Through book 4
Half of a banished goddess in a sex doll's head, ejected from Carl's inventory when a spell breaks (B4 ch. 24): Psamathe talked Ghazi into opening the Nothing; her ooze is her child by a king; Mongo's knock stopped her waking as a full deity. Hired as the trainer, she helps with the yam, explains Emberus and Orthrus, and is thrown fifty kilometres to draw off a demon of the Nothing's harem, whom her own mother tears in two (B4 ch. 28, B4 ch. 32, B4 ch. 34). 'I'm going to kill your mother.'
Open threads
Status is open or resolved; the chapter after it is the last one that moved the thread.
| Thread | Opened | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A goddess's head in the training room | B4 ch. 24 | open — Hired so she cannot summon a god by leaving; her mother killed for her once; Gash is the sister to watch. |
All threads: Open threads.
In the pantheon
Psamathe (Samantha) — a minor deity; banished. Listed with the rest of the pantheon on the pantheon page.
Family and enemies
| Relation | With | Source |
|---|---|---|
| child-of | Psamathe's mother | B4 ch. 34 |
| banished-by | her father | B4 ch. 24 |
| parent-of | the sand ooze | B4 ch. 24 |
| consort-of | an ancient king | B4 ch. 34 |
| kin-of | Emberus | B4 ch. 28 |
| impersonated-by (reversed) | Yarilo | B4 ch. 21 |
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods | 7/35 | Ch. 21, Ch. 22, Ch. 23, Ch. 24, Ch. 28, Ch. 32, Ch. 34 · the book's own page |
By book
Samantha in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods
A head
Ejected from Carl's inventory when the crystal spell breaks: a latex sex-doll head with fangs, a chipped chin, white hair and a barrette reading 'Wet for you', possessed by the Withering Spirit of Psamathe — a minor deity banished by her father for bearing a king's child, half of whom fled into the nearest naiad vessel on her first escape and has lived in Lika ever since (ch. 24). Katia works out the rest: she talked Ghazi into opening the Nothing, her other half and her ooze-child came through, the crystallisation trapped her, and everyone thought she was in the ghost. Mongo's knock made her a head instead of a full-powered deity.
The trainer
Carl tunes her jaw until the words come — 'I'm going to kill your mother' — names her Samantha, and Donut hires her as the personal space's trainer so she cannot summon a god by leaving (ch. 24). She helps Mordecai with the yam (ch. 32), explains Emberus and Orthrus ('A puppy! He's a really good boy') (ch. 28), and when a demon of the Nothing's harem comes for her, is fired fifty kilometres on a custom xistera attachment; the god who tears Slit in two is her mother (ch. 34). 'That was my kill!' The harem all hate her; Gash is the one to watch.