Motif · from book 4
Samantha's body
Half of a goddess in a sex doll's head: Psamathe's first escape from the Nothing split her, and half her essence took refuge in the nearest unoccupied naiad vessel, a Lika doll. Mordecai: the halves of a split soul 'will always try to reunite', but only in 'a proper vessel' — and when the reunion goes wrong the result is a withering spirit, not alive, not dead, haunting the object with very little power.
First appears: Book 4
Series arc
Through book 5
A withering spirit with a single hit point and no way to die short of a black hole, able to do nothing but roll and scream (B5 ch. 22); face down on the training-room floor until Carl walks in (B5 ch. 17); launched on a seeking missile like a bottle rocket (B5 ch. 22).
Through book 4
A decapitated Lika sex doll head possessed by the Withering Spirit of Psamathe: her first escape from the Nothing split her, and half her essence took refuge in the closest unoccupied naiad vessel (B4 ch. 24). Mordecai: the halves of a split soul 'will always try to reunite', but 'in a proper vessel' — and when that goes wrong, a withering spirit, not alive, not dead, haunting the object with very little power (B4 ch. 24). A trap: had the castle stood, she would have woken 'a full-powered minor deity' (B4 ch. 24). A withering spirit's head can be thrown five hundred metres per point of strength (B4 ch. 34).
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods | 5/35 | Ch. 21, Ch. 22, Ch. 24, Ch. 28, Ch. 34 · the book's own page |
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 13/78 | 8, 13, 17, 22, 25–27, 29, 34, 37, 44, 50, 56 · the book's own page |
By book
Samantha's body in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods
A decapitated Lika sex doll head, chin chipped, possessed by the Withering Spirit of Psamathe: her first escape from the Nothing split her, and half her essence took refuge in the closest unoccupied naiad vessel (ch. 24). Mordecai: the halves of a split soul 'will always try to reunite', but 'in a proper vessel' — and when that goes wrong, a withering spirit, not alive, not dead, haunting the object with very little power (ch. 24). It was a trap: had the castle stood and the glass spell been cancelled, she would have woken 'a full-powered minor deity' (ch. 24). A withering spirit's head can be thrown five hundred metres per point of strength (ch. 34).