hypothetical titles if everyone had become a full lyctor in the trials:
harrowhark gideon, saint of grace
silas colum, saint of honor
dulcinea protesilaus, saint of aid
palamedes camilla, saint of perfection
abigail magnus, saint of love
isaac jeannemary, saint of passion
we already have ianthe naberius's saint name, so for this alternate timeline she's ianthe coronabeth, saint of charm
judith marta, saint of constance
saur for these I mostly wanted to fit the theme of "title is chosen for the cavalier and ends up being wildly ironic for the necromancer," and my rationales are as follows:
saint of grace
gideon's relationship to harrow is all about wanting to give herself to her, to grace her with everything she's got. their defining moment comes when harrow gives gideon permission to drown her and gideon hugs her instead, loving and forgiving her when she has every reason not to, an act of grace. I've seen sacrifice or devotion around as saint names for harrow, and those also fit gideon, but I think "grace" hits the irony note a little more given how fiercely judgemental and grudge-holding harrow can be.
saint of honor
colum's one sticking point of resistance against silas: clinging to the honor of his word. and silas would looooove to call himself saint of honor, but, well. yknow.
saint of aid
protesilaus often functioned more as dulcinea's personal aide than her knight, and he was one of the first to volunteer to follow nonius to fight the RB in the river. not hugely ironic a name for actual dulcie, she's not particularly un-helpful, but she was always so constricted by her life circumstances that I doubt she's ever been able to conceptualize herself as adding to anyone else's lives rather than taking.
saint of perfection
camilla is meticulous. her choice of weapon is data driven, she put that skull back together chip by chip, and she doesn't let go, it's her one thing. she does nothing by half-measures. ironic for palamedes because he's super into the idea of chasing perfection and always wants to think he's only just missed it, leading him to very imperfect results.
saint of love
we know why magnus would be dubbed as loving before anything else. only really ironic for abigail in this alternate timeline because she'd only be called it if she gave in and ate her husband's life.
saint of passion
jeannemary's terror after the fifth die and her drive to run after him after isaac dies are both expressions of intensely personal emotional extremes, aka passion. ironic for isaac because he's not the "stupid" one, between the two of them he's believed to be the one who's cautious and careful.
saint of charm
coronabeth is charming. we know this. she's charming in the way of a house stateswoman and charming in the way that make insurrectionist cells want to promote her immediately. and ianthe? is made entirely of creepy slime.
saint of constance
I tried on a few more military-esque sounding words to represent marta, but none of them really worked. she's thoroughly disciplined and a career soldier, yes, but she's not an "ate the duelling rulebook for breakfast" style fighter like naberius, she's looser and quicker from practical experience, and she went a little bit mad with grief briefly when she thought she'd seen judith get murdered. I think she's less rigid and more stable, she'll do stupid crazy stuff like anyone else but she'll do them calmly and consistently. ironic for judith because she's been in her wretched losing era for years now and probably hasn't been physically or emotionally stable for more than a few hours at a time since canaan house.
