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1. In the book's introduction we learn how the Thiefmaker of Camorr picked up the orphan Locke on the streets and started to teach him the skills needed to be a successful thief. But he soon found himself with a big problem on his hands, and, in an attempt to make a small profit from the situation, sold him to Father Chains, the Eyeless Priest. Which of these did the Thiefmaker claim was the main problem with young Locke Lamora?
2. One of the major plots of the book revolves around how Locke's gang, the Gentlemen Bastards, attempt to swindle a Camorri nobleman out of his fortune. This requires quite a bit of skill from Locke, who masquerades as a foreigner (down to a perfect accent and mannerisms, not to mention unseasonably warm clothes) and play on every emotional string Don Salvara possess, from greed to revenge to his sense of nobility. What role does Locke assume for the part?
3. Father Chains and Locke are both priests in a secret priesthood, to a god most of the world does not even know about. This Thirteenth god is nameless, but by what name do his adherents usually call him?
4. At the market known as the Floating Revel in Camorr, Locke and the Salvaras witness the unique gladiatorial game called the Teeth Show. In it, female gladiators balancing on tiny wooden platforms fight against a type of fish that is famous for jumping at its prey. Ten feet long, heavier muscled than bulls and with multi-colored hide hard as tree bark, what are these monstrous fish called?
5. When the Gentlemen Bastards come to pay respect (and their weekly dues) to crime boss capa Barsavi, he has locked himself in his headquarters, the Floating Grave, in fear of assassination by his greatest rival and enemy, the Grey King. Barsavi's bodyguards, the Berangias sisters, and his torturer, Sage Kindness, make a messy business out of three suspected traitors as Locke watches. But the Gentlemen Bastards soon have other worries on their hands, as Barsavi makes a special request. What does he ask?
6. On his way home from a visit with the Salvaras, Locke is abducted by the Grey King, and given an ultimatum. He is to play the Grey King in a meeting with Capa Barsavi, where the war between the crime bosses will be settled. The King claims he has pressing matters elsewhere, and needs someone else to take his place for one night. What does he promise Locke in return for one virtuoso acting performance?
7. In an interlude, we get the story of how Jean Tannen came to learn combat in the House of Glass Roses, the finest school in Camorr, under the tutelage of don Maranzalla. However, the don trained Jean a little differently than his other, more noble, students. What did don Maranzalla say Jean was to learn, that differed from how the others trained?
8. Locke has no choice but to play the part of the Grey King and go through with the meeting with capa Barsavi. During this meeting, he is ensured that he will have the protection of the King's Bondsmage, the Falconer, that he can not be cut or pierced by weapons, and that anyone touching him will die. Does the Falconer really give him this magical protection and keep Locke safe for the entire meeting?
9. After their near-disastrous meeting with Capa Barsavi, Jean, Locke and Bug return home, only to find the place wrecked and ransacked. Things quickly go from bad to worse as a magical trap incapacitates Jean and an assassin steps out from the shadows with a crossbow! How many of the Gentlemen Bastards falls to this killer before Locke knocks him unconscious?
10. When Jean and Locke recover from the attack on their headquarters, they find themselves homeless and almost completely penniless. In order to appear more respectable and squeeze some funds out of the Salvaras, Locke needs better clothes. He goes to the counting house of Meraggio and pulls off an elaborate scheme to get his hands on finer attire, but whose clothes does he eventually end up with?
11. Disguised as Lukas Ferwight, Locke is pressured by the Salvaras into attending the Day of Change party thrown by Duke Nicovante at Raven's Reach tower. Once again, matters take a turn for the worse when he discovers he is in a room with the Duke's Spider, head of the secret police, who has just revealed that she knows who he is!
After quickly incapacitating her, Locke is in a room six hundred feet above ground, with no chance of simply walking out unnoticed. What dangerous maneuver does he make use of to get away?
12. The long-standing rule of the Bondsmagi of Karthain was that if anyone kills a Bondsmage, ALL the other magi would come after the killer. They would kill him, his family, his friends and destroy everything he worked for in his life.
Locke and Jean managed to overcome and subdue the Falconer by killing the scorpion-hawk he was magically connected to - and it sure helped that the Falconer's spell failed because he mistakenly believed that "Locke" was our friend's real name! But do Jean and Locke kill him afterward?
13. Under torture, the Falconer details the Grey King's horrid plan - he plans to destroy the minds of the nobility of Camorr, using alchemical traps filled with Wraithstone to Gentle every single man, woman and child in Raven's Reach! Locke rushes back to the tower, and with his recent exposure as a criminal, it is now easy to get dragged before the Duke's Spider and explain what is going on. Who is the person at hand that proves to be invaluable in disarming the traps, with his/her hobby of alchemy?
14. In the Floating Grave, Locke seeks out the Grey King for their final showdown. But while they duel with both rapiers and daggers, it becomes clear that the Grey King has far superior skills with a sword, and he injures Locke several times before Locke unveils his final trick. What clever plan does Locke use to finally overcome the Grey King in the fight?
15. For the deaths of his friends, Locke promised them a death-offering of blood and gold and fire, one that will overshadow any such offering made in Camorr and make the gods take notice.
In the end, do the shades of his dead friends get this offering?
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