since you're open to requests about the locked tomb data collection...
a spreadsheet on how many times the book points out someone eye color would be so cool since they are so important to the plot!
i'm rereading GtN and "dulcie" got her eye color named so very often compared to other characters. the fourth interestingly got their eyes described right before dying and gideon's eyes i think so far got only named by dulcie...
anyway don't worry if it's too much work i just thought i'd ask since you said you like tasks!
Tracked down all descriptions of eye colour (in Gideon the Ninth only), have listed (paperback) page numbers here:
for better, more immediate reference, i have also transcribed each description below the cut, as well:
(Key: CH stands for Chapter; pg. stands for page; J stands for John (eg. John 8:1); EP stands for Epilogue)
(Given all the eye-swapping happening in NtN, I’ve categorised eye descriptions in this section per who they currently belong to in this book’s canon, re: John’s original yellow eyes are filed under “Nona” (AKA: Alecto); Camilla’s are filed under “Palamedes”, and vice versa; Babs’ original eyes are filed under “Ianthe”; and so on.)
(Gideon the Ninth Guide) (Harrow the Ninth Guide)
For more immediate, in-depth reference, the quotes themselves have been transcribed below the cut.
All quoted page numbers are per the paperback copy of the book. Quotes are (mostly) in order of frequency, but some characters are grouped together because I don't want to separate them.
Gideon the Ninth Eye Colour/Descriptor Guide (Updated)
(Key: CH stands for Chapter; pg. stands for page; EP stands for Epilogue)
(Harrow the Ninth Guide) (Nona the Ninth Guide)
For more immediate, in-depth reference, the quotes themselves have been transcribed below the cut.
All quoted page numbers are per the paperback copy of the book. Quotes are (mostly) in order of frequency, but some characters are grouped together because I don't want to separate them.
Harrow (24 Entries):
Cytherea (18 Entries):
Ianthe (17 Entries):
(+ BABS) “Because they were in closest proximity, her first gaze after the fight fell on the overgroomed cavalier of the Third, Naberius: his eyes were taut, and his smile was unnerved. His eyes were blue, but this close she could see that they were stained through in places with a light, insipid brown that made Gideon think of oily water.” - Chapter 11, pg. 116 (paperback)
Palamedes (11 Entries):
Jeannemary & Isaac (8 Entries):
Corona (6 Entries):
Gideon (6 Entries):
Camilla (4 Entries):
Colum (4 Entries):
Teacher (4 Entries):
God/John (3 Entries)
“He approached her, and she saw that his sclera were black as space. The irises were dark and leadenly iridescent—a deep rainbow oil slick, ringed with white. The pupils were as glossy black as the sclera.” - Epilogue, pg. 440
“Harrowhark picked herself up off the floor and looked her Emperor dead in his dark and shining eyes.” - Epilogue, pg. 441
“He had a ridiculously ordinary face: long jaw, high forehead, hair a dull and leaden brown. But those eyes.” - Epilogue, pg. 443
Protesliaus (2 Entries):
“Protesilaus the Seventh stared at her with the empty eyes of someone who would watch with equal heavy disinterest if part of the wall were kicked out and she were punted down into the sea, but his adept was looking at her—wistfully.” - Chapter 10, pg. 108
“She had been gravely meeting Protesilaus’s murky stare, as though trying to find something out, and now she settled the head on her lap.” - Chapter 30, pg. 338
Characters With Only 1 Entry Each:
(CRUX) “Crux stared back at her with the hate of an exploding star: the empty hate of pressure pulled inward, a deforming, light-devouring resentment.” - Chapter 2, pg. 31
(ORTUS) “But Ortus said, with his big, sombre eyes and his squashed, disheartened voice: “I do fear death, my Lady Harrowhark.”” - Chapter 3, pg. 41
(MAGNUS) “Up close he had a strong jaw, the expression of the terminally jolly, and nice eyes.” - Chapter 9, pg. 93
(ABIGAIL) “Unlike Magnus, she also had the manner some necromancers and librarians developed when they had been working on dead spells for the last fifteen years and no longer worried too much about the living: her stare was far too intense.” - Chapter 15, pg. 169 & 170
(JUDITH) “The Captain of the Second rose too. Her intensely dark eyes settled on each of them in turn before ending on Teacher.” - Chapter 18, pg. 197
(SILAS) “Silas did not step away, but he turned his head a little from her, as though she were a bad breath. He had very brown eyes, startlingly framed by thick, whitish lashes.” - Chapter 26, pg. 298
Harrow the Ninth Eye Colour/Descriptor Guide (Updated)
(Key: CH stands for Chapter; pg. stands for page; PR stands for Prologue; EP stands for Epilogue; EPI stands for Epiparados)
(Gideon the Ninth Guide) (Nona the Ninth Guide)
For more immediate, in-depth reference, the quotes themselves have been transcribed below the cut.
All quoted page numbers are per the paperback copy of the book. Quotes are (mostly) in order of frequency, but some characters are grouped together because I don't want to separate them.
Ianthe (27 Entries):
John (24 Entries):
Mercymorn (15 Entries):
Alecto/Gideon (14 Entries):
Ortus (10 Entries):
Augustine (6 Entries):
Harrow (6 Entries):
G1deon, Pyrrha, & Cytherea (4 Entries Each):
Camilla (3 Entries), Palamedes, and Dulcie (4 Entries Each):
Magnus & Abigail (2 & 5 Entries Respectively):
Characters With Only 1 Entry Each:
(SILAS) “He looked at her: from their distance of about five bodies apart his eyes were umbrous in his white and stricken face.” - Chapter 26, pg. 237
(CORONA) “Ianthe Tridentarius’s features stared out of Coronabeth’s face—an aurora of a face, with deep lustrous skin and burnished hair, and eyes of genuine violet, like plums.” - Chapter 34, pg. 318
(JUDITH) “It was still the Cohort captain who silently approached, her dark eyes cold and level…” - Chapter 34, pg. 321
(TEACHER) “He caught her gaze on the bottle, and his very blue eyes twinkled a little madly…” - Chapter 35, pg. 328
(NONIUS) “His dark eyes were bloodshot, his hair was matted, and his split lip was swelling up.” - Chapter 49, pg. 454
first pass over ntn has turned up 80 entries for the eye colour/descriptor guide. kinda relieving after how big htn's was lmao. again, ntn's guide might still take me a hot second to get out there bc im busy tomorrow, but i'm determined now
i can't give you the page of the top of my head but pash's eyes are explicitly called hazel
i know you sent this in good faith, but the definition of "hazel" is a very broad spectrum and can mean just about anything, hence why i neglected to use it when attempting to describe pash's eyes in that post just now. you are correct tho! the page number is 262 (paperback), from chapter 18, and the quote itself is "her dark-rimmed greasepaint made her eyes a lovely hazelly, yellowy green colour." so, in fact we were both correct, i was just attempting to be a. more direct and b. more specific. for more info on pash's eyes, i have compiled quotations and references on the topic for ALL ntn characters that have quotations and references to be found here. :)
