Lord Sunday
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| Author | Garth Nix |
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| Country | Australian |
| Language | English |
| Series | Keys to the Kingdom |
| Genre(s) | Young adult novel |
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| Released | Not yet released |
| Preceded by | Superior Saturday |
Lord Sunday is the title of the seventh book, as yet unreleased, in Garth Nix's The Keys to the Kingdom series. The book titles are taken from the major antagonist within them.
This book is expected to be the final of Nix's fantasy series.
[edit] The Character
He is the first son of the Old One and the Architect. Of Being not Denizen, Nithling, human or animal, he and his brothers, the Mariner and the Piper, would have simply vanished or have never been had it not been for their parentage. Wielding the Seventh Key, Lord Sunday tends to leave the charge of the day-to-day affairs to his deputy, Superior Saturday.
One of the original Seven Trustees, Lord Sunday defied the Will of his mother and, with the help of his deputy, split up the Seven Keys and the mastery of the demenses within the House to certain Trustees, allowing Saturday to assume Mastery of the Upper House and wield the Sixth Key, while keeping the Seventh Key for himself.
Though little is known about Sunday, we do know that he is against the Old One; when his youngest brother the Piper attempted to release the Old One from the prison laid upon him by the Architect Herself, Lord Sunday cast the Piper into the Void of Nothing, nearly destroying him. Lord Sunday is also likely to be the most powerful and important being in the House since the Architect's disappearance. It is also mentioned that each Key only has power on its own day and in its own realm, the only exception being Sunday which is "paramount", further confirming Sunday's superiority.
It has also been mentioned by Wednesday's Dawn that Lord Sunday attends to higher matters of which lesser beings have no understanding. Monday's Dusk believes that Lord Sunday has the means of re-instating the Will, and also the power to return the Architect if the need arises, but this is yet to be confirmed.
Lord Sunday rules over the area of the House known as the Incomparable Gardens, although not very much is known about this area.
It has been speculated that the deadly sin that Lord Sunday is under the influence of is envy.
| Novels by Garth Nix | |
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| The Keys to the Kingdom: | Mister Monday • Grim Tuesday • Drowned Wednesday • Sir Thursday • Lady Friday • Superior Saturday • Lord Sunday |
| The Old Kingdom series: | Sabriel • Lirael • Abhorsen • Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories |
| The Seventh Tower: | The Fall • Castle • Aenir • Above the Veil • Into Battle • The Violet Keystone |
| Standalone novels: | The Ragwitch • Shade's Children |
