However, the ensuing panic brings the City Watch, who burn the tavern to the ground and are on the cusp of burning down the entire Narrows district of Camorr before they realize there is no real Black Whisper outbreak. In the resulting chaos, several orphans loot the tavern under Locke's direction. In particular, two boys named Gregor and Veslin repeatedly give Locke a hard time and steal his earnings to turn in as their own.Īfter some time, Locke arranges what becomes the biggest score in Shade's Hill's history, instigating an exodus from a tavern by applying makeup approximating that of Black Whisper and walking into the common room. When not working, Locke is quiet and withdrawn, mostly friendless and often bullied by the older children of the hill. While living at Shades' Hill, Locke learns that the hierarchy of the Shades' Hill orphans leads the oldest children to bully the younger ones.

Locke, naturally talented at theft, demonstrates an uncanny skill for creating elaborate and risky cons which catch the notice of the Thiefmaker, leading him to be reprimanded and forced to reign in his ambition. Having been warned to leave the city guard alone, Locke begins to work under the Thiefmaker as a Teaser, tasked with creating distractions that the older children can take advantage of to perform petty theft like pickpocketing. On the night he is taken in, not understanding the rules of the Secret Peace, he lifts a purse from a Yellowjacket, which is discovered by the Thiefmaker and returned. Locke quickly establishes a reputation for reckless skill as a thief. Surviving on his own for a time, Locke eventually escaped the district along with a large number of other orphans into the care of The Thiefmaker, a Garrista that resides within the crypts of Shades' Hill, who trains children to become thieves and steal for a living. Locke Lamora was an orphan of the Camorri district of Catchfire following a plague that wiped out a sizable portion of the population. 1.1.4 War Between The Capa And The Gray Kingīiography The Lies of Locke Lamora Early Life.

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