Gentleman Bastard/WMG

Locke's father will appear somewhere along the way.
Since Locke specifically mentions that he didn't die, he just left. It will also turn out that the father's name actually is Locke,

Sabetha is inspired by Diana Villiers.
Crazy, witty, doesn't play by the rules, wears trousers, swears almost first thing we meet her, unusual coloring (red hair/black hair and blue eyes), good posture, fond of slightly dangerous physical activity (climbing on roofs/riding and driving), and has a habit of running off to foreign countries and leaving behind a celibate protagonist who is eventually reunited with her. In The Hundred Days Diana Villiers and in The Republic of Thieves. Diana's even described as "gentlemanly."


 * Though I highly doubt that Lynch went to all that trouble to create such a mysterious and interesting character just to


 * I never got the impression And I may as well mention that the original WMG was Jossed, though I'm too lazy to go and find the link.


 * It's explicitly established in Lies

Jean and Locke have contracted the nasty affliction known only as the Cartwright Curse.
Well, as of the end of the second book, Jean has while Locke has potentially  This will add to just how unlucky and totally screwed the pair are. They just can't catch a break.
 * Sabetha isn't dead. The prologue of Republic of Thieves takes place before Locke was bought by Father Chains, and also before Sabetha was bought by Father Chains. Since we already know she was/is a Gentleman Bastard, it's impossible that she drowned before leaving Shades' Hill. Most likely it was a coverup for her purchase by Chains.

Locke ends up
Or as head of the. I mean look at the title of Book 7!