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Why Locke Lamora’s Lies Unraveled More Than One Empire Beneath Him In the gritty world of The Traitor Baru Cormorant series, Locke Lamora’s carefully woven web of deceit and ambition doesn’t just destabilize kings and merchants—it unravels entire empires built on fragile trust and unchecked power. Far from a mere con artist, Locke’s lies operate like a slow-moving earthquake, exposing secrets, triggering alliances, and collapsing carefully constructed systems from within. ### The Power of Strategic Deception Locke Lamora is not simply a liar—he’s a tactician whose lies are calculated instruments of disruption. From his earliest days as a prodigy in the House of Lamora, he mastered the art of manipulation, using half-truths, planted rumors, and fabricated personas to serve his ultimate goal: empire-wide influence. But unlike brute force, Locke’s weapon of choice is information—controlled, weaponized, and deployed with precision. Each lie planted to undermine one authority or faction chips away at broader power structures, quietly destabilizing institutions that others rely on.