(urth) Appian

[Jeff Wilson]

Roy C. Lackey wrote:

> All in all, I think the preponderance of evidence suggests that Sancha's
> Appian was not the Old Autarch, and that the last four rulers of the
> Commonwealth were, in order, Appian, Maruthas, the Old Autarch and Severian.
> Sev, though he has all the guy's memories, goes out of his way *not* to
> mention the guy's name. Why? And what was the name?

Considering the way Thecla's memories loom and threaten to take over 
whenever she is called to mind, perhaps avoiding the old Autarch's 
personal name is an attempt to keep *that* set of memories from taking over?