(urth) Vodalus & the Old Autarch

David Stockhoff dstockhoff at verizon.net
Wed Aug 11 05:42:00 PDT 2010


Definitely.

Jeff Wilson wrote:
> On 8/10/2010 11:52 AM, DAVID STOCKHOFF wrote:
>> Possibly. And yet autarchal profiles figure prominently in the story (as
>> do counterfeits). They can't be quite as poor as the Romans'. I actually
>> took that observation to mean that the true and counterfeit coins had
>> the same origin (different materials?). Did the Autarch fund Vodalus
>> with false coins?
>>
>> I was thinking of when Sev meets Inire (cowled) looking for the Green
>> Room in the House. Thecla would have been disoriented meeting him later,
>> certainly.
>
> I notice that in that scene (CLAW XXI) Thecla's imprint only belatedly 
> recognizes the Autarch herself, after several minutes of conversation 
> even after getting a direct face-to-face look at him, so Vodalus' 
> failure to recognize him is not unique.
>
> And yes, I do believe that bent little man is Inire. I don't see any 
> need or ability for him to be Rudesind, who apparently is so tall that 
> he makes his stepladder look like a stool when he sits atop it.
>



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