Ryan Dunn wrote (03-12-2010 15:08): > I mean so many characters have ulterior motives. Agia, Hethor, Inire, > Palaemon, Autarch, Baldanders, previous Severians, even Jonas. All of > their plans involve Severian as a key player, but who the hell is > Severian? What makes him so special? A torturers apprentice? Orphaned? Well... yes: what makes him so special?