(urth) Sev's family tree

[Jeff Wilson]

On 1/25/2011 11:27 PM, Mr Thalassocrat wrote:

[snip]

great presentation!

> Perhaps Catherine’s situation was different from this girl’s – maybe she
> ended up as slave of the Pelerines, like Winnoc, as her foster parent’s
> family embarked on their own downward slide (culminating eventually with
> beggarly Agia/Agilus).It’s always been hard to connect Ouen’s comments
> about Catherine having run away from an order of monials, with her
> ending up in the clutches of the torturers. Surely renunciation by a
> postulate wouldn’t be punished like this? But if she was a runaway
> slave, the situation could be different – noting Winnoc’s comments about
> how the Pelerines deal with disobedient servants. Or perhaps she isn’t
> with the torturers for running away, but for some crime committed
> afterwards.Dunno.

There doesn't seem to be a separation between ecclesiastical and civil 
authority in the Commonwealth, so there might be some religious crimes 
that are considered serious enough to warrant tower detention until 
resolved, like Thecla is immediately cuffed and stuffed for espionage. 
Whether she actually did such a thing...?

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Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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