(urth) The Land Across Discussion (Spoilers!)

[Andrew Moon]

On 08/12/13 16:18, Matthew King wrote:
> * Should we know what girl the hand belongs to?
Feels like the implication is that the ghost girl is the body they find
behind the mirror in the willows, transformed into a hand of glory by
either Volitaine and/or Papa Zenon, or Magos X who presumably has the
capability, and whose real name Grafton knows but deliberately omits
from the text while making a point of doing so.

That the funeral was not observed by Grafton (or anyone else?) which
gives opportunity for mutilation of the body, and the fact that Papa
Zenon says: "We do not charge for funerals. The dead repay us with their
prayers." (Kobo epub, pg 206.7/586) is interesting given the prayers
tattooed on the hand.

Though the tattoos are blurred, which a couple of characters
(Archbishop, Papa Iason) indicate means that they were applied to the
living hand. Not sure how that would fit in.

Any ideas on who Magos X actually is? Are there any hints? Surely not
the Leader again?