(urth) Agilus and Agia

[David Stockhoff]

Schrodinger's vizier?

Now I'll have to lie awake considering the ramifications of Father 
Inire's potential nonexistence . . .

On 5/1/2013 11:10 PM, aaron wrote:
> I suppose.  I guess it's just a feeling that there is something I'm 
> missing about Agilus that has yet to be explained to my own 
> satisfaction.  For me, none of the theories presented fit.  Are they 
> possible?  Sure they are.  But they don't feel right.  And the same 
> goes for the character of Father Inire.  Don't even get me started on 
> that subject.  I even asked Wolfe about Inire's appearances (or lack 
> of) in TBotNS, and he basically just said "Maybe he's there, maybe 
> he's not."  Cute, huh?
>
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 7:34 PM, David Stockhoff 
> <dstockhoff at verizon.net <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
>     Not if it's tucked over/behind the ears.
>
>
>     On 5/1/2013 6:29 PM, aaron wrote:
>
>         It could be, but a ribbon wouldn't just hang there suspended.
>          Think about a string or ribbon that holds up a mask.  Remove
>         the mask and the ribbon would just fall off.
>
>
>         On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 5:41 PM, David Stockhoff
>         <dstockhoff at verizon.net <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>
>         <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net
>         <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>>> wrote:
>
>             It could be a ribbon.
>
>
>             On 5/1/2013 4:38 PM, aaron wrote:
>
>                 Not so sure about hair, but something has to explain the
>                 stripe above Agilus' ear.  While I don't doubt it is an
>                 indication of Agilus' dishonesty, that he is a man who
>         wears
>                 many masks, what is the plowman's meaning here?  The only
>                 plausible, however far-fetched, explanation is the
>         face paint
>                 of the Jungle Sorcerers.  We have the evidence of Agia's
>                 scribbling the symbol on the floor of the dungeon, but
>         little
>                 else.  I am still not satisfied with the explanation,
>         but it
>                 will serve as a placeholder as it has for years.  I still
>                 can't shake the relation to the masks of the Hierodules.
>                  Perhaps someday I will come across a better theory.
>
>
>                 On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Jeff Wilson
>                 <jwilson at clueland.com <mailto:jwilson at clueland.com>
>         <mailto:jwilson at clueland.com <mailto:jwilson at clueland.com>>
>                 <mailto:jwilson at clueland.com
>         <mailto:jwilson at clueland.com> <mailto:jwilson at clueland.com
>         <mailto:jwilson at clueland.com>>>>
>
>                 wrote:
>
>                     On 5/1/2013 12:21 PM, aaron wrote:
>
>                         I think I have read somewhere about the
>         stripes being face
>                         paint, thus
>                         related to the jungle sorcerers.
>
>
>                     So Agia and Agilus don't just play dress-up, but
>         do hair and
>                     make-up as well? That would explain the elongated
>         eyes...
>
>
>                     --     Jeff Wilson - jwilson at clueland.com
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