(urth) Agilus and Agia

aaron aaronsingleton at gmail.com
Wed May 1 22:49:47 PDT 2013


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On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 11:26 PM, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net>wrote:

> 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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