<div>Dan said, <em>"In case anyone needs another puzzle to speculate about, it has long<br>annoyed me that Severian describes the Autarch on the counterfeit<br>chrisos from Vodalus as androgynous, which I have (since second
<br>reading) always assumed to mean that it's the Old Autarch (the only<br>one since Ymar to take the test in Yesod), yet Severian needs<br>Thecla's memories to recognize the guy as the Autarch when he<br>actually meets him."
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<div>The general impression I get is that the profile of the Autarch on the coinage never changes. And to me it makes sense for an unchanging, androgynous image since the Autarch isn't just one guy, but a whole group of different people in one body. Just an idea.
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<div>-Jessie</div>