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Severian is not actually <i>the</i> Conciliator. The Conciliator, as
should be obvious to anyone who knows Wolfe's religious background, is
Christ. In the timeline of the first Severian, the Conciliator was a
dim memory of Christ and his religion a dim memory of Christianity. His
mother could still run away from an order of nuns, because nuns existed
before Sev's turn as a "Conciliator-like" figure.<br>
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Severian, as a "Christ-like" figure, renewed these dim memories and
caused that aspect of society and his own personality to be slightly
different.<br>
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It was all part of the hierodules' plan.<br>
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-- Dave Lebling, aka vizcacha<br>
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