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There's a lot to like about this. My biggest problem has to do with
the expedition being captured and enslaved by the inhumi. Without a
thriving Neighbor colony on Green, there would not be a thriving
sentient inhumi civilization there. What made the inhumi on Green so
virulent was the nature of the first colonists from the Whorl who
went there: Auk's thieves and cut-throats. Then again, there must
have been some inhumi because the Neighbors needed them. So, hmm.
Maybe.<br>
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The other thing is that I believe Quetzal's soul was gained from
Tussah. I don't think I can prove this. It's just a sense I have.<br>
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u+16b9<br>
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On 2/9/2011 6:54 PM, Ashley Crill wrote:
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">I'll
try to write out my thoughts more coherently.</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">The
plot starts during Tussah's reign as calde. He experiences a
theophany and/or enlightenment from Pas, filling him in on the
details of The Plan and ecnouraging him to carry it out. Pas
also informs him about the existence of certain special
embryos that Pas intends to use for The Plan. </font><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma;
font-size: small;">Tussah works from this point onward to
carry out The Plan, and has allies among The Chapter,
including a younger, human version of Patera Quetzal who may
have been coadjutor at this time.</span></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">At the
urging of Pas, Tussah sends out a scouting party (including
Quetzal) who's secret mission is to repair a lander using a
large sum of cards. Their leaked, public mission is to attain
an embryo so that Tussah can have an heir. </font></div>
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</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">The
scouting party repair a lander and launch, landing on Green
where they are killed/enslaved by inhumi instigated by the
Neighbors. A chosen inhumi feeds on Quetzal's blood and
becomes the new Patera Quetzal. He boards the lander and is
returned to The Whorl as the only survivor of the original
scouting party. i'm not sure what tale he tells to Tussah on
his return, but we know he is skilled in deception. On his
return, </font><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Inhumi-</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma;
font-size: small;">Quetzal brings embryos from the chambers
located near the lander, including the specially requested
embryo created from Typhon's sperm and one of Kypris's eggs.</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma;
font-size: 13px;"> </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma;
font-size: 13px;"><br>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma;
font-size: 13px;">Nobody is aware that Queztal is actually an
inhumi. He is a very careful man, after all.</span></div>
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important;" face="Tahoma" size="2"><br>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma;
font-size: 10pt;">In the meantime, Echidna and her brood
revolt and murder Pas because they are alarmed by the launch
of a lander. They are trying to prevent the Plan while Tussah
and Quetzal are trying to carry it out. Before he dies, Pas
informs Tussah about the fragments of Himself that he has
hidden, and about his plan for resurrection in thirty years. </span></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Tussah
takes the special embryo and implants it in his trused friend
(Silk's mother) so that the embryo's adulthood will coincide
with Pas's resurrection. This is when he writes his mysterious
will, stating that the son not of his body will become the
next Calde. The Calde also has an affair with his servant who
marries the gardener and gives birth to a girl (Chenille). </font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">When
Tussah dies, his mistress goes into hiding as a beggar woman.
The Ayuntamiento takes over in the power vacuum and searches
everywhere for the embryo-child but cannot find him. Patera
Quetzal becomes Prolocutor and tries to prevent theophanies
because he is worried that Echidna will discover their
collusion with Pas and seek to punish Viron. Fear of
punishment is also why he de-emphasizes the worship of Pas.</font></div>
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