Why did Vodalus risk...?

Jeff Wilson · 26 Jul 2007, 00:14 · from 2007-July.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:14:13 -0500
Subject: (urth) Why did Vodalus risk...?
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aaron wrote:
> I have a question for you guys, and hopefully you can offer me some 
> insight here.  I am on my umpteenth reread of TSotT, and I only just 
> realized what a great risk Vodalus takes when he, Hildegrin, and Thea 
> rob the grave in the necropolis.  My next thought was: Why would he take 
> such a risk?

My thought is that the body is that of a particularly loyal, devoted 
follower, and he is there personally to secure it for use in further 
binding and perhaps even converting people to his side with the alzabo 
drug. A sufficiently powerful inherited personality may even turn a spy 
or double agent among the rebels to true allegiance.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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