Typhon and the Whorl

Ashley Crill · 17 Dec 2007, 20:56 · from 2007-December.txt.gz

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From: ash_crill at hotmail.com (Ashley Crill)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:56:56 -0700
Subject: (urth) Typhon and the Whorl
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>   Whatever the original design, I think Typhon wanted the Whorl to return 
> to Earth after things calmed down after a few centuries to "recolonize" 
> using technical experts released from suspended animation to start fixing 
> things, millions of peons that worshipped him as a god to provide the labor 
> and armies of chems to reestablish order. Then they could either revive the 
> original Typhon or if he was lost Pas could download into a suitable body 
> and reestablish his empire and glory.
> 
> Evidently something went wrong with his plan when he was deposed by his 
> children and the inhumani hijacked the ship and redirected it to Green/Blue.

This is basically how I understand the Whorl. Typhon was hedging his bets, and using the Whorl as a resurrection scheme. He did intend to be downloaded into a human body at some point and the Silk embryo was his chosen body, hence Silk's great strength, charisma, and rapid healing powers. I'm not too sure that he intended a return to Earth however, perhaps he anticipated starting a new galactic empire from a suitable planet.

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