Graverobbery (was Sev's common lineage)

Jeff Wilson · 30 Jun 2008, 16:46 · from 2008-June.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:46:16 -0500
Subject: (urth) Graverobbery (was Sev's common lineage)
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Dave Tallman wrote:
> Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> That's pretty iffy, given the popularity of political assassination 
>> stories and the large numbers partaking of her memories. How likely 
>> would they all be to miss it? I also don't see her madness masking 
>> details of Vodalus' future history if she is still able to express 
>> suitable political sentiment to be chosen to bolster the loyalty of 
>> the Vodalarii.  Why would someone from 40 years post-Vodalus take up 
>> the cause in prison?
>>   
> You're assuming that all corpses that Voldalus took were like Thecla's 
> and used for the same purpose. His grave-robbing was more general than 
> that. The citizen volunteers were concerned for their own dead; probably 
> not all of them were Voldalarii loyalists. Voldalus might not share a 
> body with future knowledge among a large number of followers.

-What else would Vodalus be doing with freshly dead bodies of specific 
people?
-The volunteers are likely on guard against graverobbers in general, as 
there are other motives that wouldn't apply to Vodalus (anatomy studies, 
thaumaturgy, fencing of grave goods).
- If the information is likely to be missed for whatever reason,it would 
be vital to share a body known to contain future knowledge among as many 
followers as possible to ensure that that future knowledge is recovered 
for the cause.

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

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