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Lee Berman · 21 Jul 2010, 11:39 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:39:54 -0400
Subject: (urth) #
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I think Severian dies and is resurrected as an eidolon several times
(probably five).

>I don't think so. At the end of UotNS, Famulimus tells Severian that
>the Sev who died on Tzadkiel's ship 'was the son your mother bore', or
>words to that effect. If Severian dies, he just self-resurrects in the
>same body. He doesn't need aquastors unless he's cut off from the white fountain.
>I think the significance of the skull is what it symbolises.

Oh, yes, I'd forgotten that line. Thanks Tony. It does seem rather explicit.
A shame it can obliterate a nice theory. With Severian's death underwater or on
the battlefield we can imagine a dead body surreptitiously replaced by an eidolon
as a possibility. But not on the Sanguinary Fields. Somehow a dead copy of 
Severian's body would have to be mentioned by Dorcas or Hildegrin later. That was 
surely self-resurrection.

So perhaps all of Severian's power, resurrection, healing, water breathing were 
bestowed when he became an eidolon/aquastor on the Ship. And his powers are at
least nascent as long as the White Fountain is within range.

Makes me wonder why Severian never had any expression of his power before Triskele.
As a torturer there would be no shortage of injuries and dead bodies around. I expect
it would be noticed if they started healing and coming back to life. Perhaps it was
seeing the image of his dead mother in the grave which triggered his abilities into
action. 		 	   		  
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