Vodalus & the Old Autarch

Jeff Wilson · 11 Aug 2010, 07:03 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:03:04 -0500
Subject: (urth) Vodalus & the Old Autarch
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On 8/10/2010 11:52 AM, DAVID STOCKHOFF wrote:
> Possibly. And yet autarchal profiles figure prominently in the story (as
> do counterfeits). They can't be quite as poor as the Romans'. I actually
> took that observation to mean that the true and counterfeit coins had
> the same origin (different materials?). Did the Autarch fund Vodalus
> with false coins?
>
> I was thinking of when Sev meets Inire (cowled) looking for the Green
> Room in the House. Thecla would have been disoriented meeting him later,
> certainly.

I notice that in that scene (CLAW XXI) Thecla's imprint only belatedly 
recognizes the Autarch herself, after several minutes of conversation 
even after getting a direct face-to-face look at him, so Vodalus' 
failure to recognize him is not unique.

And yes, I do believe that bent little man is Inire. I don't see any 
need or ability for him to be Rudesind, who apparently is so tall that 
he makes his stepladder look like a stool when he sits atop it.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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