Who's Right?

Ryan Dunn · 03 Dec 2010, 18:58 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: ryan at liftingfaces.com (Ryan Dunn)
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 13:58:51 -0500
Subject: (urth) Who's Right?
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On Dec 3, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Son of Witz wrote:

> On Dec 3, 2010, at 10:30 AM, "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Son of Witz wrote (03-12-2010 18:04):
>>> Well, at the end of citadel Severian says that he knows Inire was with him
>>> in the north, so we assume that we saw him and that Inire was the Uturuncu.
>> 
>> Ummm ... This could simply mean that Inire was in the north at the
>> same time as Severian, could it not? And why would we assume that he
>> was the Uturuncu?
>> 
>> -- 
>> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
> 
> 
> 
> Sure.  I'm not convinced either, but this list has got the monkey references in my head as the most likely answer, though not every monkey is him.  
> 
> I do think the Cowled Cenobite that leads Severian from The Autarch to the Green Room is Inire


I have no doubt Inire makes cameos. Severian tells Rudesind he knows of one, that being the appearance in the jungle. And it helps that the shaman is described thusly...

"The old man had a staff as crooked as himself, topped with the dried head of a monkey."

Only to see Inire described thusly, only a few pages later....

"...with him, no doubt, will be old, twisted Father Inire, eager to confer during the last few moments that remain; old Father Inire, alive so long beyond the span of his short-lived kind."

I'm not sure where the mystery is. Unless you say Severian guessed wrong?

...ryan
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