First Exodus theory revised

James Wynn · 10 Feb 2011, 03:28 · from 2011-February.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:28:30 -0600
Subject: (urth) First Exodus theory revised
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There's a lot to like about this. My biggest problem has to do with the 
expedition being captured and enslaved by the inhumi. Without a thriving 
Neighbor colony on Green, there would not be a thriving sentient inhumi 
civilization there. What made the inhumi on Green so virulent was the 
nature of the first colonists from the Whorl who went there: Auk's 
thieves and cut-throats. Then again, there must have been some inhumi 
because the Neighbors needed them. So, hmm. Maybe.

The other thing is that I believe Quetzal's soul was gained from Tussah. 
I don't think I can prove this. It's just a sense I have.

u+16b9


On 2/9/2011 6:54 PM, Ashley Crill wrote:
> I'll try to write out my thoughts more coherently.
>
> The plot starts during Tussah's reign as calde. He experiences a 
> theophany and/or enlightenment from Pas, filling him in on the details 
> of The Plan and ecnouraging him to carry it out. Pas also informs him 
> about the existence of certain special embryos that Pas intends to use 
> for The Plan. Tussah works from this point onward to carry out The 
> Plan, and has allies among The Chapter, including a younger, human 
> version of Patera Quetzal who may have been coadjutor at this time.
>
> At the urging of Pas, Tussah sends out a scouting party (including 
> Quetzal) who's secret mission is to repair a lander using a large sum 
> of cards. Their leaked, public mission is to attain an embryo so that 
> Tussah can have an heir.
>
> The scouting party repair a lander and launch, landing on Green where 
> they are killed/enslaved by inhumi instigated by the Neighbors. A 
> chosen inhumi feeds on Quetzal's blood and becomes the new Patera 
> Quetzal. He boards the lander and is returned to The Whorl as the only 
> survivor of the original scouting party. i'm not sure what tale he 
> tells to Tussah on his return, but we know he is skilled in deception. 
> On his return, Inhumi-Quetzal brings embryos from the chambers located 
> near the lander, including the specially requested embryo created from 
> Typhon's sperm and one of Kypris's eggs.
>
> Nobody is aware that Queztal is actually an inhumi. He is a very 
> careful man, after all.
>
> In the meantime, Echidna and her brood revolt and murder Pas because 
> they are alarmed by the launch of a lander. They are trying to prevent 
> the Plan while Tussah and Quetzal are trying to carry it out. Before 
> he dies, Pas informs Tussah about the fragments of Himself that he has 
> hidden, and about his plan for resurrection in thirty years.
>
> Tussah takes the special embryo and implants it in his trused friend 
> (Silk's mother) so that the embryo's adulthood will coincide with 
> Pas's resurrection. This is when he writes his mysterious will, 
> stating that the son not of his body will become the next Calde. The 
> Calde also has an affair with his servant who marries the gardener and 
> gives birth to a girl (Chenille).
>
> When Tussah dies, his mistress goes into hiding as a beggar woman. The 
> Ayuntamiento takes over in the power vacuum and searches everywhere 
> for the embryo-child but cannot find him. Patera Quetzal becomes 
> Prolocutor and tries to prevent theophanies because he is worried that 
> Echidna will discover their collusion with Pas and seek to punish 
> Viron. Fear of punishment is also why he de-emphasizes the worship of Pas.
>
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