First Exodus theory revised

Andrew Mason · 13 Feb 2011, 18:59 · from 2011-February.txt.gz

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From: andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com (Andrew Mason)
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:59:15 +0000
Subject: (urth) First Exodus theory revised
Message-ID: <AANLkTikkdq6jTkppvQq-XMickN4J_rjnKZa8kpXgrCcO at mail.gmail.com>

Gerry Quinn wrote:

> I don't think it goes on about Typhon wanting an heir more than you would
> expect of something that is significant in setting up the backstory - i.e. a
> big family of gods with no anointed heir. ?Also, one expects Monarchs to be
> concerned with heirs, so not bringing it up would in fact be pretty odd.

You may be right. I don't think it's at all odd that both Scylla and
Lemur mention the point. I do think it's a bit odd that Silk later
repeats Lemur's entire speech, when the only point he seems to be
making is 'the gods aren't all they're cracked up to be'. But I
suppose the though that the gods wouldn't even exist were it not for
Typhon's frustrated desire for an heir is relevant there.

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