theories

David Stockhoff · 24 Oct 2011, 22:22 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:22:30 -0400
Subject: (urth) theories
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On 10/24/2011 5:53 PM, Andrew Mason wrote:
> I'm sure I've seen somewhere a suggestion that Fechin was Dorcas's
> father, and his girlfriend, accordingly, her mother. This would
> establish a thematic link between the passages without requiring us to
> say it was the same event.
>
> It has some plausibility: Dorcas's family had artistic interests (they
> made enamel work), and there are hints they originally came from the
> North (someone told her as a child about the blood bats in the North,
> and of course there's a possibility that Casdoe and her son Severian
> are related to her).

One can imagine Dorcas and Casdoe being sisters even though their names 
don't quite match.

Also, IIRC Fechin was known as a precocious talent. This doesn't mean he 
stayed one through his life---he could well have switched to enamel for 
a stable income, especially with the Pelerines as steady clients for his 
enameled roods.

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