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I think there is a mention somewhere that Sranc do take prisoners, but that most of them don't survive, and hence everyone's surprise that Moenghus had survived. While it is possible that the Sranc travelling with Moenghus were controlled by Mek, another possibility is that they were cowed by Moenghus and his martial abilities. In the prologue, when Kellhus slaughters a large number of Sranc before the confrontation with Mek, the surviving Sranc actually become frightened and run away from him. If Moenghus wanted to cross the Steppe but was not aware of the presence of Scylvendi, he may well have decided to use the Sranc as guides. Such a thing would of course sound unbelievable to the Utemot who found him, and hence they would have assumed him to be a prisoner.

Regarding what Kellhus says about Moenghus' banishment from Ishual, if he is not speaking the truth, then why does he concoct such an elaborate lie about Moenghus going out to kill Sranc and getting polluted and hence being banished? Why not simply say that Moenghus committed some crime according to Dunyain laws, and or that he was an experiment to see what a Dunyain could do among world-born men or something? Either Kellhus is telling the truth, and there is some logic behind the lie, but I cannot figure out how this particular lie could sound more convincing to Cnaiur or whether it has any other purpose.

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Great analysis guys! This is my second re-read of the book and before I knew it, I had blasted through the entire part I and half of part II. I am still amazed at how well-written and deep this series is, with fantastic world-building and complex plotting backed up by strong philosophical themes. Not to forget insane characters and epic battles.

Anyways, one thing that stuck me was the issue of forgetting ancient things and events. We know that the non-men try to create situations to jog their memories and remember ancient traumatic events of their past. On the other hand, we have Seswatha broadcasting all the traumatic events of the first apocalypse in the dreams of the mandate schoolmen every night, to make sure that they do not forget them. Couldn't the non-men have used a similar mechanism to ensure that they do not forget their past? I think we still don't know how (or why) the mandate schoolmen have their dreams, but could this require some form of magic that is even beyond the non-men? This could also be related to the eljus used by non-men. Maybe a sorcerous elju has the power to remember and then broadcast events in perfect detail?

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