[locke]

That is one sad notation - Bakker changed the colouring of dead Sranc between TDTCB and WLW.

? from what to what?

[Madness]

I will have to give it a look. I had thought they'd changed from purple/black in TDTCB to white in WLW (it seems so long since Men have warred against Sranc).

Perhaps (hopefully), I am wrong.

[Somnambulist]

I will have to give it a look. I had thought they'd changed from purple/black in TDTCB to white in WLW (it seems so long since Men have warred against Sranc).

Perhaps (hopefully), I am wrong.

I'm throwing my (faulty) remembrance behind you, here.  I think I remember that, as well.

[Madness]

Lol. Oh, Gall. That is basically the worst thing you can do for us . I can't seem to find the quote in WLW that led me to believe that he changed them to dead-white - I can't think of anywhere dead Sranc are looked upon - and I actually found evidence in WLW that he still describes them as dead-purple.

Hmm... Maybe I have the wrong TDTCB quote in my head.

[Cüréthañ]

Live ones are pale white, as are non men as I recall it...

[Somnambulist]

Lol. Oh, Gall. That is basically the worst thing you can do for us

Lol not the first time I've heard that.  I need to sell my ambiguous support statements more.

[mrganondorf]

All this sranc flesh color talk got me thinking: as soon as the Consult know that the Great Ordeal are eating them, they'll probably take a few and fill their bellies with poison/disease for the men to eat!

[Wilshire]

I think they have always been purple/black.

Check WLW scenes post battles, maybe Sorweel POV. Also, skin-eaters scalping.

In PoN check the scene that Cnaiur discovers Kellhus.

BTW a recently dead sranc could still be white, but turn purple/black after some time decomposing.

[mrganondorf]

Another side-effect of eating sranc: increased lust.  This won't be a problem really relative to swayali/non-sorcerers, but it could be a problem otherwise.  Sorcerers lusting after sorcerers (whatever gender) could get messy.  Actually, rethinking the swayali/non-sorcerer part, if a witch wants congress who knows what kind of destruction she could inflict on because of or as a byproduct of sranc lust.  I'm not saying that all this stuff will undo the Great Ordeal, I'm sure Kellhus has already taken it into account and probably already run extensive research in this direction.  I bet that's why he had Fatwall reclaimed.

Plus, eating sranc could push the Great Ordeal's sexual interests into a morbid direction.

IF Kellhus is going to eat sranc too (which I think unlikely) it would show solidarity and it might give him an edge in terms of an increased lust for violence, if he has already calculated that some personal battle madness is necessary to break the Consult.

Wonder if we'll get to a moment when the GO has eaten so much sranc and become so crazy that the sranc hoard is like "fuck this shit, I'm outa here."

[Madness]

When men fuck Sranc.

[Wilshire]

Of Sranc and Men.

[locke]

IF Kellhus is going to eat sranc too (which I think unlikely) it would show solidarity and it might give him an edge in terms of an increased lust for violence, if he has already calculated that some personal battle madness is necessary to break the Consult.

on another note, when Kellhus and Esmenet come out of the desert in the Warrior prophet, they bathe together.  Esmenet notes that Kellhus suffered no privations in the desert that everyone else did, he remained hearty and hale.  When they bathe together, a stain of dried blood washes out of his beard.

possible conclusion, Kellhus was eating some people.  Either he preyed on them in secret, or he persuaded them to let him eat them.

[Wilshire]

At what point in the journey is this? IIRC I chalked that up to people, lots of people, surrendering their rations to him.. but I don't remember when that scene took place. Also, its possible Esmi was both delusional from malnutrition deluded by Kellhus' "greatness".

But he would not be above eating people... gross. Maybe eating people has strange metaphysical side effects.

[locke]

I'd find the scene, but amazon is being a dictator and won't let me launch my perfectly working kindle application on my computer. they want me to update it, which I don't want to do. Fucking software companies.

[mrganondorf]

At what point in the journey is this? IIRC I chalked that up to people, lots of people, surrendering their rations to him.. but I don't remember when that scene took place. Also, its possible Esmi was both delusional from malnutrition deluded by Kellhus' "greatness".

But he would not be above eating people... gross. Maybe eating people has strange metaphysical side effects.

Violation of the second law!