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The White-Luck Warrior / Some thoughts
« on: March 31, 2014, 06:35:47 pm »
First of all, as a long time lurker of the second apocalypse forum thanks for making this place such an interesting place to visit and read.
After a second re-reading of the White-Luck Warrior several things have come to my mind that I would like to share:
- Is the Captain possesed by a Ciphrang? After a more thorough review of the events, specially regarding the scene where Mimara sees the Captain from the point of view of the judging eye and specially during his death scene, which seems to be anything but natural, as well as the parallelism drawn between Kellhus and the two ciphrang hanging heads and Sarl with Kosoter´s severed head at the end, this could be certainly the case. Also, it leads to interesting implications for Kellhus journey to the Outside.
- Although I´m pretty sure that this topic has been discussed elsewhere, it´s clear that Kellhus at some point had access to Achamian´s dream records during his exile, and that Kosoter company deployment had been arranged in advance of Akka´s decision to travel to Sauglish. Also it´s clear that somehow Kellhus has spent some time in the company of Cleric and that the Captain was following orders to carry both Achamian and Cleric together. But which was the purpose of all this? during the Slog of slogs it´s implied that both Mimara and Achamian are to serve as a kind of sacrifice (maybe for Cleric to remember??) And the dialogue of Aurang with Soma points in this direction. Maybe Kellhus original plan was to recover the identity of Cleric/Nil´Giccas towards the end of the Ordeal by sacrificing Akka and gaining /switching the allegiance of Ishterebinth in the process?
- Regarding Ishual it might be too much coincidence that the Sranc mobbing occurs just as they are closing in the fortress (which appears to have been destroyed quite recently), and also that this sranc carry Chorae, something that does not happen at least during the slog in the Mop, the Istyuli Plains and Kuniuri?? It might be that this horde was involved somehow in the destruction of the Dunyain fortress??
After a second re-reading of the White-Luck Warrior several things have come to my mind that I would like to share:
- Is the Captain possesed by a Ciphrang? After a more thorough review of the events, specially regarding the scene where Mimara sees the Captain from the point of view of the judging eye and specially during his death scene, which seems to be anything but natural, as well as the parallelism drawn between Kellhus and the two ciphrang hanging heads and Sarl with Kosoter´s severed head at the end, this could be certainly the case. Also, it leads to interesting implications for Kellhus journey to the Outside.
- Although I´m pretty sure that this topic has been discussed elsewhere, it´s clear that Kellhus at some point had access to Achamian´s dream records during his exile, and that Kosoter company deployment had been arranged in advance of Akka´s decision to travel to Sauglish. Also it´s clear that somehow Kellhus has spent some time in the company of Cleric and that the Captain was following orders to carry both Achamian and Cleric together. But which was the purpose of all this? during the Slog of slogs it´s implied that both Mimara and Achamian are to serve as a kind of sacrifice (maybe for Cleric to remember??) And the dialogue of Aurang with Soma points in this direction. Maybe Kellhus original plan was to recover the identity of Cleric/Nil´Giccas towards the end of the Ordeal by sacrificing Akka and gaining /switching the allegiance of Ishterebinth in the process?
- Regarding Ishual it might be too much coincidence that the Sranc mobbing occurs just as they are closing in the fortress (which appears to have been destroyed quite recently), and also that this sranc carry Chorae, something that does not happen at least during the slog in the Mop, the Istyuli Plains and Kuniuri?? It might be that this horde was involved somehow in the destruction of the Dunyain fortress??
