Hi citizensnips! I guess that could totally be the case. Maybe the Dunyain think that if it looks like their castle is in ruins, then no one will bother it. Knowing them, they would use all the ruined bits as strategic parts of a defense.
Have we gone over this possibility? Perhaps Kellhus or Moe come to believe that Ishual will be soon exposed and destroyed unless something is done. Kellhus shows all his brothers (sisters) how to travel to and maybe live in THE OUTSIDE!!! Then he crashes the whole thing to confuse the Consult.
@ H - I'm not entirely sold on the idea that Kellhus would get rid of the other Dunyain if he is the pinnacle. If he is the pinnacle, then he is the alpha and could certainly make use of at least some of the Dunyain. If some are too dangerous to keep, the surely there are some of the others that are more like his children (less gifted) that he could bend to his will and use as sorcerers or whatever.
Plus, if Kellhus is really smart, then he would see the point of having other smart people around, the way a study group can check each other's answers. Some may retort and say "but he's prideful, self-centered, cannot see his own limitations" but isn't that exactly the kind of thing that Dunyain breeding/training is suppose to extinguish? The Dunyain and the best Dunyain would be *extremely* cognizant of human limitations. I do think that Kellhus has a blind spot, I'm just not sure what it is, and I'm not sold on the idea that he would eliminate something like the whole Dunyain breeding project. I mean, he keeps Cnaiur alive to continue using him and Cnaiur is no Dunyain.
I don't know that Kellhus would be motivated by the "suffer no rivals" mindset. After all, the Dunyain live together in Ishual--since there are more than one, it would suggest that they show at least some tolerance of rivals. Plus, the notion of 'rivals' would be another one of those things to breed/train out of them.
If he really does believe (as he says at the end of TTT) that he is more than a Dunyain, then he certainly doesn't need to kill those lesser types that could prove useful to him.
@ profgrape - i like your crazy ass idea! fake map leading to fake ishual! now who and why is sending Akka on this fool's errand? is he being sent to a different mansion to discover whole new secrets? a second dunyain project???