The Second Apocalypse
Earwa => The Aspect-Emperor => The Unholy Consult => Topic started by: TaoHorror on September 17, 2017, 02:01:55 pm
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Kelhus didn't "succumb" to the goad of the IF ( any relevance to IF as acronym, I wonder ) - I take that was because of his "deals" with hell ( i.e. he didn't see himself tormented, so was relieved more than scared ). He asks if he's the first - perhaps ferreting out he's the only one to have attempted an alliance with the 4 Horned, ensuring he won't be betrayed by same? Kelhus had the idea, maybe vetting if any of his "brothers" had come up with a similar approach, you see hell is real, why not try to "tame" it into your control. Given their millennia of dedication to logic/logos/reason, could be the discovery of hell is just a new data point to them.
At first read, I took this as maybe a bit of hubris, maybe even pride that Kelhus would ask this. Upon reflection, seems there was design to the question - perhaps an incomplete question, "am I the first ... to attempt dominating hell". Kelhus may have been surprised The Mutilated took up the cause of The Consult in lieu of going in another direction.
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I don't think he was surprised that the Mutilated joined the Consult, in TTT he thought that Moe would do so in the end.
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I took it more as genuine curiosity. Whatever the Nonman's name was had likely seen countless thousands look at the fire before and would have doubtlessly heard of anyone who might have looked to no effect.
You could be right, he might have been seeking a deeper meaning. But I think it fits just as well that he's stalling to ferret out the situation.
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Yeah, could be that too - get them talking, the more they talk, the more they help him - and they were chatty ( for the benefit of us readers ;) )
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Yeah, could be that too - get them talking, the more they talk, the more they help him - and they were chatty ( for the benefit of us readers ;) )
Well, considering that they think it is Kellhus would must go into the Sarcophagus, it's in their perceived best interest to try to talk him out of fighting them (and probably dying doing so).
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I'm still of the opinion that Ajokli is speaking through Kellhus at this point.
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I'm still of the opinion that Ajokli is speaking through Kellhus at this point.
Could be - why do you think Ajokoli would want to know if any have resisted the goad?
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I'm still of the opinion that Ajokli is speaking through Kellhus at this point.
Could be - why do you think Ajokoli would want to know if any have resisted the goad?
Because its his Goad. Confirmed - IF is Ajokli's tool ;)
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I'm still of the opinion that Ajokli is speaking through Kellhus at this point.
Could be - why do you think Ajokoli would want to know if any have resisted the goad?
Because its his Goad. Confirmed - IF is Ajokli's tool ;)
You can't really separate Kellhus from Ajokli in this moment, the entity's flow together in the sense that Ajokli, being a God, occupies Kellhus' Darkness. Also, the Inverse Fire is not Ajokli's tool because he's blind to the meaning of the Ark ("the disfiguring absence, the pit that consumes all traces of consumption"), it is only through the inverse prophet Kellhus that he can grasp this machinery.
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That doesn't answer why Ajokus wants to know if any have resisted the Goad.
I think it perfectly reasonable to assume that he is inquiring into the effectiveness of his IF gambit - the fact that the Arc confounds Ajokli's senses only supports this further: even though the IF his his tool, its within the Arc which hides it from him, thus the question.
(believe me, I know the idea itself stands on somewhat shaky ground, but I think it this instance it can at least be self consistent :) ).
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The IF is as much a part of the Ark as the NG. I don't see how it's Ajokli's tool or why it would be used as his tool. I mean the Consult used it as a goad to recruit people in their fight to shut the world off from the Outside. Hence, leaving Ajokli howling at the gates .
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I think it's important to be pointed with our attributes.
Separately, the Inverse Fire can be a Tekne creation, accurately reveal Damnation in the Hells to those souls Damned, and Ajokli can inhabit Kellhus, look, and see that he is unaffected - I don't think that we need to suggest that Ajokli is responsible for the Inverse Fire's creation.
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I think it's important to be pointed with our attributes.
Speak for yourself. I was very pointy - and it doesn't look like anyone was confused about my nonsense.
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;)