1) this is something from previous books...but why did the consult kill the emperor and his mother? What was the point? With him alive Kelhus' conquest would have been harder, no?
2)Did the Consult intervene in the Unification Wars? Where they working against Kellhus' ambition or just "camping"?
3)What "bad thing" happened during the unification wars? I remember a couple of characters mentioning this event, but I don't know what it is.
4)Why did Saubon die? was that the plan all along? Didn't Kellhus know he was in Danger there?
5)why did he rape the general?
6)What's up with the "tall" nonmen? are they simply giants? or is there something more here?
7)And the one "revelation" I didn't like...was the Dunyain reading souls. What was the point of all this training if they can just "read" souls? Or is this something only Kellhus(dunyain schoolman) can do ?
Did he start out noticing expressions and slowly started seeing souls? if so, why can't he "turn it of" ans simply see sorweels deception? Am I being deceived yet again? this doesn't make sense to me...
1) The consult sent two skin spies to keep tabs on the emperor because they needed to keep the holy war in check. They probably never replaced him becasue he is never alone. Then the emperor puts the move on mommy and she, being a skinspy, is totally into it until he realizes she has a penis. He freaks out and she goes into damage control and kills him.
2) I don't recall anything concrete, but I don't see why the wouldn't.
3) Probably the standard atrocities of war, see they First Holy war for examples.
4) Saubon died because he couldn't get away from the nuke. It fit Kellhus plan to get Proyas into a position to lead the holy war and make all those decisions. Saubon no doubt would have fought with Proyas for control. Whether Kellhus knew about the nuke or just seized the opportunity to sacrifice Saubon so Proyas could keep following the condition ground Kellhus made for him.
5) To condition Proyas to lead the Great Ordeal without him. See answer 4.
6) There is a refrence that great nonmen never stop growing. Apparently, it wasn't a metaphor but literal.
7) Kellhus has walked paths no other Dunyain has. And Kellhus couldn't see Sorweel because Yatwar has god-entangled him, the way the WLW has uneering grace and maybe so does Kelmomas.