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I've recently read the Halfseekers-interlude, and I've been struck with how similar Jelaqua and Saliss are. (Specifically Saliss, as the well... performance of the mostly good but crazy adventurer, Onieva a bit less so) Themes such as mentoring, helping their community, being experienced adventurers, even the constant smiling.

And since Jelaqua interacted a lot with Shirka and they helped each other out, I did wonder how the three of them would interact. Saliss has a habit of pushing people away (sometimes physically), as we last saw in the New Lands, but he respects Jelaqua and has a special bond with Shirka, having also mentored her in the past. Plus, there is the (still tenuous) connection of Scorchlings becoming the special unit for Palass' Second army, a population that Jelaqua mentors and Onieva supplies with potions to help with their specific issues.

I could imagine the three of them training together, maybe learning weapon arts. It would help against Jelaqua's boredom, could help Shirka become a better general, and Saliss would profit from having more people he likes to hang out with even as Saliss. Mostly, I think the three of them could be friends.

Thoughts?

Both the turnscale community and the wider populace.

For not-turnscales I assume they hardly know of her. In the beginning of volume 10, Fae!Onieva speaks with some representatives who want to talk with Saliss, and they only recognize her name when she talks about delivering Saliss' potion of temporary youth. Understandable with Onieva only existing for six to nine hours every two weeks or every week at best. In the watch, Quissa identifies her as the "Drake with the club" from raids on turnscale bars. (Brief aside: Saliss/Onieva really deserves [Barfighting] or [Favorite terrain: Bars] as a - possibly learned - skill with the amount of fighting in bars we see!)

Now, in the turnscale community, Onieva is a known fixture, an architect, known even in other cities such as Oteslia. But what does the common turnscale think she is? We hear a lot of her discussions with Mirn, which would tell any listener that Saliss=Onieva, but since both are very secretive, with Saliss nearly always employing privacy spells, I don't believe that is common knowledge. So would Pallassian turnscales think she's simply a lesbian? An ally willing to risk life and limb? Compounding that issue is Saliss at one point pondering that the Eyes of Pallass might know about Onieva=Saliss, but Onieva refusing to distribute potions that could only be made by Saliss in the turnscale community. So Onieva=Saliss being known in the turnscale community remains unclear.

Thoughts?

EDITED to add (+fixed spelling): Also, what is Onieva's legal identity? Does she legally exist, has a passport, is perhaps even registered as an alchemist in the guild? Do we know anything about that? I think Chaldion could easily have a passport created for Onieva, but it seems unlikely he'd acknowledge her that way.