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Halfway through 'Unholy Consult' and I already feel like 'The 'Unholy Consult Dude.' This book is going to destroy me, isn't it?

Was Kellhus supposed to kill himself? (and other questions)

Kellhus is sent out of Ishuäl in the first book to seek and kill his father. Moënghus has "broken“ the isolation of the Dûnyain and is a danger not only to their secrecy but he also endangers the purity of the Logos with the magical dreams he sends.
So far so good, but what good is it to send Kellhus out to kill his father? This way, the problem will only relocate from Moënghus to Kellhus, because now Kellhus will be the one corrupted by the world outside the monastery.
So was Kellhus expected to kill himself afterwards? It’s never explicitly stated, but in the prologue of TDTCB, Kellhus looks back on Ishuäl for "a last time", which sounds like he didn’t expect to ever return.

This opens another line of questions because in The Warrior-Prophet, Kellhus remarks that the blood of the Anasûrimbor line is special. So are the Anasûrimbor like the best genetic line that the Dûnyain ever produced? Is that why Kellhus was to father a son before he left? To preserve the good genes? Also, why would a two thousand year old order of determinist monks care to keep something like family names? Wouldn’t that be something from the outside world that they would want to leave behind and liberate themselves from? The concept of families and royal bloodlines, etc.? Because they also don’t believe in sorcery, divinity and prophecy, etc.

Also, how didn’t the Inrithi nobility and scholars like Achamian immediately call out Kellhus as a liar when he introduced himself as prince of Atrithau? It is said that the royal family of Atrithau is called "Morghund" and Kellhus always introduces himself as Anasûrimbor. Every nobleman and scholar that is versed in politics and history should immediately get suspicious, right? That’s kind of like if someone came up to you today and said "Yeah I’m part of the British Royal Family, my surname is Pendragon by the way." For all people in the Three Seas, Anasûrimbor should be a name of legend alone, of the High Kings of old Kûniüri.

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u/Anthwyr — 7 days ago

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Unification Era- Conriyan Knight (unhorsed) vs unknown.

My lunch-break-take on the silver conriyan war mask.
In my head I typically picture of the Big Bad gladiator from Gladiator, or even an Anglo-Saxon style face plate (complete with mustache)

I’ll be throwing out some other random sketches that pull at my imagination, what do you guys picture the war mask looking like?

Also,
50 Conriyan v 50 Kidruhil v 50 Utemot Scylvendi, who wins on an open field? Why?

Also feel free to share thoughts on any cool scenes/units you love!

u/thehairlesswombat — 7 days ago

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Conriyan Zaudunyani (attempt #2)

Pleased with this result. I feel I captured what I was looking for in the mask. That and the circumfix brooch. (Truth shines gang)

Non spoiler Questions

Do you think this guy’s Lance will be able to bear a dozen grass-rats?
Do you know what grass-rats, fish, skinnies, and Nonmen have in common?
They’re all Sranc to the Tusk.

Slight spoiler Question

Were you to live in this era, would you rather:
-own two chorae ( sorcery rendered ineffective against you + defense against the dark arts + worth a small fortune in case you wanted to cash out )
Or
-own one nimil chain gown ( ishteberinthe style, because they have the right idea. )

Nimil. It’s Bakker’s mithril.
To the skin, as warm and soft as cotton. To the sword, as perfectly unbreakable as the dourest of blades. Perhaps worth more than chorae? I don’t know 🤷
Although with two* *chorae…

u/thehairlesswombat — 7 days ago

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[TTT] The moment Kellhus lost it

This moment. Kellhus, one of the conditioned, trained to inhibit his own emotions, completely lets go in what seems to be a fit of arrogance. I think what's most off-putting in this scene, though, is that we don't even see him analyze himself. He just laughed crazily, something he himself should be aware is odd for him, but he doesn't introspect about it in the slightest. It seems he's actually straying from the way of the Dunyain.

Also, before this moment, Kellhus thinks to himself: "The ground was his...Conditioned. Everywhere, all about him, one world. The crossings were infinite, but they were not equal.

They were not equal."

This statement makes me feel like he, while still adhering to the Logos, puts a lot of emphasis on his new powers and seems to slightly rebel against his Dunyain teachings. Kellhus may've genuinely lost himself in his power. Maybe it's poetic that his last line in the trilogy is: "You will kneel, Drusas Achamian."

Well anyway, I'm really excited for The aspect-emperor books!

u/thechosenone997 — 7 days ago

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Visited the Archeological Museum of Chania, Crete recently...

Had to take a pic of this for the sub. (either Minoan or Mycenaean) Bowl depicting a siren of ancient myths.

u/Hardcore_Hank — 8 days ago

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Could not wait for the physical version to come in mail … had to buy online

u/ozera202 — 8 days ago