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Poll: who do you think will kill Clyntahn? (spoilers?)

This fascinating series is a combination of historical seafaring, swashbuckling adventure, and high technological science-fiction. Join us in a discussion!

So who'll be the one to off the Grand Inquisitor?

Duchairn and/or his conspiracy
17
22%
Magwair or Temple Guard
7
9%
Rayno
8
10%
Merlin/Mab
3
4%
Charisan Army or Navy
0
No votes
Nynian and/or Helm Cleaver
9
11%
Phandys
6
8%
court of judges via public trial
6
8%
his heart
11
14%
somebody else
12
15%
 
Total votes : 79

Re: Poll: who do you think will kill Clyntahn? (spoilers?)
Post by n7axw   » Fri Nov 06, 2015 4:09 pm

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StealthSeeker wrote:
Expert snuggler wrote:If he is smart enough to run absolutely everything past his tasters then it would have to be something sophisticated.



That is why it must be a very slow acting poison, at least 8 hours before symptoms show up.


Pity the poor tasters!

Don
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Re: Poll: who do you think will kill Clyntahn? (spoilers?)
Post by C. O. Thompson   » Sat Nov 07, 2015 12:16 pm

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Pity the poor tasters!

Don[/quote]

Well Don,

Occupational hazard, however, most of the time they do eat well otherwise and likely get the left overs... remember they don't have refrigerators for the left overs.
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Re: Poll: who do you think will kill Clyntahn? (spoilers?)
Post by JeffEngel   » Sat Nov 07, 2015 12:23 pm

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C. O. Thompson wrote:
Pity the poor tasters!

Don


Well Don,

Occupational hazard, however, most of the time they do eat well otherwise and likely get the left overs... remember they don't have refrigerators for the left overs.

Well - the Temple might. I swear, the damn thing is the biggest violation of the Proscriptions on Safehold, and the man responsible for maintaining them never leaves the place. (Yes, I know, it's angel's work and thus covered. And it's one change of perspective on Safehold from looking completely different.)

But anyway, Clyntahn's food tasters probably are living very, very well given his tastes. I do have to wonder about how threatened they feel by the people who'd love to poison him, or even if he's got their families in custody as a threat.
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Re: Poll: who do you think will kill Clyntahn? (spoilers?)
Post by CJK   » Sat Nov 07, 2015 1:05 pm

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Well IMO the only one that could use such a poison would be Merlin and I think it is unlikely he would do that if it put other people at risk as well. Maybe something high tech could work, inducing a heart attack via medical nano-machines and can be made specific to Clyntahn.
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Re: Poll: who do you think will kill Clyntahn? (spoilers?)
Post by C. O. Thompson   » Sat Nov 07, 2015 1:48 pm

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CJK wrote:Well IMO the only one that could use such a poison would be Merlin and I think it is unlikely he would do that if it put other people at risk as well. Maybe something high tech could work, inducing a heart attack via medical nano-machines and can be made specific to Clyntahn.


Heart attack or stroke but, I would also think it might be worth while to have something that could short circuit a PICA built into it.
What if Clynthan is Schulers PICA and it is acting as it is because it thinks no one can touch him. I don't recall any thing about his early years or any one who knew him then. Now that is twisted thinking

In my life, every bully I encountered was really insecure but got away with being a bully till someone stood up to him and knocked him down. If Clynthan gets knocked down it better be for good.
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Re: Poll: who do you think will kill Clyntahn? (spoilers?)
Post by Expert snuggler   » Sat Nov 07, 2015 2:35 pm

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This is a revolting idea.

OWL's library probably has the recipe for heterosexual-transmissible HIV.

The joy girl who transmitted it could be cured afterward.
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Re: Poll: who do you think will kill Clyntahn? (spoilers?)
Post by n7axw   » Sat Nov 07, 2015 2:41 pm

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C. O. Thompson wrote:Pity the poor tasters!

Don


Well Don,

Occupational hazard, however, most of the time they do eat well otherwise and likely get the left overs... remember they don't have refrigerators for the left overs.[/quote]

Why not? They are in the Temple. I doubt the joint lacks refrigerators...

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Re: Poll: who do you think will kill Clyntahn? (spoilers?)
Post by martin   » Sun Nov 08, 2015 4:36 am

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The Helmcleaver guys were talking about not killing Rayno (when they could have done) until they got Clyntahn. So that's why I voted for Ninian / Helmcleaver. But our host is devious as someone said, so maybe it's a good sign that there is no clear leader.

Don't forget in HFQ we learn there are assault shuttles (plural) also the air lorries are plural too. "The size of pre space jumbo jets." That's one hell of a big cave! Opens up the possibility of a Sea and air coordinated attack and could bring members of the inner circle into the frame.
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Re: Poll: who do you think will kill Clyntahn? (spoilers?)
Post by StealthSeeker   » Sun Nov 08, 2015 5:52 pm

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Expert snuggler wrote:This is a revolting idea.

OWL's library probably has the recipe for heterosexual-transmissible HIV.

The joy girl who transmitted it could be cured afterward.



Well, HIV is a little to slow acting for my purpose. I was thinking more of the idea that she could bring along a bottle of his favourite wine to be drank with the evening's meal. The girl would have been given a cure before she entertained Clyntahn.

The idea comes to me as a memory of the story of Emily West nicknamed "The Yellow Rose of Texas" who was rumoured to have "entertained" Santa Anna to the point where he was unprepared for the attack that came.
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Re: Poll: who do you think will kill Clyntahn? (spoilers?)
Post by BobG   » Mon Nov 09, 2015 9:00 am

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No one has raised the possibility that the SOB will kill himself. If we follow the Hitler pattern to its conclusion, that is a distinct possibility.

Imagine some force opposed to Clyntahn, be it Allied forces, a CoGA internal revolt, or Merlin and Nynian in person (unlikely) are in the Temple at his door, and Clyntahn hears the sound of the device used to force open doors in the Temple... What will he do? He does not strike me as the type to grab a sword or a heretical pistol and go out fighting. I also suspect that if that happens, it will be preceded by all of his supporters fleeing, and he will be alone.

Mind you, if there is a self-destruct for the Temple he can access, he may try to use it. Or something that triggers the 1000 year return. I can see DW's parting shot / cliff hanger for the next book being an indication that the return has started.

And BTW, I think that Chihiro may be the psycho behind the book of Schuler and the destruction of the Alexandria enclave. Based on the hints so far, and Schuler's appearance in the key's video, I have a suspicion that Schuler wasn't as evil a person as indicated.

If Chihiro has a PICA, then I foresee a Chihiro vs Merlin fight that results in the death of both of them.

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