lightningstar519 wrote:jtg452 wrote:Shueler is the personification of the Inquisition and the enforcement arm of the Church.
What's the psychological impact of him appearing when he did and saying what he said going to be on the truly devout of the Church?
He-the semi-divine archangel and defender of orthodoxy- didn't choose to appear during the war with Charis- even though it was a war to prevent what the Church had declared a heretical schism from rising.
So why now?
Nahrman and Owl's little light show is going to have a tremendous impact globally.
Narhman isn't playing games. This is the opening gambit of the next phase in the war against the Church dominance of Safehold. They've fought with guns and swords,now they are after hearts and minds.
Can anyone give me any proof apart from RFC's half-joking comment that the Schueler hologram was Nahrmann? I'm really, really hoping that the Schueler hologram is not a propaganda fake by Charis. That sort of lie is unworthy of them and frankly out-of-character. It seems like a very Bedard-like move, if you ask me.
Way back in _Off Armageddon Reef_, Merlin resolved to not lie, nor stage a "miracle". The Schueler hologram would be such a miracle. I hope that Operation Androcles is based on the message in the Stone and perhaps the diary of Seijin Kohdy (I wonder if the original testimonies in the Temple archives still mention him?).