Trying to stir up a little activity around here

[philia-fan.livejournal.com]

So...here's a discussion question for fun:  Who is your favorite MINOR character in the books, and why?  Or, which minor character would you like to know more about?

Have at it.

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[in-my-niteshirt.livejournal.com]

I am most intrigued by the Magus, although I'm not sure he's a "minor" character. (He's a main character in the first book, at least.) What's the story with his kids? His wife died, (how long ago?) and his kids are being raised somewhere by relatives, (presumably Sounisians?) Now there's a story right there, don't you think? Not to mention how his parents and siblings died when he was young and living in that house near the Eddisian border. Hmmm..., is that an irrelevant coincidence? Or does he have an Eddisian connection we're not yet aware of? I think it's amazing that with such a humble beginning he made himself into the most educated royal advisor in the country. What kept him so motivated? I'm also wondering what his name is, and why no one ever uses it.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

I think the wife and kids mentioned in Thief belonged to the soldier that Gen killed. Though the first time I read it, I thought they belonged to Pol. I got the impression that the Magus had never been married.

Yes, the least Eddis could have done for us is to call the Magus by his name when he called her Helen. :)

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

Pol has a family - Sophos talked about it in the cell, after they were captured. The soldier Gen killed had a wife who had died in a plague (or something), and children parsed out to an aunt.

I had the impression the Magus had no family.