Minor Characters Fanfic Challenge Deadline Tomorrow

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Just so all you guys know, the deadline for the Minor Characters Challenge is tomorrow.

However, if someone needs an extra 24 hours please let me know. Good luck to all!

A Conspiracy of Kings Question

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(If this has been asked or discussed before, please tell!)

I just finished re-reading the entire series--and now I have nothing good to read--and I noticed that despite Eddis and Gen's relationship, we only ever hear Gen call Eddis "Helen" in A Conspiracy of Kings, when they're both watching Sophos leave in Attolia (page 208). I never realized that we hadn't heard Gen use "Helen" until that page. Do you guys think there is any significance in that?

And while we're on the topic of inter-changeable names here, is there more significance in the way Megan uses everyone's names? In the middle of A Conspiracy of Kings (when it's told through third person) I noticed that Sophos is usually referred to as Sounis. And Not just that everyone calls him Sounis, but when he speaks or thinks it's written as "thought Sounis" or "Said Sounis." Also, Megan mixes up Gen and Attolis. At first I thought she only used Attolis when all four monarchs were very formal and whatnot, but the conversation between Eddis and Gen (page 208 again) is very private and intimate, and both "Gen" and "Attolis" are used there too.

Thoughts?