A Question about Eddis and The Thieves

[irenengen4ever.livejournal.com]

 I was rereading the KoA, coming up with some theories (see my post about Eddis and Sophos) and I started to wonder if Eddis had a new Thief.  I don't remember any mention of one, but it has been a traidition.  I can't remember if the subject was discussed in the QoA (my aunt has taken my book) and it made me think about it a lot.  I know that they have to go through training, etc, and it seems like they go through it with the current Thief.  Since Gen sort of went from Thief to King, and didn't have a child (we know he learned from his mother and grandfather) I really started to think.  Does the position of The Thief of Eddis have to be passed down through families?  I'm not sure this is ever discussed, so does anyone have theories?

Comments

[in-my-niteshirt.livejournal.com]

Notice that with both positions, his name is also his title. So another way to ask the same question is, 'Is he Eugenides or is he Attolis?' Only his Eddisian friends call him Eugenides anymore. Attolians ought to call him Attolis, right? Any Attolian that calls him the Thief of Eddis is trying to be disrespectful, not accurate.

Seems to me any oath of loyalty he previously took to Eddis will be trumped by whatever oaths of loyalty he must have taken at his coronation. If that were not the case, he'd just be a royal consort or something, not the king.

[philia-fan.livejournal.com]

Ah, but the Thief doesn't take an oath.