Nice catch on Nahuseresh punishing Kamet for the very thing he was gulty of. I hadn't considered it that way before.
I'm pretty sure Nahuseresh knew why Hemsha was significant. Mostly, because of one line in the Envoy. ...the emperor's nephew had insisted that his slave could not know it's (the fleet) location.
This implies that he knew and combined with Nahuseresh's lack of humilty... I think he was informed on Hemsha being the hiding place for the fleet, and he wanted to get involved as a way to get revenge on Attolia.
It's also possible, like you said, that the previous governor conveiently disappeared, and the Emperor's Heir was looking for a confidant to hold the post at Hemsha and keep the cat in the bag.
The governorships may not be family owned, however, and the previous post holder was simply dismissed. Perhaps, he couldn't be trusted to not leak the location of the fleet?
As for Nahuseresh not telling Kamet.. I think the fleet was on a strict need to know basis. Kamet knew about the spies on Cymorene, because he handled his master's letters. It's possible that the location of the fleet either wasn't being written down or was being refered to in code. Thus, Kamet never learned of it.
Another possibilty is that Nahuseresh didn't trust Kamet as far as Kamet thought he did.
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Date: 5/1/18 04:50 am (UTC)I'm pretty sure Nahuseresh knew why Hemsha was significant. Mostly, because of one line in the Envoy. ...the emperor's nephew had insisted that his slave could not know it's (the fleet) location.
This implies that he knew and combined with Nahuseresh's lack of humilty... I think he was informed on Hemsha being the hiding place for the fleet, and he wanted to get involved as a way to get revenge on Attolia.
It's also possible, like you said, that the previous governor conveiently disappeared, and the Emperor's Heir was looking for a confidant to hold the post at Hemsha and keep the cat in the bag.
The governorships may not be family owned, however, and the previous post holder was simply dismissed. Perhaps, he couldn't be trusted to not leak the location of the fleet?
As for Nahuseresh not telling Kamet.. I think the fleet was on a strict need to know basis. Kamet knew about the spies on Cymorene, because he handled his master's letters. It's possible that the location of the fleet either wasn't being written down or was being refered to in code. Thus, Kamet never learned of it.
Another possibilty is that Nahuseresh didn't trust Kamet as far as Kamet thought he did.