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Valiar Marcus:
--- Quote from: Belmonte on July 04, 2006, 05:24:58 AM ---Though oddly, looking at the book (to get information to comment further on), Tavi insists that First Calderon happened far before he was born--it's in the section with the Princeps' Monument.
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Exactly. If Isana wanted to hide that Tavi was born in that 9 month window following First Calderon, she could give him a fictitious birthdate a year or so after that window, to keep people from possibly connecting the dots.
Belmonte:
Er. Or a year or two before, which was my point. The problem is if his birthdate is -after- then he really, /really/ is small for his age. Remember, he's supposed to be small for his age. If his fake birthdate is a while -after- First Calderon, then he's actually -very- small for his age. :)
novium:
--- Quote from: Belmonte on July 04, 2006, 05:49:51 AM ---Er. Or a year or two before, which was my point. The problem is if his birthdate is -after- then he really, /really/ is small for his age. Remember, he's supposed to be small for his age. If his fake birthdate is a while -after- First Calderon, then he's actually -very- small for his age. :)
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I think the books have made many references to first calderon being relatively shortly before he was born.
kokolores:
--- Quote from: Belmonte on July 04, 2006, 05:49:51 AM ---Er. Or a year or two before, which was my point. The problem is if his birthdate is -after- then he really, /really/ is small for his age. Remember, he's supposed to be small for his age. If his fake birthdate is a while -after- First Calderon, then he's actually -very- small for his age. :)
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There is no need for Isana to lie about his age. It was revealed in the second book that all unmarried women had to serve in the camps of the legions, so I can't believe that Tavi is the only one who was fathered during that time.
Moreover not many of those who might know about Septimus' and Isana's relationship survived the FC and in case someone remembered Isana made up the story of Tavi being the son of her sister.
Valiar Marcus:
--- Quote from: kokolores on July 06, 2006, 01:54:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: Belmonte on July 04, 2006, 05:49:51 AM ---Er. Or a year or two before, which was my point. The problem is if his birthdate is -after- then he really, /really/ is small for his age. Remember, he's supposed to be small for his age. If his fake birthdate is a while -after- First Calderon, then he's actually -very- small for his age. :)
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There is no need for Isana to lie about his age. It was revealed in the second book that all unmarried women had to serve in the camps of the legions, so I can't believe that Tavi is the only one who was fathered during that time.
Moreover not many of those who might know about Septimus' and Isana's relationship survived the FC and in case someone remembered Isana made up the story of Tavi being the son of her sister.
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No need, but if you were hiding something that big, wouldn't you like a little extra 'insurance'? I mean, no one is going to say, "Wow, this furyless kid was born x months after FC, and Septimus was unmarried, he must be the missing heir!" But changing his birthdate might be enough to distract someone who was potentially putting the pieces together. Kind of a Jedi mind trick sort of strategy.
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