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prologue - priest of Hood

#1 Gorefest

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Posted 03 February 2015 - 12:45 PM

For some reason I got thinking about the prologue scene with the priest of Hood covered in flies who appears to be non-existent. I tried to look at previous threads in this section and none seemed straight-forward with speculations on this.

So was this simply Hood announcing his active arrival on the general playing field, or was it a metaphore for

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Or both, or neither? If it was meant as a metaphore, though, why would it link in specifically with Heboric and Fener, as they on the face of it don't have much involvement with that particular storyline?

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#2 Traveller

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Posted 03 February 2015 - 01:17 PM

Maybe it was a message to Heboric, a prophecy of the

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So that's the story. And what was the real lesson? Don't leave things in the fridge.

#3 Gorefest

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Posted 03 February 2015 - 01:22 PM

But how is that signified with the 'revelation' of there being nothing beneath the swarm? I personally don't see the metaphor in that.

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#4 theocean

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Posted 03 February 2015 - 06:05 PM

hoods a crazy son of a gun.

#5 Spoilsport Stonny

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Posted 03 February 2015 - 06:13 PM

This was the scene that got me. I liked GotM, but this specific scene. Woah. Never looked back...

My theory is that it meant something different to them all. Felisin's POV about how the priests achieved the blanket of flies was meant to misdirect you then the suspense of the flies dispersing without a priest underneath sets the tone of horror and mystery. Of course its meant to show that Hood has a stake in the game. Fact is, it could be foreshadowing of all their deaths, and some other stuff that happens to them. Its WAY too early in the series for it to point to something specific, as its pretty vague for a metaphor anyway. At this point we barely even know anything about Hood.

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