Posted by Mark Adams on October 28, 1998 at 16:39:16:
In Reply to: Does The Connatic Get Out posted by Normee on October 26, 1998 at 05:58:10:
I think it's fairly strongly implied that Ryl Shermantz is the Connatic. Going from fuzzy memory here... isn't there a point where there's speculation on the part of Shermantz about how to handle the battles between the "Fanzers" (SP?) and their enemies, and he recalls a disaster on another planet where he intervened too heavily? It backfired.
I believe the strong implication was that this is the Connatic, fixing problems in low(er) profile disguise - with justification for action/inaction based on recollection of past mistakes. I wish I had the book in front of me, I think I could prove that Shermantz is the Connatic.
markA.
: At the beginning of one of the Alastor books (Trullion I think) mention is made that the Connatic sometimes travels the cluster representing himself as a high official in his own service. Late in both Trullion and Wyst, Ryl Shermantz (an official in the Connatic's service) appears. Is this the Connatic travelling and righting wrongs throughout the cluster?