CHAPTER TWO introduces Targovi. We learn that:
this character is a Tigery, a species that we met on Starkad in Ensign Flandry;
he is an itinerant merchant (a familiar profession);
he is based on Imhotep but travels to Daedalus;
his overt trade is a cover for Intelligence work (an even more familiar profession);
he is canny enough to ferret out who and what are behind the impending emergency;
he hopes for recognition on Terra, just as journeyman Falkayn had hoped for recognition by Old Nick;
he is a son of Dragoika who was introduced, on Starkad, in Ensign Flandry;
he is a friend of Diana Crowfeather who was introduced, on Imhotep, in CHAPTER ONE;
he says in CHAPTER THIRTEEN that he is "'...no Flandry...'" (p. 331) (This is another example of How Leading Characters Are Perceived By Others.) (We would say, "...no James Bond...")
This is a perfect combination of old and new narrative elements.
Olaf Magnusson was born on Kraken and has married a Nyanzan: yet more future historical continuity.
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