Aycharaych knows of the Chinese Taiping Rebellion and tells Desai:
"'The leaders were inspired by a militant form of Christianity - scarcely what Jesus had in mind, no?'" (p. 92)
We receive various data later in this novel, then in later novels:
Aycharych is a Chereionite;
the Chereionites were the Ancients;
Fr Axor will seek for evidence of the Universal Incarnation among inscriptions of the Ancients;
Aycharaych is probably killed when Flandry orders the bombardment of Chereion - but not necessarily;
if Aycharaych survives, then he will no longer have any reason to work for the Merseians and might even work against them;
Axor might stay in touch with the Terran Intelligence agent, Targovi.
And a speculative outcome of all that - Axor and Aycharaych meet and together research the Ancients, starting with whatever Aycharaych remembers of the immense base of knowledge that he had had (and that Flandry destroyed) on Chereion.
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I think A. would be embittered to the point of hatred by the destruction of his home planet and the 'artificial' personalities its computer network sustained.
Kaor, Paul and Mr. Stirling!
Paul: We also see mention of the disastrous role played in human history by Islam and its jihads in THE DAY OF THEIR RETURN.
Mr. Stirling: I agree with what you said about Aycharaych, except that would make more sense many years later if he survived the bombardment of Chereion by the Dennitzans in A KNIGHT OF GHOSTS AND SHADOWS.
Did Aycharaych survive? That possibility was hinted at in THE GAME OF EMPIRE, but we don't know either way.
Ad astra! Sean
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
I misunderstood you. You were saying that it's your belief an Aycharaych who survived the bombardment of Chereion would be too embittered to work with Fr. Axor.
Ad astra! Sean
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