Sunny
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David Dalglish:
sorry david but how and why is Thren Felhorn the greatest assasin of all times, so crazy about aaron not learning about religion, love and women when it should have been part of his tutelage to become a perfect assasin. moreover how and why does a 10 year old aaron kill his elder brother ???
David Dalglish
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(view spoiler)[It's a bit deceptive when discussing how Thren wants his son to become the best 'assassin' ever when that's not quite correct. What he really wants him to become is a ruler of a mafia-style criminal empire (though for obvious reasons I can't start throwing around the word 'mafia' in a fantasy book, hence the closest applicable, with guild leader and assassin).
So Thren wants Aaron to learn how to kill, to inspire fear, to act without compassion. He emphasized the physical aspects first while he was growing up, doing what he could to keep him isolated and having his worldview shaped solely at Thren's discretion. At the start of Shadowdance you start seeing him more open up to Aaron learning more about the world and the city, though still with an emphasis on the practical (history, guild relations, rulers, etc).
You'll notice that Thren did eventually bring up a discussion about the deities, and it is very much negative. When he kills Delius, that's his entire opinion about Ashhur in a nutshell: the priests are to stay out of our way, and if they don't, they die. That's what he wants Aaron to learn, not their dogma or ways to one day pretend to be one of them. That training would come much later, when Thren was confident the ideas and teachings would have no effect on his son.
As for the second bit: I kinda figured that was obvious in the book, but I'll go ahead and answer. Aaron deeply, deeply desires the approval of his father. At such a young age, he's been isolated from the rest of the world, and constantly been given the feeling that he is inferior and unworthy. So when his brother makes too many mistakes, and Aaron is given a chance to suddenly prove himself as a worthy member of the family, he swallows down his guilt and does what his father desires of him.
As for the *how* part, um, dagger to the chest. Seems obvious ;-) (hide spoiler)]
So Thren wants Aaron to learn how to kill, to inspire fear, to act without compassion. He emphasized the physical aspects first while he was growing up, doing what he could to keep him isolated and having his worldview shaped solely at Thren's discretion. At the start of Shadowdance you start seeing him more open up to Aaron learning more about the world and the city, though still with an emphasis on the practical (history, guild relations, rulers, etc).
You'll notice that Thren did eventually bring up a discussion about the deities, and it is very much negative. When he kills Delius, that's his entire opinion about Ashhur in a nutshell: the priests are to stay out of our way, and if they don't, they die. That's what he wants Aaron to learn, not their dogma or ways to one day pretend to be one of them. That training would come much later, when Thren was confident the ideas and teachings would have no effect on his son.
As for the second bit: I kinda figured that was obvious in the book, but I'll go ahead and answer. Aaron deeply, deeply desires the approval of his father. At such a young age, he's been isolated from the rest of the world, and constantly been given the feeling that he is inferior and unworthy. So when his brother makes too many mistakes, and Aaron is given a chance to suddenly prove himself as a worthy member of the family, he swallows down his guilt and does what his father desires of him.
As for the *how* part, um, dagger to the chest. Seems obvious ;-) (hide spoiler)]
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