you know I do not think anyone ever figured out what the big secret was in the map in Thick as Thieves but the thing that captivates me most is the fact that apparently, in the frame narrative the map lets us in on, Gen is apparently known mostly as the Queenâs Thief and NOT Attolis or Annux.
or maybe heâs known mostly as the Queenâs Thief not because his thievery is what gets him into legend more than his kingship, but because the kingdom(s) of the little peninsula are conquered or fall apart into ruin! so being the Thief is all he has, since heâs no longer a king.
WHOâS TO SAY
last time Iâm reblogging my own postâ
perhaps he is the Queenâs Thief, because the queen he is the thief of is not Eddis or Attolia, but Hephestia, the Great Goddess. and oneâs service to the gods overrules any human kingship or thievery.
Perhaps he is the Queenâs Thief because he just became every queenâs thief at one point or another.























