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** Actually, Trilby wore a black mask, but it still applies. A.J. saw someone with a featureless face.
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Remember that John [=DeFoe's=] involvement as the Bridgekeeper was ''entirely'' orchestrated by the Tall Man in an attempt to prevent Chzo from using ''him'' as the Bridge, and from choosing a New Prince. This also applies to the foundation of the Order of Blessed Agonies via Jack Frehorn. The Tall Man's plan, not Chzo's, caused Theo DaCabe to experience the Three Blessed Agonies and become the perfect candidate. Theo really did only end up at the Optimology building through sheer dumb luck, it only looks like it was predestined because of Chzo's non-linear view of time. If it ''didn't'' happen that way, he wouldn't have bothered in the first place.

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Remember that John [=DeFoe's=] involvement as the Bridgekeeper was ''entirely'' orchestrated by the Tall Man in an attempt to prevent Chzo from using ''him'' as the Bridge, and from choosing a New Prince. This also applies to the foundation of the Order of Blessed Agonies via Jack Frehorn. The Tall Man's plan, not Chzo's, caused Theo DaCabe [=DaCabe=] to experience the Three Blessed Agonies and become the perfect candidate. Theo really did only end up at the Optimology building through sheer dumb luck, it only looks like it was predestined because of Chzo's non-linear view of time. If it ''didn't'' happen that way, he wouldn't have bothered in the first place.
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Remember that John Defoe's involvement as the Bridgekeeper was ''entirely'' orchestrated by the Tall Man in an attempt to prevent Chzo from using ''him'' as the Bridge, and from choosing a New Prince. This also applies to the foundation of the Order of Blessed Agonies via Jack Frehorn. The Tall Man's plan, not Chzo's, caused Theo DaCabe to experience the Three Blessed Agonies and become the perfect candidate. Theo really did only end up at the Optimology building through sheer dumb luck, it only looks like it was predestined because of Chzo's non-linear view of time. If it ''didn't'' happen that way, he wouldn't have bothered in the first place.

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Remember that John Defoe's [=DeFoe's=] involvement as the Bridgekeeper was ''entirely'' orchestrated by the Tall Man in an attempt to prevent Chzo from using ''him'' as the Bridge, and from choosing a New Prince. This also applies to the foundation of the Order of Blessed Agonies via Jack Frehorn. The Tall Man's plan, not Chzo's, caused Theo DaCabe to experience the Three Blessed Agonies and become the perfect candidate. Theo really did only end up at the Optimology building through sheer dumb luck, it only looks like it was predestined because of Chzo's non-linear view of time. If it ''didn't'' happen that way, he wouldn't have bothered in the first place.



Jack Frehorn, the DeFoe Manor, and The Arrogant Man are all described as having known the name of the king, but they all lived past that description; to "know the name of the King" is to experience one's own personal ultimate suffering. For Frehorn, the ultimate pain was the unintentional murder of his lover, as even with his presumably very long and horribly painful life, he would keep coming back to Wilbur's death as the source of it all. The DeFoe manor knew well the name of the King because of John DeFoe's continuous torture, which meant his entire life was his ultimate suffering. Cabadath knows the name of the King first when he becomes the Prince and forced to abandon basically everything about his human life, and again, when he's forced out of his position by the New Prince and plunged into oblivion, when all he wanted was to remain Chzo's Prince. The fact that everyone ''else'' who died knowing the name of the King is just coincidence; their deaths were the finishing touches on some truly awful experiences.

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Jack Frehorn, the DeFoe [=DeFoe=] Manor, and The Arrogant Man are all described as having known the name of the king, but they all lived past that description; to "know the name of the King" is to experience one's own personal ultimate suffering. For Frehorn, the ultimate pain was the unintentional murder of his lover, as even with his presumably very long and horribly painful life, he would keep coming back to Wilbur's death as the source of it all. The DeFoe [=DeFoe=] manor knew well the name of the King because of John DeFoe's [=DeFoe's=] continuous torture, which meant his entire life was his ultimate suffering. Cabadath knows the name of the King first when he becomes the Prince and forced to abandon basically everything about his human life, and again, when he's forced out of his position by the New Prince and plunged into oblivion, when all he wanted was to remain Chzo's Prince. The fact that everyone ''else'' who died knowing the name of the King is just coincidence; their deaths were the finishing touches on some truly awful experiences.

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* Chzo had nothing to do with John [=DeFoe=] becoming the bridgekeeper. The entire plot was Cabadath's attempt to send Chzo to the scientific realm, either to accomplish what he was trying before he was captured (Bringing Chzo to our world to drive out the Romans) or, if we assume he knows Chzo can't survive without magic, to kill it in an attempt to free himself. When the portal is opened in 6 days, however, it's still to small for Chzo to slip through and the plan fails. Realizing Cabadath has betrayed it, Chzo decides to replace Cabadath as The Prince, grabbing the nearest suitable candidate (Theo).
** Uh, that's not Wild Mass Guessing. If you read the Book of the New Prince in the special edition, you'd know that's ''true''.
*** [[spoiler:Cabadath WANTED to stay in Chzo's service according to the Book of the New Prince. And besides, Frehorn himself admitted most of what he wrote was gibberish, so it's not a stretch to say that the WMG is correct.]]

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* Chzo had nothing to do with John [=DeFoe=] becoming the bridgekeeper. The entire plot was Cabadath's attempt to send Chzo to the scientific realm, either to accomplish what he was trying before he was captured (Bringing Chzo to our world to drive out the Romans) or, if we assume he knows Chzo can't survive without magic, to kill it in an attempt to free himself. When the portal is opened in 6 days, however, it's still to small for Chzo to slip through and the plan fails. Realizing Cabadath has betrayed it, Chzo decides to replace Cabadath as The Prince, grabbing the nearest suitable candidate (Theo).
** * Uh, that's not Wild Mass Guessing. If you read the Book of the New Prince in the special edition, you'd know that's ''true''.
*** ** [[spoiler:Cabadath WANTED to stay in Chzo's service according to the Book of the New Prince. And besides, Frehorn himself admitted most of what he wrote was gibberish, so it's not a stretch to say that the WMG is correct.]]



** {{Jossed}} in the special edition commentary of Trilby's Notes: Yahtzee says that to know the name of the king is to die.
*** No. He said to know the Name of the King is to experience a Blessed Agony, usually that of the Soul, but any will do. Also, "the house of the Child and his father already knew well the name of the King."

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** * {{Jossed}} in the special edition commentary of Trilby's Notes: Yahtzee says that to know the name of the king is to die.
*** ** No. He said to know the Name of the King is to experience a Blessed Agony, usually that of the Soul, but any will do. Also, "the house of the Child and his father already knew well the name of the King."



** The "confirmation" of him killing himself comes when we go back to Theo's timeline. A slip of paper shows up which talks about Frehorn's blade, and states that theoretically one could exploit the "forever in the service of the one who wields it" loophole to become like the Caretaker. The line "none, however, have attempted this" makes sense when you consider that from the author's point of view it was true.

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** * The "confirmation" of him killing himself comes when we go back to Theo's timeline. A slip of paper shows up which talks about Frehorn's blade, and states that theoretically one could exploit the "forever in the service of the one who wields it" loophole to become like the Caretaker. The line "none, however, have attempted this" makes sense when you consider that from the author's point of view it was true.



In the entirety of 7 Days, you are first introduced to what the entire crew are in charge of and proceed to toss all that info out the window as you become the only one who is capable of doing everything everyone else was specifically hired to do instead. This is why you have an engineer that insists the psychiatrist on board checks out any bugs in the ship, a logical advisor who has [[InsaneTrollLogic as much logic as a forum troll]], and nearly everyone else only remembering ship protocol if only to nag at you when ''you'' disregard it, among other things. [[spoiler: This is also why nobody calls out Malcom on obviously not being the 65-year-old John Somerset his ID would have revealed, because by drawing attention to him it might risk the chance of the investigation uncovering their own false identities, if they even cared their fellow men were also fakes. [[FridgeLogic Now how they themselves managed to slip under the radar without being caught]] is another story.]]

Possibly the only one who could be who they say they are is Barry (or not), and the reason why he can't seem to tell the difference between the real crew around his age group and experience (whom he would likely have served with at one point) over the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits handful of young newbs who wanted to go to space for lulz]] was either because [[PaperThinDisguise they were all convincing enough]] [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter to reassure him that they are who they are and leave it at that]], or because this kind of thing happens so many countless of times that he simply said "screw it!" and just let the ball roll where they may.
** Barry does seem rather inclined to be "screw the rules" guy at times, or at least bend the rules - he doesn't seem to buy into usual protocal (wanting to be known by his first name) and ignores a suggestion from High Command. He also says that he suspects Captains are retired because they realise the rules could use a little updating. All that considered, there's every chance that he'd turn a blind eye to imposters being on board. Although it's also worth mentioning that Serena and William are both known to be relatively new and the higher-ups consider the mission unimportant enough that it warrants a vastly outdated ship. Even they probably wouldn't have cared if the ship was full of imposters, were it not for the fact that [[spoiler: Somerset murdered his father, the real councillor]]

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In the entirety of 7 Days, you are first introduced to what the entire crew are in charge of and proceed to toss all that info out the window as you become the only one who is capable of doing everything everyone else was specifically hired to do instead. This is why you have an engineer that insists the psychiatrist on board checks out any bugs in the ship, a logical advisor who has [[InsaneTrollLogic as much logic as a forum troll]], and nearly everyone else only remembering ship protocol if only to nag at you when ''you'' disregard it, among other things. [[spoiler: This is also why nobody calls out Malcom on obviously not being the 65-year-old John Somerset his ID would have revealed, because by drawing attention to him it might risk the chance of the investigation uncovering their own false identities, if they even cared their fellow men were also fakes. [[FridgeLogic Now how they themselves managed to slip under the radar without being caught]] is another story.]]

Possibly the only one who could be who they say they are is Barry (or not), and the reason why he can't seem to tell the difference between the real crew who were around his age group and experience (whom he would likely have served with at one point) over the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits handful of young newbs who wanted to go to space for lulz]] was either because [[PaperThinDisguise they were all convincing enough]] [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter to reassure him that they are who they are and leave it at that]], or because this kind of thing happens so many countless of times that he simply said "screw it!" and just let the ball roll where they may.
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Barry does seem rather inclined to be "screw the rules" guy at times, or at least bend the rules - he doesn't seem to buy into usual protocal protocol (wanting to be known by his first name) and ignores a suggestion from High Command. He also says that he suspects Captains are retired because they realise the rules could use a little updating. All that considered, there's every chance that he'd turn a blind eye to imposters impostors being on board. Although it's also worth mentioning that Serena and William are both known to be relatively new and the higher-ups consider the mission unimportant enough that it warrants a vastly outdated ship. Even they probably wouldn't have cared if the ship was full of imposters, impostors, were it not for the fact that [[spoiler: Somerset murdered his father, the real councillor]]
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** Well, the Tall Man [[spoiler: doesn't want to leave Chzo's service and spends the whole trilogy trying to make sure he stays in it.]] Could be the ultimate expression of "love hurts", mayhaps?

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** * Well, the Tall Man [[spoiler: doesn't want to leave Chzo's service and spends the whole trilogy trying to make sure he stays in it.]] Could be the ultimate expression of "love hurts", mayhaps?



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