Alliance of Equals – Chapter 6

Dutiful Passage
Andiree Approach

In which there may be trouble ahead.

We get quite a few new names in this chapter. There are the characters who have not been specifically referenced before, such as the crew of Pale Wing, and also characters who have been mentioned before but not named, such as Dutiful Passage‘s third mate and the woman whose actions resulted in Hazenthull being brought along by Tocohl and Tolly.

Tocohl has a bit of a new name, too: this is the first time her surname has been mentioned. I wonder if it signifies anything, the way her forename does. (I wonder if it’s actually her surname, or just part of her cover?)

The third mate has the surname Tiazan, which is, as Padi recently reminded us, the name of Miri’s Liaden relatives. I did briefly entertain the amusing notion that Miri had for some reason joined the crew for this voyage, incognito, and that Shan’s comment about the third mate being “a bit stiff in the honor” was a joke. But of course we know that Miri is still back on Surebleak.

2 thoughts on “Alliance of Equals – Chapter 6

  1. Ed8r

    PA: The third mate has the surname Tiazan.

    If I recall correctly, there is also another Taizan serving onboard in another capacity. Did the Passage take these relatives on after their stay at Lytaxin?

  2. Paul A. Post author

    It’s mentioned in later chapters that the the First Mate is also a Tiazan, and that they joined the ship to help “fill those posts left vacant by the… events on Liad”. (The significant pause is part of the original sentence.) Priscilla got promoted from First Mate to Captain, and Ren Zel was going to be the new First Mate but Korval needed him elsewhere, and suddenly there were some big holes in the command structure that needed to be filled with people they knew they could rely on.

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