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<blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 4773469" data-attributes="member: 141">I don't think the Adversary is asking Nehael to express his role in her paradigm. He already knows (and has said) that he is not her adversary. But still he asks her to think of a name, which suggests the possibility of something new.It's interesting that the Adversary doesn't ask Nehael to give him a name; that would imply he is subordinate. Nor does he ask her to choose a name.&nbsp; No existing name expresses his essence, and so none of them would be a valid choice.&nbsp; A new title or sobriquet would do nothing more than refer to him. What good is that? He doesn't want another title. What he wants is to transcend his struggle with Oronthon.&nbsp; It's a doomed, tragic struggle, anyway, one that is predestined to fail.&nbsp; As Sepulchrave tells us, even while rebelling against Oronthon the Adversary does Oronthon's will.&nbsp; But the Adversary doesn't identify with the struggle.&nbsp; If that were all he was about, then he would have a name; the Adversary.&nbsp; But that isn't his name; it's just a word that refers to him without capturing his essential character.&nbsp; But what is the essential character of the self-transcendence he is aiming for?&nbsp; Only Oronthon knows.&nbsp; But maybe Nehael can think of something which expresses it well enough for the Adversary to like it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cheiromancer, post: 4773469, member: 141"] I don't think the Adversary is asking Nehael to express his role in her paradigm. He already knows (and has said) that he is not [i]her[/i] adversary. But still he asks her to think of a name, which suggests the possibility of something new. It's interesting that the Adversary doesn't ask Nehael to [i]give[/i] him a name; that would imply he is subordinate. Nor does he ask her to [i]choose[/i] a name. No existing name expresses his essence, and so none of them would be a valid choice. A new title or sobriquet would do nothing more than refer to him. What good is that? He doesn't want another title. What he wants is to transcend his struggle with Oronthon. It's a doomed, tragic struggle, anyway, one that is predestined to fail. As Sepulchrave tells us, even while rebelling against Oronthon the Adversary does Oronthon's will. But the Adversary doesn't identify with the struggle. If that were all he was about, then he would have a name; the Adversary. But that isn't his name; it's just a word that refers to him without capturing his essential character. But what is the essential character of the self-transcendence he is aiming for? Only Oronthon knows. But maybe Nehael can think of something which expresses it well enough for the Adversary to like it. [/QUOTE]

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