(crosspost)

(Responding to the Attolian Archives episode about the Thief, Chapter 9)

 

Another excellent episode! You guys rock!

 

…Boston ThiefCon, anyone?

 

A note about the emerald ring: it’s a reference to The Eagle of the Ninth. Compare the descriptions:

 

The Thief:

 

I looked down at the ring still hung around my left thumb. He looked as well and whistled. In the sunlight I could see that the emerald was flawed, milky white on one side. The seal engraved in it was a curving fish, maybe a dolphin. The white flaw was a breaking wave. 

 

The magus leaned over me to lift it off my thumb. “The writing on the ring itself is in the old style, pre-invader. Whoever wore it here must have had it in his family for many generations." 

 

The Eagle of the Ninth:

 

A ring swung on the end of the thong, sparkling faintly with green fire in the torch-light. Marcus took it from him and bent his head to examine it. It was a heavy signet-ring; and on the flawed emerald which formed the bezel was engraved the dolphin badge of his own family. 

 

(And of course, after Marcus, the ring passes to his descendants, for “many generations” indeed.)