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 Queen’s Thief and NOT Attolis or Annux.
or maybe he’s known mostly as the Queen’s 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 he’s no longer a king.
WHO’S TO SAY
last time I’m reblogging my own post–
perhaps he is the Queen’s Thief, because the queen he is the thief of is not Eddis or Attolia, but Hephestia, the Great Goddess. and one’s service to the gods overrules any human kingship or thievery.
Perhaps he is the Queen’s Thief because he just became every queen’s thief at one point or another.


















