So we all know that Empathy looks like Dolores Dei, right? And Dolores Dei is the founder of Moralism, and Empathy is the skill that represents moralism.
But it goes beyond that! If we do a little digging, we can see that this pattern applies to the Perikarnassian, Communism, and Rhertoric as well!
The Greatest Innocence says of the Perikarnassian:
He's depicted as a young man with molten gold pouring out of his mouth -- all he spoke was gold.
(Side note: the Perikarnassian’s gender is not known, Franconegro just assumed they were a man).
Rhetoric is also depicted as having... stuff coming out of his mouth, but I didn’t make the connection until the Skills were doing some name-calling.
Volition - It was me. I made you sound weak and I shouldn't have. But *this* guy, Goldmouth, he's way in over his head. Be careful with his so-called advice.
So just like the Perikarnassian, Rhetoric has a mouth of gold. And is the Perikarnassian associated with communism? Yes!
Steban, the Student Communist - "The theorists Puncher and Wattmann -- not infra-materialists, but theorists nonetheless -- say that communism is a secular version of Perikarnassian theology, that it replaces faith in the divine with faith in humanity's future..."
If we take this pattern to its conclusion, then the fascist Innocence, Franconegro, should look like Endurance, and the ultraliberal Innocence (if one existed?) would look like Savoir Faire.
I don’t know what this implies about the setting, or Harry, or the narrative, but I think it’s neat. All quotes taken from Fayde!