![]() ![]() He departs the guild headquarters, traveling through the decaying city of Nessus. Master Palaemon gives Severian a letter of introduction to the archon of the city and Terminus Est, a magnificent executioner's sword. Though Severian expects to be tortured and executed, instead the head of the guild dispatches Severian to Thrax, a distant city which has need of an executioner. When finally Thecla is put to torture, Severian takes pity on her and helps her commit suicide by smuggling a knife into her cell, thus breaking his oath to the guild. The Autarch (ruler of the Commonwealth) wishes to use Thecla to capture Vodalus. ![]() Thecla's crime is never made clear, though it is implied that she is imprisoned for political reasons since Thecla's half-sister is Thea, Vodalus's lover. Shortly before Severian is elevated to journeyman he encounters and falls in love with Thecla, a beautiful aristocratic prisoner. Severian saves Vodalus's life, earning his trust and the reward of a single coin. Vodalus and his companions are confronted by volunteer guards. Vodalus, along with two others, including a woman named Thea, are robbing a grave. ![]() On his way back to the Citadel, Severian and several other apprentices sneak into a necropolis where Severian encounters Vodalus, a legendary revolutionary. Severian, an apprentice in the Torturers' Guild, barely survives a swim in the River Gyoll. ![]()
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