peke wrote:Ok, my two cents...
First, recall the scene when the inquisitors were sent to take the Wylsyn brothers into custody. One of the brothers (can't recall which one) locked the door, but the inquisitors outside had a "wand" that could "override" the lock. Sounds like the door has a high-tech lock, and the inquisitors have some way of defeating it. Technology disguised as divine artifacts, but in the hands of people, not impersonal like the unbreakable windows of the Temple.
Second, in LaMA, the chat between Maigwair and Duchairn, where the latter muses about the persistent rumors about the Inquisitors being able to eavesdrop to any conversation that takes place within the Temple. Probably a rumor, but it's likely to have a kernel of truth somewhere (maybe the system developed a bug a couple of generations ago, or the system supervisor died without passing down the system password, or whatever).
Speculation number one: I think there's some technology in place, and that vanilla people have access to it. If it's placed close enough to the temple, it could be considered "legit" by the OBS. Or maybe the OBS has some kind of "white list" of locations that are considered "legit".
Speculation number two: Again, Nynian's convent. It's in Zion, and close to the temple. Maybe it was at some point a subsidiary facility to the Temple itself, perhaps a temporary facility while the Temple proper was constructed. If the builders were lazy, they might have opted to simply lock the door and cover it before leaving, and decades later, some adventurous nun found the door.
Opinions, anyone?
Interesting. I don't believe I ever said that Nynian's convent was anywhere in Zion, did I? In fact, I seem to recall mentioning that she was sent to convent school in part to keep her out of the public eye because of the circumstances of her birth, and sending her to a convent next door to the Temple wouldn't seem to be very much "out of sight, out of mind," no?
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