>I'm really hoping to find out how Corwin's automation of the Prince
>and Priestess roles works. They're a bit more...active than the
>Pillar.

(Speculation ahead.)

Probably only because they had to be, no?

Cephiro was sort of running crippled for a long time; metaphysical functions that, in the rest of the Nine Realms, are maintained by the World-Engine had to be done by 'hand', so to speak. The Prince wasn't just some generic hero; he was doing a job where, if he stopped, the fabric of the world literally started falling apart. As has been noted elsewhere, that KILLED Dios when he couldn't keep up with it.

But Corwin built a nice little World-Engine for Cephiro which means that it doesn't need to be done by hand anymore. There's a... well, I imagine it's a function call. Instead of Utena feeling compelled to go somewhere and preform her Princely duties that stop the world from collapsing, the World-Engine keeps everything running on an even keel.

-Merc
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