![]() ![]() Although viewed by the populace at large as you would expect, with fear and loathing, the guild is in fact not made up of amoral sadists, but highly skilled and educated professionals whose job is torturing people according to the strict guidelines of the law. Severian is an apprentice in the guild of Seekers for Truth and Penitence - i.e., the torturer's guild. This is one of the framing elements in this leisurely, baroque novel that only slowly reveals itself to be science fiction rather than fantasy. Since The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in Severian's fictional autobiography, we learn early in the story that he's destined to become Autarch of the world known as Urth. The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume epic, the tale of a young Severian, an apprentice to the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession - showing mercy towards his victim. ![]()
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