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Re: Erik leaves home
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Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:48:45 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> Maybe I'm just used to this sort of thing, but I had absolutely no problem
> with understanding the first short vignette about Erik
> I think that James did exactly the right thing here - he left them as 'empty
> places' for our mind to fill in when we get more information.
> Anyway, here's what I was able to figure out, and maybe James can tell me
> how good my guesses are...
eight from eight for the redoubtable Mr Johnston.
> There's a very Norse feel to this (although I for some reason caught a whiff
> of Celtic about it as well - maybe because the name of the country reminds me
> of the Irish kingdom of Ulster)
Actually I was after simply oceaney/islandy but since I'd named Erik before
writing the story (my middle name is Eric and since it was handy) sort of
after Erik the Red the scandahoovian guy some of that has probably crept in
when naming relations to 'fit' Erik.
> Benjar and Andralf, from context, are his elder brothers, and Cera is a
> female relative of some kind, probably a married older sister. (I think
> she's a female because it mentions her children inheriting but no suggestion
> that she might.)
Yep. Re-reading it I agree with the origanal comment that it's not
particularly clear who Cera is. I have fixed the webpage version.
> The Grey King is pretty obviously Erik's father (or, rather, the title of
> his father) since it talks about the several people in between himself and
> the throne. He's probably the youngest son, since that's the traditional
> one that sets out for adventure.
Two more yeps. Erik's page had already specifically mentioned these things but
if you just read the post and didn't follow the link (did I post it?) to see
Erik's piccy I'd fair enough you missed it.
> Ustral is the name of the kingdom he's from, and Warris is apparently the
> name of his father the King. That's the only real problem I have with the
> writing - it refers to the King and Warris just a few words apart and
> causes some confusion that way.
Total of five so far,again this has been amended silghtly in the online
version. Ustral is simply a mutilation of aUSTRALia, the best place on earth.
> Kasjyr would be their version of Valhalla, a place where brave warriors go
> when they die. ('beyond the final gates' definitely sounds like a metaphor
> for death to me.)
> No, I take that back. There's a temple of Kasjyr, on Ile Harko, the Place
> of Priests, so he is probably either their head god or their war-god.
The Kasjyr to my mind is many things, a place; both in the world and beyond, a
God (or actually The God since the Ustralians think one world:one God) a or
many temples the people who follow the Kasjyr and also the way of life of
those people including their ceremonies and rituals. This may be confusing and
I'll make sure it's reasonably clear from context but thinking about it it's a
word/philosophy that will come up often.
> Lifcaul is the name of the particular village he's from.
It means place of fish. maybe. or not. I haven't decided.
> Um, anyway, so I didn't have much problem with it at all. I thought it was
> pretty great, the way he gave us so much information in such a short space
> of time.
> James - your first attempt at writing fiction? Really? I'm very impressed!
> I really think you ought to continue in this vein (only with pictures of all
> this stuff added!)
Yes there will be pictures I promise. ATM I'm some 100 kilometers (160 miles
for the metrically impared) from most of my lego so pictures will have to
wait.
Yes this is only the second or third story I've written and the first I've
'published' I'm chuffed at the reaction and certainly plan to continue, after
all _I_ want to know what happens to Erik even if you all don't!
Thanks for all the feedback, James.
P.S. Erik is at
www.geocities.com/jehowse/erik.htm
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| (...) He shoots, he scores! ;-) (...) Well, it's just the feeling of an island of seafarers - which connects, for some people, to Norway or Celts, I guess. It's a nice feel, anyhow. <snip> (...) Too bad, I want to see them... (...) Oh, but we do! (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I may not use metric on a regular basis, but I'm not so metrically impaired as to not see a problem with the above (if you are metrically impaired, just look at your speedometer tonight and see what the problem with the above is). (24 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Maybe I'm just used to this sort of thing, but I had absolutely no problem with understanding the first short vignette about Erik. Sure, there were people and places that weren't explicitly described, but from context I think the nuances were (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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