Wednesday 7 July 2010

I’ve made Sims for some more of the Scottish families. I only needed a couple of the guys for future chapters, but I wanted them to be genetically related to their relatives (if I ever needed their relatives) so I ended up making quite a few.

I don’t know if anyone cares about tiny new pictures of Sims to look at, but knock yourself out if you do.

Thursday 1 July 2010

I’ve added a new page that may help you figure out who is who among the many Scots we’ve seen and heard mentioned.

Index to the Clans

Wednesday 23 June 2010

I believe I have finally solved the bug that was preventing some people from editing their comments, so I went ahead and did a big update of the site today, with a lot of pending changes.

Saturday 5 June 2010

In the chat the other day, I mentioned to Ann and ermine that I am having a difficult time finding hair for Egelric. I have almost no good short hairs, because noble men wear long hair in my world, and my peasants mostly wear really messy hairstyles. (And even they aren’t cropped really short like Egelric is right now.)

Saturday 15 May 2010

After the latest chapter, “Gunnora comes to the crossing of seven roads,” I thought we needed a good map of the area, so I threw one together this morning. (Click for a big version.)

Sunday 9 May 2010

Britamund’s maid Adwen died on Sunday, February 15^th, 1086. We saw her in “Britamund concedes to an urgent matter.”

Neither Brit nor Dunstan liked her, but each thought the other did, and it remains a mystery how she got the job.

I suspect her maternal grandfather Aylmer has something to do with it since he runs the household at Dunellen. (Incidentally her paternal grandmother is The Warty Mother.)

Sunday 2 May 2010

I mentioned to Ann and adienaynay in the chat that Magog was another chap who ought not shave his beard, but since he wasn’t in town when everyone else shaved, you guys haven’t seen proof.

So here’s your proof.

Thursday 29 April 2010

Stacy asked on the forum for some clarification about the “Nine Mothers,” and I realized I still haven’t written a Verso post about this subject. It seems like a good time to gather all the information we know so far, since I know that some of you have been catching on to a few things.

Tuesday 27 April 2010

As some of you guessed when Eirik mentioned it to Harald Leki in “Eirik pays a neighborly visit,” some of the refugees from Ramsaa were bound for Lothere. And as of “Kuntigern admits he cares”—namely February 11^th, 1086—they finally made it to the valley. I’ve already randomly generated the full cohort and distributed them among the households where they will be going, at least at first, though as of February 11^th they’re still resting in Wintermere after their journey before heading deeper into the valley. Eirik headed on alone.

I haven’t made any Sims yet, and some or all of these people might never be so much as mentioned in the story, but I wanted to write them all down here so I can erase them from the notes I added to my outline.

All of the refugees are either widows or the children of widows. Most of them were widowed during the sea battle that preceded the uprising of the town, when most of the Norsemen were slain by Diarmait’s Gaels while still on their ships.

Saturday 10 April 2010

After the last chapter some people expressed an interest in seeing Druze and Midra as they looked in life. I was rather curious myself, so I put some healthy skins and eyes on them and did a little photo shoot.