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Reviews For The White Laird of the Mountains
Author's Response: I agree; I love historical fiction, which is why, in my own work, I tend to include 'flashbacks' where I can; it anchors the ficitonal events in reality and gives an additional semblance of reality. If you enjoy historical (or, rather, mock-historical) fiction, you might enjoy 'When the Boat Comes In' and 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Pegasus', other stories which strongly draw upon a semi-invented past. I'm really glad that you enjoyed this chapter and thanks for the review.
Author's Response: Thanks ^^ I hope you enjoy the rest of the plot :)
Author's Response: Thanks ^^ I'm glad you liked the back-story although, admittedly, the idea of a "safe corridor" was Jan's, I just created a history behind it lol.
Author's Response: Thanks ^^ I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I've always loved history because, behind all the facts and dates, it's a story, involving real people who loved, lost, laughed and fought. Sometimes a flashback can be worth a thousand words of explaination.
Author's Response: Thanks ^^ I'm glad so many people seem to like the first chapter; it's a bit gritty (I based it on the Medieval Miracle Plays) but I thought it would be interesting to start with a brief, fierce flash of history, lus it would mean that the reader knows about the Corridor when it appears later on in the story.
Author's Response: Thanks ^^ I'm glad you're enjoying it. Historical fact really helped me in this chapter; although, of course, James I did not attack Hogwarts, had the school existed, it would have been entirely in character for him to do so. Thus, I was able to find a reason for Myrridin's martyrdom and anchor my original character in history, which I think helped him to feel more real.
Author's Response: Yes, the accents were rather hard to write and, I imagine, the alternate spellings would be quite difficult, sorry. I just had this clear image of Myrridin speaking with a strong, Scottish accent, the softer syllables adding another contrast to the hard, powerful man.
Author's Response: I'm glad you found it interesting at least ^^. King James I was obsessed with Witchcraft and not in a good way. He attended the North Berwick Witch Trials, the first major persecution of witches since the Witchcraft Act, and wrote the Daemonology, a book opposing the practice of witchcraft. If the man had known of Hogwarts (a distinct possibility, considering the pressures under which muggleborns would be put to denounce their fellow mages), it is entirely probable that he would have attacked the castle. Also, I really needed a powerful reason for Myrridin to perform the rite and an attack on Hogwarts by the muggle army seemed an interesting plot device: JK Rowling, herself, says in 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' that witch-hunters did, occasionally, kill witches and wizards, i.e. Nearly-Headless Nick, and that children were especially at risk. As most duelling spells work only on one person at a time, it doesn't take a genius to work out that, in a fight with twenty muggles to every wizard, Hogwarts could be wiped off the face of the earth. I really wanted to get a feeling of despair and urgency so that Myrridin's martyrdom was just that- a martyrdom. Thanks for the review. |
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