I would like to say in advance that I am aware that this chapter is madly inconclusive. The thing is, I could not get it to work any other way (and believe me, I tried), so I have shoved most of the meta-heavy history lesson into chapter four. Also, Lune uses an oddly stylized grammar, and trying to sync the narrative to his dialogue -- not to mention writing said dialogue in the first place -- is incredibly frustrating.
*beats head against desk*
Anyway. Lune loves his sons and wishes for their happiness. Unfortunately, a king cannot put himself before his country. (1,450 words)
( Speak Softly )
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Back to Which Give Value to Survival
Forward to The Law That Makes Him King
Read the final version on ff.net
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My Archenlandish (Archenlandian?) geology/topography is largely cribbed from parts of the Appalachian mountain range of North American, supplemented by details from the Finger Lakes region of New York, mostly because I live in northeastern America and I like gorges and waterfalls. Obviously there has not been anything remotely like enough time for the Narnian world to develop mountain ranges of sedimentary rock, let alone for those mountains to be worn down to the height of the ones in Archenland, but the world is flat and was created by a lion singing, so I figure Aslan could muck around with the topography and geology however he bloody well wanted to; science need not apply. (Science especially need not apply to Bism, but let's not get into that here. *grin*)
*beats head against desk*
Anyway. Lune loves his sons and wishes for their happiness. Unfortunately, a king cannot put himself before his country. (1,450 words)
( Speak Softly )
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Back to Which Give Value to Survival
Forward to The Law That Makes Him King
Read the final version on ff.net
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My Archenlandish (Archenlandian?) geology/topography is largely cribbed from parts of the Appalachian mountain range of North American, supplemented by details from the Finger Lakes region of New York, mostly because I live in northeastern America and I like gorges and waterfalls. Obviously there has not been anything remotely like enough time for the Narnian world to develop mountain ranges of sedimentary rock, let alone for those mountains to be worn down to the height of the ones in Archenland, but the world is flat and was created by a lion singing, so I figure Aslan could muck around with the topography and geology however he bloody well wanted to; science need not apply. (Science especially need not apply to Bism, but let's not get into that here. *grin*)