Eirik. To echo an annotation from one of my favorite webcomics, one of the words in this entry is more important than the rest. This one and the last one were a bit shorter than the rest. They go back … Continue reading
The last of the Rakel entries for Three Arrivals. On Thursday we’ll see what the strange fellow on the boat’s been up to. I said I was going to talk about something you probably already knew today, but I’m still … Continue reading
Woohoo, update number 10! Break out the bubbly! I demand fireworks and large statues in my honor! Silliness aside, this is the last update I wrote before I started posting. As of this post, the ‘many’ in Many Words is … Continue reading
We passed the 5,000-word mark today. It’s Monday evening (which is to say less than twelve hours from the time at which this post is supposed to go live), and I’m only scheduling this entry just now. Thanks to a … Continue reading
We’re now halfway through Three Arrivals, and on such a cliche-sounding title, too. There’s no particular societal prohibition on which clothes women can wear in Lägraltvärld, trousers[1] being a practical garment for all sorts of manual labor, something which humanity … Continue reading
Conjuring is two things: first, the magic of stuff and its manipulation. Eventually you’ll see some examples of that half. Second, enchanting. I’d say more, but I can’t right now. I’d say more about why I can’t right now, but … Continue reading
And that’s all we’re going to see of Anja until the end of this chapter (and therefore the end of August). Next week we’ll see what’s up with the nighttime visitor from Three Arrivals No. 1. Last time I talked … Continue reading
More dialog. Still don’t like doing it. I’ll talk about human names for a bit. The majority come in two parts—a first name and a patronym (all the -sen and -dottir suffixes). Formal address requires that you mention the patronym, … Continue reading
Things that happened today: We met Hans. He and Anja are going to be kind of important in the future. We saw magic firsthand for the first time. It’s not going to be the last. I managed to avoid writing … Continue reading
Everyone, meet Anja. Anja, everyone. We’ll probably be seeing more of her.
