The Book of Three

In this case I treated it more like a character than my actual characters! The original rendering of them was pretty sloppy and I didn’t even realize it until I uploaded - had to go back and fix them!

Perhaps we may assume that Melyngar’s confidence has given them hope!

Thank you!

Neveeeeeeeer! That is why I am here!

Me too. Something just so permanent and mysterious about them.

I haven't, because several of the books already come with one, and I don't love that sort of thing anyway so never have wanted to reinvent the wheel. But as something to go along with the comic, it's not a bad idea.

Thank you dear!

Maybe! You know what I’d really love, is if somebody with gaming design knowledge would create a 3d topographical map of it one could explore at leisure. I’m sure it could be done on a roblox platform, but I don’t have time to master that program.

I have seen an old map of Wales today that looks very inspiring for a Prydain map: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a8/2e/c4/a82ec4182b39b2b71a74ff757f5bd7d4.jpg

Oh that is a lovely map!

If you’ve never visited the Prydain wiki’s map page, it’s worth perusing. Beautiful maps there, both authorized and fan-created. I am partial to the one by Brendan Wanderer. See them here.

I have one of my own making, too. Unfortunately it is currently inaccessible at my home while I am with wife and son exiled abroad due to pandemic measures. I will scan it for you when we will be back, some day. Just forgive me that it is labelled in German.

I look forward to seeing it! And goodness I’m so sorry about your situation. It’s difficult enough to be stuck at home; I can’t imagine being stuck anywhere else, let alone a foreign country. I hope you’re able to return soon. ?

It's not so bad actually. We have bought an apartment here two years ago (in my wife's native country) and made it to here just before the borders were closed. We miss nothing here right now, except that due to applying restrictions we feel confined like in Spiral Castle, may not even visit our daughter who happens to live beyond the next country limits. But yesterday there was a report about French bicycle tourists who are stuck here for weeks now, not knowing when they will be allowed to return home, and they have emergency quarters in tents and are much worse off than us!

LOL ummmmm....wow, you're right, he disappears, doesn't he! Unless...that aerial shot is just too far away for you to see him. Yep. I'm going to go with that. LOL

Thank you for that vote of confidence! I wish I could do the full series too...and get paid for it...but at least doing it this way I am free to make whatever creative decisions I want, with no editor to please. A lot to be said for that.

I think Alexander just sort of conveniently forgets. After all in The High King we open with a mortally wounded Prince Gwydion who 48 hours later is leading a small army on a heroic quest. Whatever herbal cures are pushed in Prydain must be potent indeed.

Like he has forgotten about Taran's wounds? Did anyone notice that for days he has now been walking with that strip from Eilonwy's dress on? That shouldn't have done his arm any good. Not to mention that he seeks herbs for Gurgi but none for himself, and Eilonwy misses on the chance to show off her superiority by insisting to nurse him.
/Stop it, Dessler! You're drifting off into the fanfic sphere/


But where would they get replacement unless Eilonwy ripped one of the coats to shreds? That's one problem which Prydain shares with Middle-earth: its vast emptiness without any farmsteads, monasteries, inns or markets to replenish ressources, save for weirdos like Eiddileg. Where is all the infrastructure that people rely upon? Of course you may argue that Fflewddur doesn't want to risk exposure to Arawn's scouts and deliberately chooses unpopulated areas - but does he never raise the subject?

I have a fanfic scene where she changes his bandages, using materials they find in Melyngar’s saddlebags. ☺️ I think it’s the kind of thing any seasoned warrior would think to pack. But in my version any sense of superiority on her part is ruined by his knowledge of herbal remedies, which makes her start to realize her own ignorance and regret her rudeness to him. It’s one of my favorite non-canon additions.

Makes sense. If she should have learned anything about herbs, it would be rather the destructive kind, wouldn't it?

Precisely! She probably knows how to blind people, poison them, turn them into toads...