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agdhani
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I've got 1/2 a plot... Sept 18, 2014 22:44:36 GMT -5

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Post by agdhani on Sept 18, 2014 22:44:36 GMT -5

My cast of characters is quite large...
My MC's plot is figured out already, at least the high points of it. I'm going to let him fill in the minutia as he has done in every other book in the series thus far. He's a great muse.
His arc will take him far from home...but there's people left back home that I have to contend with. After the previous story, I'm thinking of throwing a drought/flood/famine/plague type situation at the kingdom and having them cope with that. It will fit quite well with the state I need the kingdom to be in for book 7 (which will likely be the final one in the series)...but I'm not entirely sure how the nobility would handle such a kingdom-wide situation...if it will be too much to work with, or not enough...or what sort of details to work with. So that part of the plot needs research...in between the research I need to do for 2 school papers.
Anyone know anything about medieval natural disasters and how the nobility dealt with them?

Real Housewife of AYS Moderator This is Mel from facebook. Posts: 79	I've got 1/2 a plot... Sept 18, 2014 23:44:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Real Housewife of AYS on Sept 18, 2014 23:44:38 GMT -5 The Black Plague would be applicable and easy enough to research. Maybe throw in a few fires. I think there were lots back then. A drought could go along with fire, since the lack of water?
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agdhani Ghost Writer Posts: 18	I've got 1/2 a plot... Sept 19, 2014 18:33:46 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by agdhani on Sept 19, 2014 18:33:46 GMT -5 I've had one citywide fire...but I could throw one in elsewhere...burning what little grows in some fields or something. Boss is gonna be gone for a week soon...might give me the chance to do serious research

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agdhani Ghost Writer Posts: 18	I've got 1/2 a plot... Oct 8, 2014 13:05:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by agdhani on Oct 8, 2014 13:05:06 GMT -5 at the moment I'm looking at several circumstances...drought in the south, too much rain in the north...and a disease from each affecting both people and animals. So that ought to cause some serious issues

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I've got 1/2 a plot... Oct 30, 2014 6:16:15 GMT -5

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Post by lisbet on Oct 30, 2014 6:16:15 GMT -5

I hate to say this, but look at the Ebola thing in Africa.

I heard that the idea for the word quarantine came from Italy and the black plague when they basically shut down a major port for 40 days because that's how long they knew it took for the disease to run its course. At the point, all the sick were either better or dead and the disease couldn't spread any more. In medieval times, those that were sick were often times quarantined from others to try to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. However, this didn't solve the problems since the care givers of the sick often would spread disease as would animals (in the case of the black plague, rats with diseased fleas). Additionally, some that became sick refused to admit to being sick to avoid quarantine and would thus spread the disease further. I could see someone from a noble family getting sick because one of their staff refused to go for treatment.

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agdhani Ghost Writer Posts: 18	I've got 1/2 a plot... Oct 30, 2014 11:25:54 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by agdhani on Oct 30, 2014 11:25:54 GMT -5 Yep, I'm sure someone is going to get it...not sure who yet though

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Post by Real Housewife of AYS on Sept 18, 2014 23:44:38 GMT -5

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Post by Kitty on Oct 7, 2014 18:15:33 GMT -5

Post by agdhani on Oct 8, 2014 13:05:06 GMT -5

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