Following in his footsteps

No, sorry this is not a religious post (unless you consider the Lord of the Rings series a religious text) notice that the "he" in the title is not capitalized. Rather this is a personal statement of life comparison. I stole the title from the first surface main story quest in Fallout 3. But in this case, rather than follow Liam Neeson, I seem to be following Tolkein. I have begun the slow and arduous journey back to authorship. The other day I finished work on a chapter concerning the barrow and the acquisition, and today I outlined the chapter on the hunting trip. The story is still coming together, and it's funny. I have the beginnings and origins done (characters and world), and I know where they must go and end up (how it all ends) and I technically know what must happen along the way, but its the middle I'm having the biggest problem writing.

I think though, in retrospection, that for Tolkein to choose to use the word wraith was a perfect fit. Unfortunately because of his choices I can't use that word or the entire concept of mithril.

But back to the topic at hand, following in his footsteps, I have recently found myself returning to the study of the middle ages. But this time its an independent study. The majority of my study focuses on the histories, languages, and mythologies of the British isles. I find myself particularly drawn to Celtic lore and the elder futhark language. I have also been spending time reading about the Volsung and Nibelungen. It's really cool stuff if you like pseudo historical mythology (and utterly fascinating psychologically, though I don't recommend reading them from that angle as like most mythologies, reading them with such a mindset will drive you mad).


Time once again for the Latin learning corner:

today's word: vestigia
modern conjugates: investigate, vestige...
translation: track, trace, essence (often simply translated as footprint)

Therefore: In vestigia ambulant post it (I think... my latin is a little rusty... not sure about the personal ending on vestigia though...)

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