Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Mood: geeky
  • Music: Ookla the Mok, "Math."

Ask me anything: Toby's world Q&A.

Since I have a book coming out in fifteen days, I figure it's time to once again offer to answer your questions about the world. So...

I will make five blog posts detailing aspects of Toby's universe. Ask me anything! I will not answer every question, but will select the five that I think are the most interesting/fun/relevant, and will detail them to my heart's content. There's a lot to learn and know, and asking loses you nothing.

Leave your questions on this post. I'm declaring comment-reply amnesty for any that I choose not to answer this time, since otherwise, my wee head may explode.

Game on!

ETA: Things covered last two times we did this: inheritance, fosterage, madness, historical records, Cait Sidhe court structure, the Changeling's Choice, locational biology, where fae races come from, shapeshifters, and merlins.
Tags: ashes of honor, math is awesome, party games, toby daye
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beccastareyes

August 20 2012, 17:45:45 UTC 4 years ago

Toby is the Knight of Lost Words (IIRC). I can imagine that a landed title comes with the name of the land it's attached to (Goldengreen, Tamed Lightning. etc.), but a knight is an unhanded position. So does the title mean anything -- either a reference to what Toby did, or as a title that can be awarded (a bit like how a professorship might be the Rich Donor Professor of Stuff, instead of just Professor).

Also, anything you can say about fairy craftspeople and making stuff -- I know it was addressed a bit in the second book (especially that the more craftsmen-oriented fae use changelings to handle ironwork), but I like hearing about how stuff gets made. I know to some extent, even a changeling like Toby has to be able to make a decent dress from raw materials and magic, but is there a difference between 'stuff i need right now so I make (and don't care if it turns back to leaves at dawn as long as I'm not still wearing it)' and 'old, well-made stuff'.

seanan_mcguire

August 27 2012, 16:07:14 UTC 4 years ago

Answering your first question would involve spoilers.

beccastareyes

August 27 2012, 16:26:10 UTC 4 years ago

Then I shall wait until it is revealed. ^_^