Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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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.
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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'.
If the title means anything, it has not yet been revealed.

There are fae craftspeople, but I'm saving any reveals about them for when it comes up in the series.