Despite life intervening with tragedy and challenges. Despite moving house and rebuilding yet another old house. Despite age setting in and worldly distractions multiplying. Despite lethargy, sloth and the temptations of a myriad other projects. Despite all these odds I have begun again with the Cold Sea.
SOURCESA source of new information and new impetus has been the fortunate discovery of new material pertaining to the martial history of the nations around the Cold Sea.
The first was the result of browsing an antiquarian bookshop. A massive tome caught my eye and it proved to be a battered copy of the rare official history of the wars printed by the Arborians. The events being so distant in time and place from the modern and more southerly city where I found it, the proprietor let me have it for a song.
The second fount of inspiration I discovered amongst the effects of an old uncle who unfortunately recently expired at the age of 103. In his younger days he had also become fascinated with the wars of olden times and a dusty shelf of books included a key find.
Despite the spine being so damaged it was not at first apparent what I had hold of, a quick glance at the title page showed me I had inherited a copy of Aage Lynsverd's memoir of the Great Borelian War!
Newly armed and reanimated I have embarked on the retelling of Arboria's great project to civilise the wilder bounds of the Cold Sea and the turmoil it let loose on the northern lands!
Next episode will be the tale of the spark which ignited the blaze!
