Medieval Castles

Hi everyone! So thanks for keeping up with the first four chapters. I greatly appreciate all your your very helpful comments for me! Thank you!

I decided to occasionally post a General Update where I give information about the time period, or maybe ask you guys questions, or just give a random update. I don't know what all I'll do with these posts... I guess we'll find out. ;D

Since I have set this novel in the Medieval time period (with fictional names, places and events) I thought I would share some images that will hopefully help you be able to envision some things better.

I looked up quite a few images of Medieval castles so that I had a better idea of how Medieval kings and queens used to live. The Marienburg Castle in Germany is my general idea of the castle at Eurasia where Ellyn lives: very large, surrounded by trees, a courtyard in the center. This castle was built in the mid-1300s and has been very well preserved.

Marienburg Castle

Marienburg Castle

The courtyard at Marienburg castle

There are also some very interesting pictures of the interiors of medieval castles:

castle dungeon

dining hall

Here is a Medieval bedroom, which I thought is a good representation of what Ellyn's room could look like.

And finally, since I didn't do this in my last post, I'll add a quick character profile. One of the characters you have already met is Queen Cordelia, Ellyn's mother, who I cast as Rosamund Pike.

Rosamund Pike as Queen Cordelia

Tune in next Monday for Chapter 5! :)