Historicity of 2920, The Last Year of the First Era

Post » Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:18 am

I've always like that series. I found it to be engaging, and quite informative.

But lately I've been asking myself: is it authentic?

It's written like a novel, and includes quite a few details.

How did the writer know about the Duke of Mournhold's lovechild?

Wasn't the Potentate's plot hidden? How did it get revealed?

How were the specifics of Sotha SIl's stay with the Psijic Order discovered? Better yet, how did the author know anything about the goings on inside his Clockwork City?

For all we know, most of that stuff didn't even happen. Except for the war. Kinda hard to make that up.
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Post » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:57 pm

The author himself, Carlovac Townway, actually answered this question in the http://www.imperial-library.info/content/interviews-3-writers:
Sinder Velvin:
Very interesting. I wonder, though... How much of what you write is fiction and how much is fact? No offense meant - I have no doubts that your research is exhaustive and thorough, and I respect each of you greatly - but some writers are slightly prone to exaggerations.

Carlovac Townway:
That's a very difficult question. If by "fiction", you mean completely invented out of my imagination, absolutely none of it is fiction. There's some conjecture based on research, certainly, and any events that take place in the distant past are open to interpretation. I could not say with certainty what the precise words of a conversation between the Duke of Morrowind and his mistress Turala, for example, but I know who she was, who he was, and where the conversation led... I would not consider that 'fiction,' because I believe that they are true, if not exact.
The writers and interviewer here are roleplayed by Ted Peterson, if that concerns you.
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