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For reasons I'm not sure of, I have just arranged it so my heroine's stepmother started rumors that she is either horribly deformed or a witch while the heroine was locked away tight in the convent. And that is why they sent her away!
What should it be though? Witch or clubfoot? Missing an arm? Horrible lazy eye? Or should I go in the other direction and have her say that the heroine started having holy visions?
I'm not sure why Lady Maisry would do any of this, though.
Oh, yes. Because Lady Maisry is Teh Evol, who only cares about Teh Moneys.
And she totally needs a new name. "Lady Maisry" is a Scottish folk ballad, and I don't think it goes back any further than to the 18th century.
Also, Rhys WELSH GUY (that'd be the heroine's father, who has actually been named Rhys ap Owain now) is apparently a really neglectful landlord, because he takes all his tenants crops and sells them before they get a chance to, so they don't have any money. And then he doesn't put any money back into the land/buildings, so they're all rundown. The hero is SHOCKED by this, because it's bad form. He would never do it.
The only problem is that I'm not sure if that kind of feudalism happened in 13th century Wales or not. I know I've read that feudalism never really took hold in Wales like it did in England and France.
What should it be though? Witch or clubfoot? Missing an arm? Horrible lazy eye? Or should I go in the other direction and have her say that the heroine started having holy visions?
I'm not sure why Lady Maisry would do any of this, though.
Oh, yes. Because Lady Maisry is Teh Evol, who only cares about Teh Moneys.
And she totally needs a new name. "Lady Maisry" is a Scottish folk ballad, and I don't think it goes back any further than to the 18th century.
Also, Rhys WELSH GUY (that'd be the heroine's father, who has actually been named Rhys ap Owain now) is apparently a really neglectful landlord, because he takes all his tenants crops and sells them before they get a chance to, so they don't have any money. And then he doesn't put any money back into the land/buildings, so they're all rundown. The hero is SHOCKED by this, because it's bad form. He would never do it.
The only problem is that I'm not sure if that kind of feudalism happened in 13th century Wales or not. I know I've read that feudalism never really took hold in Wales like it did in England and France.