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<blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 5760977" data-attributes="member: 4303"><p><strong>Random Slide Show</strong></p><p></p><p>I was fortunate that much of my youth was spent traipsing around castles and old churches; something which gives me a particular frame of reference in terms of my internal vision of the campaign world, but which has always been difficult to communicate to my players – moreso because they are American and I am English. I often wish I could paint.</p><p></p><p>I used to sing in church choirs when I was a wee boy-treble; I would also sneak into churches (which are always open in Britain) and play <em>Toccata and Fugue in D Minor</em> by Bach on the organ. At least, the first few bars; it gets kind of complicated after that.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, Wyre has Frankish elements in terms of its culture and politics, but its landscape is more like England and Wales on steroids; trees are greener, mountains are sharper and taller, mist clings to lakes, the lens is soft-focus: it’s easy to view Britain romantically when it’s 8000 miles away and I haven’t been there for 12 years.</p><p></p><p>Some more personal/inspirational photographs. Sites that I am intimately familiar with, and which have a particular resonance with me.</p><p></p><p>Lake below Cader Idris in Wales: </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.phototravelreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/1082wales.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Winchester Cathedral. Actual floorplan prototype for the Fane in Morne. Needless to say, my favorite cathedral. I don't know what a copper beech is doing there; it should be a <em>Yew</em>:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.sacs.nsw.edu.au/var/sacs/storage/images/media/page_sidebar_elements/winchester_cathedral/5780-1-eng-AU/winchester_cathedral_imagelarge.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Nave of same:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://minerdescent.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/winchester-cathedral.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Farleigh Castle in Somerset; an example of the late Borchian Period:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.britannia.com/history/somerset/castles/images/fhungcast.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. More in line with Wyrish Period:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/6960667.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Symonds Yat. Forest of Dean, Wales. Or Western Trempa, near Kyrtill's Burh:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5093184828_cddc487883.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>An erratic near Ingleborough in Yorkshire. Wyre is heavily glaciated; erratics were venerated before stones were erected - there's a continuity between Wyre's pre-Uediian "Shamanic" practice, and later, more formalized observance.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.mountaintreks.co.uk/images/Photos/Lakes/Erratic%20Twistleton%20Ingleborough.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Externsteine near Detmold in Germany; ancient pagan site until Charlemagne put the kibosh on it. The inspiration for Groba, although the stones at Groba are more "worked" - probably by magic. I was here for a pagan festival; frankly this place scared the sh*t out of me - as did the German pagans. I expected the Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath to come oozing out of the trees.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gI3f5P9Pcdk/TeOqF-Gt_AI/AAAAAAAAAEA/qrz7N3s3vQw/s1600/freizeit_externsteine.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Malvern Hills:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.visitthemalverns.org/images/hills_1_safe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Interior of Saxon church at Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. Thinking about it, <em>this</em> might be my favorite church:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://anthonyfelton.com/photodiary2/images/02be_SaxonBlog.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Bridge at Bradford-on-Avon. My favorite bridge <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/worried.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-S" title="Uhm :-S" data-shortname=":-S" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://vinecottages.hotels.officelive.com/images/rsz_dscf1354.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hinton Hillfort, near the real Dyrham in Gloucestershire. Ceawlin and Cuthwine defeated the native Britons in 577AD, and drove a wedge between Wales and Cornwall/Dumnonia. Behind the lens of this photo is a dry stone wall I helped repair.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/England/Gloucestershire/Dyrham.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>/end random slide show.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sepulchrave II, post: 5760977, member: 4303"] [B]Random Slide Show[/B] I was fortunate that much of my youth was spent traipsing around castles and old churches; something which gives me a particular frame of reference in terms of my internal vision of the campaign world, but which has always been difficult to communicate to my players – moreso because they are American and I am English. I often wish I could paint. I used to sing in church choirs when I was a wee boy-treble; I would also sneak into churches (which are always open in Britain) and play [I]Toccata and Fugue in D Minor[/I] by Bach on the organ. At least, the first few bars; it gets kind of complicated after that. Anyway, Wyre has Frankish elements in terms of its culture and politics, but its landscape is more like England and Wales on steroids; trees are greener, mountains are sharper and taller, mist clings to lakes, the lens is soft-focus: it’s easy to view Britain romantically when it’s 8000 miles away and I haven’t been there for 12 years. Some more personal/inspirational photographs. Sites that I am intimately familiar with, and which have a particular resonance with me. Lake below Cader Idris in Wales: [IMG]http://www.phototravelreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/1082wales.jpg[/IMG] Winchester Cathedral. Actual floorplan prototype for the Fane in Morne. Needless to say, my favorite cathedral. I don't know what a copper beech is doing there; it should be a [I]Yew[/I]: [IMG]http://www.sacs.nsw.edu.au/var/sacs/storage/images/media/page_sidebar_elements/winchester_cathedral/5780-1-eng-AU/winchester_cathedral_imagelarge.jpg[/IMG] Nave of same: [IMG]http://minerdescent.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/winchester-cathedral.jpg[/IMG] Farleigh Castle in Somerset; an example of the late Borchian Period: [IMG]http://www.britannia.com/history/somerset/castles/images/fhungcast.jpg[/IMG] Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire. More in line with Wyrish Period: [IMG]http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/6960667.jpg[/IMG] Symonds Yat. Forest of Dean, Wales. Or Western Trempa, near Kyrtill's Burh: [IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5093184828_cddc487883.jpg[/IMG] An erratic near Ingleborough in Yorkshire. Wyre is heavily glaciated; erratics were venerated before stones were erected - there's a continuity between Wyre's pre-Uediian "Shamanic" practice, and later, more formalized observance. [IMG]http://www.mountaintreks.co.uk/images/Photos/Lakes/Erratic%20Twistleton%20Ingleborough.jpg[/IMG] The Externsteine near Detmold in Germany; ancient pagan site until Charlemagne put the kibosh on it. The inspiration for Groba, although the stones at Groba are more "worked" - probably by magic. I was here for a pagan festival; frankly this place scared the sh*t out of me - as did the German pagans. I expected the Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath to come oozing out of the trees. [IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gI3f5P9Pcdk/TeOqF-Gt_AI/AAAAAAAAAEA/qrz7N3s3vQw/s1600/freizeit_externsteine.jpg[/IMG] Malvern Hills: [IMG]http://www.visitthemalverns.org/images/hills_1_safe.jpg[/IMG] Interior of Saxon church at Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. Thinking about it, [I]this[/I] might be my favorite church: [IMG]http://anthonyfelton.com/photodiary2/images/02be_SaxonBlog.jpg[/IMG] Bridge at Bradford-on-Avon. My favorite bridge :-S [IMG]http://vinecottages.hotels.officelive.com/images/rsz_dscf1354.jpg[/IMG] Hinton Hillfort, near the real Dyrham in Gloucestershire. Ceawlin and Cuthwine defeated the native Britons in 577AD, and drove a wedge between Wales and Cornwall/Dumnonia. Behind the lens of this photo is a dry stone wall I helped repair. [IMG]http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/England/Gloucestershire/Dyrham.JPG[/IMG] /end random slide show. [/QUOTE]
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