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<blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5639184" data-attributes="member: 54707">I've been tinkering around with this idea for&nbsp; awhile and would like to get other opinions on it. To see if the people here&nbsp; think it might be a viable or good idea for a book of fiction. So I'm doing a&nbsp; bit of market research.&nbsp; &nbsp;This is the basic outline I have sketched out so&nbsp; far:&nbsp; &nbsp;The story would involve a person who others think&nbsp; of as a Wizard. (He is not a typical fantasy type Wizard.) It takes place in the&nbsp; early Medieval Period (I'm thinking about setting it either on the Isle of Wight&nbsp; with the Wizard traveling to different areas by boat) or in North-Eastern Europe&nbsp; (with him traveling by foot or pony).&nbsp; &nbsp;The Wizard is actually what we might call a&nbsp; proto-scientist, and he has read and studied extensively a wide range of Roman,&nbsp; Greek, North African, and even Oriental Arts and Sciences. He is also an&nbsp; inventor. &nbsp; &nbsp;Because of his reputation many people fear him&nbsp; but various leaders and authorities also value his skills (he is an engineer,&nbsp; architect, designer, alchemist, and mathematician, and well known also as a&nbsp; healer - in short he is a Polymath) and so he is often much in demand among&nbsp; certain elite. However in his travels he must often travel in disguise because&nbsp; his reputation as a Wizard and Sorcerer makes him suspect and a target for&nbsp; attack. Because of this he has over the years become very, very good at stealth,&nbsp; vadding, disguise, and infiltration. (Useful for his other&nbsp; pursuits.)&nbsp; &nbsp;I'm gonna leave it open as to his true identify&nbsp; because although he has a name by which he is well known, he also has a number&nbsp; of aliases. I'm also gonna leave it open as to whether he can actually create or&nbsp; use real magic. In addition a number of very bizarre and odd things occur around&nbsp; him on a not infrequent basis which seem unnatural, sometimes even miraculous.&nbsp; So no one is really sure of exactly who he is or what he is. &nbsp; &nbsp;He often travels with a fox, a wolf, and a dog,&nbsp; all of whom seem to get along with very well with each other, and who seem to&nbsp; assist him from time to time. (The Wizard calls them his Wyrdpack.) Some people&nbsp; suspect they are familiars who can talk to him, others think they might be&nbsp; something else. Or maybe even that he has enchanted them or created&nbsp; them.&nbsp; &nbsp;He travels widely in the service of those who&nbsp; employ him (they employ him to engineer, to help cure plagues, to prepare&nbsp; defenses, to create things, etc) but most everywhere he goes he encounters a&nbsp; mystery and sometimes even a crime or series of crimes. So as a side-line (and&nbsp; as a related but separate sub-plot) he investigates these mysteries and crimes&nbsp; because he enjoys that kind of work immensely (it is a personal interest) and&nbsp; because he seems to be in search of something on his own. As a private matter,&nbsp; not disclosed to the reader but hinted at - and clues appear about this matter&nbsp; from time to time in the story. So in addition to being considered a Wizard he&nbsp; is also a Detective and Investigator, and apparently on a secret quest of his&nbsp; own.&nbsp; &nbsp;So, would a story or even a series of stories&nbsp; about such a Wizard Detective interest you as a reader? Would you consider&nbsp; buying a book or books about such a character if the stories were good and&nbsp; interesting?&nbsp; &nbsp;Your opinion is welcome.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack7, post: 5639184, member: 54707"] [FONT=Verdana]I've been tinkering around with this idea for awhile and would like to get other opinions on it. To see if the people here think it might be a viable or good idea for a book of fiction. [I]So I'm doing a bit of market research.[/I][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [B][FONT=Verdana]This is the basic outline I have sketched out so far:[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]The story would involve a person who others think of as a Wizard. (He is not a typical fantasy type Wizard.) It takes place in the early Medieval Period (I'm thinking about setting it either on the Isle of Wight with the Wizard traveling to different areas by boat) or in North-Eastern Europe (with him traveling by foot or pony).[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]The Wizard is actually what we might call a proto-scientist, and he has read and studied extensively a wide range of Roman, Greek, North African, and even Oriental Arts and Sciences. He is also an inventor. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Because of his reputation many people fear him but various leaders and authorities also value his skills (he is an engineer, architect, designer, alchemist, and mathematician, and well known also as a healer - in short he is a Polymath) and so he is often much in demand among certain elite. However in his travels he must often travel in disguise because his reputation as a Wizard and Sorcerer makes him suspect and a target for attack. Because of this he has over the years become very, very good at stealth, vadding, disguise, and infiltration. (Useful for his other pursuits.)[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]I'm gonna leave it open as to his true identify because although he has a name by which he is well known, he also has a number of aliases. I'm also gonna leave it open as to whether he can actually create or use real magic. In addition a number of very bizarre and odd things occur around him on a not infrequent basis which seem unnatural, sometimes even miraculous. So no one is really sure of exactly who he is or what he is. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]He often travels with a fox, a wolf, and a dog, all of whom seem to get along with very well with each other, and who seem to assist him from time to time. (The Wizard calls them his Wyrdpack.) Some people suspect they are familiars who can talk to him, others think they might be something else. Or maybe even that he has enchanted them or created them.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]He travels widely in the service of those who employ him (they employ him to engineer, to help cure plagues, to prepare defenses, to create things, etc) but most everywhere he goes he encounters a mystery and sometimes even a crime or series of crimes. So as a side-line (and as a related but separate sub-plot) he investigates these mysteries and crimes because he enjoys that kind of work immensely (it is a personal interest) and because he seems to be in search of something on his own. As a private matter, not disclosed to the reader but hinted at - and clues appear about this matter from time to time in the story. So in addition to being considered a Wizard he is also a Detective and Investigator, and apparently on a secret quest of his own.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]So, would a story or even a series of stories about such a Wizard Detective interest you as a reader? Would you consider buying a book or books about such a character if the stories were good and interesting?[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Your opinion is welcome.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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