I always knew it was going to be multi-perspective, as I wanted to (1) show a number of countries and (2) explore different religious views within the world of Priory and the ways they come into conflict with one another. So first you have Tané, the dragonrider. To Ead, Tané's religion is heresy. To Loth, Ead's religion is heresy (and vice versa) – and then Niclays is the apostate who has rejected religion altogether in favour of science. Showing a number of different belief systems meant I was (I hope) able to give a balanced view of them.
Tané came to me first, then Ead, Niclays and Loth in that order. I knew from quite an early point that four was the right number for this story.
I always knew it was going to be multi-perspective, as I wanted to (1) show a number of countries and (2) explore different religious views within the world of Priory and the ways they come into conflict with one another. So first you have Tané, the dragonrider. To Ead, Tané's religion is heresy. To Loth, Ead's religion is heresy (and vice versa) – and then Niclays is the apostate who has rejected religion altogether in favour of science. Showing a number of different belief systems meant I was (I hope) able to give a balanced view of them.
Tané came to me first, then Ead, Niclays and Loth in that order. I knew from quite an early point that four was the right number for this story.