Brittany
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Erin Bow:
This might be an overly think-y question, but as a fellow proud Hufflepuff (why don't people understand it is about *values* not *traits*?) I thought I'd ask. I'm not sure I quite understand how the succession of hostages works in "The Scorpion Rules." The hostages leave at 18. Then who is the hostage for their country until they produce their own hostage?
Erin Bow
Hereditary rulers, like Greta and Xie, see their thrones pass sideways into regency until they themselves can produce an heir. For the PanPols, the regent would typically be some royal cousin with hostage-aged children.
The upshot is that our heroes not only get to spend their childhood has hostages, they get to have early marriages and babies whether they want them or not. Fun! But not historically atypical for royals.
Hufflepuff, because kindness is valorous.
The upshot is that our heroes not only get to spend their childhood has hostages, they get to have early marriages and babies whether they want them or not. Fun! But not historically atypical for royals.
Hufflepuff, because kindness is valorous.
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Loki
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Erin Bow:
I just now read Scorpion Rules, and am looking forward to seeing Swan Riders when it comes out. I was a bit surprised to hear you could have in your future had Lake Erie become a mostly drained marshy muck, without it seeming to affect Lake Ontario's ability to supply potable water to the region. Even granting Lake Erie's shallow nature, how realistic did you think that possibility?
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