I am working on a little project. In basic, a periodic comic that has an Athasian answer questions from an in universe perspective. I was thinking about different narrators, and the ones listed in the poll were we the ones I thought of. I am looking for characters who are distinctly Athasian, but have some sense of perspective.
Do you like that idea? What about the narrator options? What questions would you ask?
IMHO, the halfling should be the narrator, remotely viewing the others but I voted for the double leg amputee mul since he’s the one I pictured first (at least that is how I initialed imagined him on seeing the poll).
Well, I knew nothing about mead when you asked the question. So I have been trying some research. I am more learned now than I was. However, I don’t know about yeasts or metheglin or melomel yet.
Here’s a question? What is the difference between a cheap mead (in preparation) and a really fine one?
Thought it sounded like you already had something bubbling
A metheglin is a spiced mead (will often use cinnamon, hops, elderberryflower, mugwort, liquorice, chamomile), while a melomel is brewed on both honey and fruitsugars (have used elderberries, blackcurrant, applejuice and lime). A cheap mead will be brewed with a combination of honey and cheaper sugars, often brewed with little to no cooling and have not been aged for very long.
While a better mead you will use up to 500g of honey per 1L of mead, fermented at no more then 20C/68F and it will have been aged longer, personal preference is about 3 years. Using a better yeast always gives a better result, try a cider-, burgundy red wine- or a neutral yeast used for vodka distillation.
Seriously though, this is very helpful. I was trying to teach myself about mead from the ground up. Turned out to be quite a project, especially when trying to localize it to Athas. I might have to send rough drafts of the comic for peer review!
