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So this week I've focused on getting the update out and writing the short story for September (it features Arthur on the day of drawing the sword out of the stone and I'm very excited to share it with you!). I've also been making progress on the Arthur scene I mentioned last week. I posted a sneak peek of it a few days ago. It's coming along nicely and I hope to have it done soon. So, I've been working on a lot of Arthur content lately, which I've really enjoyed. 

My intention is for there to be a monthly update, and the next update will contain these optional scenes - as well as the opportunity to talk things out with Morgana/have some bonding time at the fair/accept her bribe of sweets in exchange for hearing her out/etc, and more!

I'm currently going through the feedback I received after the update, fixing issues and implementing suggestions.

And on to some rambling! So, this update I've introduced the Solomon family. They have magic in the bloodline, and their affinity (basically, the type of magic that comes easiest to them) is weather manipulation.

What you'll learn later about them is that: yes, there are a lot of gingers in this family; at the edge of the Lothian capital there's the Weather Tower, which is sort of a headquarters for the family. They have a great library, they train the sorcerers in the family there, they conduct rituals and do magic, they receive business inquries (people asking them for their magical services); one member of the family, Adrian Solomon, tutored Morgana in weather magic when she was about 16.

I want to go a bit in depth with my inspiration for the Solomons, and that is the Solomonari. It's a bit of Romanian mythology, and since my Lothia is based on Romania, I thought it was fitting. You see, in legends, the Solomonari are sorcerers that were believed to be able to control clouds and rain, call upon balauri (dragons in Romanian myths) and heal people. There's a lot of interesting details to the myth: the Solomonari have a range of tools they use in their magic, including a book that consists of all of their knowledge, an iron ax (usually used to summon their dragon mount), a golden bridle; they're usually described as being redheads; they are said to be recruited from the people and be instructed by the Devil himself at the Scholomance (or, in Romanian, Solomonărie or Șolomanță).

So the inspiration is clear :)