The Worlds of Katherine Kurtz

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[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Hi Bee
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Hi Bee
[18:15] <HoundMistress> Yes, and delicious! Beans & Mexican rice, too.
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[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Hi KK
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Don't worry, father temple has been well taken care of!
[18:15] <HoundMistress> Hi, Bee
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Hi Kk!
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello KK
[18:15] <~bynw> Hi Bee and KK at the same time
[18:15] <HoundMistress> Hi, KK
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think DH wants pizza tonight
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> Hi KK
[18:15] <KK> Hello, all.
[18:15] <Jacob29> Hi KK
[18:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I miss good pizza
[18:15] * ~bynw had pizza last night
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We were just wondering if you were going to be here tonight, KK
[18:16] <~bynw> just has a ribeye tonight .... yumm
[18:16] <KK> Oh, yes. Wouldn't abandon you guys without warning.
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I had Carnites Tacos for lunch
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We have a really lovely Napolitano pizzeria that just moved to our community a year or two ago, and I had tears in my eyes the first time I ate there because it brought back memories of eating pizza in Naples as a child.
[18:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> We had mac-n-cheese, woo hoo
[18:17] <HoundMistress> Love ribeyes but only get them now if I go to Longhorn Steakhouse.
[18:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Two brothers had opened up the best pizza shop. but after 15 years the sold it and the new owner trashed the place in just few months.  I have not had good pizza since then
[18:18] <HoundMistress> Sad when new owners ruin things like that.
[18:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> KK, I've been watching your weather, and it looks like you've had some fabulous thunderstorms lately!
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[18:20] <HoundMistress> Let's not have any this week!
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Rain in Staunton through Thursday
[18:20] <~bynw> it's thundering right now outside
[18:20] <HoundMistress> Thru Thursday is OK
[18:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> 95F
[18:21] <~bynw> it maybe some rainy travel days
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> That happened with my favorite BBQ place here.  The original owner was the best, and when he sold it, someone else acquired it and under their management it was almost as good, better than any other BBQ in Birmingham. Their ribs were so good, we used to bring them with us when we visited friends in TN because it was better than any in their area too. Then those owners also retire <clipped messag
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> d and sold it, along with all their recipes, to a new owner, who decided to change all of the tried-and-trued sauce and side dish recipes that everyone loved in the name of "progress," and now it's just average.
[18:21] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> It's quite dreary here! Like a rainy day in Laas.
[18:21] <~bynw> which makes them slower travel days ... depending on how bad the rain is
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[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> We're sunny and hot (although not insanely hot)
[18:22] <HoundMistress> It rained here a little today. Headed your way.
[18:22] <~bynw> wb bee
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Good one Marc.  A Mearan through and through\
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Hey Bee, you're back
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We headed into insanely hot this week, I should warn you
[18:22] <The_Bee> My computer was misbehaving.
[18:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Though it's also been stormy, which unfortunately doesn't seem to have made things cooler, just more humid.
[18:22] <KK> Yep. And serious downpours, too.  Yesterday, coming home fro Costco, I drove though a sudden and powerful rain cell, through in about 30 seconds. Burt it was heavy enough going through it that I was having serious thoughts of whether I was going to lose vision ahead.
[18:23] <The_Bee> What about Meara?
[18:23] <HoundMistress> Probably going to get close to or over 100 this week
[18:23] <Jacob29> Hi everyone, I hope I'm not intruding. Would it be okay if I asked a question that's a bit off the topic you're all chatting about?
[18:23] <The_Bee> What's the forecast for the weekend in Staunton?
[18:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Hi, all. I've been meaning to ask. Are "Wash and Fiona" from fanfic set in the future?
[18:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Sunny
[18:24] <KK> Whoops, we lost Be.
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Marc is missing his rainy days in Laas
[18:24] <~bynw> Jacob29, we have no real topic ... fire away ....
[18:24] <HoundMistress> Questions are OK Jacob
[18:24] <~bynw> KK, Bee has rejoined already
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> sunny with high's in the mid- to  high- 80s
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Jump on board Jacob29
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> hi Everyone!
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Coming back from my Dad's high school class reunion last weekend was a bit scary, because we hit the worst part of a storm just as we were approaching Birmingham, and there was almost zero visibility ahead on the interstate. Fortunately we were almost right at an exit, so I was able to get onto a surface street and make it the rest of their way to their house despite the traffic  <clipped messag
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> lights being out due to the storm knocking lines down.
[18:24] <~bynw> hi Jerusha!
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Hello Jerusha
[18:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Hi Jsha, how's the  hamster?
[18:24] <Jacob29> Thank you! I was just curious — I remember hearing that *Saint Patrick's Gargoyle* was once considered for a movie, even though it didn't work out in the end. 
[18:24] <Jacob29> I was wondering if there were ever any serious talks about adapting the Deryni series, especially *Deryni Rising*,  into a film or TV series?
[18:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Hanster is still chuclling
[18:25] <HoundMistress> Hi, Jerusha
[18:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Rented fingers? Jerusha?
[18:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> No, spelling challenges
[18:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[18:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> and a mischevious hamster
[18:26] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> No, they're from the previous story-based RPG, "Ghosts of the Past," and they have had brief cameo appearances in the current ongoing one, "Forgotten Shadows."  But they aren't future Deryni unless you count extremely near future to the books, since they are still in Kelson's reign.
[18:26] <~bynw> Jacob29, there is a whole topic dedicated to that on the forum, join to read it and see. the short answer is Sony had it at one time. but it's been in developement hell
[18:26] <HoundMistress> Sometimes I want to use a word and the spelling goes completely out of my mind😊
[18:27] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I suspect at this point getting a Deryni movie would just be a fond dream, but for a while there it looked like it might happen.
[18:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Honestly I think a mini-series would work better to do the story arc justice
[18:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> After Game of Thrones, anything else might be quite tame
[18:28] <HoundMistress> We need Peter Jackson to read it.
[18:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Sadly true
[18:28] <~bynw> oh i think so too. and we have the tech now to really do it well
[18:28] <KK> Jacob, there were thoughts re a Gargoyle movie, but it never panned out.  There was more serious development for a Deryni Rising movie, complete with option money up front, several drafts of a script, but sadly that also died the death.
[18:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Mini series like the Last Kingdom
[18:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> /Me  sad  very sad
[18:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Tamer than GoT would work for me.  I tried to watch GoT at one point, but it was a bit too graphic for me, and this is coming from Evie the Impaler who has written about some nasty villains. 😅  But apparently I can't handle it as well in a visual format.
[18:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> /me  sad  very sad
[18:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Maybe the TV version of Kelson could have black hair like the text, not brown like the book covers. (The artist thought that black didn't work in a darkish cathedral, so I see the point, but still.)
[18:29] <HoundMistress> I wish Orlando Bloom were younger. He'd have been a great Alaric,
[18:30] <KK> Yeah, Game of Thrones is a hard act to follow.
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I'd never thought about that one before
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> HM, you just want to drool over Alaric.
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> No criticism there, mind you.
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I wish Rutger Hauer were more alive. At one time he'd have made a good Alaric.  😉
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Yep
[18:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Bynw sent me a clip from GoT a month or so back, and I had to stop before the end because *ew* who wants to see someone's eyes get gouged out?
[18:31] <HoundMistress> Yes, I do! I drool over Legolas a lot!
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Try wearing a bib
[18:31] <~bynw> yeah so many good actors that have been previously talked about in our casting calls are gone
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> But KK, at least the Deryni had plot resolutions and morality plays and grounded world building and restraint for graphic stuff and and ... I have my favorites and your stuff is higher up than others 😁
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm sure he'd appreciate it.  😉
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I confess to a little bit of drooling myself. 😉
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Maybe about GOT, however the Game of thrones books were very dificult to read after book 3  not really worth the effort
[18:31] <Jacob29> Thank you so much, KK - I really appreciate you sharing all that. 
[18:31] <Jacob29> If it's okay, I'd love to follow up with you sometime privately with a few questions I've had. Would it be possible to email you, or is there a best way to reach out?
[18:31] <~bynw> that was pretty minor for the violence in GoT
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> Yeah, Game of Thrones was George R. R. Martin saying, "Suppose I took my vague memories of the Wars of the Roses and stereotypes of nomad and made them even bloodier?"
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Even Timothee Chalamet has aged out of being able to pull off a decent Kelson
[18:31] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> "Legolas, what's wrong? ?"  I don't know.  I feel kind of damp all of a sudden"
[18:31] <~bynw> Jacob29, join the forum
[18:32] <Jacob29> I know I should.
[18:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> It's free
[18:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We're mostly harmless
[18:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Yeah, but bleach his hair and voila, Alaric!
[18:32] <~bynw> that's the best way to continue the conversation
[18:32] <HoundMistress> LOL Jerusha
[18:32] <The_Bee> Wigs can provide hair color.
[18:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> True!
[18:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I genuinely think George Martin (I will not dignify his made up Rs) could have learned much from KK. Shame he didn't.
[18:33] <HoundMistress> Just use a wig like they did in LOTR and Hobbit
[18:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We can cast Matt Lanter as Duncan, since I'm already using his image as my template for his character art.  😄
[18:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> you mean like story structure?
[18:33] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Marc,  I am in full agreement with you about Plot and play
[18:33] <The_Bee> Are there any dark-haired teens Kelson's age?
[18:33] <The_Bee> teen actors, I meant
[18:34] <KK> Yes, you can email me, Jacob.But I understand that Bynw doesn't want to post personal info. We did have some nasty hackers after us a couple of months ago.  Maybe Bynw knows how to PM you with that info.
[18:34] <~bynw> sometimes you just have to get unknowns
[18:34] <~bynw> i can do that KK
[18:34] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> This guy would have been a good Rimmel twenty years ago. Same vibe of inappropriate lust for a decent woman
[18:34] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1383952811548606566/image0.jpg?ex=6850a9fe&is=684f587e&hm=742d82310a829f3d942e5d33c1465419d89748e5fe7aebc66aaab15e20edc68a&;
[18:34] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Rimmel, ick
[18:34] <HoundMistress> Yep, he would. Orlando Bloom was unknown before LOTR
[18:35] <HoundMistress> Quanah wants his dinner. BRB
[18:35] <KK> Thanks, Bynw.
[18:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Quanah's wishes must be obeyed
[18:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Like story structure, dialogue, "realism", prose, history/lore writing, having a point to the misery and a triumph in the joy. I won't knock the characters since it seems everyone else has a favorite from that show
[18:35] <~bynw> Jacob29, you should see my private message to you on the left with my name there click on it to view and/or respond
[18:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Bee, I'm sure there are dark-haired teen actors, but I couldn't name them, and the real question is, do they have the acting chops to carry off a role like Kelson?
[18:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Speaking of pets: for anyone who's interested, my cat Frankie crossed over to the Rainbow Bridge last Sunday a few hours after chat.
[18:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> My condolences
[18:36] <The_Bee> Bummer!
[18:36] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> So sorry, Nezz!
[18:36] <~bynw> The_Bee, i responded to your private message too
[18:36] <Jacob29> That would be great , I really appreciate it.
[18:36] <HoundMistress> Im back and he's fed
[18:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> wb
[18:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Thanks. I only mention it now because I'd mentioned it in chat last week.
[18:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> (his being sick)
[18:37] <HoundMistress> Oh, Nezz! So sorry to hear that!
[18:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Evie.  it just occured to me that Dimash could play Kelson
[18:37] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm sorry for your loss of a beloved family member, but glad he's beyond any discomfort now.
[18:38] <The_Bee> Bynw, did you get my private mesage a few minutes ago? I'm not sure how to send them.
[18:38] <~bynw> you should see my name to the left of your screen Bee
[18:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> I wonder if Douglas Henshell could play Ewan McEwan
[18:38] <~bynw> just click it
[18:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Dimash is twice Kelson's age, not to mention it might be difficult to reconcile a very Kazakh looking and sounding musician with a Gwyneddan teen king, but otherwise I have no objection.  😉
[18:38] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Yes, he was very uncomfotable. His bladder was definitely blocked and full of fluid. But he's happy now. 🙂 His sister is still complaining about his absence.
[18:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> "Rhemuth Castle: The Musical.  Starring Dimash Kudaibergen."  Nope, not really seeing it.  😄
[18:39] <HoundMistress> She will miss him for a while.
[18:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I am all for that
[18:39] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> A musical
[18:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> opera
[18:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I'm thinking something more like Spamalot
[18:40] <~bynw> Shiral wrote one for the Zine ... it was in #17 i think
[18:40] <KK> Last night, I was watching the MET's new production of Aida. Angel Blue in the lead. There was a ballet-y section with maybe a score of very good-looking men, bare-chested and wearing wonderful kilts a la Egypt. Excellent eye-candy, as male dancers tend to be. 
[18:40] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Y E S
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Get the kid who made EPIC to do it.
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Cool KK
[18:41] <The_Bee> Thanks bynw
[18:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We had a thread years ago of what opera singers some people wanted to cast in a Deryni opera. I didn't know enough about opera to participate in that thread, but there were several people participating in that discussion
[18:41] <HoundMistress> Oooh! I can picture them now!!
[18:41] <~bynw> Spamalot was awesome. saw it on Broadway at Times Square with some friends.
[18:41] <KK> I'd like to have seen that!
[18:41] <The_Bee> I wrote a comic opera about Kelson's knighting.
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Nice  BEE
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Now I want a Deryni Opera with Elizabeth Zharoff as Richenda. 😄
[18:42] <~bynw> KK, it was with Maura, Sam Wise, and Tika back in another life
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Bee, is it on the forum yet?
[18:42] <The_Bee> I'm not sure where iT IS NOW.
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Visually she'd be good, but she seems too animated for Richenda.
[18:42] <The_Bee> oops for shouting
[18:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Sad!
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> OH YESS YESS YESSS
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> She's an actress, Nezz. She can play less animated, I'm sure. 😄
[18:43] <HoundMistress> Catherine, The Princess of Wales would make a great Richenda.
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Besides, I wouldn't exactly call yanking the tablecloth out from underneath Alaric's tallies "unanimated"!  LOL!
[18:43] <~bynw> Bee and HoundMistress. I sent you a private message. Look to the left for my nick and click on it to view/respond
[18:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> lol
[18:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> But she's just so delightful when she's herself. 🙂
[18:44] <CambersGhost> [discord] <derynifank> @stnezz sorry about Frankie. Know you will miss him but he's no longer suffering.
[18:44] <KK> For comic knighting, it would be hard to top Danny Kaye in The Court Jester. Yea, verily, yea!
[18:44] <The_Bee> clicked on your nick, got nothing
[18:45] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Thanks DFK. I had no regrets for helping him to the other side.
[18:45] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I haven't seen that in years! I loved that movie
[18:45] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Well you know I want Chris Hemsworth for Alaric  now that he is aging.  I can see Elizabeth playing with him
[18:45] <~bynw> Bee, on the LEFT?  <-------- under where it says #Deryni_Destinations
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Maybe Liam could play him; he's younger
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> and almost as cute
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Not the same.
[18:46] <The_Bee> 've been clicking.  All I gFriday that I sent you.
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Liam can play Kelric as a teenager
[18:46] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> You gonna backward age Liam?  😉
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I'm pretty sure Liam is in his 30s by now
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> I still nominate Katie McGrath for Charissa
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Well Chris is in his 40's  so
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> (BTW, KK, for a bit of opera with a barechested man and Egyptian skirt, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXojdzgJA2c  It's from the 25th anniversary of Phantom of the Opera at the Albert Hall. I dislike the musical -- she has the spine of a jellyfish and everyone else is a horror -- but this is the ballet from "Hannibal", an opera within Phantom. They let the corps de ballet s <clipped message>
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> hine for a minute, which was nice, especially for this fellow. I'd rather watch "Hannibal" in full.)
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1383956200235864094/image0.jpg?ex=6850ad26&is=684f5ba6&hm=1672e8937c55b0978d77f4ca2838fd492ead8232526a3490c60276e5312d0ee5&;
[18:47] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> This with hair dye = perfect
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Oh, she does have a Charissa vibe about her
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> More like that with hair bleach
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> And hey, I think I gave Amy-sim that dress just earlier this week
[18:48] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Iconic
[18:49] <The_Bee> That's a formidable lady>
[18:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> "All your land are belong to us."
[18:50] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> And she's a little older now of course but that's just fine for a character who's had a grudge for a generation
[18:51] <KK> Nezz, sad about  Frankie, and I well know how hard it is, but it's the last kindness one can do for a beloved pet.  And the imagery of the Bridge is comforting.
[18:52] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> thanks, KK. 🙂
[18:54] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> HM, what time are you arriving at the destination airport on Thursday?
[18:55] <HoundMistress> Right after midnight, Evie
[18:55] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Ah, OK.
[18:55] <HoundMistress> So really it's Friday
[18:55] <HoundMistress> You are earlier?
[18:56] <HoundMistress> Are you staying anywhere or going straight to destination hotel?
[18:56] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Nezz and I will be arriving sometime Thursday evening.
[18:56] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> destination hotel
[18:56] <The_Bee> My challenge wil be getting to Logan Airport at 4 a.m.
[18:56] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Though if you contact me once you find your hotel, we can pick you up the next day
[18:56] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Ack!
[18:56] <KK> Oh, my. That's devotion!
[18:57] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Super early!
[18:57] <~bynw> i'm gonna send out the contact info to all of us that are known to be going
[18:57] <The_Bee> I still haven't made hotel reservations.
[18:57] <HoundMistress> AKKKK! 4 AM
[18:57] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Might want to call and make sure they have a vacancy. Hopefully they will.
[18:58] <HoundMistress> i  have reserved at room at the destination hotel
[18:58] <KK> I don't think it's a super-busy hotel, Bee. Getting a room should be no problem.
[18:58] <The_Bee> The cheapest flights are leaving very early or arriving very late.
[18:58] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> HM, you're staying at a different motel on Thursday night, right?
[18:58] <The_Bee> Best Western?
[18:59] <HoundMistress> Hopefully. May be sleeping in the airport, if they allow it.
[18:59] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Bee, the details are on the forum in the DeryniCon thread.
[18:59] <The_Bee> Destination hotel at the airport?
[18:59] <HoundMistress> No, at the con
[18:59] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Different hotel
[19:00] <The_Bee> I wonder if they'll let me doze at the airport.
[19:00] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I doubt they'll boot you out. 😄
[19:01] <~bynw> i sent out the contact info on the Forum via Private message so we will all have one another's contact info
[19:01] <The_Bee> Forum. okay
[19:01] <~bynw> Bee i would see about getting that earlier flight in (take a cab or uber to the airport)
[19:02] <~bynw> but which ever works we will see about getting you picked up
[19:02] <The_Bee> Assuming I can get a Real Ident card
[19:03] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Is it not automatically your drivers license?
[19:03] <The_Bee> I'm getting dizzy trying to hold everything in my brain.
[19:04] <KK> Write it down!
[19:04] <HoundMistress> I got the required ID last time I renewed, a year ago.
[19:04] <The_Bee> I don't have  driver's license.  I got kicked out of driving school 50 years ago.
[19:04] <~bynw> write stuff down Bee. Make a list they are very helpful
[19:05] <KK> Bee, if you don't have one now, I doubt you can get it before the end of the week. You'd definitely have to go to the DMV with all the required documents.
[19:05] <HoundMistress> Do you have a State ID card? That will work if it has the symbol on it.
[19:05] <The_Bee> My therapist gave me DMV's instructions for an ID
[19:06] <KK> Do you have an Identity card, then? They can put the real ID on that.
[19:06] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> There may also be instructions online.
[19:06] <KK> There are.
[19:06] <The_Bee> Depends on what the symbol is.  It's a very old card
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> They might be able to print up a temporary Star ID for you at the DMV as long as you have the necessary documentation with you.  That's what I did when DH and I flew to MN last summer and I needed to renew my license.  Between having the temporary ID and my passport, I was allowed to board the plane.
[19:07] <HoundMistress> If it's over 2 yrs old, it probably doesn't have it.
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I think you have to have a Real ID  just to board an trans state airplane.  Or am I wrong about that.
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> It's a little gold star, or a white star on a gold circle background
[19:07] <The_Bee> I have a list of possible ident stuff, including my birth certificate and an invoice with my address
[19:07] <KK> It's a gold star in upper right corner, but if it's old, I doubt yours has one.
[19:07] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We were able to get the ID as far back as 8 years ago here. I just put it off until last year.
[19:08] <~bynw> you aren't wrong laurna. it's required now to fly
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Check online on the DMV's website and they should have a page that tells you what ID documentation will work.
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> That is what I thought.  I got my Real ID over 6 years ago
[19:08] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Confirming that it does require a Real ID to fly
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I still would love to take the train to get there.  IF only I had the time
[19:09] <KK> Yeah, I put it off for awhile, too. Figured I could use my passport until I got around to it. But you can't use the passport to get the Real ID. I fially did mine last year, when I was registering the Forester.
[19:09] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I think I used my passport, birth certificate, and marriage license (the latter to show why my current surname isn't the same as my birth surname).
[19:09] <HoundMistress> In my younger days, I would have driven, spent the night halfway and then driven the rest of the way next day.
[19:10] <~bynw> i'm doing just that HoundMistress
[19:10] <KK> Bee, it sounds like you have the right docs!
[19:10] <HoundMistress> That's the best way, but I'm not up to that kind of drive now.
[19:10] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I watched some You tube videos on Amtrack traveling. and it didn't look half bad.
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I'm flying halfway and driving halfway. Gonna be a party!
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> 😄
[19:11] <~bynw> but i'll go more than half way on thursday
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I love that you are doing that Nezz
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> *does the happy dance*
[19:11] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> You two are going to have a blast
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I can see you both playing out an intire story arch during your drive.
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I'm bringing the Mini-Deryni to keep Nezz in line.  😉
[19:12] <The_Bee> I checked Amtrak.  Fave sold out, plane cheaper
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[19:12] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Kind of like Gulliver's Travels?
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Ooh, I should bring the Micro-Deryni too!
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> The Mini-Ds would have better luck if she brought the right one along... but we don't want him losing his unique head.
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> My LEGO Deryni
[19:13] <KK> I'll bring my mini-Deryni.
[19:13] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I will expect a full story of Sean Derry and Celsie's life together with kids.
[19:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Awesome KK
[19:14] <HoundMistress> Hey, when did Derry get married???
[19:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> We're going to have more Mini-Deryni than actual people there. LOL!
[19:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> HM you are behind the times
[19:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> In Evie's fanfic
[19:14] <KK> In her dreams.
[19:14] <The_Bee> to a mermaid iirc
[19:14] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> In my story "The Demoiselle and Derry"
[19:14] <HoundMistress> OK, I will have to look that up.
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> It's the sequel to "Maidens of Mayhem"
[19:15] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Bee, I even referenced that in a recent post of Forgotten Shadows
[19:15] * ~bynw notes that it is raining pretty good outside now
[19:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Better than raining inside...
[19:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> I hope it dries up for everyone's long drivies
[19:16] <~bynw> that would be a spell gone wrong
[19:16] <The_Bee> We've had 13 rainy Saturdays
[19:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> LOL
[19:16] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> No, that only happens in Sims 4
[19:17] <~bynw> should be sunny on my drive out at least that is the forecast right now
[19:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <jerusha2> Well, I must toddle off.  Have safe travels to Deryincon, everyone, and I'll try to check in on zoom
[19:17] <~bynw> cya Jerusha
[19:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Night Jerusha
[19:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> And I'm about to drag DH off for his Father's Day pizza
[19:17] <KK> It just can't make up its mind. We hit 90 on Thursday, but it's been 70's since then, and rain most days.
[19:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> cya Jerusha
[19:17] <The_Bee> Should we pack for hot weather?
[19:17] <HoundMistress> Bye Jerusha! Have a good week!
[19:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <marc_du_temple> Have fun!
[19:17] <The_Bee> bye jerusha
[19:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Pack for Hotel weather
[19:17] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Always cool
[19:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> I would, Bee.
[19:18] <KK> Exactly. And layers.
[19:18] <HoundMistress> Yes, always need a sweater or something in hotels.
[19:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Maybe with a light cardigan for indoors with A/C
[19:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Bee, it's expected to be mid-80s and sunny
[19:18] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> Or a heavy cardigan if you get cold super easily, but it's been so hot and humid here, I'm sweltering at the thought
[19:19] <CambersGhost> [discord] <evie.delacourt> OK, gonna drag the hubs off kicking and screaming to get some grub. Or maybe not so much kicking and screaming.  😄
[19:19] <HoundMistress> We've already been close to 100 here a couple of times. Supposed to be 90s this week.
[19:20] <KK> So we'll mostly stay inside.  Bynw, does that hotel have a restaurant? I'd guess not, with so many eateries in the area.
[19:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> Happy Dinning Evie and hubby
[19:20] <~bynw> cya Evie
[19:20] <KK> See you soo, Evie.
[19:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> bye Evie
[19:20] <KK> soon
[19:20] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Very soon!
[19:20] <HoundMistress> Bye, Evie
[19:20] <The_Bee> bye evie
[19:20] <~bynw> No it doesnt have one KK. but Rowes is very close and others are too
[19:21] <HoundMistress> Do they at least have something for breakfast?
[19:21] <~bynw> yes the Best Western does have continental breakfast
[19:21] <HoundMistress> Oh, good!
[19:22] <~bynw> but at least one day while i'm there i'm going to Waffle House for breakfast
[19:22] <KK> Ah, that solves a multitude of challenges.
[19:22] <HoundMistress> Can I fly with a pill caddy or should I bring the bottles?
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I'm so there for the Waffle House
[19:22] <HoundMistress> Oh, God, yes! Waffle House
[19:22] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I'd take a pill caddy, but that totally depends on how many pills  you take
[19:22] <KK> Pill caddy should be fine. I've never had a problem.
[19:23] <HoundMistress> As long as they don't care, a pill caddy will take up less room.
[19:23] <~bynw> me too. i love waffle house, just dont have any close by
[19:23] <HoundMistress> Thanks, KK!
[19:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I think my closest Waffle House is in Denver
[19:23] <KK> Yes, definitely a Waffle House run!
[19:23] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> 8 hours
[19:23] <~bynw> mine is Kansas City
[19:23] <~bynw> 3 hours
[19:23] <The_Bee> We have IHOP
[19:24] <HoundMistress> Are you making a detour to KC, b ynw?
[19:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> We have IHOP as well, but it's not the same
[19:24] <~bynw> not even close to the same
[19:24] <HoundMistress> No, not the same.
[19:24] <The_Bee> As long as they have real maple syrup
[19:24] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Unless it's changed, Waffle House has more of a diner feel
[19:24] <HoundMistress> Does someone need to make reservations for dinner?
[19:24] <~bynw> HoundMistress, no I only go to KC if I need to go there for something. a WH run just isn't worth the trip
[19:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <tm_9039> I use a daily pill caddy, and I make sure it's in my carryon bag.
[19:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I would totally do three hours with the chicks for the proper restaurant
[19:25] <KK> No IHOP and no Denny's. But we have an excellent BBQ place called Rack'em, Smack'em. Maye dinner Saturday night. Or they also do lunch.
[19:25] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Definitely in the carryon
[19:25] <~bynw> HoundMistress, i think we will be fine. no need to make those yet as we dont know where we are going or how many of us will be actually going.
[19:26] <HoundMistress> What about name tags with our Chat names on them?
[19:26] <KK> But ours is a very nice diner; only ope about a year.
[19:26] <KK> Good idea, HM.
[19:28] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> YUMM
[19:28] <HoundMistress> I think it would be helpful.
[19:28] <~bynw> i can see about getting some of those "Hello" writable name tags and pack them with me. i have things to do Wednesday afternoon. I can add that to the list
[19:29] <HoundMistress> That would be great, bynw!
[19:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> I have things to do Wednesday afternoon. At about 35,000 feet! 😄
[19:29] <CambersGhost> [discord] <laurnarose> WIth wings and not rocket jets  I hope
[19:29] <HoundMistress> LOL, Nezz! Mine is on thursday
[19:30] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Dang, this is gonna be fun. 🙂
[19:30] <~bynw> it is gonna be fun. it's gonna be a blast
[19:30] <HoundMistress> Yes! I am soooo looking forward to it!!!
[19:32] <HoundMistress> If we do a Zoom, I'd like to invite my friend, Mary, who is a nun who loves the D books. Their House in Houston flooded a couple of years ago and she lost most of hers.
[19:32] <KK> Oh, no!
[19:32] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> HM, did she live in Spring?
[19:33] <HoundMistress> She was so sad to lose them. She may have them on a reader now, not sure.
[19:34] <HoundMistress> No, it was actually IN Houston. Their order did retreats for people and had just remodeled everything. The Diesis rather than rebuild. So now she is in Chicago.
[19:34] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> oh wow
[19:34] <KK> Does she have Codex, HM. I doubt it's available in an e-edition.
[19:35] <HoundMistress> I don't know, but I would guess not. I'll have to ask her.
[19:35] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Heh, unless by e-edition you mean "Evie-edition"
[19:35] <HoundMistress> LOL!
[19:36] <KK> Chicago, yuck!
[19:37] <The_Bee> Don't let Pope Leo hear you say that,
[19:38] <KK> Oh, that's right; he's from there.
[19:38] <HoundMistress> Yes, it's not a great place but she said their buildings are in a safe place.
[19:39] <KK> That's good. At least safe from flooding and the like. Protests, maybe not so much.
[19:41] <HoundMistress> N & A is on in the LR and they have now managed to make me hungry by  about food
[19:41] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> She went from living in Hot Humid Houston to Cold, Clammy Chicago
[19:41] <HoundMistress> talking about food
[19:41] <HoundMistress> Yes, but she had been stationed in Chi before.
[19:42] <KK> Yep, sounds like the cue to sign off.  See some of you next weekend, and maybe a few more in Zoom!
[19:42] <~bynw> night KK ... see you Friday!!
[19:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> cya soon, KK! Have a great week. 🙂
[19:42] <The_Bee> Good night, good week, ND PREPARE TO BE INVded, KK
[19:42] <HoundMistress> Yes, see as many as possible of you FRIDAY!
[19:42] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> Yay!
[19:43] * KK steps onto her Portal, and disappears in a shower of purple sparkles.
[19:43] <HoundMistress> Good night all!
[19:43] <KK> Nighters, all!
[19:43] <CambersGhost> [discord] <stnezz> *waves*
[19:43] * KK () Quit (Quit: Client closed)

Quote from: drakensis on June 14, 2025, 03:56:38 AMThere's a map in the Deryni Adventure game - I think it's the same as the one reference above, just smaller and in black and white. It also has a map of Castle Rhemuth, which is quite helpful

That's the poster map. Of course the online version isn't poster sized but it's only 5 bucks and pretty good sized on the screen. Very usable for anything you need it for.

There's a map in the Deryni Adventure game - I think it's the same as the one reference above, just smaller and in black and white. It also has a map of Castle Rhemuth, which is quite helpful

That steep hill would also need to be scaled. I'm envisioning it as being on a height similar to Edinburgh Castle.

A closeup on the castle can be seen on the Discord channel at

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/479836521864888347/1383245214633820192/image.png?ex=684e16fe&is=684cc57e&hm=2baa8d6273266a9d408da8fa83c63b15e4be54d14f8cd90bb560b9bcbc561579&;

OOOF! The city wall stopping at the river?! If the castle has a substantial curtain wall, it's not evident from this drawing. It's a bad assumption to assume that a river can't be crossed. That seems like a "just sack me now" situation!

Thank you for the pointer and the zoomed-in image, Nezz.

I'm very visual, so I rely on the Rhemuth city map a lot to help me visualize how to get to other parts of the city from the castle (such as for the occasional procession to the Cathedral or figuring out where the Gold Lion Inn in Market Square might be, relative to the gatehouse), not to mention where the enemy forces would have been encamped during the Siege of Rhemuth, how far their missiles might have been able to travel beyond the city walls (given that the siege engines weren't right up next to those walls but a small distance beyond them), etc.

I do love a good map.

Quote from: Evie on June 13, 2025, 07:45:11 PMTo send soldiers from the castle garrison outside the City, the nearest city gate to the Castle is Greengate, but that one only leads out to the King's Meadow, the triangle of land at the confluence of the Eirian and Molling. The nearest gate leading out of the City and to parts beyond would be further down Kingstable Street at the Millgate, which leads to Millbridge, the bridge that crosses the Molling River and takes you to the part of the Via Romana that leads you to Desse.

To send soldiers from the castle garrison outside the City, the nearest city gate to the Castle is Greengate, but that one only leads out to the King's Meadow, the triangle of land at the confluence of the Eirian and Molling. The nearest gate leading out of the City and to parts beyond would be further down Kingstable Street at the Millgate, which leads to Millbridge, the bridge that crosses the Molling River and takes you to the part of the Via Romana that leads you to Desse.

You can buy an image of the poster map here:  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/327254/eleven-kingdoms-map-of-the-deryni-world?src=hottest_filtered it's only $5.00

There doesn't seem to be a way to link attached photos to a post anymore (at least that I can find on my phone), so I can't attach an image of those details from the map, but I'll just add to what Nezz says by adding that there is a gap in the city walls where the hill is, but that side of the city is also protected by the hill being on the Eirian near the confluence of the Eirian and Molling Rivers, at a part of the Eirian that is wider than the castle itself, so it would likely be very difficult for an attacker to cross the swift river currents and scale the steep hill to the base of the curtain wall while the castle defenders are raining arrows or stones down on them. I don't think a siege engine would have the necessary range to throw stones across the river and uphill over the castle walls with great success either. (Though in my latest story, they tried anyway.)