SeverinR
Vala
Wouldn't the room to purge cloaks be the cloak room?
I have dyed feathers with rit, I would never consider doing it traditional. Turkey feathers in red and yellow look great. Usually one dip is enough, old time dyes would be multiple dips and no where near the color we have today. Darker color meant more dye used and more time in the dye.
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In fantasy you want some common ground with the real world, something for the reader to stand on while we dazzle them with fields of dragons facing knights in magical armor, unicorns with maidens frolicking after them. But the part they know needs to be fairly accurate. I doubt that someone will stop reading just because a civilian horse charged into a pack of hungry wolves to rescue his rider, it does raise doubt to how strong the created world is.
I have dyed feathers with rit, I would never consider doing it traditional. Turkey feathers in red and yellow look great. Usually one dip is enough, old time dyes would be multiple dips and no where near the color we have today. Darker color meant more dye used and more time in the dye.
Back to the op:
In fantasy you want some common ground with the real world, something for the reader to stand on while we dazzle them with fields of dragons facing knights in magical armor, unicorns with maidens frolicking after them. But the part they know needs to be fairly accurate. I doubt that someone will stop reading just because a civilian horse charged into a pack of hungry wolves to rescue his rider, it does raise doubt to how strong the created world is.
