This is a film about Tomiris, the queen and war chief of Scythians who defeated and killed Cyrus the Great around 530 BC.
We used proto-Scythian tribes as the model for the People of the Kurgan, so these are Julie’s people. Archeological evidence suggest that they were probably a bit more blondish, but the movie looks awesome. The featured image for this post is Fight of Scythians with Slavs by Vasnetsov.
I had to take a mental health day so Ryder might be Wednesday or Thursday.
Thank you for this and I hope your day brings you peace
Scythians as “Julie’s people”?! I’m suddenly glad I’m retired, because it’s time to read/reread some history. I think I’ll start with Durant, if my eyes are still good enough to read the dense print, and branch out from there.
I’d love to see whatever internal background files y’all have on your series’, because I’m sure they’re tapestries to rival the Bayeux, especially the KD-related material.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Mental health days are good for us all!
I would like to say that Ryder has been a lovely excuse to reread the Kate Daniels series (again)(as if I really needed one). I just bought Small Magics And I love the new Curran POV. However, I vaguely recall a Curran POV of the Curran-Lorelei conversation where he realises that Kate was listening in. Or am I imagining this snippet?
Btw, I really appreciate the richness of the worlds you create in your books. The depth of knowledge and research really adds so much texture and heft!!!
I hope you and your family are all well and that your mental health days helped.
It always amazes me how far you are willing to go for your fanatical BDH with all our expectations of new stories, or requests for advice on the world of writing or even just explanations on our nitpicking.
If we can do anything to help you in these stressful times the way you help so many of us, please ask. We all like to feel useful.
CHILLS. LITERAL CHILLS.
This is what Kate Daniels looks like to me by the way
I saw an amazing museum exhibit on the Scythians at the Prado in Madrid a couple summers ago. They were such an amazing horse culture – the tack looked almost modern. Winter leggings, presumed to be part of a noblewoman’s outfit, were vibrantly multicolored. It’s too bad that there isn’t a lot of written documentation on the culture although the Russian curators did an amazing job of piecing various snippets from Greek literature together to tell an interesting story. Basing Julie’s background on this culture is an excellent choice. I can’t wait to read more!
One other note: I know that many say the saddle was a later invention, but the Scythian exhibit in Madrid did showcase a wooden saddle.
Looks to be a darn good film.
On about Kate Daniels by the way, it would be great to see your excellent Kate Daniels character in a series based upon your books.
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