Short Story: Merlin and the Dragon Queen chapter 3

[ChristopherSea]

I do understand the concern with character development but I mostly don't intend to add too many more developed characters (I'm not pynchon for god's sake).

I was hoping it was obvious but the reason the seneschal was a prick is because he was instructed to start a fight so that the Romans would have cause to march on Camelot and flatten it. Merlin knew this and steered them clear but Lot ended up springing the trap anyway.

Thanks for your comments and suggestions.

Milo, You are welcome and you are right about the seneschal. I thought there might be more to his wickedness than just duty or plan. However, since he is deceased there is no need to developed him further. I was more curious about King Lot of Orkney and a few of the other Knights of the round table. As you make clear, you don't have to write as densely detailed as Thomas Pynchon, but a bet you could use that $500K+ MacArthur award! Cheers/Chris

I do intend to develop lot further

Great Milo, it will take me a while to catch up you. By the way, I just looked up Pynchon in Wikipedia. Apparently, he is also due for a Nobel Prize and the MacArthur award is up to $650K. Perhaps, we all should emulate his style of writing!