The Chronicles of Hiiraan and Sool (Part 1: The Wisdom of Togdheer)
I’ve decided to write a fantasy trilogy, with characters and locations named after administrative regions of Somalia. Here’s an extract:
And so Hiiraan and Sool sought the counsel of the great wizard Galguduud. ‘Ever since our defeat by the forces of Sanaag at Jubbada Hoose, all our plans have gone awry’ said Hiiraan, despairingly. ‘How would you advise us?’
Galguduud remained silent for a moment, motionless but for the bristling of his brows. Then he spoke:
‘Seek out Togdheer and Bari, eldest of the dwarven peoples, in their mountain stronghold of Banaadir. Their wisdom will avail you greatly in your quest to overthrow the tyrant Woqooyi Galbeed.’
Full list of Somali regions here.
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It’s like Fantasy Handbook 101.
Posted on 21-Feb-06 at 1:52 pm | PermalinkIt’s uncanny, Bobble. It’s as if the Somalian bureaucracy was the result of a drunken ouija session involving H.P. Lovecraft, David Eddings and L. Ron Hubbard.
Posted on 21-Feb-06 at 2:06 pm | PermalinkI think the hobbits would have been a lot more keen to go to Mordor if it had been called Digil-Mirifle instead.
Posted on 21-Feb-06 at 5:06 pm | PermalinkI fear for our brave heroes. How can they face the might of the terrible Nugaal?
Posted on 21-Feb-06 at 6:08 pm | Permalinkthat is quite spooky -
Posted on 21-Feb-06 at 11:13 pm | PermalinkGood old L. Ron. Another thing for him to ansswer for - although I think Tom Cruise is worse ….
Posted on 22-Feb-06 at 3:44 am | PermalinkKE: I agree, but I think you’ll find that the Digil-Mirifle are a Somalian clan-group, not an administrative region.
Jef: me too. Without the Crystal of Shabeellaha Dhexe, they’re fucked.
dmts: it’s a bit twilight-zone.
Pog: Cruise is definitely more disconcerting. But have you seen Hubbard fly an F15?
Posted on 22-Feb-06 at 8:40 am | Permalink“Puntland” and “Somaliland” “governments” seek support from neighboring states in their secessionist aspirations and in conflicts with each other
- Puntland? Is the country run by bookies? Reminds me of Colchester
Posted on 22-Feb-06 at 9:26 am | PermalinkPuntland sounds to me like an idyllic place, populated by little people.
Posted on 22-Feb-06 at 10:11 am | PermalinkI thought I was the only one of two people that had ever read The Belgariad and The Malloreon.
Posted on 22-Feb-06 at 11:13 am | Permalink