Aaron Stone
...Enfyre Anwatter
This is what I spend hours on, though those hours result in but a few lines of text in my notes. Most fantasy worlds have their own currency in each of the kingdoms, and measurement systems, as in weight and length.
THIS IS NOT EASY.
Coming up with the perfect names for the coins or paper (but mostly coins) money used is a pain. Finding the name that fits, that sounds everyday, that you wouldn't have to read twice, yet maybe connotes peasantry or royalty respectively, is a hard task. Also choosing the metals the coins are made of, ranking them lowest to highest in value. This also effects the economy of the kingdom in other ways - how are the metals acquired? Is there a large deposit of silver in the mountain range close by, of which the kingdom has sole control? This could mean silver is not as valuable as it would be elsewhere, and a silver coin may be a low denomination of the common currency.
Weight is a different story - you can pretty much name it whatever you want, but remember - long ago, they were unable to measure in such exact terms as we are able to use today. That is where the English stone comes from, if I am not mistaken. So someone might weigh 10 -blanks-.
Length I'm not so sure about, but the names are fun to come up with. I have corresponded the measurements of length with sounds, from loud to quiet. Knocks - the equivalent of miles. I'm thinking thumps for feet, but it's not as catchy. And taps for the smallest measurement of length.
I am NOT going to mess with time. NO way, NO chance. Too confusing and time-consuming, if you'll excuse the pun.
Any thoughts?
THIS IS NOT EASY.
Coming up with the perfect names for the coins or paper (but mostly coins) money used is a pain. Finding the name that fits, that sounds everyday, that you wouldn't have to read twice, yet maybe connotes peasantry or royalty respectively, is a hard task. Also choosing the metals the coins are made of, ranking them lowest to highest in value. This also effects the economy of the kingdom in other ways - how are the metals acquired? Is there a large deposit of silver in the mountain range close by, of which the kingdom has sole control? This could mean silver is not as valuable as it would be elsewhere, and a silver coin may be a low denomination of the common currency.
Weight is a different story - you can pretty much name it whatever you want, but remember - long ago, they were unable to measure in such exact terms as we are able to use today. That is where the English stone comes from, if I am not mistaken. So someone might weigh 10 -blanks-.
Length I'm not so sure about, but the names are fun to come up with. I have corresponded the measurements of length with sounds, from loud to quiet. Knocks - the equivalent of miles. I'm thinking thumps for feet, but it's not as catchy. And taps for the smallest measurement of length.
I am NOT going to mess with time. NO way, NO chance. Too confusing and time-consuming, if you'll excuse the pun.
Any thoughts?