Believers,
I have a few things I need to share with you today. Firstly, I’ve spent a great deal more time
trying to locate William’s Tower. As a
reader pointed out on the Facebook page, I had completely misinterpreted the
name of the structure, which may have slowed my progress. I’d skimmed that section quickly in my
excitement and assumed the tower was named for the guide who’d been lost, but I
went back and looked at it more closely and reminded myself the mayor’s name was William. His brother, the unfortunate Marcus, was not
the namesake. Blame it on writing
without access to the source material and a feeble, stressed memory. I suppose I could have looked back at the
previous post and seen where I’d listed the brothers correctly, but it slipped
my mind.
Apparently, the title “William’s Tower” came from the
structure being commissioned by the elder Pettigrew as his last act before
stepping down. The name sort of stuck
with the locals, but I don’t think it was the official title. Think of it
as more of a colloquial thing only the people of Pale Forest know. And they don’t generally speak to outsiders
very often.
If that’s the case, then anyone outside of Pale Forest who
knew the tower existed would probably have called it by the actual name. I’d not thought of this yet when I went down
into a few nearby towns to seek help, but it makes sense. In fact, I did find a few mentions of
something called The Aerie at one point, but the information was extremely
vague and I didn’t think much of it at the time. It wasn’t really even described as a tower,
but the name is promising. Could that be
the real name? It’s entirely possible. Now, of course, I have to start over, but at
least I have a decent lead to use.
Also, I promised to give my opinion of the latest story from
Charlotte Hamm. It’s clearly a warning,
in my mind, about Jack Huntley.
Interestingly enough, this is the third week in a row where I think
she’s directly answering a question I posed here, which is encouraging. What isn’t, however, is her bleak evaluation
of my situation with the mayor of Pale Forest.
I suppose I’m the boy in the story who’s been warned to watch what I
say, but I’m hoping Huntley won’t literally attempt to cut out my tongue at some
point. Of course, he might be able to do
even worse. Either way, I don’t intend
to allow him to silence me.
I’m curious what the warning means, though. Does Charlotte want me to stop? The boy in the story does survive, so I’m
thinking she’s just offering her opinion on Huntley, which I agree with. He can’t be trusted, obviously. Charlotte, on the other hand, I’m still
trying to decide about. What do you
think, believers-- is Charlotte someone I can actually believe?
Until next time…
