09-29-2009, 09:13 AM
Quote:Glad I never asked why you were writing a novel about a rank you had never heard of before..... :roll: :mrgreen:
Long and ever so boring story. But I can do boring (believe me). The book started out being called 'The Golden Spear', in reference to the man's beneficiarius standard, and his status was going to be a big point of exposition late on in the narrative, for reasons that I won't put here to avoid a spoiler. Since the title has now changed this is perhaps less important - and not really necessary to the plot, I suppose. He was going to be a BF.COS (the governor's man), but that's in no way necessary in order for him to be the hard arse he so clearly is. The potential move to him being this (apparently) mythical rank of Beneficiarius Praefecti Proconsulis was really of interest because of the increased influence he would have gained, but again he doesn't really need it.
