The age old question: why are there so many fully stocked treasure chests in the labyrinthine corridors?
What is it about a romanticized semi-medieval setting that fires up the imagination?
There have been plenty of medieval revivals over the years. The Wikipedia page on Medievalism is quite interesting. It ranges from what is now classic literature, to Danny Kaye in The Court Jester, to contemporary Renaissance Fairs and Larping.
I think it’s because the fear of darkness, the unknown of rounding corners, mysticism of magic, and a general love of swords.
Lots of kids go through a fear of the dark, it’s primal. We can’t see in the dark. There’s monsters there!
We can’t see around corners either. There could be treasure! Also, there’s monsters there!
Magic, fairies, wizards, and enchanted objects. That stuff goes back a loooooong ways. Just check out the Clan MacLeod fairy flag.
Swords. So much of it is swords. When you’re a kid, every stick is a sword.
I spent so many hours pouring over this book:
So I think it’s a number of reasons. All good. So much fun.
