Since I have a long history of hating the hippy stereotype, I just decided, "Meh- ima own it from now on"
Anyway, I realize that those references go over the head of many people simply because of age. Hell, I didn't exist in the 60's either, so I figured I'll give a heads-up on 'em.
The Weather Underground was a left-wing terrorist organization that originally emerged in 1969 out of a political split within the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) in 1969 & indulged in bombing gov't buildings & banks as a protest to the Vietnam war.
Subterranean Homesick Blues is a Bob Dylan tune from 1965 & it inspired the title of the Underground's manifesto with the lyric "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"
I can use the similarities of the split between the SDS & The Weathermen (their original name) & equate it to a split from the NLH...plus the title of the Dylan song fits like a glove with my 'Green Hell' baby, because every one of the characters I'm gonna use were all born in there.
Since each 'part' of the story progresses throughout the time span of one year, I felt that keeping with the song title thing would be pretty cool.
Part I: "A Hazy Shade Of Winter" (by Simon & Garfunkle)
Part II: I Live In The Springtime (by The Lemon Drops)
Part III: Summertime Blues (by Eddie Cochran/The Who)
Part IV: Autumn Forever (by The Moody Blues)
& an epilogue: Over The Hills & Faroe Way (Over The Hills and Far Away by Led Zeppelin)
And yes, the story ends with the Gaian exile out of Bretonia
I've got a couple more characters to introduce, then after that I can get around to starting the next part & getting on with it
