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== History == | == History == | ||
The dimension travelling alien on board the ''Castor'' created Herot as a way to escape from the pain of the crimes committed by prisoners that it was forced to experience in order to rid the prisoners of their guilt. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wooden Heart (novel)|Wooden Heart]]''). | The dimension travelling alien on board the ''Castor'' created Herot as a way to escape from the pain of the crimes committed by prisoners that it was forced to experience in order to rid the prisoners of their guilt. As such, the village's history is only as long as the | ||
creator's captivity. The timelines of Herot and the ''Castor'' are seen to be in sync, therefore the oldest that the village can be is 12 generations (approximately 300 years). ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wooden Heart (novel)|Wooden Heart]]''). | |||
Late in its history, children began disappearing from the village. This, as well as missing information in historical records, insubstantial buildings and the local countryside being warped, was indicative of the lack of power going to the ''Castor'' and the lack of enthusiasm of the semi-suicidal alien creator. These strange goings on were set right after the 10<sup>th</sup> Doctor steered the ''Castor'' to a new section of space, allowing its solar cells to function once more. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wooden Heart (novel)|Wooden Heart]]''). | Late in its history, children began disappearing from the village. This, as well as missing information in historical records, insubstantial buildings and the local countryside being warped, was indicative of the lack of power going to the ''Castor'' and the lack of enthusiasm of the semi-suicidal alien creator. These strange goings on were set right after the 10<sup>th</sup> Doctor steered the ''Castor'' to a new section of space, allowing its solar cells to function once more. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wooden Heart (novel)|Wooden Heart]]''). | ||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
Despite the lack of churches, many villagers held a belief in the existence of a "creator", which the Dazai, Jude, Saul and Petr eventually met. Herot's inhabitants also had mythology, in particular, the belief that if the stolen children were to return to the village, then Herot would be destroyed. This belief, although not founded in science, was in fact correct, as if the children did return, then the "creator" would not be able to sustain the pocket dimension because of the large amount of data required to imagine children. | Despite the lack of churches, many villagers held a belief in the existence of a "creator", which the Dazai, Jude, Saul and Petr eventually met. Herot's inhabitants also had mythology, in particular, the belief that if the stolen children were to return to the village, then Herot would be destroyed. This belief, although not founded in science, was, in fact, correct, as if the children did return, then the "creator" would not be able to sustain the pocket dimension because of the large amount of data required to imagine children. | ||
By the time of Petr, travellers and traders from outside the village were known to exist, but not particularly common. The world outside of the village was inaccessible for a time, during which the Castor was losing power and Herot's creator the will to continue. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wooden Heart (novel)|Wooden Heart]]''). | By the time of Petr, travellers and traders from outside the village were known to exist, but not particularly common. The world outside of the village was inaccessible for a time, during which the Castor was losing power and Herot's creator the will to continue. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wooden Heart (novel)|Wooden Heart]]''). | ||
