This article is about "Child of Darkness," a short story. For Jame, often given the epithet Child of Darkness, see Jame.
Outside the Chain of Creation…
This article covers a subject that is part of the real world, and thus should not be taken as a part of the Kencyr universe.
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As it was, I tackled Jame as best I could, putting her in a familiar context—college, during the Vietnam protests, which in science fiction terms translated into a post-WWIII dystopian world. The rationale for this was that there must be more worlds down the Chain of Creation and that Jame, in fleeing Perimal Darkling, had over-shot Rathillien and crash-landed in the next world down the Chain—a world created by the Kencyrath's failure to stop Perimal Darkling in Rathillien. It was, if you like, an alternate history. I don't know if it will ever come to exist.
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– P. C. Hodgell, Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry, "Child of Darkness"
"Child of Darkness" is the first complete story P. C. Hodgell ever wrote. It places Jame and the Kencyrath in a science-fiction setting, in a post-World War III dystopia. It is supposed to be the next world in the Chain of Creation after Rathillien.[2] Although space has been left for it in the series' chronology, Pat says that it is "an alternate history. I don't know if it will ever come to exist." As such, it is not considered canon by fans and will be largely ignored by this Wiki.