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Forging a character: Captain Damian

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Tomas

In my elf-centric story, Captain Damian was the first major human character. Even though his beginnings were humble (regarding his presence in the story), he became a major supporting character. Today, I’ll look into the process of creating him.

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Forging a character: Queen Illeana

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Tomas

The queen was, for a long time, a minor character compared to the role of her husband, King Venelaos, or her daughter, Princess Nadyenne. Yet, as I developed the backstory, she gained some degree of importance – not one to take her to the spotlight but one that makes her an integral part of the story due to her heritage.

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Forging a character: Etian Windwalker

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Tomas

While I’ve planned to have a shaman in my story since the late concept stage, it took some time before a shaman character with a significant appearance was created – in the form of Etian Windwalker.

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Forging a character: Ellisia

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Tomas

The development of Ellisia mirorred that of Kraasian Darkwood for a long time. They were a pair from the start and they develped as one. Eventually, there were some other aspects I managed to show through her.

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Forging a character: King Venelaos

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Tomas

Today, I return to share some background about developing a character. King Venelaos is one of the oldest characters in my work-in-progress fantasy. After all, what kind of fantasy world does not have someone to rule it? And, as it is with the oldest characters, he had a lot of time to grow.

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Forging a character: Major Elindra

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Tomas

Some characters appear out of nowhere, created by a whim of unpredictable imagination. Elindra is one of those. In this post, I’ll share how she became a part of the story.

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Forging a character: Shianna

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Tomas

This time, I’ll share the background of creating a character who eventually became more involved with the story than I expected – though, in reality, I probably should’ve seen that coming.

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I’d like to show some of my recently read books here, but since Goodreads plugin can’t sort by read date, only date it was shelved (differs drastically at some times), it’s put on hold for now. I might make some yearly lists sooner or later.

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