Tag: character exploration

Some midweek fun

I have been experimenting this week with the characters. As an exercise I made some mood boards for the two mains of the story as well as Samael, the villain. Not the same as excerpts, but I thought they might be worth a share.

The girl to whom the world was most unkind. A child chased my loss and sorrows. A woman of steel, polished and sharpened to throw back the light into dark places. The light unquenched.

A soft-hearted warrior who grew up in a world not his own. Kept ignorant of his true identity until it came to assassinate him. The transition to his true home was chaotic. Never-the-less, a warrior doesn’t shrink from a challenge.
Elder sorcerer, swollen with pride. For too long he lived in the shadow of the king, leading the powerful, but useless armies. And why should such power be wasted? Because the king had decided he knows what is best? The strongest should rule. If the king wants the crown again, he’ll have to take it back by force.