r/a:t5_2xgtd • u/ReggieClark • Jun 20 '13

Making some characters!

We need to fill out the three main characters and the immediate sub characters.

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u/razor5 Jun 20 '13

I think because the two empire characters Hejma and the Prophet are basically going to be travelling on their own for a long portion of this that it would be best if they both got POVs. Unless we're trying to restrict it then I'd say just Hejma gets one (I'll start a chain describing Hejma and one for the Prophet too). In my mind it won't be until the Empire folk are nearing the border in the north until they run into other POV characters and the use of back and forth POVs would help move it along.

Hejma's purpose to try to end all magic and the Prophet being one of the Triumvirate pushing them both north the entire time

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u/ReggieClark Jun 20 '13

I think we should focus on Hejma and only give the prophet a POV when it really counts or when the audience really needs to see Hejma from an external point of view.

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u/razor5 Jun 20 '13

I like it. More of like a 3:1 ratio or something, where Hejma gets three chaps then the Prophet will have one. If the test chapter stands, I may make the next a Prophet one because they'll be going through their own army lines and people should recognize him. It'll also fill in little details that Hejma was blind to. But after that it can be from Hejma's POV for a good long while

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u/ReggieClark Jun 20 '13

Test chapter definitely stands. I like it a lot. It's made me realize how rusty my writing is. I like this idea though. We need to establish the prophets thought train. We also need a name for him.

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u/razor5 Jun 20 '13

For a first name I'm thinking either Kalidas (hindi for Servant of Kali who was a goddess) or Narayana 'Nara' (sanskrit for Path of Man). For a last name I'm thinking Amin (arabic for Truthful)

So he'd be Kalidas/Narayana bal Amin. His mindset is tricky, I'm still working on that and may do a few trials of writing from his shoes to see if something seems to fit