I’m sitting awake at 3am for various reasons I won’t go into here (TL;DR, brain being bad).
Lately I’ve been feeling flickers of story trying to be written. I have snatches of character interactions, and of course I still have at least three ideas I could turn into a novel (if I could make words happen) with which I entertain myself to sleep at night.
One of the things that has been popping into my mind has been the thought of continuing the Buds stories about my Guild Wars 2 characters. There’s so much backstory behind them that I’ve never been able to write.
Enla and Sjoukje met at the races in Amnoon, Enla all but falling into alcoholism and nihilism after the whole kerfuffle with Balthazar. Learning your god is a dick who cares nothing about you or your prayers does a bit of a number on those devout people who based their entire lives around him, you know?
Cadfyel used to be considered beautiful - in the Dream, anyway. But when the dragon attacked the Pale Tree his birthing pod was damaged. His face was so severely injured from the attack and subsequent fall, the menders essentially had to sand the features off it to get to tissue that could grow again. He still has claw marks across what’s left of his eyes where the menders couldn’t risk sanding further. He was tempted by Mordremoth, both in his Dream and without, but he finally refused to become what he realised was so evil. He was “adopted” in a way by Teudila (who has faced her own trials before becoming a Revenant), and he has decided to walk the path of the Vindicator, reflecting his own two sides and how they can be used to make things better.
Lluwelyn is my newest character and I’m still getting to know him. He’s a reticent, quiet person, but highly intelligent and speaks only when it’s really necessary. He loves music. He’s a druid, reflecting his more magical leanings, and his desire to help people. He can be quite charming when he wants to be.
Electrotech Zapp is a grotty, horrible, little nerdy slob. He’s got a nasty temper and holds grudges. He doesn’t really get along with people, but loves loves loves his golems and mechs. Loves. He’d probably have joined the Inquest if he hadn’t been such a lazy little shit. He’s smart, but he tends to shove that intelligence down people’s throats, even more than the average Asura. Arrogant little grot.
Ok, that’ll do for now. At least I’ve written these broad strokes out somewhere. Next time I should write about Kaylee and why she of all the Asura has a second name.
