@jared-williams

I’d be happy to beta read for you.

@jared-williams

That was fantastic, where is your book and when can I buy it?

@jared-williams

Please let me know if it is hard to understand him and whether or not his intonation make sense or if anything contradicts my description of him…

I found it easy to read Hadwin’s dialogue; honestly it was fun because I don’t usually get to read phonetic speech.  I don’t think you contradicted yourself, and the scene was pretty en…[Read more]

@the-inkspiller

[If you want to know more about frostbite, let me know and I’ll do a write-up on that too]

Since you offered, I’ll also inquire about frostbite

@the-inkspiller

Thank you, that answer was wonderful.
Next question is might he get pneumonia from the experience and how would they handle that?

@the-inkspiller

Could a drowning victim be resuscitated in medieval/renaissance times, and how did they handle hypothermia?

The character [a 15yo boy] fell through the ice of a frozen lake at night in the dead of winter and was able to find his way out of the ice before he passed out, but someone else managed to dive in, pull him out of the…[Read more]

@the-inkspiller

So glad to see you again!  And thanks for your answer.

Another question: if someone were stabbed in the back with a stiletto [dagger], where would the best place be for the stab to be survivable and how long would recovery be?

Thanks!

@rose-colored-fancy

Have fun torturing your characters! XD

I will, don’t worry!  This is only the backstory…

@rose-colored-fancy

Nice to see you again!

Thank you so much, that answers all my questions.  I was aware that longswords are actually pretty light but it slipped my mind… 🙃.  So my boy will have bad bruising, a nasty cut, and lots of stitches.  Got it.

Let’s see if I can revive this thread.

@the-inkspiller

So a character of mine (@anne_the_noob14 not Brendin, I swear) had a longsword thrown at his back when he was 17.  I’ve already decided that it miraculously managed to cut his back open from his right shoulder to his left hip, but my questions for you are:

1) Is it possible the impact from…[Read more]

“We should take a vote: who wants to move forward and who wants to pursue negotiation with the Castle?”

Jango and Brendin exchanged a glance, considering.  “Well,” Brendin began with a wry smile, “last time I tried to negotiate with an eldritch being, I lost something.”  He lifted the golem arm to show them, the burnished argil glinting like…[Read more]

While the others were preoccupied with Nithel’s sudden reappearance, Brendin felt a sudden calm sweep over him.  He looked down and realized with a start that he was fading, like Nithel and Jericho had.  He wished to say goodbye, but he also didn’t want to interrupt the moment between Mayra and Alessio and Nithel…and he didn’t want to cause t…[Read more]

Brendin regarded the man, surprised at the address.  A Greycloak, and one of the Eya.  He must have known Bren from Isernbarre then.
“Call me Brendin,” Bren replied in Kith, and explained both that he did not recognize the man and the current situation.  “Don’t trust the dragon,” he added, grateful that Malvat had previously shown no in…[Read more]

“…traumatically horrific-existential-crisis-in-a-box with a side of a malevolent menagerie?”

Peace settled over Jericho.  Peace she’d not had in a long time.  With a faint smile she began to fade away, gently laying a hand on Alessio’s shoulder to assuage as much of his anxiety as she could before she vanished.  And then she was gone.…[Read more]

Exhibit A of Bren’s light hair and eyes:

@this-is-not-an-alien

Brendin has a kinda rugged appearance and dark hair and brown eyes that turn gold when his power is activated and Jericho dresses kinda like a female Obi-Wan and has brown hair and dark eyes,

Where are you getting all the dark hair and dark eyes from!?  Brendin has very pale strawberry-blonde/red hair and pale grey-blue eyes…[Read more]

@denali-christianson

In the Fantasy Writers forum, there’s two threads for this stuff.  The Character Castle thread we are currently writing on, where we discuss characters and future ideas and also just chat generally, and the actual Fantasy Character Castle Chronicles no.1 where we write the story about the characters.

@this-is-not-an-alien

Y’know, reading that Alessio likes Bren so much, I think I’ll just swap Jericho out with someone else rather than both Bren and Jericho.  And I’ve thought of another option for who to swap in:

Jango Bastion, an Eya Greycloak (of the Falmarin tribe) that serves under Bren’s uncle Joffrey.  As one of the Greycloaks he’s an e…[Read more]

@anne-the-noob14  I didn’t get diagnosed until after I was a minor, so I feel you.
As for what I use aside from tea and coffee, caffeinated soda usually works.  I’d caution you though because it can cause a sugar high that’ll counteract any benefit from the caffeine.

My particular symptoms are easily distracted, inattentive, quickly forgetting t…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

That’s so awful about mono, poor thing!

Yeah, it was pretty bad; I had to relearn how to swallow like a normal person afterwards (that was an experience).

Wait you mean an actual official diagnosis?!

Yes, I have severe attention-deficit type ADHD.  So severe my inattentive symptoms are almost off the scale.  It went com…[Read more]