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@myclipboardismyviolin, interesting thing is, the thought of killing her off didn’t even appear until right before New York passed the after birth abortion law. just a few days before that I thought that it might add an interesting element to my book, and then that happened. The thing about fictional books is that they almost always reflect what is going on in the world, its really interesting. So it would be a somewhat subtle way of discussing abortion.

What I would do is have the girl die and have the dad’s grief propel him on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge against the child-sacrifice thing, but it’s your story and it’s up to you. Regardless though, you’ve got me on the edge of my seat wanting to read this one, so go for it!

are you looking inside my head???

well, disappointing that you don’t play, but cool metaphor.

It really has to do with how powerful Jycin is versus how much power the villains have, that would determine her death or not. I think you should first decide how much power each side needs based on the larger story that you have and go from there. Granted, this could be a chicken-and-the-egg problem. Obviously if the girl dies, that weakens Jycin’s side considerably since he will be suffering from grief, and if the little girl grows up she might help Jycin later. On the other hand, if the villains don’t get what they want, they will get stronger and angrier and more and more bent on revenge, and Jycin will have to expend resources to protect her that he might have put into other things. It’s almost a blue chip as far as power and darkness is concerned.

But this is a fantasy story, and one of the genre rules of fantasy is that prophecies come true, and Jycin’s efforts to subvert that will fail, even if he wants to avoid that pain. But if it’s just the intent of the villains, those can fail.

good point

@ashira 🙂

@nuetrobolt, thank you for all your input 🙂