The Shadow Spinner
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Destroying the Twisted The Twisted want to kill the Champions so they can enter the Peaks. After doing so, they’ll unleash demons on Dome that will kill pretty much everyone else the Champions ever cared about. As bad as that sounds, this simple kind of good vs. evil motivation does not generally make very rich
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Creating the Twisted Every epic fantasy novel needs epic villains. And a trifecta of opponents is such a classic trope. The real challenge of coming up with the Twisted, though, was that I came up with their names first. So I needed Powers that fit with the characters. The problem after that was that two
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Origin of Fahrad’s Power When I structured the series, I knew that I wanted each successive Champion who joined to start from a stronger place than the previous one. This way, by the time the last Champion joined, they would be ready to fight. If the last Champion wasn’t ready for combat, then there would
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Original Ideas for Shoku’s Power Shoku is the soul of the Dome series. Even though N’Halia undergoes the most growth in terms of Power, Shoku goes through the greatest personal growth. Light Weaving is maybe the most complex Power because of the social ramifications. Read on for more below! Inspiration I actually came up with
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Araina’s Original Power The concept of Araina’s character is probably my favorite. In fighting comedies, there’s always that older adult who turns out to be monstrously strong. But they’re always a side character – just a passing trope, even when that character is one we all want to see. Well, you don’t have to worry.
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N’Halia’s Original Powers If the characters were to be classified into gaming archetypes, she would obviously be the mage. It occurred to me that if Powers like what you see in a game actually existed, the world would be a barren wasteland in a year. Read on to learn how this changed my ideas for
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Original Ideas for Hermit’s Powers Before I started writing the book, Hermit started off with wildly different Powers in my head. Read on to learn my thoughts! Inspiration Growing up, my family played a bunch of Diablo, specifically Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. One of my favorite characters was the Assassin who could use some
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What would make the perfect blood sport? A game that doesn’t get lost in the rules of course!
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Where would each of the characters be from if they were on Earth? Each of the Champions has a distinct origin.
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Coming up with names for the characters always seems somewhat arbitrary to me. After all, the reader won’t really question them, right? Except if one of them gets an awful name. More on that below for Shoku’s original, horrible name!
Eric Kao - Fantasy Author 