Posted April 11, 2025 by Shady Characters
I think I am finally out the writer's block that was plaguing me for the most part of winter and a good half of March. These last few weeks, and especially the previous one, were very productive. I finished the Samhain festival which was a monster compared to most other events. The only one that beats it, is the Trial of Mind. Of course, since it is all variants and choices, you will only see about one eighth of the total word count on a single playthrough, so it won't seem big to you.
But most importantly, I wrote two of the girl-events. Which brings the number of completed events to seven. We are more than half way there and, hopefully, I will be able to keep this up. Aisling, Lily and Violet, along with one of two events for Elizabeth are done. And three of five events for Katelyn are now complete.
Speaking of Katelyn. Katelyn Brook. She was envisioned as a quintessential Ruachan student. One of the defining traits of people gravitating to and growing up in house Ruachan are competitiveness and ambition, and I really wanted to have a character which would demonstrate the best parts of these qualities. Thus Katelyn was conceived. At that point I haven't yet decided that she was a redhead or that she was Scottish, but what I knew that she would want to leave an impact on the world, but not for her own sake. Katelyn is daring, she sets ambitions goals, and she loves to compete, but not with other people. Katelyn competes with the world and the system, and she doesn't care if she is the main recipient of the spoils of her victories.
I also wanted to have at least one character to have a genuine fascination of the world of magic. Since most of the students in Tir na nOg grew up surrounded by magic and it would be strange for them to be exited for things they mostly find mundane, making Katelyn grow up in a non-magical environment, not only let me have a character that could still both enamored by magic, but also have a fresh perspective on the sometimes old-fashioned world of wizards, and have big idea of bringing the normie know-how into her new home.
With some luck, you all will be able to get to know Katelyn real soon.
But for now, see you next week.
Shady Character One, out!