The World of The Agartes Epilogues: Journal Reproductions From Eheldeth Givers

Unspecified Date Class went well today. We have a new student, a half-breed from Enji. I hear that her admittance caused quite a commotion. Her father had to pull some strings to get her in. Unspecified Date The new student S. is quite talented. I’ve never seen anyone with such a penchant for the agan …

The World of The Agartes Epilogues: Found in a Trashbin in the Cael Theatre

Dearest Sirs, I’m not going to mince words. Your performance of the legendary play The Ballad of Aenith, Meranius’s Song, by Ermine Ranochi, was the most atrocious I’ve seen in years. I was bored. The lady I was with was bored. We would’ve left halfway through the show, except the gouging prices I paid for …

Character Discussions: The Cocky Anti-Hero

One of my most controversial characters is Pablo from Birthplace. I’ve talked about this before: how I try not to create likable characters, and instead write them as honest as I can make them. I’ve also written a few “anti-heroes” so to speak: Enosh Tar’elian coming to mind. This is the sort of character who is …

The World of The Agartes Epilogues: From the Boarshind’s Archives

To Isalus ark-Oslar, Please accept my sincerest apologies for the incident that occurred at Lon Basden. We will reimburse the funds immediately. We have also sent replacements who will carry out your tasks in their stead. We hope that this incident doesn’t deter you from using the Boarshind’s services in the future. Sincerely, Baeddan Siromer …

Traditional Epic Fantasy Heroes in The Agartes Epilogues

One of the challenging things about writing The Agartes Epilogues is that it is not written from the point of view of “heroes” in the traditional sense. The point of view characters are regular people with selfish desires, who just get caught up in the plot either because of their actions or through reasons beyond their …