Cambrius

Just on first glance, I'd think that Konrad Curze, being a prominent character in another franchise, may require more of a name change than swapping the C for a K. For myself, I will be submitting Colonel Jefferson Barlow Aries once I can distill him to a few paragraphs. I hope you folks will take a peek at the bits I've written for him, from back in the earlier days of v1. EDIT: And I just noticed this was for last year. lol

Hello again!

My apologies for the bump. Hoping some fresh eyes land here, and just saying that I may be posting the next installment of Colonel Aries sometime soon. Also: I encourage and greatly appreciate any and all feedback!

Thanks, man.

Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but is the avatar model for Lady Justice as unwieldy and fragile as it looks? It looks a right pain in the ass, to be honest....

Is it bad I like the prose better than the scrap itself?

Very well written, sir. Annabella is a very interesting character and I look forward to reading more about her...and the implications for her daughter and grandchild.

Working under the presumption that you're male, I think you write good female characters, like Edith. Apparently that isn't so easy. Well done, sir.

AND! Hermitage Avenue - The Enclave: Location of Colonel Aries' residence. Very cool, man. I should do something similar.

As with everyone else here, I try to utilise the established characters only in passing. This, for a couple of reasons: I try to focus on my own creations and contribute something new, and because I have an inherent aversion to stepping on the creative toes of the original authors. Thechosenone is a notable exception, but the stuff he writes is some pretty awesome (intentionally) alternative perspectives. For myself, I have been writing a few short stories about a character I call Colonel Aries, Ace of Rams: http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?25015-Colonel-Aries-Ace-of-Rams Colonel Jefferson Barlow Aries (retired) was a cavalry officer in the American Civil War - the history and events of which I have modified rather liberally. Colonel Aries is in his early fifties, he stands six-and-a-half feet tall with a broad chest and shoulders. His iron-coloured hair is well cut in a short and military style, in direct contrast to his prodigious muttonchops and mustache. The colonel's left eye is a piercing pale blue, but his right eye is even more striking. It is a false eye, an orb of black and set with a faceted soulstone the same colour as his natural eye. There's some fun details in the stories as to the hows and whys of the colonel's false eye. His standard garb includes a Confederate cavalry Stetson with gold braiding, in the same grey as his double-breasted wool greatcoat. He usually carries a polished hickory swagger stick that is capped with steel at both ends, and wears stout black knee-high boots with thick steel buckles and jangling spurs. His personality isn't always archetypal: Colonel Aries is a consummate Southern gentleman from Georgia and comes from a family that has been wealthy for a long time. In fact, he is directly descended from one of those "powerful practitioners of magic" that opened the first Breach (and was also trapped and lost when that Breach closed). The colonel is also a bloodthirsty man, taking a barbarian glee in the whirling chaos of battle and in pointing his overlarge revolver at the face of death. I'm still developing Colonel Aries' back story in bits and nibbles, though I have been ridiculously busy of late and negligent in my duties to read and write feedback to my fellow storytellers here. That will change, gentlemen, I promise! I've also added a few more minor characters: Jamish, the colonel's talented personal chef; Nathaniel Jefferson Aries, the colonel's son; and Hamilton Pepper, former officer in the 1st Charleston Guard back Earth-side and currently the senior Guild Guard Captain.

I do pop on here as often as I can, which isn't nearly as often as I would like, but I do try to read a bit. Christmas, my wedding, and the honeymoon have passed eventfully. I have only closing the purchase on our new house and my best friend's wedding to accomplish and then I will be able to spend some free time reading and writing. So, under those conditions, I pledge my continued dedication to you all, my fellow hobby-writers.

Dreadnought directly references Boneshaker in the last 25 pages or so. So now I gotta read about the events in Seattle, dang it!

Dreadnought by Cherie Priest is... awesome! Just plain awesome.

All right, I survived the holidays and celebrated my continued sanity with a trip to a bookstore! I went straight to the science fiction/fantasy section and started my search in reverse alphabetical order. This meant looking first for Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. I didn't find it. What I did find was another of her novels, Dreadnought. Steampunk, with the main character headed for the Pacific Northwest (where I live), leaving behind an alternate universe Civil War. Well holy crap, I found my prize. The book is even printed in sepia ink! And that's where I'll start.