Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Arethia "Starcrown" Nimanthi

The second child born of Commander Arnak and Vashti. She suffered from severe dandruff as a child and got the name "Starcrown" from her mother because of the flakes that looked like stars falling from her head. (Her mother wanted her to confront her issue while not feeling belittled because of it.)

She was trained since birth to be a Lore Keeper because she has such an excellent memory. She learns and memorizes history, songs, legends, and myths as well as many traditional dances. Her physical grace made her an excellent swordsman, at least, whenever her brother would have the time to train her.

Being a perfectionist of sorts and having much pressure from her mother to be perfect, she suffers from high anxiety and stress. This became the unfortunate reason she cannot bear children, something that tears her to pieces daily and has her in a continual flux of anger and guilt because of it.

Working Symbols

I have started again on my book. New ideas are coming to me each day, and though this is a good thing, it makes the book as a whole difficult to focus on, because most of my new ideas change the way everything is set up. I have enjoyed developing characters, but I can't tell if I'm shaping them into what they need to be or if they are shaping themselves based on the characteristics that I have given them. Sounds philosophical, doesn't it?