Alexander
I haven't drawn in years, so I was a delighted ball of "YES CRAYOLAS AND SHARPIES AND STEALING ALL THE COPY PAPER OUT OF THE PRINTER" the entire evening that I worked on this. I'm definitely not much of an artist these days but it's still a lot of fun, and I am a very firm believer in fun.
Doing the little profile on Grensfei last week was such a good time that I'm doing it again, this time with a character: Alexander!
So this scruffy dude actually has an interesting history. I was sitting in my living room, watching cartoons on my laptop, when the inspiration for his character jumped into my head. I named him Jasper. I liked him so much that I just had to put him in a story... and I had the perfect candidate.
I'd written "Fresh Powder" about three years before and had a general idea of how I could rework it into a new home for this guy. As I wrote, I started getting picky with names and ended up renaming him Alexander. I'm glad I did; it suits him.
Essentially, he was the reason I started Equi, so he's pretty special. Aaaaaand now it's time for an info dump.
Doing the little profile on Grensfei last week was such a good time that I'm doing it again, this time with a character: Alexander!
So this scruffy dude actually has an interesting history. I was sitting in my living room, watching cartoons on my laptop, when the inspiration for his character jumped into my head. I named him Jasper. I liked him so much that I just had to put him in a story... and I had the perfect candidate.
I'd written "Fresh Powder" about three years before and had a general idea of how I could rework it into a new home for this guy. As I wrote, I started getting picky with names and ended up renaming him Alexander. I'm glad I did; it suits him.
Essentially, he was the reason I started Equi, so he's pretty special. Aaaaaand now it's time for an info dump.
- His full name is Alexander-Grensfei (faerie surnames are the name of their birthplace) and for most of "Equilibrium" he's 19 years old.
- He's a harvester, but he's training to become an auratender.
- He's passionate and loving and not afraid to show it, but he often lets his emotions get the best of him and tends to lose control, especially when he's trying to protect his village or his family.
- He has a natural aptitude for magic and he's well aware of it... smug-ass little punk.
- He likes to make everything as dramatic as possible.
- Despite flourishing his weapon of choice whenever he gets the chance, he's actually a really crappy swordsman and generally hates physical confrontation.
- He's had a terrible phobia of storms ever since one brought him within an inch of death as a child.
- He has a habit of squinting at his hand whenever he casts spells.
Wow that ended up being longer than I expected, but I love this guy so I guess it's all right.