Supporting cast pt. 3

 It's Monday, which means we're back with the character introductions.

A major part of book 1 plays in the two locations of the elven Academy of Arcane Arts, located in the two major cities of the realm.

The academies are led by headmasters, high ranking mages who devote their lives to educate and train the younger generations. The academies specialize in magic only, so those without magic abilities will be transferred to other training facilities after the initial testing.

I want to introduce the two headmasters today:

Villyrd (male, on the right) is the headmaster of the academy in Irydrin Tower in Central Cathedral. He is in charge of the testing, where young elves gather to be tested for their magic abilities.

He is strict, but not unkind. He bases his decisions on what he seems best for the younglings, even if it means ripping apart close bonded siblings, as he has to with Ayalynneah and Althar.

He has mastered more than one element, his closest affinity he has with earth, though. 

The academy in the Golden Spire in South Citadel (largest city in the realm and capitol of the humans) is even more specialized. While they train mages of all elemental affinities, they mainly focus on fire and sun magic.

Headmistress in the Golden Spire academy is Niuvee (female, on the left). Her affinity is earth as well and she has specialized in plant magic. She is very patient and kind, but strong headed and willing to go to extremes if neccessary.

And that's it for today, my dear readers. I hope you liked all the introductions so far. Next blog will be on Thursday, so stay tuned.

As always, I hope you have a great day or night, wherever you are.

Amber

A little rant

 Hello, my dear readers.

Let me tell you, writing is hard. Like all creative work, it takes a lot out of you. And there will be times when your inspiration vanishes and takes all motivation with it.

Sometimes it's just in your head.

Sometimes life happens and you're so occupied with other things that you don't have the energy to be creative.

That' where I'm at currently. Life is a bit of a struggle and it exhausts me to a degree where sitting down to write isn't more than a chore.

I know it's temporary. But it means writing will take much longer than I anticipated. Which maybe is for the better. I promised myself not to rush myself.

The stories are there, inside me, waiting to be told.

On Monday I'll post the next character introduction. I already have the art finished.

So until then, as always my dear readers, I hope you habe a good day or night, wherever you are.

Amber

Supporting cast pt. 2

 Hello, my dear readers!

As promised, we'll be continuing with the introductions today.

In the second story snippet I posted, two sun mages are mentioned: Ciall and Genvil.

Ciall (red hair, on the left) is the first sun mage Ayalynneah comes across and he is also the one who finds out about the nature of her magic. He is the youngest member of the high council of elves and as such has many responsibilities which keep him from training Lynnie after her first year at the academy.

He is a kind person and very supportive. 

Genvil (ash grey hair, on the right) is the exact opposite. He is the resident sun mage in the city of South Citadel and also teaches fire magic at the academy there. He is put in charge of Lynnie's training starting her second year.

He is strict, harsh, sarcastic and seems to have strong negative feelings towards Ayalynneah. He is also elitist and has a hunger for power.

There you go. This will be all for today. Next post will be up on Thursday, so stay tuned.

As always, I wish you a good day or night, wherever you are.

Amber

Writing update...where have I been?

 Hello, my dear readers.

I haven't posted in a couple days. I encountered my first massive writer's block and haven't worked on anything book related since the beginning of the week.

It was the right thing to do...to step back and take a breather. I'm not completely over it yet, but at least I feel like easing into writing again.

It also means I will post the next character introduction soon.

I have been thinking about creating a regular posting schedule, meaning I will post here on the blog on the same days every week. Two posts per week, on Mondays and Thursdays, feels like a good amount to me.

Starting tomorrow with the next introduction.

Until then, my dears, I wish you a good day or night, wherever you are.

Amber