Saturday, June 9, 2012

Returning to Your First Time


Sorry about not posting for a few days, but I have been busy. After almost a year of thinking about it and planning, I am now working on a short story about Candy, my original Warhammer character. The story is not elaborate, more a window into her life four years after our last adventure. I stopped playing Candy because it made sense for her to retire. At the time, she had just gotten married to her long term love interest, they had both almost died, his entire family had been massacred, and she was pregnant. Her biological brother she just discovered had left the group, and her two adopted brothers also parted ways with her. It made sense that she would retire instead of risk her entire new family.



Even though I stopped playing Candy, she never left my mind. I have a very good idea what has gone on through the years. I can think of a thousand ways that the pain of the past weighs on her. She had killed and seen murders. Her own husband almost lost his leg just before they retired. She was corrupted by Khorne, and saw a greater demon of Khorne. Most people don’t survive that and stay sane.



Now, the story has grown within my head until I can’t hold it so now it has started to spill out onto the page. It will be fun to see how the other members of the group react. Perhaps it will inspire them to work on their own stories, or it will make them shake their heads. Either way it’s fun to take a look back at the character and world that launched it all.

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