A day off is glorious.

I am not exaggerating when I say I slept at least 75% of the day. It was amazing, I needed it and I enjoyed it immensely.

Unless I go through a good warm up write, I tend to hit my creative stride around midnight to one am. Its when I am most active and get the most work done. Mostly due to two years of mostly closing at my job.

If you know who is reading this, your mother was Loki and your father was Sherlock. That is all.

Its another Character Bio Sunday. I think I'll go a bit longer on this one and do a short bio on each of the major characters in a story I goof off with in my head sometimes.

This story doesn't have a name yet but it tends towards a slightly parody like look at character alignment in roleplaying games and good vs evil ideas in general.

Duncan- Second son of a minor noble, he stood to inherit little to nothing of his father's lands or money. He then went out into the world to find his true alignment, eventually settling on Lawful Evil. After taking over a small castle and conquering a respectable territory, Duncan set himself up for his favorite creature comforts, such as cigars, fine wines, and horse breeding. Most of his wealth and income comes from his vassals' tributes and taxes. While he does follow the ruling of the alignment of Lawful Evil, he isn't an unpleasant liege lord to his serfs or vassals. Loves his two stepchildren as much as his own blood child. Respects his wife without question and values her opinion.

Therian- Duncan's Lawful Good brother. Therian grew up to be the glorious Knight in Shining Armor, Class A. When he learned his brother chose to follow the path of Lawful Evil, he swore to destroy his brother in one on one combat. He was engaged to and married a young princess named Viviane. After a marital dispute, his wife left him and he began to hang around Duncan's lands, much to Duncan's wife's annoyance. He becomes unsure of what his alignment means in the grand scheme.

Hettie- Wife of Duncan. She is the daughter of a great evil warlord, Fell WindHammer. Raised mostly by her mother and Sorceress grandmother, Hettie didn't inherit much magical ability. She mostly functions as a hedgewitch for the locals who live around Duncan's castle. She is a couple years older than her husband and married once before to a young up and coming warlord. He was killed by a hero who got lucky. From her first marriage, she has two children, Minerva and Brent. By Duncan, she has one child, Seth. Hettie never took to choosing her alignment and lives happily without wasting time on that. Her marriage to Duncan was more established as a contract; he needed a wife to seem respectable at times, and she needed a home to live in. What was at first a business agreement between equals has deepened into a trust and deep affection, if not love. Practical and responsible to the extreme. Dislikes Therian's "fussy little snippet of a wife".

Vivian- Therian's wife. Born and raised as a princess, she is used to a glamorous lifestyle of parties and social functions. Soon after she is wed to Therian, she realized that her role as a belle of society was over. She came to resent Therian over this and before a year had passed in their marriage, she claimed to have questions about her true alignment and left her husband. Soon after, she began to attend parties and social function again. She was raised with the idea "if you're pretty, you're Good." Has genuine questions about her alignment, no matter the way they are presented. In small ways, she begins to see Hettie as a role model to follow but that relationship has yet to develop. While not bright, she has the capability for true compassion.

Minerva- Hettie's oldest child and only daughter. Minerva inherited her great grandmother's magical abilities. She is a gifted sorceress, but with a tendency towards chaotic magic. She cannot control every aspect of her spells if she does not fully concentrate. This has left her with a bit of a controlling nature and she feels she needs to take responsibility for every thing. She first met  her stepfather when she was 7 years old. Around 11, she was sent to a boarding school for young mages and taught to control her powers. After graduating, she apprenticed herself to a great mage. He took many apprentices at the time, with the stipulation only one would be given the lands and title when he passed. Minerva was selected to maintain the lands and home, which operated under a spell where casting would do the chores and maintain the grounds. Minerva takes after her father, with long dark hair and purple eyes. Her closest companion is a gryphon named Grymmwing. Her alignment is more Neutral than Evil or Good.

Brent- the second child from Hettie's first marriage. At 2, Brent was too young to remember his father before he died, so the only father figure Brent knew was Duncan. he follows much the same path as Duncan, choosing his alignment to be Lawful Evil. He attends a prestigious academy for young warlods and aspires to conquer the kingdom one day. His prized possession is his stallion, Ironstrike, nicknamed Barley. He enjoys playing chess with his father's personal butler. Brent has an aptitude for memorizing battles and battle plans, but has a slight problem implementing them sometimes.

Seth- The youngest. He is Duncan and Hettie's only child. He was a quiet happy baby who loved to hear his mother sing. As he grew up, he showed great skill for musical instruments and was encouraged to pursue this. His alignment is Chaotic Good and he chose to become a Bard. His father gave him a beautiful roan mare that Brent named Epiphany. His brother and sister tease him a little about his alignment choice but his family respects the right of choice in alignment. Seth loves to play the lute and fife the most out of his instruments. He plays the cello for his mother when she requests it.

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So that's a brief synopsis of the characters for that story. There is a lot more than just what was featured but I particularly like the relationship between Hettie and Duncan. In my mind, Hettie tends to be the main character, as she is the one piece that hold a lot of it together. She does have it out a lot with Therian too.

Yammer yammer.

I have pages of stuff about characters to share, whether you want to read it or not. I hope you do though, lovelies.

Sleep well, and Sweet dreams.