New Chapter to Second Star
It's about that time again. This Friday I will be releasing a new chapter for the Book of the Shadows series, Second Star Saga, on FanFiction.net. So today, I'll have a little bit of discussion about the chapter.
As you may recall, the Book of the Shadows series as a whole is set to cover ten individual sagas - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, Moon, Star and Sun, plus Overture. I've laid the groundwork for 8 of the 10, possibly 9 if I continue of the track I've been contemplating of upgrading one of my Looking Glass series to a full saga. When you add in Looking Glass, you get an additional four stories; Book of Cromwell, Shinigami Files, Spirit Files, and Cult of Athena. Cult of Athena is the one I'm thinking of upgrading, although Spirit Files is also a possibility receiving a lot of my attention.
In these 12 stories - the 8 main BotS sagas, plus the 4 Looking Glass - Drusilla appears in five. She is in First Moon, the first story I wrote her into. The second appearance I wrote for her was First Star, Followed by Book of Cromwell, Second Star, and finally Overture. Of all the characters I've written, she has the second most "recurring" appearances of any of my stories, the only possible exception right now being Anzu who appears in only one more. But, with the exception of the Drusilla of First Moon and Overture, they are all different Drusillas - a Drusilla reflected from a different universe bearing a slightly different personality and set of circumstances.
In every story I tell of Drusilla, she has at least one child. Eventually in Book of Cromwell she will have there too, and I delve a bit into how her luck with love and children bears out across stories both told and untold. The Drusilla mentioned in this story, in chapter 4 of the Second Star Saga, Book One, Old Empire Saga, is very different from the others. That has much to do with the fact that the world she comes from is one that is without the Rosencraft. In fact, Drusilla herself is not of alien descent at all in Second Star. That in turn makes her child unique.
Serina Arenzai of Second Star was introduced last year in this post. Thematically she is the same as Serina Arenzai who will be introduced much later on down the road in the First Moon Saga, all the way in Advancing Shadows.
I like Serina and Drusilla because they seem a lot like a real mother and daughter when set beside one another persona wise. That's probably born of the fact that they fell into the same mold of character creation - physically based on an existing character, but a personality fashioned only loosely on that image. For Drusilla that became Arachne of Soul Eater. However, as you'll notice as you read more stories around her, the persona for Drusilla doesn't particularly match for Arachne. That's mostly because the real purpose of that connection was to enhance Kali of the Two-Six, whose persona was meant to be that of the sort of mad scientist that Arachne is set up to be.
Serina is based on Helga von Vogelweide, a member of the Rosencruez Order in the Trinity Blood light novels. Unfortunately I haven't been able to read the light novel, so I don't know much about her character aside from what I've read in descriptions and whatnot (part of the reason I was sure to give her a different name). That means that a lot like her mother, Serina is mostly a construct of my needs for the character in the story, and my mental picture of what she should be like.
In general, the Serina introduced in this forthcoming chapter is a brighter existence than the Serina of First Moon. This Serina is weighed down by less baggage and less relationship drama, creating a more free-spirited Serina, a bit closer to what I understand Helga is supposed to be.
Look for Serina and Drusilla to appear throughout the rest of the Second Star Saga. Although Drusilla remains mostly a background character, she will play a key role in the story. That applies moreover for Serina, who is a main character, a co-protagonist to the already introduced Anastasia. At 1:00 pm EST (13:00 hours EST) I should have the chapter added to FanFiction.net. Check back here on the blog, or over on my Facebook page, to be sure I get it done.
As you may recall, the Book of the Shadows series as a whole is set to cover ten individual sagas - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, Moon, Star and Sun, plus Overture. I've laid the groundwork for 8 of the 10, possibly 9 if I continue of the track I've been contemplating of upgrading one of my Looking Glass series to a full saga. When you add in Looking Glass, you get an additional four stories; Book of Cromwell, Shinigami Files, Spirit Files, and Cult of Athena. Cult of Athena is the one I'm thinking of upgrading, although Spirit Files is also a possibility receiving a lot of my attention.
In these 12 stories - the 8 main BotS sagas, plus the 4 Looking Glass - Drusilla appears in five. She is in First Moon, the first story I wrote her into. The second appearance I wrote for her was First Star, Followed by Book of Cromwell, Second Star, and finally Overture. Of all the characters I've written, she has the second most "recurring" appearances of any of my stories, the only possible exception right now being Anzu who appears in only one more. But, with the exception of the Drusilla of First Moon and Overture, they are all different Drusillas - a Drusilla reflected from a different universe bearing a slightly different personality and set of circumstances.
In every story I tell of Drusilla, she has at least one child. Eventually in Book of Cromwell she will have there too, and I delve a bit into how her luck with love and children bears out across stories both told and untold. The Drusilla mentioned in this story, in chapter 4 of the Second Star Saga, Book One, Old Empire Saga, is very different from the others. That has much to do with the fact that the world she comes from is one that is without the Rosencraft. In fact, Drusilla herself is not of alien descent at all in Second Star. That in turn makes her child unique.
Serina Arenzai of Second Star was introduced last year in this post. Thematically she is the same as Serina Arenzai who will be introduced much later on down the road in the First Moon Saga, all the way in Advancing Shadows.
I like Serina and Drusilla because they seem a lot like a real mother and daughter when set beside one another persona wise. That's probably born of the fact that they fell into the same mold of character creation - physically based on an existing character, but a personality fashioned only loosely on that image. For Drusilla that became Arachne of Soul Eater. However, as you'll notice as you read more stories around her, the persona for Drusilla doesn't particularly match for Arachne. That's mostly because the real purpose of that connection was to enhance Kali of the Two-Six, whose persona was meant to be that of the sort of mad scientist that Arachne is set up to be.
Serina is based on Helga von Vogelweide, a member of the Rosencruez Order in the Trinity Blood light novels. Unfortunately I haven't been able to read the light novel, so I don't know much about her character aside from what I've read in descriptions and whatnot (part of the reason I was sure to give her a different name). That means that a lot like her mother, Serina is mostly a construct of my needs for the character in the story, and my mental picture of what she should be like.
In general, the Serina introduced in this forthcoming chapter is a brighter existence than the Serina of First Moon. This Serina is weighed down by less baggage and less relationship drama, creating a more free-spirited Serina, a bit closer to what I understand Helga is supposed to be.
Look for Serina and Drusilla to appear throughout the rest of the Second Star Saga. Although Drusilla remains mostly a background character, she will play a key role in the story. That applies moreover for Serina, who is a main character, a co-protagonist to the already introduced Anastasia. At 1:00 pm EST (13:00 hours EST) I should have the chapter added to FanFiction.net. Check back here on the blog, or over on my Facebook page, to be sure I get it done.
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