Sep 01, 2022
To:Dracors
That's a fair point, and others have said the same thing.
When I was outlining the story, I was planning it to be a complete story that could stand on its own for the contest, and also a story that could have a couple sequels. That meant setting up short-term conflicts (Settlement 266) and long-term conflicts (the dangerous mage), so I would have more material for the sequels.
I wanted to do a bit of the same with the characters here. Dr. Shreburn and Basttias are introduced in this story, but I plan to develop their characters and give them a better story arc if I write the sequels. I'm thinking that might be a mistake though, because people might not care about the characters in the sequels if they didn't care about them in this book.
Thank you for reading to the end, and thanks for the feedback! I'm still reading through Idolatry, just at a slower pace. My work has been busy recently, but I'm hoping to have more time this weekend.