My character Pietas had always been the villain, but I had it in my head to write his origin story. I knew he was well aquainted with storms, personal, psychic, physical, and spiritual. Turned out he wasn't so much a villain as an anti-hero. I learned a lot about negative character traits writing him.
When I wanted to create a dragon for his spirit animal, the dragon had something to do with storms as well.
Stormsinger is well named. He can summon storms by singing to the wind and sky. His color is a blue so pale it looks white at first. Tips of nose, paws and tail are turquoise. Stormsinger can create a literal blizzard and even freeze rivers. Before Pietas met Stormsinger he could create a physical chill in the air; since developing a bond with the animal, he can freeze people solid.
Pietas's sister, Dessy, has a dragon spirit animal as well. Hers is a red dragon called Fireshade and the dragon can create heat and fire. Dessy can generate heat as well, but not fire.
Pietas and his sister met the dragons on the planet Stachien in the Colonies of Man. They were there at the dragons' birth, and protected them during an attack and a storm, which resulted in their bond. That story is found in more detail in Ring of the Dragon.
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For millennia, they fight side by side. Now one king faces a lonely quest.
As Light and Shadow, King Pietas and General Cyken share every battle, as well as a fierce and passionate love.
But, torn apart by the king's rage, Cyken ends their stormy relationship.
When General Cyken falls in love with another man, Pietas undertakes a perilous quest on the dangerous world of Felidae to prove he is the better choice for Cyken.
If he succeeds in his quest, it will either bring Cyken back, or drive him even closer to his new love.
Pietas must try, for he cannot walk into eternity alone.
He must have a shadow to balance his light...
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Great dragon image at the top of the post, and a very interesting post, too. I don’t think I’ve met Stormsinger in any of the books I’ve read (but I’m way behind in your series).
He’s mentioned in a few books but we don’t actually see him until Ring of the Dragon and then Forever Love. But in Origin of Pietas, Pietas and his sister discover they’ve each been dreaming about dragons, his blue, hers red. The dreams begin thousands of years before they actually meet the dragons when the little creatures are being born.
I vaguely remember the talks about dragons. I’m a dragon lover so I’ll enjoy meeting yours
I bet you will, Janet! 🙂
Pietas sounds so interesting and I love the art you made for him. Along iwth the backstory for it.
thank you, Maggie!