I know this was mentioned in a previous post, but this world and the idea for a series of novels have been circling my head for a long, long time. While looking through my notebooks I came across some old drawings I made when I initially conceived the characters, the locations, and items of interest.
One of the first ones I came across was a portrait of Hieronymus, originally called Heron, done in, wait for it, MacPaint! Yes, the idea is that old! As you can see, his appearance differs markedly from how I’m now describing him in the novel.
The initial description conceived is also equally different:
Heron – eccentric mage who lives in Dugald. Known for his odd habits and fascination with ancient artifacts of power.
Archer was also included in that original design. Unfortunately, I haven’t come across any drawings of him but did find this description in my notes. Note the D&D level reference.
Archer Goodfellow – bodyguard and friend of Heron. Archer is a fighter (12th lvl) specializing in the longsword.
For those of you that don’t work or ardently follow the computer industry, MacPaint was the first graphics program for the Macintosh that allowed you to actually draw on screen with the mouse pointer. It was one of a pair of programs (MacPaint, MacWrite) that shipped on the original Macintosh when it appeared on the market in 1984.
I was fortunate in that I was able to purchase one of the original Macintoshes within the first 100 days of its release, and I’ve been a Mac user ever since.
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