Realizing the Misery

I apologize in advance to those who are uninformed on matters of Son of Sferesh, but as the story has been on my mind lately (I want to finish another chapter before break ends), I have been discovering intriguing things, and they're all I have to talk about right now. I would suggest ignoring this post if you do not know anything about Son of Sferesh.

I have been pondering at great length how Maric will fit in with matters in the Royal Court of Kumei (besides ticking off Elyste, of course; I know that's going to happen and certain people *ahem* are antsy for it). I have inserted a few other people to the mix. Zefran Bantare, Prince of Varesi, is now a good friend of Kalen Hentra, Prince of Kumei. Kalen now has two children by the time Maric meets up with him, both boys, instead of being newly wed. Endrea will, in the course of the narrative, be betrothed to Zefran (Zefran is the fifth son of his family, in case you're curious).

I have just realized how all these additions will impact Maric. Zefran is a curious fellow, and plagues Maric with goodnatured, yet unwelcome questions. Maric will find out about the proposed betrothal during the Harvest Festivities, around the same time that he gets chased out of Kumei for the third--count 'em, three--time. That will be disheartening enough, but he gets over Endrea in a month or so anyway, so that's all right. However, Kalen's wife is going to affect him keenly.

Maric has lost a great deal by way of capacity for human interaction. Kalen's wife, Fara, is rather attached to her husband (the arranged marriage didn't end as badly for them as it did for Cedric [who actually does have a child, now]). When Maric first heals Kalen, this is an issue, but only in the sense that he needs her to go away in order to heal Kalen properly. Later, though, the love between Kalen and Fara is going to be one of the driving forces behind Maric's misery.

When they all go off to war (there's always a war in fantasy, so don't look surprised), Fara will, of course, be seeing her husband off and wondering if it is that last time she will ever see him. By this time, Maric is no longer masquarading as a fully human person, and is watching from a decent ways away with his wings and claws and scales in full view. He can't hear anything they say, but the expressions and the motions are enough to almost make him cry. In that moment, he recognizes how much he lost in his moment of ignorance. I didn't realize how bad I had hurt him with something that happened in chapter four. He may be the same person, but he had no chance for a decent life anyway. I think I do him a favor my killing everybody off. Letting Anloi go would have been worse than having her stolen.

I feel really bad for mutating Maric now. I didn't mind so much, before.

In other news, I find basing physical descriptions of characters on real people very entertaining. Swim team members are being inserted into the plot everywhere. Though, the chlorine discoloration on their hair makes that part a little difficult. Kalen is a swimmer, as is Zefran, and Aldrus of Ungaran, and Akeran, Kalen's right hand man. I think that at least one more will fenagle himself a spot in the storyline; I feel that I have to complete the circle.

Sorry for the unintelligible post, but I had to put the thoughts somewhere, and here seemed as good as anywhere else.