#fallen ashes

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Playing as raptor is so cool, every interaction with another raptor feels like this

You are a pack now, till deaths do you part...wich will happen pretty fast actually

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Aaron Lycan - Fallen Ashes

@romeave-wives-club <- rewrite partner in crime

"official" character page - tundra design

Without further adieu, and without spoiling too much of the plot since we do intend to write a proper fanfic with this rewrite, I present: Aaron Lycan!

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- 6'3 Bear

- DILF

- He/him

- Autism

- Shad's reincarnation

- Aphmau and Zoey's babygirl

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First introduced as "the stranger", Aaron was a mystery from the beginning. His motivations weren't known, nor his backstory, and for the gods' sake Aph thought he was an old man!

He isn't shown again until his "official" meeting with Aphmau, operating in the shadows. He had been watching Zane's actions, entirely against whatever empire O'Khasis was trying to build.

So when Zane paid a visit to Phoenix Drop, and O'Khasis ships were docked, he knew something was happening.

He figured out there was a spy, someone from within- Phoenix Drop was always so independent. He hadn't been here since Malik and Matilda-

Which placed particular suspicion on the twin lords who just-so-happened to be in the place of the lovers.

He observed at first, watched from the shadows. He watched as the eldest Ro'meave- he was meant to be dead?- was happily close to the lords, as Aphmau- the girl he had *saved* in the tundra- spoke with one of the Jury of Nine. Just far enough away to not catch what they had spoken of

He cornered her, alone with none of her guards around, and had plans of ending her, getting it over with. She was obviously a spy, along with the other lord-

But he hesitated. There was something in her eyes, something almost- familiar? No, it was probably just fear. Good, she should be afraid- serves her right for being the spy for such a no-good, murderous-

"Wait, please!" Aphmau used his hesitance to ramble. And she was good at it, she nearly begged him to let her protect her village, and begged for him to recognize who she was.

In a split-second judgement, one that could have him killed if messed up, he let up- slightly. Just enough to be slightly less deadly.

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Zoey

He went into Phoenix Drop with some, disturbing news. To him, it was normal intel, something that would come up in any lord's ruling-

But after his meetings with the Lords, he could tell they hadn't come to the verge of war yet. Instead of being able to slip in, talk to one of the two, and out- he got a kitchen knife in his face.

"Who are you?"

He'd never admit his first thought was that she was gorgeous, because his second- and much more pressing- thought was this woman has a knife and he didn't want to kill within the lord's house.

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Jacob

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Design comments!

So! His tundra design has a thicker beard, at least is meant to, and has more layering to his clothes. That's the main comment here, don't make the man shirtless in the snow

He had no reason to cover his eyes with a bandana, so instead his hair is simply too long. Once neat-cut long hair, shorter in the front- *almost* having fringes, grew out. He doesn't bother to cut it, he can see his surroundings just fine

Red is a pretty expensive dye back then, so I like to imagine his jacket was once the red we see in his skin- but it's been worn and dulled from years of use, and he refuses any other jacket as his primary one (it became a comfort item of his)

I gave the man a shirt, he does take his shirt off when training, but he also doesn't walk around shirtless 24/7

You can't see it in the drawings, and I messed it up on the tundra drawing, but he wears silver buckles & jewelry due to it being a weakness of werewolves (Aph & Zoey later bully him into wearing gold due to their werewolf friends existing)

His beard gets progressively shorter as Aph tries to teach him some semblance of "can I at least see your face? Irene, how is it even that thick-"

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other comments

"Aaron 🤝 Zoey Holding a sharp object to their future partner's throat" <- Cam

"AARON AND APH WORSHIPPING ZOEY BECAUSE WHAT IS BETTER THAN HAVING TWO GODS WORSHIP A LOWLY MORTAL-" <- Cam

Jacob does have lore, and he has a story beyond what we know ;)

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Raptor kindergarten was so fun

The random people packs was so natural, in a weird way, maybe "organic" is the right word

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Parties and snowflakes and books that are finished! These are a few of my favorite things!

Parties and snowflakes and books that are finished! These are a few of my favorite things!

So, I just looked and saw the date of my last post on my blog. *blush, blush* Has it really been that long? Is it any consolation that I’ve been using my time writing and editing? Oh yeah, and throwing birthday parties, playing in the snow and getting back into the groove of school. (Isn’t Christmas break the best?) 

Having said that, I’m here to say I have not forgotten my New Years declaration…

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Less is More

So, I’m about to lend out ‘Fallen Ashes’ to some beta readers, to (hopefully) enter the final steps of revision. As I went back through my manuscript today, I realized I had cut almost 10,000 words with this last revision. The crazy thing is, I didn’t take out any major scenes! In fact, I added or extended a few. Yet, I lost almost a tenth of the story?

Well…. I’m here to say, that’s actually a…

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Why I have a love/hate relationship with my writing.

Why I have a love/hate relationship with my writing.

So, NaNoWriMo is officially over and I’m happy to say that it was a great encouragement to get me moving on editing my upcoming novel. Yes, I know the idea was to write a new manuscript, but I’ve already got a pile of those sitting around ;)

The book I worked on editing was actually written almost 18 months ago. The idea came to me one day, then I spent another day sitting in Starbucks banging…

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Shout-out to my new friend James Lewis.  Give his soundcloud a visit and share the love!

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"Fallen Ashes" - Where are you?

“Fallen Ashes” – Where are you?

So, last summer I did a big cover reveal for my upcoming novel, “Fallen Ashes”. I got a ton of positive feedback and have since then had multiple people ask me when it’s coming out! :)

If you’ve kept up with my last few posts, you’ll know I’m participating in the National Novel Writing Month challenge – specifically to revise this novel. I’m here to report that things are going swimmingly!;) I’m…

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