Hehe, yeah, there is something special about smaller scale characters. In recent years I've started to go more for the smaller character roles, myself; there's something so satisfying about pitting characters against more normal stuff (or, er, at least not world/city/whatever ending), or even just having them get swept up in whatever else is going on. I think it was Robin Hobb who said something about how when she read Lord of the Rings she wanted to write a character like Sam -- not the main character or the hero, but the guy outside the spotlight. Aaaand, that was how the Farseer books began! I think. But I remember when I read that as a teenager I became entranced with the idea. I even have a fifty-something widow whose children left her for the big city -- she's been heaps of fun to play.
Of course, I can't write a more "normal" character without putting them in weird situations, but eh, that's my bag.
Aaaanyways, if you roll on Balmung and happen to drop by Limsa, I have a scruffy runner/information dealer with dreams of gaining influence over the city who could definitely say mean things to your character about his dream to buy a home. ;D
Of course, I can't write a more "normal" character without putting them in weird situations, but eh, that's my bag.
Aaaanyways, if you roll on Balmung and happen to drop by Limsa, I have a scruffy runner/information dealer with dreams of gaining influence over the city who could definitely say mean things to your character about his dream to buy a home. ;D
