#harardrim

[yuzukimist]

5 & 13 for the OC Ask meme, please?

Thank you so much for the ask! I have so much fun doing these, I always really appreciate it when someone sends an ask in. :D

5: Shakespeare famously wrote that we should ‘fit the action to the word, the word to the action.’ Do you find that you create a character and then find a story for them to inhabit, or does the story or premise come first and the character follows after?

Oooh, this question is a fun one! In the case of Nasrin from Legends Are Made, Nasrin herself definitely came first, before the actual plot of the story. Nasrin came into being because I really wanted a Haradrim OC, and to explore the vast untapped potential that is Haradwaith in general. Specifically, when the idea for Nasrin first popped into my head, all I had was the vague image of a Haradrim woman in Rivendell (at the Council of Elrond) with no solid grasp of anything beyond that.

At the time, my thoughts could basically be summed up as “ooh, wouldn’t this be neat?” and then it sort of spiraled from there once I realized how much fun world-building I could do relating to Haradwaith and the people who live there. And of course, I still had to figure out why in the world a Haradrim woman would be halfway around the world in Rivendell! Thankfully, once I started brainstorming on that, a lot of things started to come together in my mind and the actual plot of the story (including the instigating event that kicks off the whole thing) started to take shape. :D

13: Characters have to come from somewhere before the story starts. Tell me about someone they trust before the story begins and why that trust exists.

For Nasrin, the answer to this question has to be Aijaz, another Haradrim OC that features in the beginning of Legends Are Made. Nasrin is currently Tiger’s Claw of her tribe (a position that makes her a leader among them) and Aijaz has been what is effectively Nasrin’s second-in-command for quite some time, which of course means they are very good friends with a lot of trust between them. Ultimately, they’re very close friends and have had each other’s backs in many tough situations in the past, and Nasrin trusts him so much that she’ll be counting on him to look after their tribe in her absence while she journeys to Rivendell (a trip that will take quite some time, given the sheer distance involved as well as the events that will transpire).

[yuzukimist]

Story Summary: It all starts when she sees the carrion birds circling.

A Note From the Author: So, I have begun what is perhaps one of my most ambitious stories yet: a fic that focuses on the Harardrim (specifically, a Haradrim OC named Nasrin...as well as various other characters, both original and canon).

Needless to say, this involves heavy worldbuilding and a fair number of original characters and storylines (and it's definitely a work in progress) but I hope some of you will stop by for a peek. 😉