#ravaark the wise

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Considering that’s what’s happening in my book currently, I’d say Morgan is really good.

She and Ravaark have been married a long time, raised an adopted kid. And one day - they’re not that old probably late-forties - Ravaark gets really ill. He’s been bed-bound for years, and they’re so sweet to one another. I really want to do an animatic or something.

How good is your OC at taking care of someone who’s sick?

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Wow.

So, in my book, Rius, his great aunt and uncle (by close bonds not blood) are names Morgan and Ravaark. (They’re also in my first book, which is a mess, but I love these characters, okay?)

Anyways, Ravaark is sick. Like, bed-bound sick. He started getting weakness in his limbs probably three or four years previous, and later on developed coughing that could sometimes have blood come up. His wife cares for him.

But I had this horrible, aching thought; I always planned that she would die first and then him. But, here’s the catch; he wakes up one morning (he’s always fighting death so he doesn’t leave Morgan behind) and she’s in the chair next to him, slumped partially on his bed. Her heart gave out. He fades within the same day.

But just. Why do I hurt myself with my OCs? I also have a perfect animatic song concept for this (they’re not a focus in the book at all, as Rius leaves his home town, but he will learn about their deaths.) I might sketch some stuff. But. Ouch.

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FRICK. So, this would probably be too long but:

Sirrius and Ravaark definitely had the most change, design wise especially for Sirrius. She went from being this, well, perfected version of myself I had in my head, to someone more ‘human’ and imperfect. She gets angry, slips up; even if I made the ending cheesy and she beat the bad guy, she didn’t have a perfect road to get there. Her personality became more of her own instead of a grandiose dream I had for myself.

Ravaark was a whole other character I had planned for a different book (still may use that version for that book), that I decided to mix up and use. He wasn’t going to be a main character but boy oh boy did he pull on Morgan’s heart strings.

The least??? Well, originally Mordecai, Sirrius’ and Daniel’s son was going to have a twin brother and sister named Samuel and Sam’tha who were more lion-looking, but realizing that didn’t make sense, I made them Mordecai’s kids instead (since I don’t ever write the mother), and Rius’s siblings.

Mordecai has barely changed in all honesty.

what were the original versions of your ocs like?

which one has changed the most since then?

which has changed the least?

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Sirrius loves fall, just because it’s breathtaking.

Daniel is a fan of Spring. He likes easy temperatures and weather.

Morgan is a winter fan, because that’s when she, Daniel, and Sirrius all became best friends as kids.

Ravaark likes summer. Even though he’s a type of wolf he’ll curl up in the sun like a cat.

What’s your OC’s favorite season, and why?