The Locke-r Arcade (& Friends)

Not actually my character, but he's grown into a big presence in the setting, and I forget easily so here's some chatter on him. (Yeah, trust nothing in this to be accurate. I haven't thought about him in awhile.)

In the original drafts, Angus wasn't conceived until partway through A Game of Extinction, when I first put to word the Second Wave from the kehrtal. By that measure, he didn't exist until after I had thoughts about Pyravol, a parallel story to A Game of Extinction that collides into the main storyline when things dice-y for the whole of Earth. He belongs to a friend that doesn't use Tumblr, and I actually don't know his preferred online moniker.

Anyway, Angus himself is, to memory (don't quote on me for this) mixed descent of Scottish, Irish, or Welsh, born and raised in the United States. In A Game of Extinction, he's a freelance game developer that plays War Height in his free time and stumbles into being one of the Graruuk faction's top players.

Speaking of which, the Graruuk faction also belongs to my friend and not I.

His other hobbies include working out and some form of martial art. The man is fit, built, and does pretty well in a fight. He's not the kind of guy you want to be your enemy.

This is not a good post to start this blog, but I really want this thought on record: the council that leads the Lirc is largely around Lazar's age or younger. Haniel is the exception, but she's also literally part monster (spirit, whatever). Lazar is in his early to mid twenties by the time kehrtal (I need to check that spelling) start properly invading. A once-major player in the war is led by women who are barely suited to their position. And yet, they are also the most capable.