Who Is Cassiel?
The main character from "Smoke and Magic" is a fallen angel named "Cassiel." Who is she, and where did I get my inspiration from?
I’m still struggling with writers’ block with Rising Fire, so I figured I’d give you something else to tide you over while I figure out what to do next. I’m partway through a chapter and have hit a brick wall with what the next move is. That said, I want to make sure you all get what you’re paying for from me: behind the scenes information!
Let me start by saying that I am a huge nerd. Like, epic volumes of nerddom. I’m a TTRPG gamer and have been since the early 2000s, I grew up playing video games (the Intellivision was my first console, and then I moved between consoles and computer gaming). Also, one of my favorite pastimes as a kid was playing make believe in the woods with my friends. These stories were LARP-level complex, and when my friends grew out of that and I didn’t, I eventually migrated online. First to forum-based roleplaying and then into AOL chats.
Origins
So where did Cassiel come from? Honestly, out of a character named Straetha. She was a fallen angel character I played in AOL chatrooms (I even ran one for a while: Silence Falls Inne) and was my first celestial character. Prior to that I played in Gargoyles fan spaces.
Like I said. Giant nerd.
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