Gary Richardson Author Blog
Meet Ammudien Flickerspell
Welcome everyone to the latest installment of my "Meet" series where we take a deep dive into my inspirations, decisions, and thought processes that created the characters of The Ascension Legacy series. In this post, we will look at the gnome magician (or mage) Ammudien Flickerspell.
As with many of my other characters from this series, Ammudien's name in the book was inspired by the name given to one of my toons in a video game. And much as Riorik and Nordahs were toons from my favorite MMO Everquest (EQ for short), Ammudien was also one of my EQ toons. If you go back and read the Meet Riorik Leafwalker post, where I talk about my first character not being "built right", that is a reference to the original Ammudien.
Meet Asbin Firehammer
Today, I would like to introduce everyone to Asbin Firehammer. Asbin marks a dramatic change in character development for me given Asbin's very different characteristics. Up to this point, many of the story's main characters had shared a number of traits with me personally, both physically and mentally, but with Asbin, I was forced to look for inspiration beyond myself.
Asbin Firehammer is the first person Riorik, Nordahs, and Hugh encounter after their decision to flee their posts in the ranger's guild. Asbin first appears in The Ascension Legacy - Book 2: A Legend Confirmed. Unlike the other main characters in the story up to this point, Asbin is female. This is not an all male driven story like The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. Likewise, I chose to embrace the opposite sex in my story rather than make an attempt to disguise it as part of the plot like The Lord of the Rings or Mulan. Asbin's femininity was on full display from the moment her character was first introduced