Here
is Sarah's most recent drawing. This is
Larell Lac Taal. He
is
the security chief for The Citadel of Faetaera. Larell takes his
job seriously as Queen Aurelia (more about her to come in a
subsequent blog) specifically chose him for the job.
“To
others these small inconsistencies in Faetaera would seem
insignificant. Unless, they had an inbuilt distrust of anything more
out of the ordinary than usual. Why was he wired this way? He
wasn’t sure. It certainly made for an interesting youth but now in
his middle years he was less enthralled by this quirk.
The
queen was only too aware of it. She told him it was the main reason
she had appointed him as head of security, a post never before held
within the kingdom. That she felt the need for the position was
disturbing in itself. Larell had been unable to decline her offer.”
©
Rae Stoltenkamp
His character is led first and
foremost by duty. He puts his personal needs aside to do what must
be done. He has been in love with Aurelia from the first day he met
her.
As the words in the song go:
can't keep his mind on nothin' else,
he'd change the world for the good
thing he's found.#
There's little I can say about Larell
that he does not say for himself.
“His
eyes forgot to look at her skin and met hers. For an instant
everything in Larell’s world stopped. The queen’s gaze barely
grazed his face but Larell felt it like a rain of blossoms on his
upturned cheek. Then her attention moved away and he came back to
the room.
“Idiot.
Such an idiot. I can take down a gargantuan rampaging troll with
the flick of my wrist but the instant the queen speaks to me I become
a gibbering imbecile. It’s a wonder she didn’t think I was one
of the creatures from my report.”
Larell’s
heart was full to the brim. His audience with the queen had been
unexpected and full of wonder. He was not surprised she was aware of
his plans to send a force through to the other side. Aurelia always
knew everything that was going on in her world. At times he thought
he saw the weight of it bearing down upon her. Then he wished to
take her in his arms and carry her as well as the burdens she bore.
But of course he would never do this, merely imagine it. It made him
love her all the more.” ©
Rae Stoltenkamp
With grateful thanks to
Sarah Pennock for all character drawings in this and subsequent blogs.
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