Inspiration (I)

It's been a while, but here is another piece related to the books, tonight I'll share a bit of inspiration for different parts of the books.

The Chronicled Adventures of Elementia have many hidden pieces to it that have been inspired by people and events.  If you follow the evolution of the stories (mainly through the original timeline) certain things that happened in my life influenced events and people, including places (such as the college I went to), the people (beyond the original four High Grandmasters, several of my close friends appear throughout the books/adventures).  Often times, people who are close to me get a special slot somewhere in the stories, different than other characters that I have developed.

Now, a main focus deals with locations.  Throughout the course of the books, I take the readers to many realistic as well as unbelievable places.  Whenever I identify a place on Earth, I try to get the details down tight as to focus on creating the best possible image of the place.  Later in the adventures, when the members of the Destiny Gateway project travel to different worlds, I sometimes use several real (be it ancient, contemporary, or modern) places to create a new land/world but allow it so that I can breath life into the location.  When it comes to Elementia, I do not use many earthly locations to form the many portions of the world, though there may be certain designs that are worked in subconsciously.

The next time I post I will focus on talking about the inspiration for either the culture of Elementia or talk more specifically about characters.