Wraithblood: The Elixir, end notes

First, and most importantly, thank you all for playing!

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The idea behind “Wraithblood” was a heist movie. You know the type – a gang of mismatched criminals undertake the Heist of the Century. Every heist movie generally has the charismatic leader, the sullen muscle, the wisecracking sidekick, the scheming traitor…and the eccentric mechanical genius.

The charismatic leader is usually the protagonist, but I wanted to try making the eccentric mechanical genius the protagonist.

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That said, I don’t think this “Choose Your Own Adventure” really worked. I’ve come to realize that a “Choose Your Own Adventure” requires a protagonist who can do lots of action, who can get kinetic, to put it in military parlance. Nerina Strake was too cerebral , too morally compromised – a good protagonist for a novel, but not for a “Choose Your Own Adventure”, I think.

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“Choose Your Own Adventure” will return towards the end of August – I’ve got some ducks to get into a row first.

Until then, thanks again for playing!

-JM