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Re: Castle World
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Date: 
Sun, 30 Jan 2000 06:28:45 GMT
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Hi Pawel,

You don't know how long I've been waiting for this kinda stuff. I was just
waiting for the story behind the characters - the development, the action, the
drama...

In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> 
> > http://members.xoom.com/verneer/characters.html
> > 
> > I love Pawel's work (hear that, Pawel?) and especially Verneer. Ewan seems
> > interesting, but he hasn't showed up much yet.
> 
> Thanks a lot.  I created the three characters to have some kind of balance in
> my
> kingdom, with Ewan being the conservative/smart/shy guy.  Verneer is
> obviously a
> carpe-diem individual while Prince Ian is a military strategist and the
> overachieving son.
> 
> If we had scales, then Ewan and Verneer both would have a fighting ability
> Maxed
> out.  Ian isn't an incredible fighter himself, but being a military genius, he
> doesn't need to have great fighting skill.

Of course ;-)

> 
> Ewan's skill comes from being a half-elf (as most of the forest archers will
> be).  His bow is magical and given to him by the forest fairy (with pictures
> coming - she is pretty fly;)  Ewan is unequaled in forest battle due to his
> bow
> and his ability to blend and move silently in that environment.  He, more so
> than the others, minds his own business, and is the type of person that would
> blush at a off color joke. In battle though, he is so fast that when his
> arrow
> hits a target, it knocks them off their feet.  The second arrow hits them
> before
> they even hit the ground (That would look pretty awesome in a movie ... slow
> motion and all).

I saw someone make some lego movies using the picture-sequence technique. It
was really cool but it takes LOTS of work...

> This quickdraw and stealth makes him almost unequaled in
> battle.  Ewan also is in love with the forest fairy about which she knows.
> She
> toys with him all the time and it drives him nuts (I'll take some fun pictures
> of that soon;)

Cool! Is she a minifig with belville wings, or what?

> 
> His only equal in physical battle (for now and for me) is Verneer.  Verneer
> is a
> human and posesses dexterity, quickness, as well as ice water in his veins.
> In
> battle he will jump between three enemies and with his two knives do some
> serious hurt before they ever realize what hit them.  He isn't really strong,
> but is well toned and super quick.  He has a certain cynical cruelness to him,
> and because of that him and Ewan can't seem to stay together too long (which
> is
> fine for Ian since they are the only two people in the kingdom that worry
> him).

which, in turn, keeps the balance in the kingdom :-) I like it!

> Verneer's heart belongs with Katherine - a young village girl a year older
> than
> he is (21).

Is he 21, or is she 21?

> She has no plans on running away with him anywhere, and for the
> sake of the village, wants to keep their romance (more so than a
> relationship) a
> secret.  Can't keep it forever from Ian's Dark Spies ...

Oooh... will Ian use the secret to take advantadge of Verneer?

> 
> Dang ... I can't wait to take some shots of this (all my equipment is at home
> and I'm at college right now.  I stink.)

I can't wait to see those shots.

(And btw, you don't stink... You left your stuff at home, I left my stuff in
ISRAEL. Hmmm... minor difference :-)

-Shiri
http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/



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(...) Thanks a lot. I created the three characters to have some kind of balance in my kingdom, with Ewan being the conservative/smart/shy guy. Verneer is obviously a carpe-diem individual while Prince Ian is a military strategist and the (...) (27 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)

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