There is something intriguing to me about keeping track of the context around a project that is itself simply the context of a thing. It is all very convoluted, but in the convolution there is clarity.

From the author...

Essentially, this blog is an opportunity for me to discuss the process of writing these stories from within the character of Matthus Sparrowblade. Forcing myself to think about why he would include this story, and what questions he would be having, helps keep me honest.

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

I came across this interesting bit as I was researching the legendary character Barek Union. At first, I didn't understand its significance to his own corpus, but now I do. It is fascinating, made more so by the fact that even now, even after all that has been revealed, there are some things still concealed behind the veil.

"All living creatures, whether in the hallowed marches, the mortal world, or the Stagnant Lands, are made up of the same material, save one. For all save this exception, the soul is a thing of pieces coming together on the most fundamental level to create a being. On the one hand is the flesh, the form, the body. Counter to this is the spirit, the specter, the ghost. Binding these two inconsistent materials is the creature's fundamental essence, its instinct. All creatures seem to succumb to this creation save one, the dragon.

"Sources as varied as ancient scriptures and modern wizards' notes suggest, no demand that the dragon is a creature unlike any other because it has no spirit, or rather, its spirit is indiscernable from its body. This of course speaks to their vast, legendary power. Clearly they are creatures from outside, from elsewhere."

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