Greetings;
To all current and former members who may happen across this line of stories I want to thank you for your interest and eventual comments. I wanted to take a few moments to explain what will be going on here over the coming months.
What am I doing and why am I doing this, three years after the fact?
I've decided to completely re-imagine my characters story, from birth to death, over the course of what appears to be 22-30 stories (or "Chapters"). The number is yet unknown as I have been adding small sub-stories to the overarching plot since I first brought up the idea of doing this.
From the moment I started Christopher's story many years ago I wasn't sure where I wanted to take it. As time went on the story went in directions I can't say I'm ultimately proud of. I would just add a story here and there, connect it to a plot I thought I liked, and let it go from there. I mean, I'm not entirely proud of my JO career as it was, either, so this has to do with that, too. I guess this is the truth of what I'm trying to do. I'm rewriting my history. More on that in a bit.
So, I'm going to delete the old stories (eventually), though one or two will be reused (rewritten general plot, altered to fit the new story) and once that is done I'll introduce the first story in the series soon after. Hopefully, this all comes together by the end of the month. And another story to follow every month thereafter.
I'm going to focus a lot more on the training of the character, the growth and development of Christopher Grim as he learns his ability and hones his skill and knowledge. I believe Master Menelaos requested I do more stories on the training and growth of the character rather than simply focusing on the overarching story, and I believe him to be right.
Things I intend to try and keep out include, but are not limited to:
-Anything that will make Master Menelaos role his eyes and complain it makes Grim sound like Anakin. As best I can, anywhere. I'm sure there will be moments, it's not one of the best stories told for no reason, but I will do my best to avoid the comparisons.
-Anything that will make Grim seem like he is far too advanced for his age. Example: Master Menelaos complained that Grim, as a young Jedi, should not be able to fight off a large group of trained Dark Jedi. I mean, this is not to say he won't be skilled or talented, he'll still be skilled in the things he was intended to be skilled in, but I'm going to try to bring it down a little to more rightly demonstrate his age and training.
-I am also going to try, and likely largely fail, to keep Grim from being overly heroic of villainous. I mean, as the main character he will be at times one or the other, sometimes in the same story, but I understand now that a real character, if I'm being honest to myself and the character, is far more complicated than one or the other. At times he will do heroic actions for the wrong reasons, or villainous actions for the right reasons. Sometimes he'll fail, sometimes he'll succeed but ultimately it will change him and alter the person he is.
A few things to note:
As I pointed out, a lot will change from the original stories and the stuff I presented while in the clan. A lot will still be founded in what actually happened; The training, a few RP's, the Master's involved in his training, the youthful arrogance (though, toned down a bit to make some of the stories work), the fall to the dark side, the return, the trials and advancements, the demotions, and of course, the final time he left. The differences will be in how they are presented and the circumstances around them. To that point, I'd like to change the things I feel I'm allowed to change.
Also, I apologize in advance that not all of you will be happy with the way I write your characters. I, in no way, mean to offend you. I simply do not remember how all of you would have acted or do act, and so my simply work around is that the story will be told through Grim's eyes, and therefore his bias. If you think "I would never have said that," you are right. But, it's what Grim heard, thought he heard, etc. It's really the best I can offer characters that may or may not like how they are represented. I will try my best, though.
So, I hope you enjoy the ride. It's going to be a long but ultimately (I hope) interesting one. Thank you, again, and I hope my next post is the first story in the series (but, more likely, a reply to someone in this thread).
