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The story of the reaper is something that's been rolling around in my head for awhile. She's taken on a few different identities as I was slowly piecing her together to find the person she is now. At first, she was no more than a cool concept. I love skulls, always have. Guess there's still a little bit of that Goth from my teenage years in me. My first idea for this character was to have Ghost, as was my favorite name for characters, be immortal. I clearly have a thing for that if you've read my other works ;P
Anyways, so Ghost was some sort of immortal. Maybe the daughter of Death himself. Anytime she is injured her body breaks away like glass showing only the skull and bone beneath, and green fire making up the flesh. Think Ghost Rider but without the leather jacket. But no matter how hard I tried I could never find any concept are for this project so I never really got inspired to think past this.
That was until I found the sugar skull. So here I am, scrolling through my facebook and suddenly -this work of art- pops up. Black leather, Goth, Punk. And Sugar skull. Suddenly I'm inspired. I find all kinds of pictures of green Sugar skulls and then I find -The Reaper- in my search. This picture perfectly describes what I was looking for: a warrior who fights evil. She even has a wolf with her! Another of my themes that always make an appearance.
So I changed my general concept again. My first thought for Ghost was she had powers over the dead and could wield a scythe like that of her father. And maybe in time I still will give her that. But realistically it would make more sense for her to start with guns as she goes after those that hurt her. For now, I don't have plans to extend this story more than a short concept. But as I write who knows? My characters have a way of writing these things for me.
I would appreciate if you do have comments, to message them to me directly rather than posting here. This forum will be where I keep track of all the postings so readers can find them with ease. Thank you, and enjoy, Don't Fear The Reaper.