What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it?
-- Doctor Who

You know, there is this gurl I know.

A recent journal got me thinking. Then again, a lot of things get me thinking. Shakespeare for example, or large explosions involving propane.

Ahem.

I find my self draw toward the Undead. Note, that by Undead, I mean the root western civilization monstrosity. As much as I love zombies, the word comes from Voodoo, and the actions of the named creature is more in line with a Revenant than a Zombie. Zombies serve, Revenants shamble about, seeking revenge.

And they are vicious.

In undead myth, most of them, a immortal being can arise from a person who had committed a certain action. These actions can be either totally evil or totally good. Deadshot McCraw, for example, is one such creation of mine.

This line of thought did one thing to me. I've decided from now on, that all undead must have committed such an event before they died. I mean, its critical to defining a character. Hell, Lord Soth (from Dragonlance) is the best example of this: A knight in shining armor, when he is given a chance to spare his world great pain, his love for a woman gives him a destination for Doom. The Gods of his world cursed Soth. He became a undead monster, cursed to live with the eternal reminders of his fate. (Theres waaay more to it, but going through it isn't worth the effort).

So thats my new rule for my undead characters: depth by curse. Makes more sense then just making up some vampyre who smiles like an asshole and smokes cigars.

Oh yeah, and the contest! I'm still lookin' fer some entries you know.

Go ahead. Enter.



I asked and was told, 'yes we want you to do a contest, haram it!'

Heres how I'm going to do it. I'll explain the rules, and you submit your entry to me via the note button.

Here be me rules: