Q&A Setember [Blood Legacies/New era]

Blood Legacy:

Blood Legacy: How would King Elkar and Duke Eleazar feel about the exchange of heirs?

Eleazar would make a giant effort not to strangle Hayden. The king would probably pretend as much as possible not to have a certain contempt for the MC, although there was the possibility of him simply sending the MC away to visit other houses and nobles, to avoid spending too much time with the MC. Partly because he is not very keen on the idea of wasting time with the MC, and partly because he is busy, and of course, he prefers not to have any connection, even temporary, with the MC.

Would King Elkar like his heir to be more stoic and pragmatic? How would Duke Eleazar deal with an heir like Hayden?

In part. The problem that King Martell sees in Hayden has to do with the fact that Hayden likes to provoke and annoy him. And of course, that Hayden takes things more seriously, which they did, but for a short period. And probably if such an heir were at least capable of fighting well, Eleazar wouldn't mind as much. What matters most to Eleazar in terms of politics and heir is how efficient the heir can be in combat, and with the nobles. As long as there are no bastards involved or weaknesses, Eleazar wouldn't be too bothered by an heir like Hayden.

Blood Legacy: Last time I read the demo, the MC thought about mentioning their sister when Hayden talked about seeing mermaids. Is that true, did the MC have a sister?

I'm afraid that was a translation error on my part 😅 I was looking for that mistake, because I hadn't even noticed it until now. But thank you for pointing it out, as I wouldn't have tried to revise if there hadn't been a mention.

PS: Still searching.

Blood Legacy: This may be intentional, but I'm not sure. Thori Arteris and Hayden are friends? Cecilia says no, but Hayden talks about them dueling together.

Nope, they definitely are not. When Hayden mentions the training, they do it for the purpose of teasing each other, albeit subtly. Because Thori loses badly to Hayden, and Hayden joked about it because Thori had said he only fell to show something to Hayden, but the reality is that Thori lost and fell, so Hayden joked about it, because he also knew it wasn't intentional. Thori knows that Hayden partly doesn't believe him, but will pretend that he does to protect his pride.

New Era: I'm curious to know if there was any inspiration when you created New Era.

Answer: There definitely was. But it was a mix. The idea of the MC's hypnotic gift came from The Vampire Diaries. The idea of gifts and certain abilities, like vampires' more resistant skin, came from my fascination with the gifts and vampires in Twilight, yes, Twilight 😆 Meyer may fail in terms of healthy relationships and romance, but I found the world-building and vampires (except for the sparkling like a fairy part) cool. Before writing New Era, I read a lot of Anne Rice's books and simply loved her writing and story. It's no wonder I had the desire to make an IF like that. But the idea of the MC being a teenager in school mainly came from the influence of Teen Wolf.

Q: Between the ROs and the MC, who is the strongest and weakest in terms of combat when the MC is leaving the academy to protect Nyx? Also, what does Hayden think of an MC who feels hurt/betrayed by her promiscuity?

The strongest in terms of combat at the Academy would be Hayden. They are not only great with their elemental abilities but also very skilled in sword combat and more.

And Hayden would probably feel like a total idiot because initially, Hayden didn't think about what the MC would feel when they did what they did. They were angry and hurt, and of course, they knew that sooner or later, the MC would find out. Hayden knows that the MC could think very badly of them and never want anything to do with them again, and although they would probably feel hurt by it, Hayden understands, and wouldn't blame the MC for feeling that way, or for fighting or not wanting anything to do with them anymore.

Q: What are your inspirations when writing Blood Legacies? I noticed that Petrus and Daria resemble the Andals (South) and the First Men (North) of Game of Thrones. Did Eleazar and Alexandra have any animal or creature when they were younger? What would Eleazar's reaction be if the MC gave their child the name Sir Fion or Alexandra? If there is no guarantee of elemental birth, why don't elementals have multiple partners or concubines? Is it more difficult for Eleazar to train an MC who resembles his wife than one who resembles exactly him? It seems that Alexandra attracted attention when she was younger. Was it because she was very beautiful or for some other reason? Are there phoenixes in this world because my MC's house symbol is an ice dragon, so I was thinking about it. Hope you're doing well.

I talked about this in a post before, my inspirations. I'll add the link soon for you to take a look. But to answer the questions.

Mainly I was inspired by Arthurian legends, and Hayden would be a descendant of Arthur Pendragon, The mc of Mordred (that's why all the Norton being a traitor thing, he was supposed to be Mordred), and Cecilia and Caio would be descendants of the Green Knight. I didn't do this because I wasn't sure about the copyrights, so I gave up bringing this from Arthurian legends.

But I didn't get inspired or think about the Andals and the First Men when creating Petrus and Darian, their peoples and their culture. The Game of Thrones inspiration I had involving Blood Legacies is the issue of noble houses and the fact that Darian is mostly snowy (like the north in GoT), although there is a large part that doesn't have snow.

The military and political culture in Darian is inspired by Kryptonian culture, yes, Kryptonian. At least in terms of military matters, and the breeding chamber (I was inspired by the gene chamber in the movie Man of Steel), but the rest, like culture, rites, etc., was not inspired by Kryptonian culture. Only the military aspect and the creation of children through chambers.

And Eleazar didn't, but Alexandra had a favorite horse, but it died in battle. If it were Sir Fion, Eleazar would be irritated and disgusted by the name, as in his view it would be the name of a traitor. But for Alexandra, Eleazar would be very happy.

And because it's culture and tradition. although yes, there would be a greater chance of elemental offspring. Many prefer not to have more than one partner, by choice or tradition. Regardless of anything.

And probably someone like Alexandra. And both were very beautiful and talented.

And yes, there are phoenixes in this world.