By Kayla Matt
Selenia Hamilton was another game character created by the gamemaster. I don’t really remember how often she showed up, but it usually involved Luke causing some trouble. She never got to show off her prowess in the game or do anything more than step in to remind Luke that he’s not invulnerable. For the most part, I think she was a rather standard character, which is what you typically get in D&D games, especially with the female characters. Most role-playing guys at this age aren’t that good at role-playing anything beyond hardened female warrior, vapid princess, or hyper-slut when it comes to female characters.
In the book, Selenia took on a bigger role and made her presence known more often. Yet, she still held onto her toughness, so I think she is still a lot like her game persona. She had several encounters with Luke and demonstrated a slight maternal instinct at times. I really just let her fall into the role as I concentrated on other things. She was there when I needed her, patiently waiting for a chance to see some action. I have to say that out of all of my characters, Selenia is definitely the most passive and never strayed from the path I planned for her. This might be why Luke is going to wander back to her academy from time to time. There’s the other reason too, but I won’t go into that.
2023 Thoughts– Debuting in Beginning of a Hero, I thought Selenia would be an occasional appearance. Makes sense since she takes on the role of Luke Callindor’s first teacher and the first living legend the readers meet. She would go on to connect with other characters, which really helped in making her a more widespread influence. Selenia wasn’t just about her academy and old mercenary days. She ended up bringing more facets to Delvin, Luke, the mercenary system, the prophecy, and one of the later books of the serious. Would I change anything? Maybe give her a little more page time and show a bit more of her past. That would be fun.
Legends of Windemere 
Love the notion of a living legend. That gives more depth to the world in that it reminds the reader of stories handed down based on a character’s reputation (like the characters mentioned in songs in Lord of the Rings). At least we got to see Selenia and know what she was capable of.
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I’m still toying with the idea of giving her an origin book or trilogy.
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I was going to ask if you would consider giving her a prequel. Unlike Snow of the Hunger Games franchise, she is likable!
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It would be fun. Act as a prequel for all the characters who were part of her mercenary group.
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That would be a great idea. See something of her background. I’ve done that with some of my characters in The Wolves of Vimar series. I have 3 novellas detailing some of the background of two of them. The first tells how Carthinal came to be born, the second tells how he became a Mage and the third tells how Asphodel became a priestess. I’m working on a fourth at the moment. All novellas, so quicker to write. Not so many words.
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The tough part is making it a good story. Prequels are tempting, but dangerous.
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I enjoyed Selina’s story, Charles
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Thanks. 🙂
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Sounds like a very useful character when you have an ensemble cast.
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Every hero story needs a mentor.
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