So, you can pretty much let your imagination rule while you are writing a fantasy. The characters can have any power you want them too, providing it's believable;)
For me, the biggest challenge for me is remembering every little thing each of my characters can do, on top of creating a personality to fit them. Some creatures can fly, like the griffon for instance. Actually, I LOVE griffons. They are the cross of an eagle and lion, the combination of the king of the beast and the king of the sky. The stand for the protection of the divine. In my book, there are 2 griffons that you meet, face to face. The happen to be the body guards of the respected Mansur, who, as it turns out, is of royal dragon blood.
Meet our Griffons: Jasper, is a jester, laid back, but loyal and protective. On the other hand, his older brother, Montoya, is much more serious, uptight with the same amount of, if not a little more, loyalty and protectiveness.
The other day, I went to the library and got some books out. I was pretty excited to rent a novel about a dragon family. I've been reading it and some things are interesting... but at the same time, it's a book of love and treachery. I almost could envision it as a Jane Austen, only with dragons who eat their deceased relatives. I think i was shocked when the Father died and the parson picked his eyes out, eating them as the allotted fare of the blessed parson. Even more shocking was the fact that his family was hovering in the rooms above, waiting to devour his flesh as soon as his life was gone from his body. The book is named :Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton. I am not sure that i will finish it. But it has been interesting in the least. The image that all dragons are horrid, blood thirsty creatures was reversed in the latest DreamWorks film, How to train your Dragon. My favorite character in the animation is Toothless, the Night Fury. The whole portrayal of the dragon was endearing. Drawing from the inspiration abound me in the world of fantasy, I hope to create something new. Something fun, exciting and fascinating. A book where fairies and dragons meet, griffins and Wolgars clash, and where ultimately, right triumphs over evil.
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