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Tattling Tuesday
6 years ago
If you haven't read book one, skip this.
Doc was an interesting character to write. He wasn't part of the publisher's outline for the story and was brought in because Sajani wasn't high enough level to heal Simon's broken arm and a larger army unit, like a platoon would have some kind of healer assigned. He is a cleric archetype called a chaplain, who takes a slight penalty on healing power to be able to heal more people. It's mentioned once that Cutter isn't his real name, but I don't know any more than that. He got the nickname because he has some minor surgical knowledge and while not a real surgeon, doesn't mind trying if it stands a chance of saving a life.
He wasn't originally supposed to die, but once Westa had her vision (which also was not in the original outline), he had to leave so she could take his place.
Doc is my most referenced minor character when people talk about the book, but the scenes that (in my opinion) made him really likable were all cut in editing, so it wasn't hard to for me to kill him off (unlike some other characters that have taken more than a year to kill off). He really is dead. His body wasn't found as a random happenstance in the writing, not to have him come back later.
The publisher likes to tell people that he doesn't know if Doc is really gone or not, but as far as I know (and he is 100% my character), he is.
Doc was an interesting character to write. He wasn't part of the publisher's outline for the story and was brought in because Sajani wasn't high enough level to heal Simon's broken arm and a larger army unit, like a platoon would have some kind of healer assigned. He is a cleric archetype called a chaplain, who takes a slight penalty on healing power to be able to heal more people. It's mentioned once that Cutter isn't his real name, but I don't know any more than that. He got the nickname because he has some minor surgical knowledge and while not a real surgeon, doesn't mind trying if it stands a chance of saving a life.
He wasn't originally supposed to die, but once Westa had her vision (which also was not in the original outline), he had to leave so she could take his place.
Doc is my most referenced minor character when people talk about the book, but the scenes that (in my opinion) made him really likable were all cut in editing, so it wasn't hard to for me to kill him off (unlike some other characters that have taken more than a year to kill off). He really is dead. His body wasn't found as a random happenstance in the writing, not to have him come back later.
The publisher likes to tell people that he doesn't know if Doc is really gone or not, but as far as I know (and he is 100% my character), he is.
