A Knight's Tale. Drogyn

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Written for bogwitch's birthday January 2006

A Knight's Tale

In the makeshift chapel hidden in the narrow city back street, a lone knight keeps vigil on this, the eve of his calling. He kneels, broadsword clasped between his hands, his head bowed.

“If this be my destiny, grant me a sign.” He raises his eyes to the niche containing a plaster angel, lays the blade across his palms and offers it in service to the unseen entity ever present in this sacred place.

The door behind him swings open; a voice, carried on the wind, speaks.

“Behold Drogyn, Demonbane Truthsayer, I name thee 'Keeper of the Deeper Well' hereafter.”

Comments

[myfeetshowit.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I could see this so well. Excellent choice of details.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It was one of the first drabbles I ever wrote so choice of details was crucial.

Might I take this opportunity to persuade you to bring one of your genfics over here and post it? Miss Kitty springs to mind, I'd love to provide her with a basket on the comm.

[myfeetshowit.livejournal.com]

Heh. I was just opening gmail to ask you whether one of my drabble series was gen enough. It does have pairings after a fashion, but is most definitely not romantic.

http://myfeetshowit.livejournal.com/154254.html

I was planning on posting Miss Kitty (or at least the first chapter), and Spike in Wanderland (not to be confused with The Vorpal Blade).

I thought I would start with a drabble or two first since I'm about to take off for the day, and probably won't be able to post anymore until late this evening.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

I'd really like the whole of Miss Kitty here if you can bear the thought of re-posting a chapter at a time. It's such a unique style and so very different from anything that's been posted to date.

I'm not sure about the room drabbles. You might run them past shinodabear before you start posting.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Meant to say - Spike in Wanderland also has a place waiting for him.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Yes, I can see it happening like that. Good job.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I dithered about the time setting but decided it had to be modern to fit the canon.

[myfeetshowit.livejournal.com]

That's one of the reasons I felt the details were so well chosen. The drabble is so atmospheric but we are getting information that just flows with the story.

[spikendru.livejournal.com]

*flails*

Drogyn!Fic! I loved Drogyn and wanted much more of him. He's such a fascinating character and Alec Newman is just wonderful as Drogyn. I loved him in Dune (a lot more than I loved Dune), so always happy to see something written about Drogyn, and this is excellent.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Why thank you. I love writing 'minor' characters and using them in longer fics. Because we've seen so little of them and there's so little given 'canon', we have the bare bones of a character to flesh out and develop.

He's due to appear in the next chapter of my WIP (which I have yet to start posting here) and plays a major role in the 'end game'.

[shinodabear.livejournal.com]

You know, I don't think I've read much Drogyn fic at all. I think, for me, he's one of those characters that never got to sink in enough. Though, for some reason, I won't forget Numero Cinco . . . Anywho, I like it! Nice use of details.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

I love writing 'minor' characters and using them in longer fics. Because we've seen so little of them and there's so little given 'canon', we have the bare bones of a character to flesh out and develop.

Drogyn's due to appear in the next chapter (16) of my WIP (which I have yet to start posting here) and plays a major role in the 'end game'.

[scarlettlily.livejournal.com]

Very interesting.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Thanks. He'll turn up again in my WIP very soon.

[xlivvielockex.livejournal.com]

Well, LJ ate my first comment so let me try to remember what I said. LOL

I haven't seen any Drogyn fic before and it is a welcome change. I always like to see the minor characters represented. Great word choice too since you do have so few with a true drabble.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I like working with minor characters, I consider them a halfway-house to creating an original character.