Morgod: Characters II: a Void feature.


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Now that Morgod has been unleashed upon the populace, it is time to return to the Void and continue our discussion of the characters within Book 1, Ways of the Stygia- Cult of Morgod.At this juncture, it is important to point out that the events within Cult of Morgod take place before those in Fallen Song.  It makes no difference either way which sequence you read the novels in, however, I would recommend reading the Ways of the Stygia series in this order: Morgod, Banner, & finally Fallen Song.

I know there is a lot of information in this series to take in.  Whenever a reader picks up a Ways of the Stygia novel they are bombarded with a sea of characters, and plot twists.  So here, we shall focus again on Morgod’s cast.  Last time, I spoke of Kain, the Revels, The Few and more.  I mentioned the demonkin Culvex, a rising star in the series.  I talked about Banner, who has the distinction of already having his own character novel.  In case you missed it, Banner is a night stalker, born of the abyss.  Night stalkers are normally quite deadly.  While Banner is born of the night, violence revolts him, and having to use it makes him ill. 
The few are Thomas, Franco, and Henry, who you met in Fallen Song, they serve the light and Lucifer’s army.  Thomas is the living Conduit, Franco and Henry are aliases.  You will learn more about them in C.o.M.
The Revels, again are equivalent to archangels in this cosmos.  They are Morgod’s children, and serve the World-Eater with impunity, and uncompromising resolve, providing power gained through souls to foster his escalating strength.  The Revels, Abyx, Balfren, Sangul, Dina, Tangas, Vex, Zassul, Byron, and Melkin are the bad guys. 
While Kain is the void master and commits horribly dark acts, he is a realist.   Occasionally, he can even get caught doing something right. 
Culvex fights for dignity, his and others’ as well.
That’s the recap.
 
Let’s get to more of what’s under the hood…
 
More about the Suttgars:
 
 
The beginning of Cult of Morgod involves the extraction of the Suttgar from Earth to Quantanost, to conceal them from Morgod and to keep them out of reach.  Quantanost in itself is a fascinating realm, little discovered in other Ways of the Stygia volumes (Fallen Song, Banner) but exposed here in dramatic detail.  One gets to see how a young Thomas Van Pelt (19) lives at that early age, what he eats, even how he trains- and who with- the Suttgar Grandmaster Maku.  I actually based this character’s sprit from some of my own master.  Maku is a beloved character who serves what is right and never strays from honor or integrity.  The interactions between Van Pelt and Maku are awesome ones.
Of the Suttgars, it is known that they once served Morgod, leaving his charge when he turned to the Stygian side.  They could have become Revels, but for reasons entirely related to the individuals, they refused.  All possess varied, and altogether formidable powers, such as magic, endurance, flight… foresight,
 
Dropping names:
Maku, Pye, Ficus. Noga, Piron, & Fontana.
 
There is an extensive army in Morgod.  Some of these characters are well-developed and integral to the main plot, in that they fight in the apocalyptic war, which is overrun with angels, night stalkers, gods, and several species of demon kind.
Of these characters few are as crucial as Secord, Valus, Valen, Roland, Fenier, & Culvex.
So you see.  Cult of Morgod has a lot going on.
While the particular brand of writing I use in Cult of Morgod is irreparably dark and Weird Tales fiction, I wanted readers to engage with the characters.  I wanted you to feel what they did to an extent.  This ambition is tough to achieve when the plot involves so much warring.  There are a lot of battles, very intense and descriptive battles, but I felt it would be a redundant affair if the characters involved did not feel crucial or pivotal.  When certain characters join the fray the reader should experience some emotional something.  As I went through all the edits, and phases, the re-writes and all the agony and the time-consuming obsession I had with Cult of Morgod, a novel that I first finished around this time last year, the characters began to shine.
There are so many amazing moments.   Each character is thrown headlong into the chaos rocking the cosmos.  While many take paths of self-preservation, others face the World-Eater head on.  It is a gruesome, nasty affair, where heroes are made.
Black Steel and the Abyss have begun to take action.  Through Morgod, the Revels raze ancient civilizations to ash, as the demonmor legions swarm in.  Worse is yet to follow- but then that is in the book.
Thanks for reading,
Donny Swords
 
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