A Goodreads user asked Joseph R. Lallo:

Hi Joseph: I'm into the third Shards of Shadow book. I have a question about Blot. She's so funny and such an interesting, rogue-ish type of character. What was the inspiration for her personality and her voice? She gets some of the best dialogue in these books!

Joseph R. Lallo Blot is fairly heavily influenced by Midna from Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess in terms of her base appearance, connection to shadows, and the top layer of her personality. The rest sort of built from circumstances. I wanted her to put up a tough front, because deep down she knows she's very vulnerable (at least in the beginning). Steadily the clashes between what she'd learned as she was growing up and actual reality start to uncover a bit more depth and her true character.

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