Andrew Ball
The main inspiration was simple. In all the stories of magic and fantasy I've read, there seems to be a limit or a cap on how powerful one person could get. Or, basically, if the evil bad guy was trying to become all-powerful, the story would be the good guys stopping that from happening.
I wanted to know the consequences of magic that made its user stronger - that is the contractor magic, and Vorid magic. Usually, magic extracts some sort of price, relying on a principle of exchange. But what happens when magic pays its user with more magic? Does one person become increasingly powerful until they dwarf all other potential competition? What does that world look like? How would you overcome that kind of power? The story is meant to explore those ideas.
Also, I wanted to write a character that was a little bit of a jerky smartass and didn't want to be involved. That was Daniel. I put these two concepts together, and, there you go!
I wanted to know the consequences of magic that made its user stronger - that is the contractor magic, and Vorid magic. Usually, magic extracts some sort of price, relying on a principle of exchange. But what happens when magic pays its user with more magic? Does one person become increasingly powerful until they dwarf all other potential competition? What does that world look like? How would you overcome that kind of power? The story is meant to explore those ideas.
Also, I wanted to write a character that was a little bit of a jerky smartass and didn't want to be involved. That was Daniel. I put these two concepts together, and, there you go!
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