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Character Profile: The ‘Genethief’ Hoight Perron – Corpse Taker and Warlord of the Red Corsairs
(A little piece of insight into how I prepare for writing a new story, this is a character profile for the antagonist that appeared in one of my story submissions to the Black Library. I will often write these to help me flesh out a character’s personality in my mind. They aren’t designed to be particularly eloquent, but rather simply to help me picture their traits in my mind and ensure I stay true to who they are.)
Character Profile: The ‘Genethief’ Hoight Perron – Corpse Taker and Warlord of the Red Corsairs
The Red Corsairs Warlord now known as the ‘Genethief’, was formerly Hoight Perron, Corpse Taker (Apothecary) and Arch-Centurion of the Astral Claws. Perron was an accomplished and experienced Apothecary when the Badab Conflict broke out, renowned as an extremely steady and level-headed warrior who spent little time on the battlefield, instead tending predominantly to the Chapter’s neophytes and those brothers who required extensive augmetic surgery to survive.
At the outbreak of the war, all battle-brothers were needed upon the frontlines, and Perron – already old by the standards of most Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes – donned his armour once more. He initially found himself operating with small Astral Claws commands, linking up with the forces of their allies (the Lamenters and Mantis Warriors Chapters, and later the Executioners) to act as a liaison and help to smooth relations between the disparate warriors. Read the rest of this entry
New Blog at Giant Bomb!
Hi all,
I’ve started a new blog over at Giant Bomb entitled ‘Fan F(r)iction’, which is about my growing descent into madness and/or professional writing and a part of the Blog Initiative.
Feel free to duck by and have a read, I would definitely appreciate comments and feedback (as I do with all my writing, fictional or otherwise).
Contact me here, in the thread at Giant Bomb, via Twitter (@TSPSweeney), or any other method you can think of, I really don’t mind.
Cheers,
Tim
News
So the Black Library submissions window has officially closed. I submitted a pair of short stories for it, which was a lot less content than I had hoped, but also about as much as I expected considering the amount of time it takes to really polish one of these things to a nice, wordy sheen.
I’d just like to take a moment to thank Sam and Tristan for all the help they gave me with editing (and editing [and editing]) the two stories. I was incredibly happy with how they turned out, and I am still amazed at how both pieces were dragged – kicking and screaming, mind – from the depths of my fragile brain and turned into something actually readable and, dare I say it, actually pretty damn cool. Your efforts are very much appreciated, and I know I’ve been made a better author just by hearing your criticism and working alongside you guys to improve myself.
Now it’s time to play the waiting game. BL state that if you don’t hear back within 8 weeks of the window closing, then you ain’t hearing back. I’m hoping to spend this prolonged bit of nail-biting time on something productive, and in that regard I’ve begun working on a pair of novels (one 40k related, one in a universe of my own devising), plus the usual gamut of insane short stories that will likely never be completed.
I am really hopeful that this could be my shot…but if not, I’ll keep working at it and get there some other way. One way or another, ya’ll will see my name on the cover of a book someday, guaranteed.
- Tim
