Abdul Malik asked Ed McDonald:

Hi! It's been about 4 months since I last finished your trilogy and one of the things that have stood out is that when I think bad ass old man in fantasy, I think Galharrow. The norm with protagonists in most fantasy is someone young etc (the cliched protagonist). Galharrow is just so different, so did you factor that in when you made him? Also is there a possibility you could share any tidbits on future projects?

Ed McDonald Hi Abdul,
Galharrow was a character who had just emerged into my mind - I never really planned him, I just knew him inside and out the moment I conceived him. He needed to be older so that he could have significant regrets and a past that haunts him. I prefer characters who have seen a little of the world, and writing a younger character is a really different task. With older characters like Galharrow, the story tends to be about how they deal with the sorrows, guilt and mistakes of their past, whilst with a younger one they've yet to do anything significant enough to have them so it's all discovery.
I have a new fantasy series in the works, but can't share anything more just yet.
Thanks for reading,

Ed

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