BlueDagger
Oct 29, 2006, 08:33 PM
I'm currently writing a story, and my delima is: Should I kill off my main character, or not? If so, it would be quite early in the story, and the illusionary role of "main character" would be taken over by a much younger, more "main character-ish" type of character, who will have already been a part of the stroy for a little while before. My current main character is old. He's in his mid-fifties(not that old, but too old for a main character in this situation), and I'm having alot of trouble fitting him into the story line. He has a limp in one of his legs, so he's pretty much useless in any battle scenes(this is a mid-evil fantasy story), but he is a skilled pyromancer.... but still... he's just too old... and he wears glasses.... He's a great character, and I'd love to keep him, but there's just no way. Becasue of his stubburn personality there isn't anyway I can get him out of the story besides giving him an epic death scene, or making up some lame excuse.
There is a good side to him dying though. His best friend(who fits in the story line better) has been tagging along since the beggining. My main character's death would give this best friend a good reason to stay and avenge the death of his friend. Otherwise he would just continue to pointlessly tag along.
So here's the question:
There is a good side to him dying though. His best friend(who fits in the story line better) has been tagging along since the beggining. My main character's death would give this best friend a good reason to stay and avenge the death of his friend. Otherwise he would just continue to pointlessly tag along.
So here's the question: