The Beauty of Solitude
On the topside of things, I managed to get my hands on not only one entire library of music, but TWO. So now I have Savannah's and Andrew's music to go through. Ought to keep my busy, and new music is always a good thing in my world.
On a rather random and unplanned note, I invented a set of very interesting characters from the sketches. They're basically two very distinctive individuals who represent two opposing ideas. It'd be even better if I could actually write out their parts, but they won't get a part in the story for a very, very long time. One of them won't actually ever get to do much except hide in the shadows, and stay there.
But anyhow, books. And yes, there are spoilers.
Dragon Society. Pretty good book, simillar to Dragon Weather. It follows up directly on Arlian after he disposes of Lord Dragon, and he finds the revelation that he himself will eventually give birth to a dragon: the object of his vengance. He gets to some pretty shaky ground in terms of his determination and morality, and starts taking on larger issues: ie., my favorite one, trying to create what he sees as a 'just world.' Although, he doesn't seem to have many issues with using the benifits of the dragon venom in him to help him along in his quest. In the end, he's presented with the choice of unleashing all out war on mankind, along with dividing a large sect of the goverment, or just going along quietly. I wonder which one he picked.
Dragon Venom. The last of dear old Arlian. He's gets a bit more ruthless and reckless in this book, compared to the other two. He's called out a war on the rest of mankind, in his pursuit of what he calls 'freedom' and 'justice'. And of course, revenge. The thing I find interesting is how unwavering his resolve is throughout his search: he goes as far as to bring back the dead gods, whose rule wasn't much better, and basically kept the dragons around as slaves. He almost trades one master for another; yet he maintains that he will be able to educate and teach these new gods a level of morality and justice. Human resolve for you.
What I've managed to realize though, is that I tend to like the characters who have an utilitarian mindset, or just work for the 'greater good'. Which is somewhat disturbing, considering how much I dislike the actual philosophy.