Prescott is the name of an associate of Rhundi’s who has been mentioned in several stories but has not actually appeared on-page yet.  Prescott has been both Rhundi’s boss and a business associate, and occasionally sends work for Brazel and Grond, most notably in the story The Closet from The Benevolence Archives, Vol. 1.  Prescott’s name implies that he is probably human, but no description of him has been provided.

My theme for this year’s A to Z challenge is my series The Benevolence Archives.  You can learn more about the series by going to the Amazon page for Volume 1 here or add it to a Goodreads shelf here.  

Previously: Ogres.

Ogres are the largest and strongest of the Known Races.  A full-grown ogre of either gender can stand three meters tall, and ogre males in particular are muscle-bound to a degree that well outpaces any of the other spacefaring races.  Ogrespace stands mostly between the dwarven and gnomish realms and Benevolence space, and it is widely believed that part of the reason the Benevolence have not made a harder push into the territory of the other races is that they are not especially eager to begin a war with the ogres.  Ogrish society is the most patriarchical of the Known Races as well, and male ogres tend to occupy most positions of power and make most of the decisions.

Some additional details about ogrish society appear in The Sanctum of the Sphere.

My theme for this year’s A to Z challenge is my series The Benevolence Archives.  You can learn more about the series by going to the Amazon page for Volume 1 here or add it to a Goodreads shelf here.  

Previously: Asper.

 

Third Sunday!  This week’s bonus entry is a character who ended up placing third in the available entries for “A,” behind Arradon and Angela. 

Asper is an elf and one of the main characters of The Sanctum of the Sphere.  Xe is slender and pale-skinned, and typically keeps xir head shaved.  Asper is talented with a wide variety of weapons and possesses some magical talent as well, although xe prefers to only use it when necessary.

Asper is a fairly high-level member of the Noble Opposition and is the child of Overmorrow, who leads the Opposition group that appears in Sanctum.

My theme for this year’s A to Z challenge is my series The Benevolence Archives.  You can learn more about the series by going to the Amazon page for Volume 1 here or add it to a Goodreads shelf here.  

Previously: The Nameless.

 

The Nameless is Brazel and Grond’s ship.  Brazel is the pilot (the cockpit is sized for gnomes) and Grond copilots and operates the weapons systems through a remote chair installed in his quarters.  The Nameless is only lightly armed, but is a fast and capable boat and has decent shields for something its size.

The most significant detail about the Nameless is its AI, generally called “Namey” by Brazel and Grond.  Namey is, to put it bluntly, a rude, sarcastic pain in the ass, and both Grond and Brazel have frequently threatened to reprogram him into something less obnoxious.  Neither have attempted to follow through on the threat, however, and the ship is intelligent enough to be aware of the implications of this fact.

If there is a story behind the Nameless acquiring its unusual name, it has not been revealed yet.  It has nothing to do with the author having been tired of naming things at the time, and was absolutely not a placeholder name that somehow stuck and now has to be explained in-universe.  Not at all.

My theme for this year’s A to Z challenge is my series The Benevolence Archives.  You can learn more about the series by going to the Amazon page for Volume 1 here or add it to a Goodreads shelf here.  

Previously: Malevolence.

 

The Malevolence, also known as the Noble Opposition or simply the Mals, is the closest thing to an opposing army the Benevolence has to worry about.  The group is only loosely organized, composed mostly of dwarves and those few elves who have escaped the Benevolence’s influence, and while some operate as a rebel military others are simply pirates.  The easiest way to tell the difference between the two is to see if they are offended by being called “Mals”; the more militant members of the Noble Opposition find the term pejorative while the more piratical Malevolence are likely to embrace it.  Despite their name, the Malevolence are not “bad guys” as such; the term was a natural side effect of fighting against a group called the Benevolence.

The Malevolence plays a role in the short story Yank and in The Sanctum of the Sphere; a number of characters, including the elves Asper and Overmorrow, are members of the Noble Opposition, and Overmorrow is effectively a general.

My theme for this year’s A to Z challenge is my series The Benevolence Archives.  You can learn more about the series by going to the Amazon page for Volume 1 here or add it to a Goodreads shelf here.  

Previously: Lady Remember.

 

Lady Remember is very likely the single most powerful and influential being to appear in The Benevolence Archives so far.  She appears outwardly human, with caramel-colored skin and long white hair, but stories of her have been circulating for far longer than would be possible for someone with a typical human’s lifespan.  Remember is a legendary figure in the criminal underground, both as a broker of information and a trader of influence.  She first appears in the Archives in the Vol. 1 story called Remember, and plays a major role in the events of The Sanctum of the Sphere as well.

My theme for this year’s A to Z challenge is my series The Benevolence Archives.  You can learn more about the series by going to the Amazon page for Volume 1 here or add it to a Goodreads shelf here.  

Previously: K’Shorr.

K’Shorr is an ogre and a pivotal figure in Grond’s past, a story revealed in The Sanctum of the Sphere.  If anyone could be said to have raised Grond, K’Shorr is probably that person, although the two had far from a loving relationship.  K’Shorr is a warrior and a thug, and has spent a good portion of his life as hired muscle for the elf Barren, and trained Grond and several others in the martial skills that he needed to be successful when fighting for Barren in the pits.

My theme for this year’s A to Z challenge is my series The Benevolence Archives.  You can learn more about the series by going to the Amazon page for Volume 1 here or add it to a Goodreads shelf here.  

Previously: Jelucan.