FURTHER NOTES: Obviously the thing with writing Aerie is that it would make no sense to write her the same as she was in SoA/ToB. Few people are the same at 17 and at 27, which is the kind of difference we’re basically looking at here. The problems she was having then aren’t really applicable anymore, but most likely there’s some new stuff for her to deal with. There’s a lot of room to build off the core of her character. How I see it is that she’s obviously experienced a lot more since then. She’s far more independent, and less inhibited; in her normal conversation she’s less worried about saying the wrong thing and more likely to joke, mess with people, and be sarcastic. I think because of all this, and because freedom is the thing she values most highly, her alignment has shifted slightly to be more in line with her chosen deities, who are Neutral Good and Chaotic Good. No doubt because Imoen has influenced her a bit too.
But I do now regret not having her say ‘faster than Chiktikka Fastpaws’. Maybe in the next draft I’ll find a way to slip that in, or in another short story.
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