CHARACTERS - Day Seven: Shale
Oops! I realized I'd moved on from DAO but missed one of the companions I'd written. Which checks out, honestly, because I almost didn't write Shale and, even after I'd written her, she almost didn't happen anyhow. Then she did. Prepare yourself for... PIGEON QUEST. 🦤
Oops! I realized I'd moved on from DAO but missed one of the companions I'd written. Which checks out, honestly, because I almost didn't write Shale and, even after I'd written her, she almost didn't happen anyhow. Then she did. Prepare yourself for... PIGEON QUEST. 🦤
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(Thanks for sharing, though. Great to know the source of Shale's pigeon hatred.)
Now that I've read your backstory about creating her, it FINALLY makes sense. The passion, the fervor, the absolute hatred of which was absolutely hilarious, and endearing made her a favorite.
Inspiration really does come from the most surprising of places, it seems.
(Shale would still crush it, anyhow, just to be sure.)
In short: Concrete was just a regular dude. Who happened to also be a walking hulk of rock. Cue hi-jinx.
It's definitely not a direct line. 😉
Because I didn't, at first. That was later. Shale was initially taken on by Jay Turner, then one of our junior writers.
Tonia, my other Big Fail on a similar situation in DAI: I'm sorry.
Both times, I should have known. You did your best, but I set you up to fail. 😔
I can't imagine the game without that whole story.