Those Who Wait 1: Tales of Blue Rose: Of Shadow and Light
Marn the Rose Knight is used to saving the world¸ but can Kiyn help her learn to save herself? About Rhiannon Louve Rhiannon Louve is a freelance writer. Professionally¸ she writes short stories¸ video game dialogue¸ table-top role-playing books¸ privately commissioned fiction¸ and the occasional Pagan thea/ology. For fun¸ she writes whole series of novels. In addition¸ Rhiannon has her MA in Applied Theology and has taught World Religions at the college level. In her spare time¸ Rhiannon attends local conventions (OryCon¸ RadCon¸ GameStorm¸ and others) and games (Champions¸ Star Wars¸ and a 1/2 Exalted 1/2 homebrew Bleach-inspired shinigami game at the moment¸ though she wants to start a Blue Rose game). She also sings and plays keyboard¸ cuddles her dogs and cat¸ and pursues a primate psychology and language-study hobby (French¸ Spanish¸ Japanese¸ Irish¸ and Swedish). Rhiannon's Inspiration "I wanted to write for Blue Rose because I believe in what the Blue Rose game stands for. It's a different type of fantasy storytelling that I think a lot of players crave¸ and that isn't always easy in the older¸ traditional tabletop rpgs. I adore the other type too¸ but Blue Rose fills a niche that I think desperately needed to be filled¸ and I was so excited when Green Ronin put out a new (even better!) version of the game! I was even more excited when I heard there would be tie-in fiction. I knew I needed to write Blue Rose fiction. I'd have been happy with whatever story I got to do in the Blue Rose world¸ but I'm super grateful that this was the story the editors liked best. It was my favorite of all my pitches. "I don't see a lot of fiction about older women¸ and I have a thing for big strong warrior women¸ so that's where I got the idea for Marn. She seemed like an underrepresented and super cool sort of character. Once I had the concept for Marn¸ the grizzled veteran¸ I thought¸ well¸ for Blue Rose I need relationships. What sort of relationship would most utterly turn Marn's world upside down and shake it? And then I came up with Kiyn. Everything mostly fell into place after that. I'm a very character- and world-driven writer¸ so once I have those settled¸ the plots tend to happen organically. I love writing about Marn and Kiyn. They give me warm fuzzies." Note: This digital edition includes PDF¸ ePub¸ and Mobi (Kindle) versions of the story.