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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AStott" data-source="post: 522926" data-attributes="member: 7825">Before we began the game, I e-mailed a number of questions to Kent hoping to help him develop Jannot's character a little more.Q&A About Jannot Q: What's his favorite time of day?A: Jannot enjoys the end of the day. After the work of the day is finished, Thom having retired to his room for the evening, the tools having all been put away, The rest of the shops along the avenue closing up for the day... Peace. The noise of the day fades away and quiet peace settles into it's place. The soothing sounds of night birds and insects often draw him outside at night and sometimes he'll spend part of the evening out under a tree or perhaps just the stars, trying to soak-in as much of the peace he can.Q: What was his favorite book?A: Jannots favorite book was one that he found at the dockside being sold by a poor couple with an infant that were trying to raise money for a trip back to their home, quite a long way around almost to the other side of the sea... He was generous in his payment. It tells of a very strange, unique instance in history, though Jannot hasn't been able to determine if it is fictional or factual, of a rare joint military operation between the elves and the dwarves that commenced a seige on a human settlement that was long and bitter, but eventually the elves and dwarves prevailed, killing every single one of the humans. The book is missing a small portion of the beginning so much of the detail of the cause of the seige and the location were lost, however, there is great detail on the tactics and efforts of the elves and dwarves to counter incredible, almost unnatural feats of strength, speed and endurance of the humans.Q: If he was to fall in love with a woman, what would she be like?A: Jannot was almost swayed once by a girl, when he was in his late teens. She was quiet, respectful and very sweet. for some reason though, his interest in her waned and the relationship went nowhere. He thinks that if he finds another woman, like her that he'd be happy and peaceful...Occaisionally, though, Jannot will wake with a start in the night having dreamt of a daring, dangerous, seductive, exciting woman who after fighting off evil men and monsters with her saber and knives draws a bead on Jannot with her bow, and with a sensual tongue brushing her smiling lips, looses an arrow and strikes him in the heart... sometimes the monsters and the evil men change, but it always ends the same, with him as her true target.He likes that dream.Q: Does he have any dreams for the future?A: Jannot thinks very little about the future outside of business considerations. He figures, like Thom, he'll grow old laboring at the career he's chosen and eventaully have to sell the business...Q: Has he ever thought about traveling?A: Jannot has always wanted to travel to the exotic cities of the elves and the mountain homes of the dwarves. Perhaps even try to figure out where that mystery city is that he's only read about... if it exists at all.Q: How does he react to children?A: Jannot is very reserved around children, but he harbors great concern for them. If there's a child that appears upset or suffering he'll instinctively want to help, but he's afraid to get involved, he doesn't want to expose himself to many things around him in the city. Perhaps his reticence is really a fear of THIS city, but he hasn't really thought much about that particular subject directly.Q: Who is his role model?A: He looks up to Thom, since he's really the only person that he's spent extensive time with outside of dealing with customers and the fellows he buys pelts and skins from. He has always had an acute awareness that Thom was not a relative of any kind, and that Thom could have turned Jannot over to a church to care for. Thom took on a responsibility that he didn't have to and has accepted Jannot in a way that made Jannot know that there was no regretting the decision. Taking care fo a business and a child was no easy task for Thom. It especially made it difficult for Thom in regards to women. He eventually gave up on them until recently. After all, Jannot is a man now and Thom is doing less of the leatherwork now and has a bit more free time.Next time... A Strange Sign</blockquote>

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