Talk:Herald of Chaos/@comment-173.90.97.218-20190806192542/@comment-5148107-20190807001137

Thank you for your feedback!

I can certainly see how characters are underdeveloped. In the case of Darth Inflictus, I left his arc incomplete and open-ended with the intent of furthering his story in the future. My goal for him by the end of the story was to feel confidence in his status as a Darth, yet also feel the weight of the story's big revelation.

With Kariphos, my main goal was to establish him as something of a weaker Sith, and provide him a tragic backstory to hopefully make his ending emotional and leave more of an impact on Inflictus. I can definitely see how his character might come off as somewhat underwhelming in the end.

The Dark Council certainly has little to no development. I didn't want to expand too much on them since they already exist as characters in Star Wars: The Old Republic. While I tried to capture their personality as reflected in the video game, I do admit they ultimately fall relatively short as characters and act more as plot devices.

You're absolutely right in that the story would benefit from being longer. I hadn't fully realized at the time that writing a short story with this level of depth would impede on various aspects such as character development--I only have 7,500 words to fill before it's no longer a short story. As far as I know, future stories in the series (including the next one, which is already released) will definitely be of longer length.

Finally, I appreciate the series title suggestion. I'm not sure if "Force Rising" really fits the theme of the story as it progresses, but I will definitely keep it in mind.