Now, Ivor wasn't my first choice for a villain in my original concept writing portion of the time it took to write this book (the few years I was talking about in my previous blog posts). At first, I was imagining a mermaid/sea creature woman with a stingray sidekick named Ivor. But then, I was like "Hang on. What if the villain's name was Ivor?" The name "Ivor" had such a nice ring to it, because "Ivor" had this strong presence to it; it was a name that meant either "Archer's bow" or "bowman" (when I had looked up names and meanings online). And that would make sense, because Ivor has been searching and hunting for our heroine for years.
So, I had my name, and then it was drawing a concept sketch of my villain character. Right away, I had ditched the idea of the villain being a mermaid or a stingray, and I decided to spring for something big (both literally and metaphorically). The idea for the villain to be an eel was a good start; but then, I thought, "What if... this eel looked some magic, and he decided to make himself bigger, and into a more terrifying creature?"
I was sketching Ivor; and every once in a while, I would show some of my concept sketches to my colleagues, and they would marvel at them. And every time someone saw Ivor, their eyes would light up with fascination. Fun fact: When my book had first came out, people thought that Ivor was a snake, to which I would explain that he was an eel. But when you think about it, as you read the story, he acts snake-like, because of his wicked agenda.
So, the idea of the sorcerer eel stayed, and that's why you see Ivor curling his body right next to a large crystal ball that lets him spy on our princess.
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