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Meet Fi Phillips

Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they

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Meet Otto Redman

Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they

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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a dusky forest scene. Coloured lights dot the green grass and there are silhouettes of two creatures: a dragon (top left) and a fairy (top right). On the bottom right and left is the BFS logo, a shimmering dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos: Shona Kinsella (left); R.S.A. Garcia (right).

BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Interview with R.S.A. Garcia

BFS Chair Shona Kinsella interviews Nebula and Sturgeon Award winning author R.S.A. Garcia

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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a dusky forest scene. Coloured lights dot the green grass and there are silhouettes of two creatures: a dragon (top left) and a fairy (top right). On the bottom right and left is the BFS logo, a shimmering dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos: Lauren McMenemy (top left); Cameron Johnston (top right); Anna Stephens (bottom left); Andrea Stewart (bottom right).

BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Heroes and Villains

Stories are driven by conflict, by the battle between good and evil, and fought in the morally

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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a dusky forest scene. Coloured lights dot the green grass and there are silhouettes of two creatures: a dragon (top left) and a fairy (top right). On the bottom right and left is the BFS logo, a shimmering dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos: Chris Hawton (top left); Lindsey Byrd (top right); Rob Cameron (bottom left); David Watkins (bottom right).

BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Supporting Cast

You know who your protagonist and antagonist are, but what about the rest? How do you create

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Shown is a graphic that has a background of a dusky forest scene. Coloured lights dot the green grass and there are silhouettes of two creatures: a dragon (top left) and a fairy (top right). On the bottom right and left is the BFS logo, a shimmering dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos: Dan Hanly (top left); A colourful sunset drawing by Mina Ikemoto Ghosh (top right); Dan Hanks (bottom left); Joao F. Silva (bottom right).

BFS Online: Crafting Characters – Animals & Environments as Characters

How do you build a character that isn’t human – or humanoid? What if they

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Pendragon: The Grey Knight By Chaosium

A mysterious woman arrives at a tournament and both publicly challenges and then shames King

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THE NIGHT ENDS WITH FIRE by K.X. Song.

Anlai, The Forbidden City, in the heart of Chuang Ning. The Imperial Commander’s decree

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Pendragon Core Rulebook by Chaosium

There aren’t many characters in literature more famous than King Arthur and his Knights of

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When Among Crows by Veronica Roth

The supernatural world runs alongside the mortal world, unseen by the ordinary people who are also

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The Sword Unbound by Gareth Hanrahan

In the final pages of The Sword Defiant, Alf, hero of the Nine and friend to the elves, discovers

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Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud

A gargantuan spider once lived on the moon in a vast network of caves under a forest that covers

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