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Commander Taelor and Other Things

Believe me, I know how overdue this posting is, but it’s a long story, and one I’m going to put off for a bit as I’m still waiting to sort out a few details as the events are more of a personal nature than professional. (For the record, while Bernie & I are doing fine, our friend who we’re taking care of is not, and it’s having an impact on our day-to-day living.) So please indulge me for now as I’d rather talk about unrelated matters with what we’re going through.

Above is a depiction of a new character – Commander Mykhal Taelor – as seen in THE LARA-SU CHRONICLES: SHATTERED TOMORROWS. Taelor’s role in the story is that he’s on what he believes is a rescue mission while making first contact with Avion, and seves as the reader’s guide as he learns about Avion, its people, culture, history & politics, helping everyone to be on the same page.

For new readers, Taelor is them, starting out from a position where they are. For older readers, Taelor will be the one pointing out those elements new to older readers of the saga and how they fit in with what came before.

Taelor, more than any other character, establishes the world THE LARA-SU CHRONICLES takes place in is not aligned with anything SEGA-related seen previously. That said, the story that leads into SHATTERED TOMORROWS, titled THE STORM, establishes that while the story diverges from what came in the past, it is still very much tied to it, and in many ways, validates all the different versions of Sonic that has been unleashed to the public since the character was first introduced to the public.

As I didn’t want to get into arguments about timelines and which version mattered more, my solution was to say all versions matter. It’s just that my corner of the Sonic-verse branched off into THE LARA-SU CHRONICLES, and that’s all that readers should care about when it comes to following the story.

The only other thing I’ll say about Commander Taelor is that he’s a family man with two daughters that’s a long way from home who’s odds of making it back are very slim to apparently hopeless, but that’s not going to stop him from finding a way while playing his part in the events that shape the overall arc of THE LARA-SU CHRONICLES. (Yes, he’s going to have his own DATA FILE page, with details added along the way.)

Two things before I sign off for now:

Everyone’s comments and emails are read and responded to, so don’t be a strange.

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    1. There’s more to come. I’m really just a staff of one, despite the assistance I have with the app and the book, but I’m trying to lay the groundwork for all the questions I imagine will be coming my way once THE LARA-SU CHRONICLES is released.

  3. Mykhal’s a character I’ve really been interested in learning more about! Excited to hear he’s going to play such an important role in the story, and that readers will get to relate to him as much as you’ve mentioned. 🙂

    1. Commander Taelor is but one of the characters that play an important part of the story. Then there’s Xero, who I haven’t posted much about yet. And let’s not forget our other cast of characters as readers are ewxposed to the details I never got around to before for one reason or another. It’s a pretty rich environment to work with.

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