tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050876813077402336.post6467251929357343626..comments2023-08-14T02:17:51.824-07:00Comments on Cold Steel & India Ink: Dark Redemption chapter 1: Stopping By for Teakurt wilckenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039488727011359504noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050876813077402336.post-91747376788048027272013-07-02T19:16:34.422-07:002013-07-02T19:16:34.422-07:00A brief comment on Strephon. I borrowed the chara...A brief comment on Strephon. I borrowed the character from one used by my friend Russ in a monster-hunting campaign back when I lived in Darkest Iowa.<br /><br />Russ was one of the Good Ones. He is no longer with us, sadly. He died several years ago. He was a bright, cheerful man with a cherubic face. He had a relentlessly-logical mind, which made him a challenging player sometimes.<br /><br />We met in college in a playwritng class and quickly bonded over our mutual appreciation of science fiction and Gilbert & Sullivan.<br /><br />He based his version of Strephon on a G&S character, extrapolated into the Present Day. Although Russ was not himself confined to a wheelchair, like Strephon he suffered a lack of mobility due to his legs. He had brittle bone disease, and as a result of previous broken bones, his legs were weak and spindly, barely sufficient to support his roly-poly body. He would often lurch about on campus with a large staff which, along with his short stature and fringe of a beard, made him look like a character out of Tolkien.<br /><br />He was a dear, sweet man, and I borrow his character remembering him with affection.kurt wilckenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039488727011359504noreply@blogger.com