User blog comment:Astar Goldenwing/The Coming of Badger Lady/@comment-2142396-20160214175159

@Segalia: Thanks! I wanted the battle between the fox and the badger to be vague regarding the timeline, so it’s interesting to hear your theories. We will see more of those past events as the story progresses… though Cregga still has a long way to go. Cregga’s Bloodwrath was indeed what I wanted to touch there, since not counting Asheye, whom we didn’t see in his prime days, she was the Badger Ruler afflicted with it the strongest. I’m glad you liked her and Astar’s relationship, and thanks for noting mistakes!

@Tragedy: Wow, thanks for such a long and thought-out comment! It always was quite a challenge to me to write canon characters, so I’m glad to hear that you enjoy Cregga. And I’m glad that you like her family name, too! I wanted it to be connected to the moniker she gets later, but different from it at the same time. Yes, Astar shares many typical hare traits with the other badgers’ companions, as well as having her own distinct personality traits such us being less rash and more willing to resolve conflicts peacefully, but I didn’t want to make her too un-harelike, so I guess I succeeded there. I suppose I could have given Carinna and Astar’s family more attention, but in truth I wanted to keep the plot moving, so I hurried events there. ^^ Still, I tried to highlight some of the relationships, so it’s good to hear you liked Carinna’s attachment to Cregga and the big Goldenpaw family. And the change of scenery in the second chapter worked exactly as I planned! I wanted it to be sudden and unexpected, the male badger’s death to be sad and Korjis to be menacing. It’s especially pleasing that you think the detail about the badgerwife’s flowery apron made her look out of place, because that’s what I was aiming at – she is not a warrior, she doesn’t belong on the battlefield but would rather be in the kitchen, taking care of her family… It’s amazing how many details you notice; Timidus giving Cregga the spear was meant to be a nod to ‘The Long Patrol’, which mentions that Cregga’s primary weapon used to be a spear until she had broken it in the battle with the Rapscallions… but the parallels you draw between the weapon and Cregga’s personality are very insightful! Thanks for commenting!