Hidden Haven

I've drawn pictures of Pendillius on and off for a while, but I haven't written anything about him since year 10! Aww. He's probably the happiest character in any of my stories. He's just adorable ♥

Well, okay, I think it's harder to tell whether he's cuter or Kamaeh's cuter. He's "older" than what Kamaeh appears to be, although in technical age he's younger. He's not quite as effusively warm as Kamaeh is, and he isn't quite vulnerable enough to want to latch onto other humans the way Kamaeh does. He isn't as full of mistrust as Kamaeh can be, and he doesn't need to trust anyone, and so he's never been really hurt either. I think the difference is Pendillius is very much a people's person - probably more than any of my other characters, more than even Vivrael - because he's a good kid and he doesn't have Vivrael's aggressive streak.

I think when I first started out I tried to make Pendillius and Dariayle direct opposites...but they're not really. They turned out to be just two different people, bound by blood but separated by their experience. It's funny...I think Pendillius and Dariayle love each other out of duty, rather than any emotional attachment. This is quite different to how Kamaeh feels about Ruelli (their previous counterparts), and I wonder, if Kamaeh knew, which he would have preferred?

In the original story Pendillius was also (the only one who was) quite fond of Vivant. I'm guessing - because I haven't read what I wrote for...ever - it's because he admired Vivant's perceptiveness. The ability to read what Pendillius is hiding behind that untiring happiness and the ability to read, also, what his twin is thinking.

I don't think the water runs too deep. I don't think Pendillius has a dark and depressing interior...but I think that, just for the sake of his brother, he tries that little harder to smile, to laugh, to act the clown.

Because I think, each in their own way, the last thing Pendillius and Dariayle wanted to do was to make the other worry.