Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Xandurpein

I live in Sweden and have been playing pen D&D since early teens. At the same time I a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkiens work and got involved in Tolkien fandom in Sweden. This has left some lasting imprssions on me. A love of fantasy, a respect for people with odd interests and a discovered passion for writing. I used to write short stories as well D&D adventures, mostly for the cupboard.

Somewhat to my own surprise, I have spent virtually all of my professional life in my country's intelligence community. Which is not half as cool as it sounds as Sweden is a small country that hasn't been at war for 200 years.

I love computer games and split my time between roleplaying games and strategy games. Like Jackyo, I am a huge fan of the Total War series. I am also a an avid collector of Warhammer 40K minifigs. I am married and have two boys, age 7 and 9. They are now reaching the age when dad's hobbies are super cool and I sometimes have painting sessions with my younger son.

I have completed one NWN1 mod titled "Shadow of the Underdark". While I loved doing it, I realized that my true passion is still writing. I especially like developing characters and have found myself occupying the largely empty niche of writing companion romances. A fact that no doubt would surprise a lot of my office collegues. I have also completed a persistent companion romance for NWN2 called Tanithiel. Just import some scripts made by LordNiah and you can keep her as a companion between different mods. How cool is that?!

I am very grateful for the chance Jackyo has given me to be part of a really talented group and do what I like doing best, writing stuff.

1 comment:

Ernie Noa said...

I'm a huge Tolkien fan too. It's had a big influence on my D&D campaigns over the years.