Name: Benjamin Dowling.

Date of Birth: November, 1988.

Email Address: Undisclosed.

Background:

Benjamin Dowling was never really an author, per se, but we always bounced our ideas off him.  He also doubles as an editor, and if something ever conflicts or is hard to understand, he’ll always point it out and help work out a solution.  Ben’s character of focus is Raziel, and Ben was the one to suggest Raziel heading the Empyreans after Zephyr broke away.  This decision was essential in determining the plot for Eternally Retold (and Hellbound), and is the reason the Empyreans were changed to become enemies to the half-angels.

Name: Joel Malone

Date of Birth: 1988

Email Address: undisclosed

Background:

Joel Malone is responsible for the character of Leon Necredor.  At the time of the creation of the Chronicles of Zephyr, we were all writing our own little scenes and fan-fictions.   I was so impressed with Joel’s style of writing that I spent an entire night writing scenes with him before asking him if he would like a part in tCoZ.  Joel is responsible for a lot of the essential elements of the story, none of which I approved of at first.  I wanted to write a realistic story; Joel wanted Leon watching a blade as he floated over it (fight with Sir Marcus Ferling).  I didn’t want unnecessary deaths; Leon was an assassin.  I wanted a fantasy setting; Joel wanted Leon hanging upside-down from a cross (as seen in Eternally Retold).  After stewing the thoughts a little, we came up with the concept of the half-angels, which Leon played an essential role (as the “other side”).  Leon’s assassin nature leads to the darker elements in the story, including the academy slaughters, and especially Illyria.  Leon plays a pivotal role in Hellbound (representing Hell whilst Zephyr represents Heaven).  Leon is, despite less coverage, as important, if not more so, than Zephyr.  Nearly every scene involving Leon was written entirely by Joel.

I was impressed with Jade's writing when i first read tCoZ and due to this i wanted to participateand actively help. I had originally planned  to just help proof read and offer ideas to help out but decided to write up a character profile for Dex and to write a scene for him. I offered Dex to Jade to use as a minor character but Jade was impressed with Dex and his scene and asked me to write more scenes involving Dex and before we knew it, he had become a major character. I had planned on him filling the role that Franz fulfils in the story but he ended up developing into half-angel. Dex wasn't involved for very long and was killed off relatively fast, but we both agreed that he had a lot of potential, thus the concept of rebirth for the half-angels was born.  Some other scenes i have written include ‘Dex vs Raziel,’ ‘Dex vs Zephyr’, the foiled assassination attempt by Illyria and others.