There are many events hinted about in the Rise of the Fifth Order trilogy: Darag’s previous visits to the Archipelago and northern shore of the Sea of Sarketh, Niri’s arrival as a child to the Temple of Solaire, and how Ty ended up in Sardinia after his abbreviated apprenticeship.

Even though I finished writing the series, those prior events, maybe just those characters, keep pulling me back. Really, how did Niri end up being so brainwashed about the ‘weakness’ of being a Water Elemental, but also strong enough to stand up to the Church of Four Orders? What was Darag like as a ‘young’ Kith, traveling alone in the world with no friends and with so little knowledge of the abilities he would learn to control? Does that catch your imagination…? It certainly caught mine.