Fire of the Trio was first created because;
A. I needed something for NaNoWriMo
B. One of my online buddies wanted to be a character in one of my stories and I didn't have a story for him to be in.
Interesting reasons to write a book, eh? Either way, Narutogoku10 became Kazer, Trio member three. But, if I'm going to have him be a member of 'The Trio', there need to be at least two other people, right? Thus, Vandon and Calix were born. Originally, Vandon was a goof-off, lazy, careless moron who gets himself killed within the first four pages of the book. Calix was the serious, smart, quiet one. I was going to kill him really quickly, too, but I realized I liked him too much (but I had to cry while writing his death scene to figure that out). So there goes that idea. I figured I could mess with them later. Next was the Dreamweaver. I need someone to name the series after, so why not her? I had problems with Vitari changing her personality to fit the situation, and I'll admit that I still do sometimes. I hope I can develop her more before I re-write it again. Vaxy was a hopeless-romantic. No. That definitely did not work for her. Besides, if you live in Centri Avile (A.K.A. Center of Violence) you should be a bit tougher than that. As soon as I noticed that I had her. I still do and I love every second that I write with her as a character. Then comes Nelli. She was Calix's 'one true love' and Vitari's long lost sister. She was also dead. That didn't work for her. Too many people have long lost reletives and too many people have dead 'true loves'. So, she came back to life. I thought a personality for her would be easy. Oh boy, was I ever wrong. Girls are always a pain in the butt to have to come up with a personality for, since they all have split personalities. I should know, I am one. Black appeared out of nowhere along with Javen and the Double Dozen. The Double Dozen was only created because I liked typing Double Dozen. Now they have a purpose and hopefully I'll still need them in the end. Javen was a nobody. I just needed someone to show Vitari 'the way'. Black was created because I needed another threat. I can't say that worked either. Black developed an un-twin sister, Silver, who really annoys me. I can't quite get her right. Then there was Maltzargen, Vitari and Nelli's father, the big bad guy (z0mg! How original...). He was supposed to be a decrepit old man, but Vitari and Nelli aren't old enough for him to be. I almost forgot, The Trilogy and Father Rock. Not to mention Jacle and Staden. The Trilogy is The Trio's worst enemy (That's too original). Sarika is the first member. Her name was Jora once upon a time but I changed it for the sake of characters in the edited version. She was known as The Queen of Nightmares once upon a time, but not anymore. She is as ruthless as she is small (Only about 4'3 and 80Lbs.). Basia is second in The Trilogy. She never really liked the violence or bloodshed, she only stayed because the other members were her sisters. Kirae is the third and final member of The Trilogy. She has a sense of humor that nobody could stand and annoys the crud out of me. I wouldn't have created her if I didn't need a third member. Father Rock is the priest in Centri Avile. I needed a bit of humor that would actually make people laugh and his prayers seem to do the trick. He's still a grumpy old bugger, but nobody cares. Jacle and Staden are two innocent civilians in Centri Avile (Where nobody is really innocent) who have been trying to get Vaxy and Vitari to marry them since day one.
EDIT Oct '08:
I HAVE NEW CHARRIES!!!! :DDDDD Yayz! Okay, enough of that. A-hem. Lelouch0, Azurefire and Kiyubi from Mabinogi are officially being written into my book(s). Kiyubi's part was easy, but I have no idea where I'm putting Lelou or Azure...I can figure that out when I write for NaNoWriMo this year. I'm having trouble with personalities again.
Nobody stays how they're supposed to. The only parts I can really keep right are the ones with Vaxy and Mrkos. I need to get out of this writer's block rut. So, I am going to go write. And write. And write. Until my brain falls out and/or shrivels up like a prune, in which case I will NOT be updating this for quite some time due to a brain transplant...(Are those even possible!?)
Names change. Personalities change. Plots change. Are you lost yet?
As I said before, some people need name changes. So Jora is now Sarika, Trens is now Elikai, Maltzargen is now Matthias, Pearl (who you haven't met yet) is now Iceea, Sora is now Sor'Rhal, The Mountain is now Death Spiral or Dark Spiral, and Kazi is now Juno.
I couldn't picture Vandon being a moron, so he stole Calix's beginning personality. Two people can't have the same personality, so Calix changed to a jerk. Kazer is still the clueless-hopeless that he always was. Natin is a joker now instead of a 'ranger'. That works much better for him, if I do say so myself. Black is a bit mad at me for it, but she'll get over it. Silver finally stole part of the witch's personality (from The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe) and that fits her. Crimson and Iceea were supposed to be much older than Silver and Black and much wiser, but Iceea melted into a sweet little twelve year-old who follows Crimson only because he's older. Crimson is an assassin. Need I say more? Sor'Rhal changes over time. I can't say why, since that would give away the whole plot idea I have for both the first and the second books. I can say that he changes personalities three times, though. Sprinee still doesn't have a personality. I'm almost afraid to make one for her. Ennia is absolutely genius at this stage and I'm going to just leave her there. Elikai doesn't have a personality either. I can't decide whether he'll be a goofball, extremely sarcastic or serious. I'll have to figure that out later. All Double Dozen have to have personalities, too, since most of them come in at one point or another. I'm afraid to make them though, in case I forget which one is which. One can't suddenly turn into Four and Ten can't turn into Seventeen. I won't let them!
Yeah, the plot changed majorly. Guess who dies!? I'm not saying. That would ruin it for you.