Mindfire
Istar
Is it something that needs to be addressed or can you choose to ignore/gloss over it if you don't want to deal with the subject? I ask because though battle is an integral part of my story, I feel that dealing with the mental consequences of battle (e.g. having a character vomit/get depressed after killing someone for the first time) is not something I really want to touch on because it takes time and space away from the focus: the plot. Similarly I find myself avoiding killing certain characters because I don't want to feel obligated to waste pages describing their funeral and other characters mourning for them long afterwards.