SeverinR
Vala
My final battle is set in a large meeting room of a castle,
the noble is fighting and his (illegitament) son(teen age) is ignored and kills a main character.
But in doing so enrages a dragon and thus is killed moments after he kills.
The boy is acting as a page(traditional age being 7-14) is shy and is small for his age.
The new Conan has a young Conan killing many men.
How young can the son be and not be to offensive.
Basically the (smaller then average for his age) boy stabs the warrior in his exposed underarm when he blocked an attack by his father. (Never ignore the little man behind the evil leader)
Any teen could do it(strength and height), apprenticeship starts at 11-13 for most occupations.
I am leaning towards 13 or 14, but will readers stomach a young teen being killed by a dragon? (I believe most fantasy readers will accept a teen killing someone in a battle.)
For the kill to work, the warrior needs to believe the child is harmless, thus a small early teen.
Also the child is not a spawn of satan, just a pawn in the battle brought on by his father.
What is peoples opinions on this, it is all about the reader, will they accept a young man being killed?
the noble is fighting and his (illegitament) son(teen age) is ignored and kills a main character.
But in doing so enrages a dragon and thus is killed moments after he kills.
The boy is acting as a page(traditional age being 7-14) is shy and is small for his age.
The new Conan has a young Conan killing many men.
How young can the son be and not be to offensive.
Basically the (smaller then average for his age) boy stabs the warrior in his exposed underarm when he blocked an attack by his father. (Never ignore the little man behind the evil leader)
Any teen could do it(strength and height), apprenticeship starts at 11-13 for most occupations.
I am leaning towards 13 or 14, but will readers stomach a young teen being killed by a dragon? (I believe most fantasy readers will accept a teen killing someone in a battle.)
For the kill to work, the warrior needs to believe the child is harmless, thus a small early teen.
Also the child is not a spawn of satan, just a pawn in the battle brought on by his father.
What is peoples opinions on this, it is all about the reader, will they accept a young man being killed?