This is a story by one of my online friend X.demon.Dia.
We were discussing creative ideas in writing and came up with making a turn-around at the end of "Farmer and Snake" story. Dia used this idea in one of his short stories. The character and plot have evolved and developed a lot but the key elements including the setting, the basic identities of the two characters and some punch lines of their dialogues stay in our film.
We named the story Beasts for the savagery happening between the characters. During the process of developing this story, I seem to have followed an invisible lead. I thought there isn't a precise theme for this story for we are not trying to teach or broadcast anything. But the fact that I always know and are determined on where the characters should go indicates there is a spirit to follow.
As I proofread the stories repeatedly, I would say this is a story about human nature. I've been a fan of "human nature", something that's beautiful and ugly at the same time, its charm coming from its complexity. Yet in Beasts I can see how human natures is still fascinating with all its details removed. In the story the characters end up preying on each other, but through acting like beasts they actually demonstrate their human natures.
I believe this is the spirit I have stuck to all this time. I wish to show human natures in a rough and vague way and Enar is the key. Enar is an assassin. Usually the attractive killers in novels and movies are either artistic killers who are obsessed with perfect murders and feel nothing towards death, or kind-hearted assassins who despises himself for being a murderer and would sacrifice his life to be free from the dark world. I, instead, want a character between these two extremes. He is a predator, like beasts in the mountains, being somehow innocent, but not pure; a bit tragic, but not pitiful. This is how I imagine human spirits are presented in Beasts, like an unfinished sculpture, with basic shapes but no fine details.
Name - Enar (fighter in Swedish)
nationality - Swedish
race - Caucasian
age - 31
background - worked for local mobster for 3 years, worked as a member of a wet team for 2 years, for an international mobster for 3 years, independent assassin till now.
specialized weapon - familiar with most guns, but prefer crossbow and dagger, yet won't refuse hot weapons when situation calls for it. No signature killing method.
education - grade 8, self -teaching
sex life - one night stands
spouce - dead
Family - mother died of illness when Enar was 9, father killed in hunting when he was 13.
personality - serious, calm, fairly kind but not sentimental, behaves indifferent but gentle, content with current life.
Political View: Doesn't care, doesn't like politics
mother tongue - Swedish
Second language - English
also speaks - Italian and Spanish, basic communicative language and crucial terminologies in German and French
first victim - 12, was taken hostage by a robber, while trying to get away, killed him with one stab because of high intensity and professional skills of slaying beasts.
first target - 17 , he killed the local banker and his cat, Mr. Whiskers
How many people he assassinated - Quite a few. (not extraordinarily many because he doesn't take unnecessary or risky cases)
Name: Robert
nationality- Russian
race- Caucasian
sexuality- straight male
age- 34
background- lived a rather comfortable life before 30, got married at 26, divorced at 30, family sliding during past 5 years, got fired from 2 jobs, currently unemployed.
specialized weapon - revolver, no good at it
education - high school
spouce - divorced
Family -dead
personality -talkative, appears outgoing and friendly, good at flirting, vicious, thinks of himself as smart
political view - doesn't know much about politics
mother tongue - Russian
Second language - English
also speaks - none
criminal record: one robbery achieving little money (gone beyond record), one unsuccessful attempt on a businessman's wife
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