Andrew Stronz

Andrew Stronz is a highschool friend of Spencer Eck and served as the inspiration behind the character Zourn Aqual.

Life(In regards to Eck)
I don't know much about his life before I met him, so he'll have to fill that in. ~Spencer Eck. Stronz and Eck first met in middle school, when they both played midget football for the west side panthers, along with Christian Nugent. They clicked well, eventually warranting Andrew a trial period in the crew and an invitation to Eck's birthday party in the 8th grade. However, at the time the two didn't mesh well enough for him to become a permanent member. They continued their friendship through highschool, which became closer through their lunch periods in which they discussed Eck's book.

Concept for Character
Andrew Stronz is the inspiration for the character Zourn Aqual, the protaganist of The Great War and the commander of the chasers in Forlorn. The character design started from a simple comment; Andrew suggested that Eck create a character who fought with twin swords and was really fast and agile. Eck started to play with the idea in his head, and thought up the position of Zourn as the commander of the Chasers. His abilities as a magician as well as transforming into a dragon all were suggested by Andrew, as well as the name for the character. Despite this, the character's personality doesn't currently parallel Andrew's, and any that exist are purely coincidental.