Spencer Eck

Spencer Eck (1992-Not Dead Yet) is the creator and mastermind behind the entire series.

Birth
Spencer Eck was born in Oklahoma in 1992 to the Eck family. Shortly after, the family moved up to Jamestown, New York. He grew up in the small town surrounded by friends, who would influnce his work. He attended Lincoln Elementary School, Persell Middle School, and Jamestown High School.

The Start of the Saga.
He became a quick fan of role-playing video games, and soon began to dream up his own, leading him to eventually pursue video game design. When asked about his idea, he realized it was too complex to explain in one sitting. So, Eck decided to write it all down in story form first, to allow the few interested people to read. His idea was to create a two part story that would involve all the characters equally. Eck had based most of the characters on his friends and people he had met, so he wanted to write it for them to be able to understand how they would be portrayed. As the characters became more rounded by the influnce of the people they were based on, the story became more than just the story. While trying to come up with the idea for the character that would become Zourn Aqual, he was listening to "M.I.A." by Avenged Sevenfold, which created the character's motivation, and consequentaly an entire other book.

Continued Development.
This whole other story created even more depth to an already deep story, causing the creation of an entirely different story, and following George Lucas's precedent, the prequel to the current story. And after the idea that more than one book could be created was thought of, Eck decided there would be three: The prequel, Forlorn, and the last. The world involeved in the story is immense, causing Eck to disclose in an interview, "It develops on its own now. I'm no longer creating it. I just discover what is already there."

Relationships.
Not enough space on the internet to explain the complexities involved in this topic.