Heartsingers

Someone asked me where the idea of a Heartsinger came from, and I have to admit I have no idea. What I do know is that humans, and the dragons I created, have a long history of hiding their emotions from others and from themselves. Those emotions hold a great deal of destructive power and manifest in ways most of us are completely unaware of. Creating a talent that has the ability of finding those emotions and setting them free without damaging anyone in the process, I thought was pretty cool. Too often I have seen people struggle with emotions, first to conceal them, then to acknowledge them, last to set them free. All at great personal cost to themselves.

I liked the idea of healing music, given freely to everyone, with free will added so people could accept the gift or not. The singer is spared the emotions of others and instead feels a purging of her own chaotic feelings. After all we all have them, lurking under our skins. Some of us are just better at concealing them.