As I'm wrapping up Legend of Ahya, I'm thinking ahead and planning on the next few stories I want to tell. One of them is following Taylor's lovely daughter, Nina Thumpings, and the aftermath of the events following my first series. This is plotting time and figuring out what skillsets Nina is going to have going forward and can draw upon within her book(s).
One of which is being good with the sword, specifically the rapier - a common pastime hobby of most royalty. And another is with guns. I feel having Nina be an expert marksman, having grown up practicing most of her young adult life, would be the perfect subversion of her beautiful features and sheltered life. She longs for adventure and to be taken seriously. Inspiration for the outfit was definitely from Lara Croft, but it isn't too far off from the types of clothes she's comfortable wearing rather than dresses and frills.
