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Eric T. Benoit

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Born

in Passaic, NJ, The United States

Website

http://www.erictbenoitauthor.com/

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Elmseeker

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories, Young Adult

Influences

J.R.R. Tolkien, Terry Brooks, Robert Jordan, Raymond E. Feist, Isaac A ...more

Member Since

April 2012

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/elmseeker

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Eric T. Benoit was born in New Jersey and raised in Massachusetts. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2007, where he currently lives with his wife and 6 cats.

The son of an avid reader, Eric learned to read at a young age. Like his father, he fell in love with science fiction and fantasy.

His first character, a red-haired elf from the village of Borbury named Bethriel, visited his mind many times over the last 20 years, pleading with him until he finally decided to put her world on paper. Helping to indulge her long-time wish, Eric's first novel, "Flames of Khyveria, The Khyverian Chronicles, Book 1", is planned for release in late in 2012. ...more

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Character Bio – Karthonis

The next character from Flames of Khyveria to be revealed is Karthonis, a knight from the king’s court.

An image of the way I conceptualize Karthonis

Name: Karthonis

Age: 23

Sex: Male

Hair: Blond

Eyes: Blue

Height: 5′

Race: Elf

Hometown: Coreheim

Bio: Karthonis is an elvish knight from the royal court at Corheim. Orphaned when he was 8 years old he has spent the past 15 years as a squire to the king who

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“The job of a writer is not to convey emotion but to invoke it.”
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