Characters of Intermagical
Fiona
Drawn to Oregon to find her birth family by some strange force that feels suspiciously like magic, we walk with Fiona as she uncovers a world of fae folk hidden in plain sight, and delves into an exploration of fae and human magic.
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The character of Fiona draws from the author's own experiences as a curvy, awkward girl whose degree in Psychology gave her some pretty strong inklings about her place on the Autism spectrum.
The Gullah
A Technomage and a son of Africa (by way of a minor fertility deity and a human-enough nurse, down South) the Gullah is one one Fiona's teachers. He brings her to the Fair Isle, a magical gathering place, and clues her in on the true nature of the new global government, The CCC.
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The fae folk believe the acronym really stands for:
Capitalism, Conformity and Climate Corruption
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Assumed male in Book 1, Book 2 reveals that they understand themselves to be non-binary.
Faeryn
Faeryn is the broken-hearted princess at the heart of this story, and her character is based on a real girl born with a congenital heart defect, whose life, like Faeryn's, was limited by her condition, but never by her imagination or her love of magic.
Faeryn dwells deep inside a mountain, in a magical spring, behind a waterfall, right at the center of the book, and the plot doesn't really seem to know where it's going until we meet her.
But, nothing is a coincidence, and everything that happened will end up mattering in the end!
Evita
The character of Evita is based on the author's birthmother, and is one of the major inspirations for Intermagical.
Her impressive powers of foresight told her that she would end up giving up a child for adoption as a teenager, so she was prepared to place her child carefully, in a home that left her unafraid to speak her truth and tell their story, when she discovered that her birth family were faeries.
Frat Boys & Bad Men
In the first few chapters of Intermagical, Fiona has a handful of unpleasant encounters with Bad Men. These Bad Men do not represent all men, nor are they meant to represent the author's experience with men in general.
There might even be a reason that they are being especially Bad, since this is a book about magic, and it does occasionally interact with the plot.
It is also the nature of books to be suspenseful and maybe even make your heart pound a little.
It will be alright.
Nothing horrible ever happens, I promise.
