The Legend

The initial sketch Joe drew up for me as his idea for the killer.

Today, I met with my friend and writer on the project, and settled many things, including characters and dialogue, which are explained on this post. Another thing we discussed is the legend. We have to create a story for the characters to discuss and reference throughout. Joe had some ideas as to how the killer in the legend could still be alive and why he would kill. I tweaked his version of the story as there were some aspects that I thought were left too open. The story so far is as follows:

In 1981, a Norwegian couple moved to the UK and got married at a local church. They kept to themselves, keeping a small circle of friends and stayed away from community events. In 1984, rumours started to spread about his wife, people believing she practiced witchcraft. After being denied an exorcism by the local vicar, he tried to cure the witchery himself. After a series of calls to the police of suspected domestic abuse, she was found crucified in their home, and the husband was nowhere to be seen. In 1985, three bodies were found crucified in the woods, forming a triangle in the way they faced each other. Two bodies were friends of the man, and the third was the vicar.

So far, our combined efforts have given us a good basis to work finer details into. I have already discussed with Joe prior to the meeting a concern that I have in that the killer could still be alive and is therefore likely to be thought alive. We will discuss this the next time we meet.

Joe's inspiration for the killer, the painting 'The Murderer' by Edvard Munch