Our protagonist will have a companion.
He will be a fellow Bostonian and a devout Catholic Irishman.
Physically, he will be of average height and build but will be very tough and stubborn. He grew up on the docks and was partially raised by priests who convinced troubled youths to focus their energies on boxing rather than crime.
His name will be that of an Irish Saint. Here are a few possibilities: Fergus, Cillin (KILL-yeen), Lucan (LOO-kun), Noe (No-eh), Ronan. Maybe. I like the sound of those names. I'm settling on Noe.
Noe befriends Corbin during WWI, in the trenches. Corbin, an intelligence officer or medic, saves his life and they bond.
This character has a cure-all prayer to a Saint or Angel for just about anything. It will be a running gag how many there are under his repertoire.
His design will be based on the actor Ray Stevenson.
Noe is down-to-earth and practical: but he has quite a fervent faith in higher powers. He's not unintelligent, just blunt and doesn't always think things through.
Sometimes he's at odds with Corbin's skepticism. The two will bicker on unexplainable events, especially when it comes to the matter of the supernatural.
At the start of Part One of the Tale of Corbin, Noe and he will already be together.
Next post will discuss the third member of this trio, whom the reader, as well as the protagonists, shall meet in Part One.
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