In 2007, for the first time, I tried to write a fantasy novel – or more specifically, a fantasy-mystery-political-thriller, which makes for three genres which I know basically nothing about. Despite that, it’s one of the few NaNo novels I keep meaning to go back to someday, and I’ve made cursory attempts to finish it on and off since then. (I reached the 50,000 words, but not the end of the story.)
Fantasy’s not really my thing, so originally, I just started putting together this group of people as a character design exercise, until they decided they actually had a story, and things got out of hand. Back in the these-are-just-character-designs-I’m-never-writing-this stage, the main concept for Gable was that he was House as a policeman in a fantasy world – somebody with appalling social skills, who was nonetheless too good at his job to fire. Luckily, the viewpoint alternated with another character, who was far more relatable (but admittedly far less fun to write) than Gable.