[quote=Numerica]
In that case I will keep watching this thread, read up a little bit on Russian fairy tales, and be thinking about possible characters. Are there any archetypes you are particularly interested in seeing?
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I don't have any particular archetypes in mind, as long as they are simple peasants of some sort that will work for me. I have a general sense of the plot and I always try to tweak it to fit what characters come to play.