::About the Manga:

Characters

Setting

Wayfairer came about, well, because I like pirates and manga, and I knew a couple of characters who deserved to be one and be in the other.

I had drawn a little six page doujinshi before.  It had gone down well and I was happy with most of the art, so I thought I'd try for something bigger.  Something that could be sustained though more than two chapters.

My lead characters were easy to place.

Saku always was and will always be the pirating type.  She's crass and loud, loves to drink far more often than she should and can always be distracted by something shiny.  Her creator, Starkiller, is one of the most imaginative people I've met, and it makes her characters so wonderful to draw and write for.

Saku first appeared in Starkiller's fanfiction, alongside her favourite Dragonball Z character, Jeice (from the Ginyu Force).  I first came across her as the bounty hunter/mercenary from the RPG "Duel of Fates".

Raffy, is an original character of mine, whose personality just seems to blend with Saku's really well.  From the first time they ever appeared on paper together it seemed that friendship was inevitable.  Raffy is common sense where Saku lacks it, but more often than not is too curious to see what would happen to use it.

Raffy was originally conceived as a character for "Duel of Fates".  One of the 'bad guys' in fact.  She was a Sage, whose power lay in her shape changing ability.  She was intended as a love interest for the Rebel Leader, Zarbon.  She grew into so much more.

And Wayfairer is their story - had they even been pirates.

They make good ones.

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