The idea to write Bloodlines came to me when thinking of how Voldemort from Harry Potter and even Valentine Morgenstern from The Mortal Instruments were as villains. In many ways, they were as despicable as a villain can get. They were prejudiced against an entire group of people, and much like Hitler in real life, used charm to gain a following then intimidation to retain it. Harry Potter and The Mortal Instruments begin their story after the villain has fallen. The villain has been defeated, and the threat the main characters must face is his potential return to power. Bloodlines crafts a story around the time during its villain’s rise to power and at the peak of it. It explores the struggles we heard about in Harry Potter, but didn’t see unfold. In Bloodlines, the story’s villain, Johnathan Ambrose, rises to the height of his power. He is ruthless, deadly, and calculating. He commits one atrocity after another, while both charming and intimidating people to support his campaign to speed up the evolution of the human race by eradicating all non-Sidra and weak Sidra that exist. The story explores the struggles of the main characters during this time and the challenges the main characters that choose to stand against the villain encounter.