Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-38564973-20190218215450/@comment-34823985-20190219083732

I'd like to know more about the knight. Did the shape shifter come to him because it somehow knew he was a threat to it or are its actions just monstrously random? Telling us more about the knight's character, exploits, and etc. could, in a way, give us hints about the shape shifter's intentions.

Shape shifters are scary because they can get within striking distance of someone without alerting them to the danger. They are much scarier and so much more affective as an antagonist, in my opinion, when they infiltrate and assume an identity that offers them more than just a quick strategic strike. Why openly kill the king when it could hide his corpse and become the king?

Perhaps it wishes to replace the knight to get close to the king. ["Didn't the king die 2 days ago?"] - seems a bit silly to me. The knight has sworn allegiance to the king, but can't be bothered to keep up with current events concerning his king?

You could also flip the script and make the shape shifter the protagonist. Maybe it seeks to avenge its kind that have been slaughtered nearly to extinction due to the encroachment of man. Or perhaps, it's looking for a suitable host to implant its seed in. Maybe it has a child and intends to switch it with a human baby. There are lots of ways you could go with your story and you get there by developing the characters, setting, and plot.

It takes a whole lot of effort and patience to put together a worth while story. I wish you luck.