: How to describe a husky, low, sinister voice? Hello! While I was writing for my fantasy novel, I was stuck on how to describe a very scratchy and low, but malicious voice for a grim reaper

Hello! While I was writing for my fantasy novel, I was stuck on how to describe a very scratchy and low, but malicious voice for a grim reaper kind of like ghost in my story. The voice I'm trying to describe resembles Phantomon from the Digimon series... Especially in the game; Rumble Arena 2. It's just so intimidating and horrifying, I'm having a hard time with describing it, anyone has any idea? I'll be grateful!

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: For what it is worth, this seems quite effective to me. It is always difficult to write in first person, and when the narrator is challenged in some way, it also challenges the writer.

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@Voss1744584

You might not need to describe the voice at all. If the character is a grim-reaper sort, I'd assume it had a low scary voice. That's pretty much the default voice for that kind of creature, isn't it?

If you want to make clear that it's a scary voice, then have other characters react to it with fear.

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@Megan928

I would dare propose you could either link it with something your target audience can understand or relate, or you could very specifically describe it. Theres a whole list of words used to describe someone's voice here.
Maybe something like this is what you're looking for?:

A toneless guttural voice was heard. As gravelly and penetrating as it was gruff.

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: How to describe a husky, low, sinister voice? Hello! While I was writing for my fantasy novel, I was stuck on how to describe a very scratchy and low, but malicious voice for a grim reaper

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: One interesting variant I've seen on this was Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series. In that series Ice was not a separate element from Fire, but instead a different aspect of Fire. Sort

: Seeking attribution for mystery verses This is going to sound quite odd but I understand it is not an entirely original phenomenon. I am incorporating poems I have written into a novel.

: For what it is worth, this seems quite effective to me. It is always difficult to write in first person, and when the narrator is challenged in some way, it also challenges the writer.

: Just wanted to mention The Novel Factory here, as keeping track of characters was one of the main reasons it was developed. Disclosure - I am the creator of this software. This is a screenshot

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