I joined the British Army as a boy-entrant in 1961, serving in a number of countries around the world, picking up some strange habits along the way, including ‘people watching’ which has become an invaluable aid in character creation.
In 2005 and 2009 I visited Luxor in Egypt. I was most intrigued by the wall paintings in the tombs in the valley of Kings, which depicted the buried dignity, and his interactions with the Ancient Gods. – The Gods were depicted as being much larger than the general populous which led me to consider that they were not of this earth, that they were visitors from the stars, -- Aliens, -- Giants, -- The Watchers.