Looking through an old Evernote export, I found a concept called “Goggles – Spirit Armor.” Its timestamp places it in June 2012.

The idea was about an ordinary person drawn into a battle between good and evil. A special set of goggles would let the wearer see into the spiritual realm. Armor would allow the person to participate in a struggle that other people could not see, even though it affected them.

My notes called for the Armor of God: breastplate, helmet, boots, belt, shield, and sword. The equipment would look high-tech in the ordinary world, with a glowing, Tron-like appearance through the goggles.

I also considered making the central character a teenager to appeal to a younger audience.

That is what the old note actually contains. It is a concept, not a finished story—and it is not a description of the current Holy Knights Saga.

What catches my attention now is the combination of faith, technology, and a visible expression of spiritual armor. Those ideas were already sitting together in my notebook more than a decade ago.

I enjoy finding these glimpses of the creative process. A notebook preserves the questions and possibilities that existed before the finished story.

“A story idea that an average person becomes the chosen one…”