04-21-2003, 10:10 AM | #1 |
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I'll start by C&Ping From the FW Thread:
Eigath is the son of King Arsun, and the heir to the Crown of the realm of Canrath. As a youth, he was always scholarly and educated, and interested in the various cultures of the world; in particular, he was interested in the Cthalgar, a tribe of barbarians from long ago whose influence once spanned almost all of the North-lands. He delved deep into tomes of lore and history, attempting to learn everything he could of them. Eventually, he realised that the source of their power had been in front of him all along; their worship of Vilkroth, King of the dark Gods and far greater than the barbarian Gods, gave them His favour, and the ability to overrun their neighbours in their time. After learning of the source of their power, he began to engage in secret midnight rituals, and worshipped the Demon-God in hopes of gaining power. As a natural result, he gained an intense hatred of all things holy to Eltarn, the greatest enemy of Vilkroth; when he took the throne, he changed his name to Gulstan, which in the tongue of the Cthalgar meant Black King. Fallos was the High Priest of Eltarn during his reign. He was a fairly simplistic man, a bit unusual for one of his rank, enjoying the simple things of life more than riches and wealth. He was a content and practical man, but a bit stern on sticking to the rules. When he first heard the rumours of Eigath, he did not believe them; as such a thing had never happened before, he would not believe it had happened now. The Queen, who suspected her son's apostasy, begged him to heal the unnaturally aged and dying King, but he would not, due to a rule made by one of the High Priests of long ago, that the members of the Priesthood would not involve themselves in matters of politics and succession to the throne. When he realised the truth in the rumours, he was horrified, and by the time he found out, it was too late to save the life of the King. He was terribly shaken, and blamed himself wholly for the whole happening, but stayed true to his faith and beliefs, not compromising them for possible solutions to this which would go against the teachings he stood for. He began to age quickly due to the terrible stress upon himself, and when the Scrolls of Law (along with other artifacts) were laid to rest, he stepped down from the High Priesthood, and lived in peaceful quiet, constantly repenting of his mistakes; he died peacefully shortly thereafter, still blaming himself, but confident that the matter would be taken care of by his God. Kwinetha is the wife of Arsun, and (as a natural result thereof) the mother of Eigath. While not much younger than the King, she is very beautiful for her age (ever see Glennis John [or whatever her name is] in the Court Jester? Think her a few years older, and with a white streak through her hair). She is a very noble and proud person. It was she who first tried to warn Fallos of Eigath's dark ways; it was she who begged him to heal King Arsun, and keep him on the throne. When Eigath ascends to the throne, she stays true to her faith, never once even in name or appearance accepting his apostasy for her own. As a mother, she blames herself for his fall, and any love she may have for him is drowned out in the need she feels to right this wrong. She attempts to convince Fallos to attend the ritual of his coronation and assassinate him then. She remains a constant thorn in his side, and a dominant person in under-ground organizations that remain faithful to Eltarn and oppose Eigath, and is a very influential behind-the-scenes figure in attempts to overthrow or assassinate him. Why he allowed her to remain alive so long is a mystery, unless it were to preserve face or merely to as a form of amusement. Eventually, she did die, on the altar of Vilkroth and under the knife of Eigath. Yet to the end, she never lost her dignity, or her unswerving faith.
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04-21-2003, 10:19 AM | #2 | |
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04-21-2003, 11:05 AM | #3 |
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What page did you find your characters on?
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04-21-2003, 04:29 PM | #4 |
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Hmm...I don't know. I just ran a search for Fallos (didn't think that'd have too many results); didn't note the page number.
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04-21-2003, 04:37 PM | #5 | |
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Okay, well, I just found mine the hard way.
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04-21-2003, 04:38 PM | #6 | |
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04-21-2003, 04:49 PM | #7 |
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here it is Lief
I'll start with the good ones.
Kiron:A wizard that was born near the mouth of the river hence his nick-name, the man of the mouth. Perik Goddemflie: He is a begent which means "little" on the planet of Urtins. He was a strong assassin from the South, who was chosen to seek Volcan because of his role in destroying many evil leaders. Banglen:A member of the Red Beast Rangers, he doesn't play a large role in the book. Gurn Smallwood: He is a man, and represents the town of Helenwood. Yernbeck: He is a tryga from the town that I mentioned earlier, Helenwood. Tryga means "Very Large" on the planet of Urtins. He is in a small rank of the helenwood army but a good fighter. Derbane:One of my most important trygas ever to be in my stories. Since Helenwood is ruled by a queen, this tryga the goes by the name of Derbane is the queen's loyal assistant. Tegron:A wizard that was sent to protect Urtins from all of the titans that once ruled before man came to take over. He is one of the strongest men alive, and a brutal fighter at that. He went to live by the begents near the mines and he eventually created an establishment called "Roundhill" for all of the begents that were run out of their homes,the mines. Next is the evil beings Deadrin:Ruler,dictatr, and king of the city that is known as Camala. Deadrin provides a connection between Volcan and Camala. Segafram:The ruler that created a sword that was capable of raising the dead, that very sword was lost and found in the hands of all that is good and wonderful. Segafram is the supreme ruler of evil and after his first death, took shelter in the fires of Volcan. The knights of Raam: Bantur, Jorthantur and Blecktine were once men but taken by the evil powers of Segafram in his first stage. Before Segafram's first death, the ruler of evil gave the three knights power that could ensure them enternal life, unless they are all be-headed. Finally there will be noe section of weapons. The sword of the Flame: The great and all powerful wizard Kiron, found this sword that had a legend. The legend has it that it could destroy a large amount of evil in the world. It was once a strong gate-keeper's sword, until the gate-keeper was possessed by evil and dropped the sword. This gate-keeper's name is "Flame" for the spirit that went inside of him was on fire. Kiron's father passed the sword along to him on his deathbed and now it will be cast into the fires of Volcan, hopefully destroying the recently rising Segafram. There you go Lief Erikson, i hope that this helps and feel free to post on that one thread ok? |
04-21-2003, 05:07 PM | #8 |
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I only have one named weapon, Truthbringer. It's a blessed sword, one of the Twelve Blades of the Daywalkers. If the flat of the blade is touched to someone's flesh, then no lie may pass from their mouth.
And no, it's not Wonder-Woman's fallback weapon.
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04-21-2003, 05:09 PM | #9 |
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sound's cool
when can i read it?!
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04-27-2003, 02:13 AM | #10 |
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that sounds detailed and im jealous
the only characters ive got are still really losely done except for the main (right now her name is character A, or for short, i loveingly call her A) and maybe her two friends ae done a bit more than the rest. the third main (c) isn''t quite polished because she dies anyways.
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04-27-2003, 10:23 AM | #11 |
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Is that story long? In my novel, I've found that as I go on, I develop the characters more and more. In the start I found many of them boring, but by the end of Part 1 I had an opportunity to kill one off, and I couldn't bear to. So development can come as your story gets bigger, but it's good to focus on the characters.
Giving background or history for the characters helps, but it's not at all necessary for their development. Take Han Solo for instance. In the Star Wars movies, he had no background or history (except to say he's a smuggler) and he became one of the most main characters of the original series. So if you know you have a problem with your characters (like I did), you should probably work on them as the story develops. If nothing in the story gives you any inspiration for the characters, then I don't really know what to suggest. Anything imperfect that somebody does is important to note, for that can be a sign of what a specific individual is like. Anything bad that a person does is obviously important, and any kind of reaction they'd make which someone else wouldn't make is a distinguishing feature. |
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