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Post by Hushabye on Jan 15, 2022 0:00:56 GMT -5
I'm here. Again. This time I've been inspired by The Witcher, and I really really want to write out my own grand magical quest!
Any takers? ^^"
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Post by Hushabye on Jan 15, 2022 4:29:45 GMT -5
Yaaay hi!
I've seen you around and I really like your writing style! ^^
I'm still working on season 2 of the Witcher but I'm free tomorrow so I'll probably binge it then haha~ It's been too long since I've had a solid epic quest to write so thank you for joining me~!
I have a couple ideas, but it might take some time to share them because the site only works on my phone now and typing here is a witch >/
However, I should have them up tomorrow by filtering through my ipad
In the meantime, feel free to share any ideas you have, or even just characters you want to use! That can give me an idea of how to weave them in too~
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Post by Hushabye on Jan 16, 2022 19:04:07 GMT -5
Sorry! I ended up babysitting all day yesterday! ^^"
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Post by Hushabye on Jan 16, 2022 23:30:58 GMT -5
Of course~ ^^ and thank you!! I try to change it up every now and then haha
Here are some prompts- finally- I've been filtering things through Evernote! I can write but editing will be a binch and a half :')
Background,
I intend to replicate the time-honored tales of a magical king who sleeps until he is needed: Characters can either be his knights who 'sleep' with him or new heroes, who seek to wake him when their kingdom is threatened on multiple fronts.
Background,
Knights/Royalty of an oppressive kingdom steal and secrete away the magical being/creature that makes their kingdom so powerful. They intend to right wrongs by returning the being to their ancestral homeland and are doggedly pursued by hunters, opportunists, and their own former comrades.
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Post by Amber on Jan 16, 2022 23:54:05 GMT -5
The next semester for me is going to start Tuesday, but I don't care, this caught my eye, and a magical quest sounds super fun. Also, as someone who's been almost exclusively on mobile for most of my writing since 2019, I can confirm it's hardly the easiest thing to do.
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Post by Hushabye on Jan 17, 2022 0:12:46 GMT -5
Hellooo! ^^ Thank you for taking an interest! This place is parched for magical adventures so I hope I can deliver! Your help will be greatly appreciated when it comes to worldbuilding!
Oh definitely- writing on samsung is a chore ;;;
Option number one is dubbed 'A Crown In The Mountain' but it's a working title-
So I took a quick look at my info on it and it seems to be part of a roleplay lost to the pages! So there's a foundation, at least~
I have some possible character roles too:
Wannabe Hero
Citizen With Something At Stake
Priestess/Priest Tasked With The Waking
Royal, Undercover or Assigned
Saboteur From The Opposing Side
Sleeping Warrior Who Woke Early Or Was Left Behind
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Post by Amber on Jan 17, 2022 0:25:42 GMT -5
I love worldbuilding. It's honestly one of my favorite things to do.
I also like the sound of A Crown in the Mountain, especially because the title (I guess that's what you can call it) is really cool. Also, all the roles sound really fun with a lot of potential. What kind of threats would be facing the kingdom? Invaders? An ancient big bad trying to rise again?
Also, timeline. How long has the slumbering hero been asleep?
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Post by Hushabye on Jan 17, 2022 2:44:29 GMT -5
That's great! because I'm kinda weak in that area ^^"
Hmm I haven't decided on the threat yet, but I was thinking it'd definitely end in their kingdom possibly being destroyed if they don't save it in time. Perhaps monsters that are considered more mythical are awakening and only the heroes know how to kill them. I'm borrowing from some Arthurian literature here- In one iteration, an Irish king is 'sleeping' in a mountain until his mortal enemies, a race of magic-wielding giants, rise again or break from their prison. I'm paraphrasing ^^"
I'd say long enough for them to be a myth that not many people take stock in. Like, they're prayed to but people generally don't expect it to mean anything
Lol that's what I was thinking! That could be a comedic scene- and they'd be grumpy the entire time xD
It's like the way you feel when you wake up a few moments before your alarm and you're like "wHY am I still here? Just to suffer?"
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Post by Amber on Jan 17, 2022 10:25:24 GMT -5
I like the idea of monsters or old enemies. Maybe some are naturally waking while others are being woken up by a neighboring kingdom or something? Maybe that could be the goal of the guy from the opposing side, slow down/stop the rest of the group so their side has time to prepare. I also like the idea that the slumbering hero(es) waking is also tied to some of the monsters/old enemies waking.
Alright, so probably like a couple hundred years then. Long enough to be forgotten as a real person who existed, but not long enough to be forgotten completely.
Depending if the warrior was left behind accidently or just woke up early for whatever reasons, I could see either scenario being funny. Maybe they're sort of stuck as they were when the hero was put asleep? Like maybe they can't age or die naturally and are just kinda in a living stasis until the hero is awoken.
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Post by Hushabye on Jan 17, 2022 19:22:16 GMT -5
Ooh, those are both a great ideas! To follow along that vein, perhaps people having faith in them is what makes them strong. If some shadowy character purposely jeopardized that and tried to instill fear of the monsters instead, the latter would have more power and the ability to awaken!
And having that be the goal of the saboteur is great too!
Yep, a couple hundred years sounds about right. Long enough for statues to crumble
Oh, that's definitely a feature! I think all of the heroes would be especially superhuman in some way, like there's only one way to kill them. That's why they can remain in stasis for so long & wake up without any change or aging. Perhaps they can also be rusty and maybe even forget parts of themselves! Like how to use magic or even their names
I think the hero's circumstance might depend on their character! Like if they were isolated from the others or preoccupied with another quest, they could be left behind. They could be prematurely awoken if a particular sect still revered them or even if they had a bad reputation/were connected to the monsters!
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Post by Amber on Jan 17, 2022 20:24:08 GMT -5
A belief-based thing giving them power sounds good and is always a fun idea. The saboteur also trying to instill fear in the others (and probably in the people they may meet along the way) in order to help the monsters rise just kinda works, I think.
Oh statues? Cool. And of course there would be things built in honor of these heroes, especially after helping defend the kingdom from monsters.
Yeah it makes sense they would all be superhuman in some form or fashion. They're heroes for a reason (multiple reasons, actually) after all. Also these guys forgetting parts of themselves is both a sad, but very interesting thought and leaves room for hijinks.
Good point! There's a ton of possibilities for that character and I don't think any of them are bad.
To quickly summarize so I have everything straight, hundreds of years ago (long enough for statues to crumble and for the hero(es) to be seen as myth and legend) the kingdom was being threatened. There were heroes who helped fight back the monsters and for reasons they were all put to sleep. Currently, these heroes are considered myth and are worshipped as deities (or something like deities) by the people. Recently, the monsters/ancient evil has been rising again with the help of a neighboring kingdom. So now there's a group of new heroes, including one of the old heroes, to wake the previous guys to save the kingdom. That pretty much sums up what we have so far, right?
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Post by Hushabye on Jan 18, 2022 8:22:02 GMT -5
Right!
The heroes could represent all classes/races by being one of each. i.e one elf, one peasant, a noble, etc
OR they could all be the same, and draw criticism for it
I'm thinking we'll go the elemental route if we don't find something better, but everyone having different/imagined powers is a good idea! My initial thought is that they were either already great heroes or just people trying to do the right thing, and they were bestowed with great powers because they earned the right.
Ooh! If we want to add ~specially crafted drama~ we can say that whatever gave them the powers is tied to the monsters. Maybe they know, maybe they don't but they're the reason that the monsters came into the world-?
Yep, you got it all right!
Y'gotta sprinkle a little angst lol
Knowing that people used to build statues of you but learning that they just use them as lampposts now haha
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Post by Amber on Jan 18, 2022 15:09:14 GMT -5
I like the idea of the slumbering heroes all being different, however I think some fun drama (I guess that's the best word for it) could arise if they're all the same class or something too. And maybe if there's criticism for it, it could cause some issues within the core group. What kind of races will there be? Just humans and elves or will there be a verity of fantasy races?
I like the idea that the ancient heroes were bestowed with powers after proving their worth as already great heroes. Maybe the powers they were given balanced out the monsters powers. If the powers were opposites in a way, it could add more to the heroes and monsters being connected.
Examples:
Can repair things with a touch vs destroying things with a touch
Take life to power self vs giving life to power others
Uses negative emotions to make people blindly follow it vs giving people clarity and strength of mind
Also, I'm a suckered for the thought of the slumbering heroes somehow brining the monsters into the world or even creating them. Maybe the heroes were trying to stop a bigger thing from happening and brought the monster into the world? Perhaps these monsters could even be loved ones they tried to resurrect after a different battle was won? In the process of saving their people, maybe the monsters are the effects of their efforts?
Having the ancient heroes potentially indirectly be the cause of those monsters on top of the culture shock of waking up after hundreds of years to find they've been forgotten outside of myth is honestly a tragic thought. At least a little bit of angst or tragedy never hurt anyone! Well, besides the people involved in it, but other than that it's harmless.
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Post by Hushabye on Jan 22, 2022 20:40:36 GMT -5
I want to keep races simple and maybe go with the legends we're already using- so fey, humans, giants, and maybe lesser things like brownies or trolls? Maybe even shifters, and we can call them druids!
Those are all great ideas- let's go with that! The heroes & monsters powers are connected ^^
That's all something to consider! I'm debating on the 'loved ones' thing because we can only have so much angst lol
But true! A little angst and tragedy won't hurt us >; )
To sum up the end there, we need to decide on the powers of the chief monsters & heroes
Decide whether they're all the same or different
And how they accidentally caused the monsters to appear.
My original thought was that they messed with something they shouldn't have and feel guilty for unleashing the monsters- who need a better name haha~
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Post by Amber on Jan 23, 2022 3:17:06 GMT -5
I like those ideas! Fey are always fun and having shifters/druids is also always fun. Maybe some powerful fey had a part to play in the whole monster situation? Also, if we do have some lesser races like Brownies and Trolls, maybe could be subraces for whatever main races we have?
Sounds good! And that's true! I guess it's a whole thing of "they're already going through it, should we add more?" At least we'll be fine with whatever we decide to do.
For the powers--and I'm not sure how helpful this is--I'm fine with pretty much anything. You can never go wrong with elemental powers, but (at the risk of sounding arrogant) I like the idea of doing something else in the vein of the examples I gave. We could also always go a somewhat basic route of healing, enhanced strength, enhanced senses, etc. too.
I could go either way on whether the powers between the two groups are the same or different. Having the same powers could lead to interesting ways for the heroes to ultimately beat the monsters assuming they're evenly matched. Also there might even more potential guilt for the heroes. Different powers could make the monsters more diffcult to deal with, especially if we want to have the powers between the two groups be opposites of each other.
For unleashing the monsters, maybe they were preforming some ritual or ceremony. To tie in with your next thought, maybe they found some ancient thing and basically messed around and found out. They also could've been tricked into unleashing the monsters upon the world for whatever reason.
I always enjoy the whole "they messed with something they shouldn't have/don't understand". As for a better name other than "monsters", I don't have any ideas right now, but I'll try to think of suggestions.
Edit (like six days later, but whatever~)
Okay, here are some name ideas for the monsters:
Lemure
Wight
Bogle
Eidolon
Shade
Baneful
Grotesquerie
Hellion
Wrtech
Umbra
Not sure if any of these are good, but it's a start.
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