Post by selena on May 20, 2010 11:07:10 GMT -5
Alright, so this is just an idea that I've been working with. I write stories a lot, and this is just one of them, but I find I'm having writer's block. Actually, my block is so bad that I can't think of even how to start out.
The story focuses around two teenagers: Will Sorenson and Hailana Ranger. They're from two completely different worlds but, after a fatal 'accident' they collide.
So, if you guys want, you can play it out from Will's family's murder. Or from Lana's expulsion. Or from the Gathering. Or really anywhere you can think to start.
Needed Characters::
Lana:
Will:
Jennifer: (Lana's mom)
Horace: (Will's Overseer)
Essa:
The story focuses around two teenagers: Will Sorenson and Hailana Ranger. They're from two completely different worlds but, after a fatal 'accident' they collide.
Will has lived his whole life in Ohio. It's all he's ever known. It's been a normal life filled with normal teenager problems and dilemmas. What he doesn't know is anything about the world his parents came from.
They were born and raised as Unusuals, meaning they have an uncanny ability with weaponry or sorcery and a bloodline that can be traced back to medieval warlords and barons. They were both Knights.There are three races of Unusuals:Knights
Archers
and Sorcerers.
Knights and Archers have been rivals since the beginning of the Gatherings. The Gatherings happen once every five years. It's a ceremonial meeting of the races to establish a ruler over them all. Normally Knights rule. Archers have also had their fair share of holding the throne. Sorcerers have the highest population, because they aren't quite as medieval as the other two races. During the Gatherings, the champions of each race fight (to the death) to establish the ruler. And then, the winner of the competition (which lasts for six weeks) makes the laws, the regulations, the consequences, etc. for the next five years. He/she can choose to have a council under him/her and a 'police force' to make sure his/her words are upheld. Or, of course, he/she can rule as a single person. (Since the lifestyle is so medieval, it is uncommon for a female to be a champion or even undergo training.)
We begin with Will and his family. They're in Ohio. It's during the school year. The Knights have lost all their apprentices in the Fishurrs. (Fishurrs are the competitions among the race itself to determine who is to be champion. Among Knights and Archers it's also a fight to the death, whereas Sorcerers just fight until one is defeated.) So, the Knights have lost all their apprentices in the Fishurrs, and they're looking desperately for someone they can train. They're going after families who escaped into the Outer World (as they call us 'normal' humans.) They find Will's family. So, you know, they're trying to get Will's parents to give him up for training. They won't. Then the Knight Council hatches this evil scheme to get Will mad so that he'll want to fight for them.
Pretty much, they kill Will's family. The strange thing about it is that they were all murdered by bowmen. (Or so it would appear, since they were pincushions for a volley of arrows.) Will's mad. He's hurt. He's alone. So the Knights give him someone to blame - Archers. He's in training - on weekends and most days after school - for seven months.
Then there's Hailana. She's the last surviving child of the Silverleafs, and because of that she is allowed to train, though not under her family name. She's judged much more harshly and treated likewise. She has never liked the medieval lifestyle and has always fought against it. She gets into a lot of trouble - fights with Overseers and Council Members as well as other apprentices - and is .. expelled, more or less. Her father - a very harsh, grim man - sends her away to her mother. Her mother lives in the Outer World, having been born there and choosing to remain there. And (what a coincidence!) she lives in Ohio.
While Hailana (who goes by Lana) is in the Outer World, she continues her training in secret. At the same time, Will is training. He hasn't dropped out of school, and he's still just as happy-go-lucky as he used to be. Before. He's open and sincere and honest and kind.You know. One of those perfect guys that just don't exist in the real world. But every girl wants one.
And it just so happens that Lana's mother signs her up for school, and it's a private school where she can get this amazing education. Her mom is just wanting to show her that the Outer World isn't as bad as everyone thinks, and that it's really quite amazing. So she's attending a private school - the same one Will goes to. And (since she's doing her training in secret), being an Archer isn't exactly something she brings up. She fits in all right. She gets lots of friends. Will happens to be one of them.
Will doesn't know Lana's an Archer, and Lana doesn't know Will's a Knight. They find out at the Gathering (because Lana makes it through all the Fishurrs and becomes the Archer champion. It's a big deal for the Ranger family), where they have to fight each other. In all that, they create their own twist.
So, if you guys want, you can play it out from Will's family's murder. Or from Lana's expulsion. Or from the Gathering. Or really anywhere you can think to start.
Needed Characters::
Lana:
Age: 17
Height: 5' 7"
Hair Color: Red-ish brown
Eye Color: Teal
Race: Archer (The Ranger Family)
Will:
Age: 17
Height: 5' 11"
Hair Color: Blond
Eye Color: Green
Race: Knight (The Lionel Family)Will has to be happy, if you're going to use him. He's open and sincere and honest and happy and friendly and outgoing and - just an all around good guy. (No evil depression schemes. But he can be sad about it and everything. He tries to overpower those emotions with cheery rays of sunlight. )
Jennifer: (Lana's mom)
Age: 37
Height: 5' 9"
Hair Color: Mahongani brown
Eye Color: Teal
Race: Human
Horace: (Will's Overseer)
Age: 29
Height: 6' 3"
Hair Color: Blond
Eye Color: Brown
Race: Knight (The Lionel Family)
Essa:
Age: 13
Height: 4' 9"
Hair Color: pale blond, almost white
Eye Color: pale blue, almost white
Race: Sorcerer (The Avdryyn Family)