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Characters from the Arc Stories Arc. The hero. Always has been, always will be. From the beginning, he was everything I ever wanted to be. I didn't realize that until I had already turned him into this perfect warrior-knight kind of character, and now I can't make myself add any faults to him without feeling really weird about it. There may be plans to turn him into a sort of tragic hero, but if he's going to have a serious fault, there will only be one, and the reader probably won't blame him for it. (As much of a contradiction as that may seem.)Arc is intelligent, and does a lot of reading about ancient things. His father passed onto him a sword and the technique that goes along with it before he passed away. The sword is some six feet, curved slightly and has a ring near the top for a finger guide. Arc is very talented with the sword, and any sword (as trite as that may be...remember, I started all this a long time ago). He is also well-versed in military knowledge, which leads to him rising to power as general of the armed forces in Goethlane Grande, the powerful kingdom to the south. Seyanne. I hate to call her the love interest, because that is not the function she serves. Arc and Seyanne grew up together in the doomed city of Ailmar. They were two of the few survivors of a cataclysmic sort of event that happened (a cross between a supernatural disease and an evil anti-rapture sort of thing...it all happened at once...more on that later). The Goethlane Grande Barons and Nobility: Kizen. One of the most trusted advisors to the royalty in Goethlane Grande. He is a warrior with a past that somehow intertwines with the native Azan-Keimar tribes of the area. He used to be the crown's advisor and diplomat in all things tribal, until an Impish uprising separated him from his newlywed Azan-Keimar wife, who was the daughter of the shaman. Now Kizen is quiet and brooding. He fights with two short swords. Cerreun. Let's face it--nobody likes Cerreun. The first time I wrote about him, he was this sort of knight-in-shining-armor. As he evolved in my mind, he turned into this holier-than-though jerk. Cerreun is the cavalry captain in Goethlane Grande. He is desparately in love with the high preistess Rana, but she is hesitant to return that affection. There is another man involved--Rigit, the black knight, and it is unclear whether she loves either of them. Rigit and Cerreun (the Black Knight, and the White Gallant, respectively) come from rival family lines. Cerreun is full of himself, but good at what he does. The power of the Grande Cavalry is undisputed. Wyndroll. The archivist. Wyndroll is the keeper of the Archives, and a powerful magician. He has a throne inside the Goethlane Archives, and can always be found increasing his knowledge and his collection of books and writings. He is a wise and benevolent old man, whose powers of understanding are greater than anyone else's in the nation. Luard Spearcleft. Don't call him a faerie. Luard is the representative of a people known as the Bantams. Bantams are not a human race, or even very closely related to them. They are magical beings who stand about six inches tall and have buzzing wings on their backs. They live in colonies in trees or holes in rock walls. The Goethlane peoples have always had a good relationship with the Bantams, and Arc enlists their help for military purposes. Rigit. (Pronounced /rih-zheet'/) Rigit was my first black knight idea, which transformed over time into something very different. The black knights are a type of person who is born (seemingly) at random to people. There is a certain omen which signifies the birth of a black knight. They are Malakhim, a people who were hunted and cursed by the Euraphim, of which Cerreun is the last (or so the reader will be lead to believe). One of the effects of the curse of the Euraphim causes Malakhim to be unable to communicate with the tongues of Man. They can speak only savage speeches. |
Log:
I wrote an entire outline for this story in high school. It was like fifteen pages. I think it was the last thing I ever completed in my life. It was also kind of goofy. |
