The medium Era
The Earliest of Days ~ 2018-2019
Every friday for a year I sat down and wrote (part of) a story. Some of these I consider to be some of my finest story ideas. Rough and unpolished; only edited for typo’s, these raw stories await on my backlog. Which of them has your vote to be developed into the best story it can be?
As of yet, these stories lack images. If you are/know an artist that is inspired by these stories and would like to create (cover) art, feel free to contact me and send some. For now I hope the slideshow above inspires you to journey to my fictional worlds.
# 1
Fateweaver's chronicles
In Lumantia, the powerful ceremony of Fate-weaving and Name-giving is a tradition steeped in mystery. The Oracle ascribes to all citizens a name symbolic for the fate that is theirs and a gift to aid them on life's journey.
Once there were three brothers who defied their given fate. Three brothers who founded an empire. Three brothers who became legends!
Your thoughts
# 2
The Dark Paladin
I aimed to be a servant of justice once. A paladin of the order of Luzgara. A holy warrior.
My first mission was to be an easy one. Investigating some small-time occultists.
I stumbled upon something bigger than anyone could have anticipated. I was green. I made a mistake. I prevailed in the mission, but in doing so I technically committed a crime against Luzgara.
She considered my contract terminated there and then. I didn’t. My tools may have changed. So have my methods. But my goal remains the same:
Protect the unknowing populace against those that wish to stir up the night. If that means vengeance upon those responsible for my predicament, I'll consider that a bonus.
Your thoughts
# 3
Return to the Garden
The night is burning in Pontar. Chaos reigns in the streets. A revolt of the working class has most nobility leaving the city. For Aran, a young slave, it provides the singular opportunity he’s been waiting for his entire life. Escape.
Following a wish grown from his mother’s bedtime tales, he decides to search for the way into the fabled Garden. A mystical land of peace and plenty where no mortal footprint has fallen since the Expulsion near an aeon ago.
Many obstacles and trials lay between him and his goal. They will test him in more ways than he can imagine.
Unbeknownst to him, he is not the only one searching.
Will the Garden keep the promise the legends made? Can that promise be preserved?
Your thoughts
# 4
Nature's Champion
Selva Lance has returned to the lands of his birth on the frontier to find it conquered and broken.
His father, who fought for preservation, has been murdered. His homeland is being decimated.
How far will this son, born from two worlds, go to find justice and lay his father’s soul to rest?
Seeing no satisfactory resolution in the hands of the authorities, he strikes a bargain with Nature Herself.
Selva sacrifices all and unwittingly becomes ensnared in a war for the very soul of the wilderness.
Your thoughts
# 5
The Captain's Chronicles
The squad is back together again. Out of the army and new to the mercenary life, the mismatch of their races does not inspire confidence in most potential customers.
A Dragonborn outcast. An Elven druidess far from her home. A Tiefling rogue with a wicked sense of humour. A half Woodelf half Drow sniper with a maegichanical arm. A hulking human orphaned at birth. A Half-Orc with a battle temperament best not left unchecked. And a mysterious Magus.
But once they hear his name, doubt disappears.
The Captain’s squad. Captain Xanathos’ squad.
No matter how tough the mission, they deliver. Which is good. Because fate has determined them to be all that stands between the devises of Lolth and the dwindling empire Tymanther.