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Alright, recently I was inspired to write more, as it's always been a personal passion of mine which I just never really seemed to getting around to doing. I'm trying to do more of it and right now I want to tackle something I've always been interested from a writer's standpoint, which is a story about magic users, one specifically from the eyes of the antagonist, because of always really felt them to be far more shallow than the protagonist ends up being. I've read a few stories from this perspective, but I find they usually end up with some tortured past and just snapped or they'll go good in the end. So now, I'm going to try to write a story from the view of an ancient evil jackass.

Inspired partially by Terry Pratchet's "The Last Hero" I want to write this story from the basis greatly of the old style, Good Guys vs. Bad Guys, the Bad Guys always have a secret escape door the Good Guys forget, ect. with the twist of a darker story line and actually killing off characters.

To the maybe one or two people here who read my last story, I promise that I will write more often in this one. I wasn't in summer then, and it was really a perspective piece so I found it difficult to do.

And now, why do you give two [censored] about a story I haven't started writing? I'm looking for a bit more inspiration about what to happen. When I get an idea that I love, I start writing from the gut, with thoughts that come into my head that I don't bother to think about to later. That's where you all come in. This time, as a source of information, and I know, this has been done a hajabillion times before, I want you to get a chance to put you're character into the story. The format is bellow, parodies are great, I intend this to be a great deal of a humor piece, as it is really my thing.

So let's get right to it, you can use an existing character too, whatever, just make sure they fit.


Name: I'm not even explaining this. If you can't work it out, please kill yourself.
Side: Good or Evil. Sorry folks, no between. Even thieves have a kind or evil meaning at heart. Basically, which side do you fight for?
Powers or Skills: What can you do? I'll even take bean farmer. BEAN FARMERS FOR JUSTICE!
History: Whereda come from?
Personality: What are you like?


The more interesting you are, the more likely you'll get in.
Please keep it in reason.


And that's it. I'll probably start work in a week or so. If I forget and anyone cares, PM me.

Sounds interesting. Around when is this set? Past, Present, Future?

I'm always a fan of these sorts of things set in the present. Gives you a lot of opportunities to wreak supernatural chaos in settings we're very familiar with. Gives it a hint of realism by way of location.

^^ Nothing like a pissed off elemental having a paper coffee cup catch fire in a Starbucks.

Alternate reality. Medieval Europe based.

And I'll probably throw in plenty of inappropriate pop culture references here and there and....
Holy [censored] I'm gonna have Farbucks horse shop/Tavern!

Well hey, I'm all for people trying out experimental writing. Let's see if I can't make you a character worthy of your pen, XD

I wouldn't worry about that?
Humble? No, no. I'm a god to you muhahaha!

But no seriously, I just write on the computer, so no pen is involved XP

XD I'm blanking out. Give me a day or so, right now everything I can think of is corny with a capital C.

Whatever, it's cool, I want a few other people here too anyway and for the next....
*Checks date*
18 days or so all I have is a laptop and a 360 for entertainment so it shouldn't be much of a problem.

I'll put a character in, but I want to see what Fastchapter posts so I know what kind of character you're looking for.
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Wasn't there another thread based on the same idea? Was it yours?

You're not against tinkering with a gay character are you? Not sure where your comfort level is at there.

I might just contribute to this. But I, like the other two, will need a little more time to develop a character fully.

I have a few questions though:

-Are we allowed to go deeper into details about our characters? Are we for example allowed to describe looks and write aditionall information?
-How does the power/skills work? Can the character only master one specific spell, or could they for example be masters of an element?

That's pretty much everything I'm wondering about at the moment.

My comfort level was demolished the day I joined the furry board. So, yeah, I could live with that.

I'm really not sure what kind of story this is yet. The setting sounds like Spiffman's sort of stuff. Thaumapunk, or something like that.

I think he was referring to me, Spiff.

Sure, I'm fine with a gay character, no problems there.

And Sithil, as to details, go as far as you want with that.
Skills, well pretty much DnD is going to be a lot of the influence in magic comes. Your character can have plenty of spells, but most wouldn't be massive world ending stuff. Also, power/skills can be something like skills in stealth for a thief, fighting for a fighter, elemental control for an elemental, all those kinds of things.


Just a sec FatalCrash
*Wikis Thaumapunk*
*Googles it*

That's a guess part of it, but I intend to mix that with a the whole hero evil villain mythos from all the those stories people grow up on while putting it in a darkener. Meaning all the beings of power fight for one side, and evil doers have their dark towers, ect. except when the hero is caught, after the evil villain delivers his plan rant, he dies, and if the villain isn't fast enough to get out his sercret back door, snick-snack, there goes his head.


And I believer there was another thread with the whole character addition thing, but I'm pretty sure he was doing on a Twokinds fan thing.


Ask for anymore.

I'm not kidding, this computer, a 360, and a TV that I have no idea where anything is on it is all I have to entertain myself for the next 18 days. God I hate vacations with the family. I'll be on pretty much everyday and I have time, so don't worry about how long it takes to flush out a character.

Flesh? XD Come on, we're not *that* bad! Alrighty, I suppose I'll be the guinea pig?


Name: Jeffery "Rowan" Amadeus

Age: 24

Alliance: Good

Skills/Powers: Rowan has been somewhat of a closet shapeshifter for the better part of his childhood and leading straight into adulthood. He has since learned that physical advantages that he might have in any given form are severely stunted if he is malnourished or generally ill, like any other person. Any "powers" a shape may give him are not affected by the forces that allow him to go through shifts. If he is weak, he is weak in all forms.
When he isn't experimenting with the supernatural side of himself, he works as an artisan blacksmith.

Appearance: (when unshifted) Rowan stands just shy of six and a half feet tall. His hair is black, and always tied together behind his neck by a loop of twine. His choice of occupation and recreation keep him physically fit, though not ridiculously muscular. He is lean by any definition. He wears whatever he is able to afford.

History: Rowan was born in Navarre, a small state on the border of modern-day France and Spain, by the name of Jeffery Amadeus. He was raised into wealthy society by the good graces of the Amadeus family name, and received a proper education in etiquette, recent histories, and spoken Latin. At age twelve, Rowan shapeshifted for the first time.

A peddler had been showing Rowan a Burmese python that his father had gotten imported. With him, his parents, and his older brother gathered around to see the exotic creature, Rowan had taken to mimicking the snake's way of testing the air. His older brother had been the first to notice the shock of scales creeping out form under Rowan's cheek. It had also been Rowan's last day in the Amadeus household.

He was sent to a reform school in England the next morning, at his father's insistence that he had been afflicted with some sort of demon. He spent three years at the "school," each of which carried their own form of punishment for his latent abilities. Exorcisms fell to other various methods aimed at releasing whatever evil was inside of him. He was whipped, beaten, and burned all in the name of purification. Throughout each torment, Rowan learned to use his abilities to cover his scars. His captivity offered him a reason to practice, rather than find personal sanctity.

After three years, he had had enough. News of his escape spread quickly, following him all the way to southern England where he made a new home for himself in a small port town called Dover. He renamed himself simply, "Rowan," a name that simply meant "one who wards off evil spirits." He liked the irony.

(I left details of the whole "reform school" and escape unfinished, in case that's something you'd like to fill in on your own.)

Personality: Rowan has long since forgiven his family for what they had done, and harbored only resentment for those who abused him in the past. He's quiet, rarely speaking to anyone whom he either doesn't trust or who doesn't have something to hang over his head. He has a habit of coming off as insulting to those who adhere to local customs, and has inspired several spook stories among the people of Dover of monsters that inhabit the woods.

Likes: Rowan has since found that he excels in hunting when shifted, and has become something of a good cook when limited to ingredients growing from the ground. When he isn't working, or hunting for food, he finds entertainment in following some of Dover's reputed huntsman while shifted. Stories have erupted among hunting parties of wolves in the woods that toy with anyone who dared make camp. Some even claimed to have woken up with traces of jet-black fur on their clothes.

Dislikes: People in general. Rowan has never pursued relationships with others because of his innate ability to find flaws in anyone he has shown interest in. His unending mistrust of anyone who has tried to get close to him has left many possible friendships to waste away. He also finds any conversation that brings up his old name, Jeffery, back from the grave to be intolerable. Given the folklore-driven world he lives in, it's hard to get away from legends.



There you go! You're more than welcome to do what you like with any of this, and feel free to fill in the gaps that I've left if the story ever demands it. I didn't want to write you into any corners, so this should be basic enough for you to start off sprinting.

Question, though: I'm not sure where you plan on having the story take place, so I just randomly selected Dover, England as Rowan's residence. You can change it if you like - no real thought went into Dover - so I'm hoping no one feels pressured into saying "Okay, I guess my guys lives there too."

I'm probably not gonna have any real places in there, so I'll probably just make up a place in the world you've come from.

Alright, we've got our first hero! Battling courageously against the evil menace!
And turning into a snake thing!
Rawr!

Whoops! Clarification: Rowan can just as easily shift himself into any other creature he's able to visualize, not only snakes. :P *points at the wolf reference*