#dragonscar

Rules: List all the things you’re currently working on in as much or little detail as you’d like, then tag some friends to see what they’re working on: writing, art, gifsets, whatever.

I totally got tagged by @ancient-trees​ to do this. Which, like, makes me really happy because ancient-trees is awesome.

I’ll try not to get too elaborate, but I’m bad at summarizing, and can get carried away.

Project Elshador (which is what I currently call it. I doubt the project as a whole will ever finish, but the different aspects of it will be. Elshador is the name of the fictional world most of my stories, comics, etc take place in. It is an ever evolving world (evolving as in, there are a lot of blank spaces on the map, as well as geography changing over time, and magic systems changing. So far it has had a total of 5 different magic systems. It changes due to different cataclysmic events that happen in the world.) Here are some of the different aspects of Project Elshador:

The Dragonscar Chronicles This is the main body of Project Elshador. It consists of 3 (possibly 4) books(titled “Thornheart” “Oathblade”(<this is the one that possibly makes it 4. Unsure if it will be split between the two around it or if it’ll be it’s own) “Dragonscar” and “Gateshard”). At this time the magic and elements are ruled by beings called the Duilri. Well, the Duilri(or King) of Dreams hated his kingdom, being confined to the mental state, so he waged war against the physical world which was defended by the dragons. Thus the great Dragon Dreams war began. When it looked like the dragons were going to win, the King of Dreams created the Dragonscar, a weapon that could destroy a dragon’s mind and magic and possibly kill them. In the end the oldest of the dragons had to seal away the King of Dreams with a powerful spell that also caused himself to be sealed away. The Dragonscar was given to a human king, an ally to the dragons, for safe keeping. But the seal eventually started cracking and the King of Dreams reached out to the weak minded, promising power, and sought his freedom. The first book entails how the Dragonscar was stolen away from the human king (well, there’s a lot more to it than that, but there’s the gist). Book two goes into how it effected those characters and how it was sealed away between our world and Elshador. Book 3 brings the Dragonscar back to Elshador to defeat the King of Dreams once and for all and freeing the Elder dragon. Book 4 goes into the aftermath how ending one of the 12 Duilri disrupted the magical balance so much, that if they don’t balance things out again, it could mean the end of the world. This series has a lot of intertwining plots and characters. It’s been in development for.... 8 years now.

It has scattered pieces here and there. Book 3 (which was originally the ONLY book) has had a complete rough draft written out and finished (thanks to NaNoWriMo). World count had reached well over 100k words. More like 150k. The first in the series (Thornheart) has about 75k words written on it (again thanks to NaNoWriMo). I also have piles of concept art as well as artworks I commissioned from different artists involving the various characters. Not to mention notebooks full of notes and world building specifically for these stories.

Dragon Fall A relatively new concept that hasn’t been around for long and is mostly just a concept. Mostly a romance that takes place hundreds of years after The Dragonscar Chronicles. This will be a comic that will explain what happens to the world after it’s magical “reset” and what happened to the dragons since the reset causes them to loose most of their magical ability.

Ebony Mist This is a side story that goes along the same timeline as Dragonscar Chronicles. It’s a romance (almost like my version of Beauty and the Beast). It had a rough version on Wattpad that got to 21 “parts” (or really short chapters) before I went to rewrite it, and currently the rewrite has 4 chapters. Both versions are on Wattpad.

Jewels of Friendship (name might be changed) A comic I started a long long time ago that was just supposed to be a funny little fantasy-esq comic about my friend and I as a couple of adventurous elves. Well, it got two chapters completed a long time ago (with cringe-worthy middle-school art), with the whole rest of it planned out. Well, it dawned on me that it very well could be set in Elshador. It takes place way before the Dragon and Dreams war, before there were the Duilri, when the world’s magic depended on magic crystals. The main villain wants to see the world turn to chaos so goes and destroys the crystals while the heroes (a nice sized fellowship of them) have to stop him. It’s more of an adventure comedy more than anything else, and a lot of the characters were friends or family that wanted to be inserted as part of it.

Elfy’s Quest I always have WIP pages for this comic series. Currently I have two comics, one involving me reading and getting upset about a character’s death (happens too often...) and another about me and playing video games (and involves chocolate).

Commissions I’ve kind of been putting a lot of these off, but I have several art commissions in progress. Probably about 5 altogether. I really need to get onto them. But it’s been hard with moving and still trying to get the new house together while on a lot of overtime at work.

Well, I think that’s about it for now. I probably have other WIP but they were set to the side for the move, so I’m not counting them right now.

In ancient tales and long-told lore There is whisper of a great war Not between lord and mortal king But with dreams and dragon wing.

An immortal king, a being of old With great power with which he could mold The mind of any who slept so deep Fair dream or nightmare he could reap.

The last of his kind, he stood alone Wandering and corrupted to the bone Unlike his brothers he could not fade So of his pure self he became a shade

Darkness to his heart once of gold To greater power his soul he sold Corrupt grew his mind in corners dark Nightmares he brought, cold and stark

But he wished for more than petty dreams To rip the worlds mind apart at the seams Over people he wished to reign Many men went truly insane.

But guardians watch over the world So their mighty wings were unfurled Over sea and over land Before the king they took a stand

Dragon strong and dragon tall They would not see the world fall So dragon fire filled the sky As the battle raged on high

The King of Dreams faught hard He fled away, gravely scarred He had not lost but neither won Until a wounded dragon he came upon

He slew it in an easy stroke And stole away under his cloak A dragon scale so long and thin With power he could wield within

With this scale he would bind The power he had over mind Thus the Dragonscar was made A shining strong crymson blade

Many strong dragons fell Under the Dragonscar's mighty spell Decaying mind and rampant madness Always followed by everlasting sadness

He could not be stopped by dragon fire And so the days grew utterly dire One last hope alone would stand A thief in the night and slight of hand

Thus the Dragonscar was stolen The King of Dream's anger swollen More havoc than before he brought On mortal man and beast, distraught

But over fear and over strife The Elder dragon gave up his life His great roar shook the Earth Making all quiver by their hearth

He sealed away the King of old No power did he withhold Using all his power and might The Elder dragon died that night

Sealed away in forgotten tomb So removed the world's doom Yet dragons mourned a great loss For it was at a great cost

But what happened to Dragonscar? It was not taken all too far Into the safe of a mortal king To be guarded like a precious ring

And so it is was sealed away Hoped to never again see light of day Ages passed and the young grew old Deeds became legend often told.

So songs were sung of that day That memories of the past would never fade The Dragonscar the king had gotten But such strife could never be forgotten

So remember remember the Great War So as not to repeat what happened before Of dark nightmares and dragon fire Of battles fought when days were dire

So peace fell upon the kingdoms From nightmares all had freedom We thought joy would forever reign While King of Dreams sealed he would remain

But after a long peace The strength of seal began to decrease An influence on men he made Revenge on dragons would be paid

A listener of the King of Dreams Heard the voice through the seal's seams. He hatched a plan to free his king And give him back this mighty thing.

Rare was someone who could creep Into the mortal king's strong keep This kind of man was very uncommon But listener found it within a shaman.

So deep in the night it was stolen away Under the King of Dream's sway But shaman knew who pulled the strings And would not give up this mighty thing

To its maker the Dragonscar did not return Because the shaman had concern Over the world of Elshador So the Dragonscar away was bore

Using the weapon's massive power He was gone within the hour To a world beyond that of Elshador Where Dragonscar was lost forever more

But the power of the Dragonscar Caused a madness to loudly roar Of a dragon who was far too close So into rampage madness the dragon goes

None would kill it for fear of curse Till the destruction became much worse Then mortal king that the shaman stole from to the rescue of he people he would come

In final field and wood afar Blood was spilt and the ground charred The dragon was killed by mortal king But he did not fly on victory's wing

His life he gave to save his kingdom From thralls of madness people had freedom The king's line was cursed as Dragonbane Because a dragon had been slain

So a king fell and another rose Whom none chose to oppose But Dragonscar and King of Dreams Are lost forever, or so it seems

A great story from here can be told Of redemption and powers of old The ripple effect of the Great War And now peace there will restore

All this for the tale of a mighty thing Of a story whose plot now can spring The tale of Dragonback and Dragonbane The story of the Dragonscar now remains