#FATEFORETOLD; a lore & development blog
This blog serves to document the development of the original character ALANIS ZINMORA as written on @mistakenmessiah . It will also document my progress on the original novel / setting I am developing for Alanis (OF MAGIC, STEEL & STARDUST written by Nika Ravenscraft).
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ABOUT ALANIS
LOCATIONS
ELVES
HUMANS
ELVES VS HUMANS
MAGIC
IMPORTANT CHARACTERS
CONFLICTS
TIMELINE
MISC. DEVELOPMENT·
GRAPHICS
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OF MAGIC, STEEL & STARDUST.... AN ORIGINAL NOVEL BY NIKA RAVENSCRAFT.
story synopsis Elves can cast magic. Humans can not. Despite lacking arcane abilities, the humans, better known as Steel-Born, have been killing Elven ages at an alarmingly rapid rate. The Steel-Born's newfound ferocity seems to be connected to a strange, glowing, and magical sickness that is killing plants, animals, and humans alike within the Steel-Born kingdom. The Steel-Born are convinced the Elves are to blame, while the elves are convinced the Steel-Born are to blame. After all, the Steel-Born destroy everything they touch -- they tear down forests to build their homes and they hunt the natural wildlife at a rate that is bound to make animals go extinct. The youngest of three children, the backup heir to the backup heir, human prince Drustan is tasked with saving his people from the strange, magical, and ever-spreading sickness. Specifically, he's tasked with finding and capturing the strongest Elven mage and forcing that mage to rid his kingdom of the sickness once and for all. Meanwhile, in the Elven kingdom, mages are getting felled by enraged human knights at a concerning rate. Elves are meant to outlive humans, having been granted longer life spans out of the two species. However, they won't outlive humans if they continue to get killed at such a high rate. Because of this, the elven king is left with no choice but to draft his citizens into the war. Only the lucky few, exceptionally bright and talented mages are given the illusion of choice of fighting on the front-lines versus fighting from the back lines. Working class peasant turned magical prodigy Alanis Zinmora is given a harsh ultimatum by his king: fight on the front-lines and risk dying at the hands of a Steel-Born's sword, or work as an experimental war mage, developing unstable and deadly spells so the elves can put humans in their place once and for all. Alanis doesn't want to hurt people with his magic. He wants to develop healing spells, and spells to help people with chores so they can live stress free lives. He feels pressured to comply, especially since he was born with a sore leg that not even magic can help. As the war between the Elves and the Steel-Born rages, so does the strange magical sickness. As the sickness spreads, it starts to kill Elves as well as Steel-Born. There's more to the sickness than meets the eye… Will the two kingdoms put aside their differences aside long enough to save their planet from extinction? Or will they fight until their very last, wheezing breath? Alanis and Drustan may be from two different kingdoms but they share something in common: a yearning to make the world a better place. Can they unlearn their biases and trust each other long enough to save the world? Only time will tell…
PROLOGUE
YOU CAN NOW READ THE PROLOGUE & CHAPTER 1 ON WATTPAD & TAPAS!
