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Lights of Abahd

Genre: YA, fantasy, adventure

Themes: magic, violence, politics, lgbtq+, spiritualism, mythology

Goal: 50,000 words (personal challenge: 75,000)

Status: Outlining/Second Draft

Synopsis: The Arch Mage of Thar’bon is seen as the most powerful mage in the kingdom. Leading the High Council and the Order of Mages, they are tasked with the safety of every citizen in the kingdom, and keeping order between the Great Houses. Always the head of the legendary mage family, House Abahd, members of their family have a monumental reputation to support.

Grandsons of the current Arch Mage, Aranthol and Alameric, have those same high expectations on them. Upon coming of age, the dutiful Aran, and reckless Meric, are inducted into the illustrious Order of Mages. Passing their trials, they are assigned to the same squad of mages, led by elder brother, Aran.

It’s a turbulent time in Thar’bon. The Crown Prince struck down in his prime. Crime at an all time high in the capitol, and numbers are low in the Order. As their squad is tasked with investigating thefts at important magical sites throughout the kingdom, a string of gruesome attacks strikes the Great Houses of Thar’bon. The Abahd brothers must put their differences aside and come together to forge their own destinies, and save Thar’bon.

“Lights of Abahd” is a magical story of two brothers trying to find their place in a magical world where their purpose seems predestined. Join Aran and Meric as they navigate this magical world and fight to defend their people.

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Main Characters

Aranthol “Aran” Abahd of Cauthuun, 19 - Light Magic/Battle Mage

“Our family needs us, why can’t you see that, brother? They need to us to be strong, not for them, not forselves, but for the Kingdom; for our people. Everything we are is because of this family .”

As the elder brother, Aran is seen as the future of the Abahd Family. Responsible and stoic, but a fierce combatant, his natural aptitude for magic and skill in battle make him a excellent new addition for the Order of Mages, and future successor to the hereditary title of Arch Mage…but is that where his heart is?

Alameric “Meric” Abahd of Cauthuun, 18 - Eye Magic & Empath/Support Mage

“My path is my own. I will forge my own destiny, one where I put myself first, not my surname. Who do they think I am? My father? My brother? Never.”

Meric is only a year younger than his brother, and the black sheep of his family. He’s a free spirit, with a wicked mind and sharp tongue, with more skill than he shows. But being the younger, rebellious grandson of the Arch Mage isn’t good for the family image…but what does he care?

✧ INTRODUCTION & WIPS ✧

ϟ I'm Mars! I'm a writer (duh). I'm Twenty-Three, and first started writing when I was Fifteen. ϟ My first novel was Take the Risk (Teen Fiction/Romance). It currently has over three million reads on Wattpad. I'm finishing the Sequel Embrace Our Fate (New Adult/Romance). ϟ Now I'm working on two fantasy romances! Blackheart & Grimoire Academy. I'm very excited to finish! :D

✧ ABOUT THE BLOGGER ✧

drinker of wine, knower of things, latinx, speaks two languages, daydreams often, plays a lot of video games, loves snacks, anime lover, a hopeless romantic, admires nature and earth's wonders, reads too many conspiracy theorie.

✧ MOBILE NAVIGATION ✧

Aranthol Augustus Hesikai Abahd, 2nd Heir to the Archmage

Titles: Lord of Cauthuun

Order of Mages Branch/Rank: Rangers; Captain

Age: 19

Ethnicity: Alosi/Bressian

Culture(s): Copper Alosi/Hillmen

Relatives: Alameric Abahd (brother), Lord Alasare Abahd (father), Evianna Beryl (mother), Lord Commander Augustus Abahd (grandfather)

Friends: Adolphia Seran, Sana Slumstotter, Ilerion DeClare, Emon (love interest)

Enemies: Emon, Crown Prince Hyperion (rival)

Heir: Alameric Abahd

Appearance & Character

Aran considers himself quite average looking, with light brown skin, deep brown eyes and curly black hair cut short. He's shorter than most mages, around 5'8", but makes up for it with a stout, powerful frame.

He dresses modestly; his casual attire consisting of a simple red tunic, with black trousers and boots. While on duty, he dons a sleeveless fitted black shirt, black tights and boots, with the traditional leather armor of the Ranger division of the Order of Mages.

Aran is level headed, modest, responsible and hard working, soft spoken, and has simple pleasures and few trivial wants. He is openly kind to common folk, and has a strong sense of duty that sometimes supersedes his own wants and desires. He is dedicated and resilient, and understands his future role as the Archmage, and it’s importance to the kingdom, but would rather just blend into the ranks of the Order. He’s extremely low maintenance compared to most nobles, with only one personal attendant that he uses mostly to supply him with snacks. Despite his stoic nature, Aran is a fierce combatant, enjoying the rush of battle. Aran is a natural leader and honorable to a fault. He does not have the most tactical mind, Aran will always put his team in a position to succeed, and himself in a position to sacrifice himself if necessary. He can be shrewd and cold when it comes to his responsibilities, and ruthless in battle. He also has a fiery temper that he inherited from his father, Alasare. Though he’s called dense and a “brute” by his brother, Aran is surprisingly thoughtful, and has a tendency to daydream, a habit he garnered from his mother, Evianna.

Aran has a large appetite, which he attributes to his high capacity for mana. The more magic he uses, the more famished he is. Aran is also gay and has no real attraction to women. He is troubled by this, as the title of Archmage is hereditary and another part of his duty is to produce an heir himself.

Magic & Abilities

Light Magic - Aran has the ability to absorb and store light, and express it using his mana. He is his strongest in direct light, such as sunlight, and on rare occasion, moonlight.

Photokinesis - Aran can manipulate light as he sees fit. He can shape the light into anything within the range of his imagination, such as weapons, rods of light, domes and walls for defense, and more. He can also produce powerful blasts of pure light magic. However, he does not have an acute control over his mana, and thus cannot produce large or intricate light structures when he is moving.

Light Augmentation - Aran can apply his light magic to different parts of his body in order to enhance his strength, speed and durability. He can also empower weapons, causing them to glow with bright light and raise to high temperatures that burn can burn flesh. This requires very little mana control, thus making it Aran's main fighting style.

Sensing - Due to his very calm, still mind, Aran is a natural and powerful sensor mage. He is able to sense the mana of others from several miles away, and recognize familiar mana signatures.

Skills

Expert Combatant - Aran has been trained in several styles of hand to hand combat, and with a variety of weapons, thought Meric is better with small blades. He the better at hand to hand, able to easily subdue opponents without magic.

Shield - Aran received a shield from his grandfather as a gift for being inducted into the Order of Mages. Aran uses his light magic to augment the durability off the shield, and sharpness of the edges. Due to a charm placed by his grandfather, the shield slowly collects magic that makes contact with it.

High Mana Levels

Aran is a High Magic mage, with an extremely high capacity for magic, able to pull heaps of mana from the mana pool at once. He rarely runs out of mana, and is seen as a prodigy in his generation because of this.

Weakeness

Low Mana Control - While being a prodigy in High Magic, Aran has very little skill in Mundane magic, as his ability to spin minute amount of mana is lacking. He has very little acute control over his magic, and thus things like charms, potion making and warding are quite difficult for him.

Average intelligence - Aran is notoriously pretty dense and is never the sharpest in the room. He has a simple, straight forward mind and way of thinking, which can cause issues in complex situations that do not require punching and kicking.

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Up next, Aran's younger brother, Meric Abahd!

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