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Elijah Evans
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Camden Flores
Would people here be okay with a fantasy setting that has modern standards of hygiene and plumbing? I like swords and dragons but I'm not into dysentry and smallpox.
Julian Hall
Many people just gloss over the seamier side of medieval life, and no one cares.
Alexander Lewis
Personally, I prefer fantasy where the average joe doesn't live in squalor, and where the biggest threat to commoners is orcs, not bubonic plague.
Luke Jackson
r8 my idea
setting:
>apocalypse happens, and the sudden death of billions of people causes magic to reawaken
>society knows almost nothing about the old world except for heavily distorted myths
>the wastes are filled with zombies and mutated flora/fauna
>in the ruins of Washington DC is where the story begins.
>DC is a vaguely hindu inspired place with a strict caste system. priests are at the top, necromancers are the untouchables.
>priests use magic to keep the necromancers in line. the priests can lay curses on anyone who they know the name of, so any rebelion/escapes are punished quickly
>zombies/undead will automatically try to kill the closest living thing in sight, except for necromancers, who can naturally walk among zombies unmolested.
>necromancers controlling zombies ends up looking 50% like training dogs and 50% casting magic
>undead directed by necromancers are used for electrical generation (turning power turbines) and hard labor in DC.
>mc is a necromancer in DC named Marcus (subject to change). Marcus is an intensely curious individual who wants to know more about the old world, and is frustrated both at how little is known, and how little freedom to learn he has as a necromancer.
>mc's friend/sidekick is Vergil. Vergil has much more simple motivations than Marcus. He just wants a full belly and some respect.
Logan King
So what's the character's journey and conflict and stuff?
Brayden Jenkins
sorry, forgot to post this
plot:
>first chapter: Marcus goes out into the wastes with Vergil to find fresh zombies for DC. introduces the characters and the setting to the reader.
>second chapter: Marcus and Vergil return with their zombies to find DC in flames. While they were in the wastes, DC were attacked by the Knights of Lys.
>The Knights of Lys are an order of Quebecois holy warriors, as Quebec is the only place where Christianity is still practiced.
>Deciding that enough is enough, Quebec decides to start a crusade and retake the entirety of North America, converting by the sword as they go.
>Our intrepid heroes decide to get out of dodge, knowing that the Knights of Lys don't like necromancers, and guessing that any priests who could curse them are either busy or dead
>Vergil wants to go south to New Orleans, where the Lich Queen rules, but Marcus convinces hi that this would just be trading one master for another.
>Instead, Marcus convinces Vergil to go east on a pilgrimage to the legendary Shrine of the Old Gods (which is literally NORAD HQ).
>rest of the story is Marcus and Vergil's adventures in the wastes on their pilgrimage.
Ideas/other setting notes:
>Bandito, formerly Texas, is the land of the Bandi. The Bandi are heavily mutated humanoids who look diabolic, with small horns and red skin. Bandito is basically the only place guns can be found in the setting, although these guns are rather primitive (most modern guns/bullets were used during the chaos after the apocalypse)
>New York is literally run by Jews. It's the only place with ships capable of trans-anlantic journeys. This is mostly to keep europe as a posibility for the setting.
>california is owned by druids, who worship the redwoods. They're basically hippies (complete with tie-dye robes) with magic. they don't like necromancers.
Jayden Price
Oy vey, this book doesn't have a third act and the plot is purely reactive. It's a mess from top to bottom, but I have to finish it.
Jaxon Roberts
I don't know how to write a summary/elevator pitch/back cover blurb for my ideas. Whenever I try, it just starts sprawling out of control and reveals my idea is bad.
Easton Murphy
three paragraphs
>"X is a ..."
>"Then Y happened"
>"Now X has to do Z to deal with Y. Will X succeed?"