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The Fire of Mondre
I've been thinking about this for some time, and I feel I should take on a solo write.
The world has never been a been a perfect place - in fact, it was gruesome, heartbreaking, and cruel at times. Ever since the Elves encountered Asia in the 1800s, and Dwarves came out of hiding in 1650, the world faced change. Three races, Humans, Elves, and Dwarves, intermingled, new ethnicities were born, and discrimination raged. Slavery existed against mixed races for 200 years before the Americas and Great Britain put a stop to it at last. Now a new issue faces their races:
Who is to say they are free? And what made you a human?
With races mixed as they were, seldom was it a true full-human was found. Those who were found one of three fates: captured and sold into illegal experimentations unknown to the common population; defending the rights of the public; or part of the Elites, a group of pure-blooded Elves, Dwarves, and Humans, dedicated to ridding the world of mixed peoples.
The remainder of the world's population found themselves struggling against the current. If they lacked enough sufficient Human race blood, were they citizens? With every government ran by Elites, rules were becoming more and more strict. Some choose to fight back, but with no goal. That is unless you were fortunate enough to fight by other means.
The lives of generations relied on the Elvish/Dwarf blood now deeply interwoven with that of Humans. If one strand was cut out, all the world would die.
Will you fight back and help define the term of "human" and "citizen"? Or will you join the Elites, power hungry and blinded by pursuits of "pure blood"?
Do remember, I might tweak a few things just to make it fit better. As for the character placing (main, secondary, etc.) will be read through, although I will make the announcements on who gets what on the 20th unless I reach the cap participants prior. These are the open positions:
Main Charries: 1-2 Elites, 2 Activists, and for the activists, 1 will be a girl, 1 will be a boy. I am especially on the lookout for one of them being a pure blood in Elf or Dwarf. You'll see why later, my friends.
Secondary Charries: 2-3 Elites, 2-3 Activists/Neutrals
Tertiary Charries: Up to 8? I will consider adding in more as the story progresses. Ohh, and to have one young Elite would be nice. You'll see why later!
Feel free to make up to 3 charries, but not all for the same position or gender! Charries close the 20th unless spots fill up before then.
Here is the charrie sheet:
Charrie Name:
Age (please be 9-18, especially in the middle range. Elites should be adults, though):
Gender (I am comfortable with having trans/fluid genders too):
Race (Human, Elf, Dwarf, or mix):
Ethnicity (even Elves and Dwarves have ethnicities based off of ancestry):
Appearance:
Personality:
Backstory:
Bad Habits:
Favorite Activities:
Pet Peeves:
Desired Role (Main, Secondary, or Tertiary):
Elite, Activist, or Neutral (remember, Elites can only be pure-blood, Neutral/Activist can be either):
Here is my Charrie:
Charrie Name: Zentra Stein
Age (please be 9-18, especially in the middle range. Elites should be adults, though): 16
Gender (I am comfortable with having trans/fluid genders too): Female
Race (Human, Elf, Dwarf, or mix): Human/Elf mix
Ethnicity (even Elves and Dwarves have ethnicities based off of ancestry): Latina
Appearance: Tanned skin tone; dark brown, oval eyes filled with knowledge and love; a beautifully formed smile, teeth like pearls, yet often hidden behind closed lips; long, pointed ears from her Elvish decent; long, wavy dark brown, almost black, hair, reaching past half way down her back, a small braided strand that slips from behind her ear when not pulled back to form a half-crown; tall and slender, with long, flexible fingers, and small hands and feet; usual dark clothing, especially her favorite being a dark blue tank top and black skirt, reaching just above her knees with black sneakers or flats; a golden locket hugging her neck, with memory of her mother inside; and a scar running across the small of her back from a beating years ago.
Personality: Caring and compassionate, strong in her beliefs of equality and freedom for all races. Zentra is somewhat timid, yet a natural born leader when she lets it show. When joined with her two closest friends (the other two main charries), the best in her traits are brought out. After massive abuse as a child from the Elites, the death of her mother, and the kidnapping of her younger sister, her whole life has been one black cloud, leaving her to fight through occasional moments of depression, fear, and sorrow.
Backstory: Raised in a poor yet loving Human/Elven household, Zentra and her younger sister, Metri, received endless fountains of love. Their father was a hardworking, sweet man who spent hours a day slaving over the heat of an oven, pounding metal as a blacksmith. Their mother stayed at home, raising her children with a homeschooled education, delicate in all her doings. When Zentra was five, she would play near the market with a friend (boy main charrie), when Elites came by. Her friend was examining a piece of fruit, considering to buy for his sick mother, and Zentra was by his side. The Elite saw this action from "filthy mixed folks" and beat the children with a whip. Her friend was left bleeding from the back, and they both grew up with hidden scars - both emotional and physical. At age seven, Zentra woke up in the middle of the night to sobbing. Father had just returned home - working night shift - and their lives changed forever. Mother was dead from a sickness she had been battling. Along with that, Metri was gone, a single note from the government stating she had been taken and shall not be returned. Her father left two years later when he felt Zentra was old enough to live with her grandmother, in order to search for his missing daughter. Her life from there was nothing but blackness, facing the brutish ways of her grandma, and the loneliness of death and disappearance.
Bad Habits: Depression, sorrow, and fear hold her back from doing what is sometimes right, or for the best.
Favorite Activities: Spending time with her two closest friends (main charries), reading, writing, music, and poetry. Also enjoying nature to escape from her grandmother for hours at a time, and remembering her family before all was torn apart by war and violence.
Pet Peeves: Noise. Whenever numerous noises or loud noises are present, she often cowers up, covering her ears, and on occasions, crying. Part of it was due to sensory issues, another part because it reminded her the night her mother died and sister was stolen, a night filled with the cries of her father.
Desired Role (Main, Secondary, or Tertiary): Main (this one is already chosen)
Elite, Activist, or Neutral (remember, Elites can only be pure-blood, Neutral/Activist can be either): Activist
Please note! I am looking for 1 boy main Activist and 1 girl main activist. Also, one of these please do be a pure blood Dwarf of Elf. Other than that, I don't really have any requirements. If there are more than one for a position that is taken, I will just have to choose. The final charries will be revealed the 20th unless spots fill sooner. Let's do this!
Admin, my last one the spacing got all scrunched together. In the preview it shows fine, though. So can we keep it all separate paragraphs like I have here without taking away the spacing? Thanks!
submitted by Ashlee G., age 16, The Future
(May 14, 2017 - 9:46 am)
(May 14, 2017 - 9:46 am)
Seriously, that would be a wicked plot! I love the idea, the only thing I am wondering is what Hermione said. But here's what I'm thinking:
1. As for location, that is where they are from, descendant wise. Like I am part Irish and German (among other things), so my descendants at some point came from Ireland and Germany. So I am going to place them all in one country (you'll see where).
2. Ages... Whew, that is a big age gap. 42 years to be exact. Any 57 year old who likes a 15-year-old would be seen as not so good of a person. Imma think we have two choices here: avoid the ship, or change someone's age. And I really like how you made Lasvius, Brooke! But I'm thinking right now, and I can't see any solution. Unless we wish to make it quite awkward. xD
(May 20, 2017 - 9:47 am)
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR EVERYONE!!
@Everyone, I still need some SC/TC's (I can get rid of TCs if needed). Just a few, especially boys.
@Danie and Brooke, so between the three of us, one of our characters should be a boy, that way we can have at least one boy MC activist. Are either of you open for that? If not, I can change mine.
THE UPDATED CHARRIE LIST:
MC Activists:*See the note I put above relating to genders, Danie and Brooke, thanks!
- Zentra Stein (my charrie)
- Natalie Meller (Danie's)
- Kiralla Zzdrit (Brooke's)
MC Elites:
- Lasvius MacQuoid (St.'s, and he'll be like the main Elite of the MCs if that makes sense)
- Bree Sandra (Hermione's)
- Jemma Beaumont (Killim's)
SC:
- Samuel Johnson (Eli., Kitten's)
- Chelsea Johnson (Act., Kitten's)
Any missing Charrie spots that aren't filled by tomorrow afternoon, I shall temporarily fill in unless we get last minute charries! We still need a few SC and/or TC, especially boys.
(May 20, 2017 - 12:55 pm)
I guess I'll join because this looks interesting and you say you need more charries. So here goes!
Elite, Activist, or Neutral: Activist, in her own quiet way.
(May 20, 2017 - 7:38 pm)
Ok, so I like the Kiralla/Lasvius ship, but I didn't notice the age thing. Considering their elves, Kiralla can totally be 55-58. That's pretty young as elves go, and it matches Lasvius's age.
Wait, are we doing the whole "elves are immortal and don't age quickly" thing? I am confused. If not, maybe Lasvius should be younger.
(May 20, 2017 - 9:24 pm)
As long as you're cool with it and want to approach the ship idea, then Kiralla could be 55-58. I think having the typical elf aging slowly thing would make sense. So yeah, I think all is good if you want to make Kiralla a bit older.
Now that I think about it, that would make the story super interesting!
(May 20, 2017 - 11:56 pm)
Oh, actually, if that's what we're doing, I might want to make Lasvius older. He's supposed to be late-middle-aged-but-looks-elderly.
Otherwise, I don't know! It could be interesting. (all Ashlee's choice, really, though, since she's the one writing it.)
(May 21, 2017 - 10:10 am)
Ok, so maybe having both Kiralla and Lasvius be around 160? That's about middle aged for an elf.
(May 21, 2017 - 1:57 pm)
Hmm.. Good idea. I'll make them around that age and we'll see how their ship unfolds :D I have a really good idea that i cannot say yet.
(May 24, 2017 - 11:07 am)
So I really think one of our main activist charries should be a boy, just so it's more equal. So between you two and me, are either of you okay with having your MC be a boy? If not, I can change mine.
(May 21, 2017 - 10:17 am)
My character can be a boy!
(May 21, 2017 - 11:35 am)
Awesome, thank you, Danie! I'll start on the first part, so let's see how it turns out!
(May 21, 2017 - 10:55 pm)
PART 1 is out!! Feel free to still make SC and TC for a while longer.
Life, so fragile yet cold as ice and deadly as the raging summer fires. Ever since the world tore itself apart at the seams, mindlessly fighting over the shade of one's skin, their voice, or their grandparent's birthplace, the fates' string broke. Within the shadows, an overpowering, deadly group roamed, their influence over the new country unbearable. These hungry souls were the famed Elites, pure-bloods of the nation craving for the removal of anyone less. In turn, children and adults of pure and mixed blood stood up, fighting against their suppressors. Or at least, that is what they will tell you. These men and women are fools, wrecking havoc against those who love them - the cheerful parents of their country.
I slam the book shut, growling at the mocking title, Armor liberorum, translating to "Love of children". The whole textbook is a required law of the Aminicas, or old Americas. A pathetic, ruthless, overly sugared deathbed to evil on how absolutely wonderful the Elites are.
It doesn't work on me, I know that much.
My name is Zentra Stein, and I swear I will change the world one day. I just... I am lost as to where to start.
"Miss Stein, you better be reading and not dreaming childish thoughts again!" A wicked voice calls, spitting my name like venom.
Grandmother. The only pureblood in our family for generations, an Elf, as gorgeous as day due to the Elvish slow aging. Dark to her core, I was forced to live with my grandmother after a tragic family event. One night I woke up to screams, my mother murdered and sister kidnapped. My father, the only loving family I had left, abandoned me in search for Amelia, my five-year-old sister. Seven years old now - that is if she is still breathing.
"Yes, ma'am, I just finished!" I say, cringing.
I gather my books - some hated Elitist school things, and others beautiful old English novels - and walk to the old attic window, shoving it open. Silently I slip out, my messenger bag slung over my shoulder, sneakers cutting into the roof tiles. A small pebble bounces off, hitting the granite below, the noise making me lose grip and slide down the two-story roof. I grip the edges, dangling haphazardly, tanned fingers turning blue and white with pain.
I take a deep breath, crying out as my hands fail and I tumble against the edge of the balcony below, cutting shallowly into my elbow, and then freefall to the driveway below. I scream as the ground comes flying closer by the millisecond, just to be caught in strong, dark, trusting arms.
With eyes wide, I look up into a face I know all too well.
Part 2 will hopefully be tomorrow!
(May 22, 2017 - 11:03 pm)
Sorry that part was so short! I didn't realize that until afterward, I'll make this next part longer this evening.
(May 23, 2017 - 10:01 am)
This is really good Ashlee. Don't worry about length, as long as the writing is good. Which it will be.
(May 23, 2017 - 6:25 pm)
Thank you! I promise it'll get even better, just you wait.
(May 23, 2017 - 9:39 pm)