Mariketsu
I Am the Darkness, I'm the Monster
- AKA
- Razael
Hey doodz!
So, I decided to share with you guys the development of my Novel-In-Progress, which will currently span a total of 4 Story Arcs (and might just be separate books if it pans out right). Also, be advised, as it is still a work in progress, if something doesn't make sense or sounds kind of off, I prolly haven't completely ironed it out yet xD.
Anyway, the tentative title at the moment is "Kings of Fate", which is still subject to change, and the story centers around my two main characters, Kabel and Rowen, whom start out as good friends and eventually form a deep bond of brotherhood with each other, as well as forming close friendships with the wider cast over time. This story entails a lot of supernatural-type stuff, like demons, mages, etc so, it'll prolly sound a little anime-esque xD.
In the beginning, I had only really loosely created both characters out of a gathered-interest in various different things, like Final Fantasy, various anime and even some movies, though there wasn't much at the time and they weren't even properly named. It wasn't until I watched the anime, 'Kill La Kill' for the first time that inspiration literally slammed me like a mack truck and the story took off like a shot through the dark. No kidding, so many ideas and details just started falling into place and then my wider main cast of characters began to materialize. I eventually realized that I wanted the theme of the story to be about a brotherhood between men, who face their trials and tribulations together with some even testing their bond, seeing if they can overcome it.. (Yes, I know, it sounds a bit like CW's 'Supernatural' xDDD, though it IS where some of the inspiration came from LOL.)
The story also entails a bloody history prior to present time and lays down what lead to the current events. As follows, here's a rough draft/summary of said history:
In the time when humanity was still very young, demons were not too well known and the Fallen Ones, those who originally fell from Heaven following Lucifer, came to understand this quickly. In an effort to corrupt and hurt humankind, 5 of the Fallen Ones eventually came into contact with 5 humans, each one coerced into striking a bargain with a Fallen One each, and were soon dramatically transformed into the 5 Progenitors of Demonkind: Ivory, Amber, Azure, Jade, and Red.
[Side Note: This transformation given to each human permanently removes their humanity and alters them physically and mentally, becoming demons themselves, however, the only thing they could not change was their souls.]
These 5 Demons became known as the Progenitor Kings as they possessed the direct bloodlines of the Fallen Ones on the earthly plane and spawned the Earth's race of demonkind, further instilling their demonic heirarchy shared between them.
Demonkind began to populate over the millennia, only being hindered somewhat during the Great Flood that brought an end to the first of humanity, though each of the 5 Kings at the time, survived. Their numbers soon increased to such a rate that humanity began to fall under their thrall, many humans being taken as slaves, hunted down or merely being killed by proxy from collateral or for no reason. Among the humans, Mages existed as well, but though they were equipped with innate, magical ability, many of them eventually fell prey to demons, as demons were both skilled in their type of demonic magic as well as powerful, physical prowess, often fighting rather ruthlessly and savagely. Normal humans themselves lost many to the demons, with only few managing to succeed in fighting back. In a desperate attempt to hold on to hope and search for a way to stop the tyranny of the 5 current Demon Kings (Shiro, Saffron, Cerul, Edel and Carmine), the remainder of humanity prayed to Heaven, pleading for a way out..
Thus, the 1st Generation of Darkslayers came to be, dubbed the Firstborn. Darkslayers are human, like ordinary people, but are also equipped with an extra gene (later called the Berserker Gene) in their genetic makeup that grants them superhuman abilities, strength, power and innate, magical ability, much like Mages but to a somewhat lesser degree. Slayers can be considered "metahumans" for this reason. Their bodies are more reinforced with strength and their bone structures carry more density than normal, allowing them more force in combat. Beyond this, however, is a Slayer's greatest asset in battle: the ability to transform into an enhanced, armored state-of-being, later called Berserker Mode. This form allows a Slayer to utilize and/or reach their current peak in full power as well as giving them higher physical defense.
With the rise of the Darkslayers, a war between both races was ignited and, over time, demonkind was driven back into the shadows, along with 4 of the Demon Kings (2 having been moderately wounded), while the Red King, Carmine, had been slain as well as many others. Humankind finally began to flourish and repopulate the world again, especially now that the Slayers had established the Crusade Order, taking up the mantle they believed had been given to them by God, to protect others from the clutches of demons. The Berserker Gene was also found to often be hereditary, as it allowed newer generations of Slayers to be born alongside ordinary people, thus, demonkind had finally been contained..
Within the shadows of the world, the 4 remaining Kings, particularly Shiro the Ivory King, bided his time, waiting for a chance to strike back, waiting for humanity to weaken.. and for the Slayers to drop their guard...
Well, that's pretty much a rundown of how it all started. I'll go into other details in a second post as this one is REALLY long already xD.
~ Mari
So, I decided to share with you guys the development of my Novel-In-Progress, which will currently span a total of 4 Story Arcs (and might just be separate books if it pans out right). Also, be advised, as it is still a work in progress, if something doesn't make sense or sounds kind of off, I prolly haven't completely ironed it out yet xD.
Anyway, the tentative title at the moment is "Kings of Fate", which is still subject to change, and the story centers around my two main characters, Kabel and Rowen, whom start out as good friends and eventually form a deep bond of brotherhood with each other, as well as forming close friendships with the wider cast over time. This story entails a lot of supernatural-type stuff, like demons, mages, etc so, it'll prolly sound a little anime-esque xD.
In the beginning, I had only really loosely created both characters out of a gathered-interest in various different things, like Final Fantasy, various anime and even some movies, though there wasn't much at the time and they weren't even properly named. It wasn't until I watched the anime, 'Kill La Kill' for the first time that inspiration literally slammed me like a mack truck and the story took off like a shot through the dark. No kidding, so many ideas and details just started falling into place and then my wider main cast of characters began to materialize. I eventually realized that I wanted the theme of the story to be about a brotherhood between men, who face their trials and tribulations together with some even testing their bond, seeing if they can overcome it.. (Yes, I know, it sounds a bit like CW's 'Supernatural' xDDD, though it IS where some of the inspiration came from LOL.)
The story also entails a bloody history prior to present time and lays down what lead to the current events. As follows, here's a rough draft/summary of said history:
In the time when humanity was still very young, demons were not too well known and the Fallen Ones, those who originally fell from Heaven following Lucifer, came to understand this quickly. In an effort to corrupt and hurt humankind, 5 of the Fallen Ones eventually came into contact with 5 humans, each one coerced into striking a bargain with a Fallen One each, and were soon dramatically transformed into the 5 Progenitors of Demonkind: Ivory, Amber, Azure, Jade, and Red.
[Side Note: This transformation given to each human permanently removes their humanity and alters them physically and mentally, becoming demons themselves, however, the only thing they could not change was their souls.]
These 5 Demons became known as the Progenitor Kings as they possessed the direct bloodlines of the Fallen Ones on the earthly plane and spawned the Earth's race of demonkind, further instilling their demonic heirarchy shared between them.
Demonkind began to populate over the millennia, only being hindered somewhat during the Great Flood that brought an end to the first of humanity, though each of the 5 Kings at the time, survived. Their numbers soon increased to such a rate that humanity began to fall under their thrall, many humans being taken as slaves, hunted down or merely being killed by proxy from collateral or for no reason. Among the humans, Mages existed as well, but though they were equipped with innate, magical ability, many of them eventually fell prey to demons, as demons were both skilled in their type of demonic magic as well as powerful, physical prowess, often fighting rather ruthlessly and savagely. Normal humans themselves lost many to the demons, with only few managing to succeed in fighting back. In a desperate attempt to hold on to hope and search for a way to stop the tyranny of the 5 current Demon Kings (Shiro, Saffron, Cerul, Edel and Carmine), the remainder of humanity prayed to Heaven, pleading for a way out..
Thus, the 1st Generation of Darkslayers came to be, dubbed the Firstborn. Darkslayers are human, like ordinary people, but are also equipped with an extra gene (later called the Berserker Gene) in their genetic makeup that grants them superhuman abilities, strength, power and innate, magical ability, much like Mages but to a somewhat lesser degree. Slayers can be considered "metahumans" for this reason. Their bodies are more reinforced with strength and their bone structures carry more density than normal, allowing them more force in combat. Beyond this, however, is a Slayer's greatest asset in battle: the ability to transform into an enhanced, armored state-of-being, later called Berserker Mode. This form allows a Slayer to utilize and/or reach their current peak in full power as well as giving them higher physical defense.
With the rise of the Darkslayers, a war between both races was ignited and, over time, demonkind was driven back into the shadows, along with 4 of the Demon Kings (2 having been moderately wounded), while the Red King, Carmine, had been slain as well as many others. Humankind finally began to flourish and repopulate the world again, especially now that the Slayers had established the Crusade Order, taking up the mantle they believed had been given to them by God, to protect others from the clutches of demons. The Berserker Gene was also found to often be hereditary, as it allowed newer generations of Slayers to be born alongside ordinary people, thus, demonkind had finally been contained..
Within the shadows of the world, the 4 remaining Kings, particularly Shiro the Ivory King, bided his time, waiting for a chance to strike back, waiting for humanity to weaken.. and for the Slayers to drop their guard...
Well, that's pretty much a rundown of how it all started. I'll go into other details in a second post as this one is REALLY long already xD.
~ Mari
. I may do another post for character personalities and whatnot, but not entirely sure yet.