GENRE: high-ish fantasy, maybe dark-ish fantasy, new adult, romantic subplots
POV: third person past tense, POV switches between several characters
SETTING: Jehall, a cold, violent, and oppressive southern country; Eskana, its northern neighbor shattered by civil war; Ukall, Jehall’s western neighbor with which it has reached a stalemate in war
INCLUDES: rebellion, main wlw pairing, mostly lgbtqa+ cast, survival, guilt, struggling with self-worth, betrayal, loyalty, revenge, how far is too far to save your loved ones, heavy worldbuilding, a bunch of original fantasy species, vaguely Renaissance-inspired time period, main country is like...peru/chile/spain/england/germany/mexico/who even knows
SYNOPSIS: Forced to flee their homeland due to a civil war, Andaria and her friends Kaliye and Máre find themselves in the infamously barbaric kingdom of Jehall. Jehall has been ruled for centuries by a tyrannical monarchy of ostrae, who regard other species as inferior and only fit to be servants. Rebellion is brewing when Tazra, an ostra warrior, awakes from a decades-long sleep deep in the earth and reveals to the king a way to bring the ostrae’s god into the mortal realm.
WARNINGS: blood/violence, death, state terrorism, implied/referenced torture
STATUS: planning/first draft
Andaria - 21, she/her, human. seamstress from a small town in the desert. kind and impulsive. just trying to keep her loved ones alive.
Kaliye - 22, she/her, human. peasant farmer desperate to be a hero. steadfast and perfectionistic. Andaria’s fiancée.
Máre - 22, they/them, human. witch and aspiring astronomer. creative and reserved. Kaliye’s twin sibling.
Tazra - 30, she/her, ostra. Jehall’s ruthless Inquisitor General and a skilled warrior. fanatically devoted to her god.
Hakan - 28, he/him, ostra. Crown Prince of Jehall. clever and brutal, with imperialistic ambitions.
Hadriel - 57, he/him, ostra. King of Jehall. rules with a iron fist.
Kyva - 26, she/her, human-ostra. relentless and stubborn. illegitimate daughter of an exiled Jehalli noble. leads a rebel faction against the monarchy.
Kragen - 45, he/him, bridra. innkeeper and leader of the rebellion.
Itharen - 42, he/him, human. common laborer and rebel. serious, reliable, protective of family.
Estriya - 41, she/her, human. palace servant and rebel spy. courageous and loving. Itharen’s wife.
Tyrven - 24, he/him, ostra. palace guard. all this blood and violence must be the right thing or else he’s a monster.
Vethar - he/him, appears as an ostra. the god of the ostrae. associated with strength, victory, the earth, life, and death.
don’t worry, they’re not all POV characters
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