WIP Introduction
Alright-y! I guess this is a thing to do, so I’m just gonna go for it!
So for another one of my WIPs, the title-in-progress is Insciente Vinctum. It’s a high fantasy world with the main protagonist being none other than my girl, Hiraeth.
Hiraeth, more than anything is a gentle soul. She’s a farmer, and works with and helps everyone she can in her small little village called Barathrum, located so far northeast on the map in the mountains, most don’t even know it exists. She works hard alongside her little brother Cassius and her uncle Ankim, who is also the town blacksmith, though blacksmith is a bit of a stretch. They barely have the materials and money to afford to fix broken tools, let alone anything more, but it puts a bit more money in their pockets, and broken tools to a farmer is a sort of suicide.
So ramblings aside, the plot progresses a bit, you know, the usual introduction of the characters with just enough time to get a feel for the world. Until a band of orcs attack from out of nowhere.
They’re not fighters, so most get killed in the initial attack, but Hiraeth manages to gather all the survivors she can and try to make it out of town, surviving by sheer luck and by the skin of their teeth.
So they make it out alive! Go, team! But unfortunately, their way of life has been dragged out from under their feet, and they have to figure out how to make it out of the mountains on the edge of winter alive and try to make it to a new town, or the city of Cirence.
So after another bout of close calls and near-misses, they make it out of the mountains and hole up in a town called Gael for the night, where they get as many provisions as possible from the little coin they have in their pockets. Hiraeth even manages to snag a sword! Woohoo!
But in true fantasy story fashion, of course, traveling towards Cirence has its ups and downs. But look at all this character development happening! Cute little characters like Marigold, (who deserve a proper introduction and will be getting one later don’t you worry about that!) Hiraeth even gets to learn how to hunt and gets some action with that sword of hers. Cool right?
This is getting long so I’ll cut it short for now, but if anyone is interested in hearing more, just let me know! I’d be thrilled to go off on another long-winded tangent in this world I've been neglecting lately.
Over and out!
