#lessien grayward

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Nano Project - Wayfinder: A War of Roses

Edhest is a world in disarray. What was once an ordered world of open borders and peaceful trading between races and cultures, is now descending into madness. In the northern country of Westerfall, tensions are rising as a king once calm and measured spews hate-filled words of violence. It is now neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend, brother against brother.

Lessien Grayward feels hopeless. Her mother’s farm has turned from a sea of green potato leaves to dirt tracks hardened by the footfalls of countless soldiers. She thought her home town of Roseford missed the ignorance falling on the rest of the nation, until she sees an innocent old man beaten for being an immigrant and soldiers harass her friend, Adia.

She knows she cannot stay and watch the violence escalate. So, she leaves behind her friends and family, running away to chase a rose-tinted story of rebellion and justice. However, she comes to find that war is not all glory; it means blood soaked grass and faint memories of friends long gone.

The king’s power grows and victory seems out of reach. When Lessien sees her childhood friend fallen, blood red as the roses that bloomed on the hillside of Roseford staining her fingers, she has to confront the one question hovering at the back of her mind: Is this war worth the price?

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New title and new synopsis! I’ve been wanting to change the title and revise the synopsis for a while, and NaNoWriMo inspired me to finally change them. I can’t wait to finish out this first draft with nano

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13 & 15 for lessien

13: Describe your character’s living situation

Lessien lives on a farm. Its nice, but not exactly a royal palace. She lives alone with her mother. Money can be tight, but they have never truly gone hungry.

15: Your OC is given the chance to go back in time. Where do they go and what do they do?

In the Wayfinder world timeline… Lessien would go back to the time of the first revolution, before the current tyrannical king assumed the throne. She would probably try to help the revolution succeed rather than fail, as it actually did.

Thank you so much for asking! :D

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16 and 17 for the writing ask game!

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16: do any characters have distinctive birthmarks/scars?

Lessien is scarred from farm work on her arms and hands, and also from being shot with an arrow. Aralil has plenty of scars from war wounds 

17: pick a color to represent each character.

Lessien - blood orange

Aralil - forest green

Damien - orange desert sand

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10, 11 and 14 for the writing ask game? :D

10: What’s a line of dialogue you’re particularly proud of?

“I don’t think anyone belongs in chains. They just aren’t very becoming of a person.” The boy looked down at the iron chains around his wrists, then held them up for the firelight to catch so it looked like the metal was ablaze. “They aren’t the best fashion statement.” 

This is Damien speaking, when Lessien first meets him and breaks him out

11: Which line from the novel best represents it as a whole?

“Finding your place in the world is the hardest possible thing you will ever do. Do not let others decide who you are for you.” - Lord Alberon

14: Which character’s name do you like the most?

Oof thats a hard decision… its has to be a tie between Aralil Mournstride and Damien Stormheart

Thank you!!

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First Impressions Tag

I was tagged by @abbywritesstuff! Thank you!

WIP: Wayfinder: A Storm of Lies

1. The first sentence of your WIP:

“The air was cold.”

2. Genre:

High fantasy 

3. The name and age of your main characters:

The trilogy takes place over a couple years, but these are the ages they start out at-

Lessien Grayward (17) Aralil Mournstride (226) Damien Stormheart (18)

4. The first bit of dialogue:

“Hey!” she said, spinning on her heel. 

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13 and 23 from the ask game!

13: sort your characters into Harry Potter houses

Lessien- Gryffindor

Damien- Hufflepuff

Aralil- Ravenclaw

23: which character has the best handwriting? the worst?

Lessien definitely has the worst- she doesn’t have the patience to write things neatly. Aralil has the best

Thank you!

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2, 6, and 17 for the writing ask!

2: Pick one sight, smell, sound, feel, and taste to describe the aesthetic of your novel.

The feeling of hope, whether its an absence or an abundance. The smell of apple blossoms. The sound of chain mail. The taste of blood. The sight of good friends having each others backs.

6:  Are there any former titles you’ve considered but discarded?

I called this series Incandescence for a long time, but then I changed it because I felt like it had no actual connection to the novel

17: Pick a color to represent each character.

Lessien- light red like roses in snow

Damien- blue like ocean waves

Aralil- the dark green of jungle leaves

Thank you for asking!!