THOSE WHO EMERGE FROM ASHES, a Novel Intro by @authoralexharvey
GENRE â dark fantasy || adventureÂ
INSPIRATIONS â Dark Souls, Hollow Knight, Madoka Magica, Warbreaker (Brandon Sanderson)Â
POV â third person limited, alternating between three characters
TAGS AND TROPES â adventure, fallen gods, friends to lovers, gods as humans, language barriers, lgbtq, magic, queer worldbuilding, rebellion, recovery, reincarnation, religion, slow-burn, time travel, travel
WARNINGS â abuse, animal attacks, cults, mentions of genocide, murder, ptsd, religion and religious abuse, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, trauma (and lots of it), violence
STATUS â draft 8, writing the bare-bones restructure of draft 7
Dakota Locke, a twenty-four-year-old attempting to become a renowned historian. Winds up becoming the Scribe of High Priest Luriel the Seventh and following him around as He tries to bring the gods back.
Maka Willards, a twenty-four-year-old godling who is new to being such a thing. Wants to get away from the Scholars but doesnât know howâand the curse on her certainly isnât helping things. After a harrowing event shakes her cathedral, she has her chance.
Katalin Basurto, a twenty-five-year-old Scholar of the Lost. Sharp as a tack and conniving when she has to be. Though she is originally sent as the next Scribe of Luriel, her plans change when she finds someone else has taken her place.
High Priest Luriel the Seventh, an over eight-hundred-year-old Priest. Everyone thinks he killed the old gods, but he only defied them and has taken it upon himself to bring them back at the peril of his own health, which has been rapidly deteriorating.
Three women find their lives deeply entangled at the hands of an eight hundred year old High Priest as He embarks on what may be an impossible task.
Dakota Locke is an aspiring historian with little money and nothing to her name. When her guardian takes her abuse too far, Dakota flees, forsaking the scant chance she has at her dreams. Then she meets a strange woman in the woods who doesn't speak and her life changes forever.
Maka Willards is a god. She knows this, no matter what the Scholars of the Lost say. Despite the curse binding her powers, she knows its hold is slipping. After a harrowing event shakes the cathedral she calls home, she abandons it all to find her High Priest herself and take her place among a new era of Gods.
The Scholars of the Lost devoutly follow their High Priest as he resurrects the gods, no matter the cost. Unbeknownst to everyone else, they also aim to sway Him to their own shadowed goals. No one knows this truth better than Katalin Basurto. Having trained for years to be the next Scribe, she may finally have her chance when the last Scribe meets his untimely end. For years, she's suffered under the influence of the Scholars. She won't let anyone stand in her way now.
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