The Young Mentor: Part Deux!
hmm, good afternoon every- ughhh... all two of you.
So I'm kind of stuck at the moment, i had this huge idea of what i wanted to talk about, and now all of the sudden it's like... Nothing, I literally cannot come up with any words to talk about this character. I guess i could just start with his backstory.... Yeah, that works.
The story of our fallen hero/young mentor starts off with a war, just like every good story. This war in particular is about the occupation of a city. The powers of EeEeEvil, however, wants to take control of the city to gain access to much bigger power source hidden beneath it's surface- or something like that. So our Hero, let's call him Sebastian, greatest fighter known in the land expert in five different style of swordplay. Sebastian is the epitome of greatness: He's strong, courageous, and handsome to boot. This hero which should be immortalized in the form of monuments to his greatness. Sebastian is the holder of the majestic sword known to pierce through darkness, and with it he shall Smite evil!
And with his "magic sword of magic" he storms the castle, charges his troops through battle, fights for honor, and freedom! or something like that. as the battle come to a bloody end. and.... writers block. This is where i have the biggest problem.
1- I'm not quit sure how Sebastian should die here, and begin his rebirth.
2- I haven't even thought about this character in a long time, so i seriously have no clue on how he should act, or be.
I've always imagined his fall from grace to be both metaphorical, and literal. As if he's literally falling into this pit of darkness which is destroying him slowly. After years of being bathed in this concious evil pool of darkness, he awakens reformed with new knowledge, and wisdom about the forces of Evil. not only that but a better understanding of what the power of Light, and Darkness are, or are capable of. With this new knowledge, he adapts a new name and goes into hiding until the time is right, and the true "HERO" emerges from the shadows, so he can teach him all he knows. i guess i really just need to think about what i want his backstory to be how the fight should play out, key people in the story who know about him, or who were there. I feel like there should be a few survivors he saw him merge from this pool of darkness. Also, this pool i keep refering too, i'm not even entirely sure where i'm going with that.(there is a lot of bugs i need to work out) I've always imagined the main villain having this pit to drown people in their own sorrow. metaphorically. it's like becoming baptized... but EEEEVIL! you awaken with this unsettling sort of feeling as though you're dying much faster than we already are... if that makes sense. The pool doesn't age you, but time freezes, an eternity could pass in the midst of five minutes. this element will be used later on, but i feel as though it would be great to have someone with knowledge of this pool, and to give it more of a purpose than the purpose it has for "Later On" I'm thinking that maybe the city is sitting ontop of it, or it's beneath it like an underground layer of sorts that's been blocked off. or underneath the city there is another city/castle that the main villains want to erect.
I'm sorry that last paragraph kept going on, but you see my blight here now. It's not so much that i don't know what to do, it's just i have so many ideas. and connecting these ideas together is really the hardest part. It's the cartilage in the bones that keep the meat together, and keep the joints together. it keeps the body together. these small fragments all keep the story in check, and that's really what it comes down to. for now my brain is fried after going on tangent, after tangent, after tangent. I'm pretty sure my grammar is horrible by the way.
