Here's some information on a story ^^ Have to write it down, so's I don't forget it later....It's about a girl named Icidax that lives in a sucluded town with her mother and brother. Her older sister went coco when their father died, and close friend Cloan was forced to leave. The plot of the story is about Dax overcoming the prejudices and superstitions of Brjzok (which I can never remember how to spell). Later, rumors are spread that her sister attacked and beat an outsider in the woods the fence in the town. Dax doesn't believe the rumors, and after she hears too much, she gets angry, and she and her little brother Tolin go into the woods to look for the monster that's really responsible. They find Amei, a baret who was captured by magic-poachers and taken far from her home and her family (she has a mate and children). Meanwhile, a priest of the god Azorrthe has arrived in town, and stirring animosity in the deeply religious townspeople. They begin to feel that their god, the Great Wone, is being threatened, and force him out after tolerating him for a brief amount of time. He convinces a reluctant Dax and morbidly curious Tolin to tag along.
((This is as far as the plot as been developed. Everything beneath this pagebreak is new.))
While they're traveling, Dax discovers that Amei has been following them. Amei warns her that "something bad" is not far behind, and before the sun rises again, the priest is brutually killed. Amei guides Dax and Tolin through the dark woods to a city where, the next day (or over the next few), the meet a well connected man named Harrow, who offers to take them to a town close to Amei's clique (group) in exchange for money. Along the way, they come across an acquitence of his-- Tracker. Before Tracker leaves them again, Harrow is injured and unable to continue (by the same creature that killed the priest [and Dax's and Cloan's fathers]). Harrow convinces Tracker to take them the rest of the way.
During the journey, Dax tells Tracker about the monster that killed the priest, and he tells her he knows what it is- he's been looking for it since he was young, and seeks to kill it. The group reaches Amei's home and stays with their clique for a number of days, where Dax makes a comment about Brjzok and startles him. He suddenly asks what her real name is (since she's been using a false one).
"It's almost as if you- you know me, or..." Icidax stilled, suddenly, covering her mouth with one hand. Her eyes were round and shocked. "That's it." She breathed, looking at him as if she never had before. "You know me."
He concedes that he does, but Dax doesn't remember him. Later, she finds Tolin playing with (some shiny glass object, round, I'm thinking maybe a compass...), and snatches it from him because she realizes that she recognizes it- it's incredibly familliar, but she can't recall where she's seen it before.
((She remembers through...a dream? Suddenly memory-lane?))
It was Cloan's father's, something he saved from going to the river (and consequently, the Magic Man) when all the men were killed by the mysterious monster. Tracker is Cloan- surprise!
The Magic Man: Brojzok tradition dictates that when a person dies, their body and all of their possessions are thrown into the Menoa river. Further east of the town, the river turns sharply, and all of that stuff is washed up on the banks. At that bend lives a crazy old coot called the Magic Man, and he thrives off of their castaways. This creates further doubt in Dax as to her religion.
Rough Draft Description of Tracker/Cloan:
Dax blinked, thrown by the newcomer's appearence. Most of his dark hair- but not all- was bound up in thick dreadlocks (syn!) and threaded through with white beads. Three feathers, one distinctly longer than the other two, hung from one of the beads. His clothing was practical if worn, and a strange, long pouch was hooked on his belt. He walked with a cane and a limp; one of his legs was crooked.
(is, as always, subject to change).
Sunday, December 7, 2008
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