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- Plot: Outline Revision #2 (1) Review your plot elements thus far and organize them into your outline. (2) Add a chronological timeline to your revised outline, using whatever measure of time is appropriate in your story. Determine when plot events happen in time (which is not necessarily when you will reveal them in your novel.) See this example composed by JK Rowling while outlining one of her famous Harry Potter novels. (3) Optional: Brainstorm the best chronology(ies) for your story and work it(them) into your outline. 1. Zast (Graduation Day) Graduation Sectorb1546-Section-F Snow Dwelling Himalayan Mountain Range Titania Academy of Magicks and Higher Academics Normalcy Spell Passivity Spell Harassed by bullies. Blackberry Naiad Petal Cornleaf Solara, Elf of Wildshire Alyssum Dimplshire Quinn Peteral Friend of Zast Half High Elf Half Moon Elf Da was a Warrior. Being sent to Land Eternal Autumn Zast shipped out soon. Quinn and Zast big last night together Going to Concert Having drinks Ordering Flower Nectar Mead Get intoxicated. Meet Proctor while drunk. Mr. Eamon Declan, Proctor of Realm Events and Interactive Magicks A Leprechaun Meet the four female fairies from earlier. Zast acts much differently when intoxicated. Quinn vomits in front of them. Quinn meets Zast the next day to assist in packing.(Following day after graduation) Zast has completed the packing. Quinn is still not feeling well and goes home. I want to know more about where he is going. Zast decides to go to the Scroll Burrow Meets a Will-o'-the-Wisp. He discovers his Scroll Burrow pass is canceled. Wii-o'-the-Wisp leaves before Zast can ask more questions. Zast must speak to Valdi, Elf, who gave him shipping orders. I need to go to the Administration Office for information. Speak to Periwinkle for assistance. She would not provide him with any information. The Ring's bell rang, signaling the departure time was happening. At the entrance, ogres waited. Requested information on who was wanted in. After announcing who he was, he allowed in In the Ring verification, Zast is willing to accept his assignment. To be a liaison to the Seelie Court He accepts the assignment. Sees three visions. An erupting volcano A serene forest Teo armies at war He arrives at his destination. Sector 1546-Section F Himalayan Mountain Range Advised of his responsibilities Liaison to the Seelie Court Apprentice Wizard Apprenticeship Zast is shaken by finding out he will be a Wizard's Apprentice. He cannot find anyone to help him. Finds Sergeant Grunger She is not sympathetic. Treats him like he has joined the military. Zast gets Sergeant Grunger more upset. Cottonbrush interrupted Grunger Cottonbrush asks Grunger to return to the Black Dragon pen to release energy. Cottonbrush will take care of the recruit. Grunger leaves Zast never requested a Wizard Apprenticeship. Will be an apprentice to famed Wizard Danduil Specialties include: Conjuration Evocation Transmutation Abjuration After thirty years of study under Wizard Danduil, you'll be evaluated. Must pass the test. To fail is to die. Zast doesn't have any magic ability. I took a class in Transcendental Magic and Knowledge Mutations I studied over eight hours a day under hypnosis. The highest-ranking student in the class How will he be an Apprentice and a Liaison? Duplication Spell Be in two places at once. I will retain all information. Quinn (Graduation Day) Graduation. Attempted to meet Zast before he left.(Day after graduation) Was already left, too late. Threatened by ogres to leave or else. Meets friends going to the Ring.(Same Day) Keeva O'Sheridan Kleanan O'Sheridan Here to see Traik O'Leavy off Here to see Emma MacEgan off He needs to finish the scroll letter to Meira. On and off relationship Doesn't seriously care for her. He doesn't want to tell her. Something is different about her, gut feeling. He has a sense that she is keeping many secrets. She disappears without a trace and reappears suddenly. Strange tattoo on neck He doesn't know what to write, so he sends old letters. Quinn is vastly different from Meira. His Da was a warrior. Not as educated. After Da died, he attended the Titania Academy of Magicks and Higher Academics. His Mem wanted him to be a wizard like her Da. I needed to send Meira a Birth Celebration scroll. We needed an over-ripe piece of fruit. Grabbed the scroll and left Niche. Found a snail to send a Wishgraph. They offered fruit to Snail. We waited for the Snail to accept the fruit. After the acceptance, place the scroll within the shell. Something rolls out of the shell. Snail lights up within the shell. A fist-size dirt clod rolls out and stops at Quinn's feet. He picks it up, examines it, hears someone coming, and places it in his pocket. Snail disappears. He hears sounds coming down the path and tries to hide, but not in time. It is Blackberry, Petal, and Solara Surprised to see him. Alyssum is missing. Went with strangers. Folre Pirphal Quinn offered to help. Quinn locates them in a closed Activity Hall The window is slightly open. He hears Alyssum sobbing. Enters an unlocked door. Alyssum is begging to leave and not be hurt anymore. Quinn hears a meaty hit to the soft flesh. He hears louder sobbing. Loud, raucous laughter Quinn quietly sneaks up and sees a bleeding and beaten Alyssum. Quinn jumps over barrels and lands the two assailants, startling them. Pirphal tells Quinn it's a private party and to leave. Quinn refuses to leave. Pirphal threatens him. Pirphal tells Folre to fight Quinn. Folre starts to move around the floor with his fists up in a defensive stance. Folre keeps dancing around the floor, thinking he is tiring him out. Quinn swings and hits Folre, knocking him out. Pirphal steps forward to fight Quinn Pirphal takes a wide swing at Quinn and misses. Quinn gives Pirphal a jab to the stomach, winding him. They circle one another, taunting each other. Pirphal takes another wide swing, this time clips Quinn on the top of his head. Quinn does another uppercut with his dominant hand, knocking Quinn back. Quinn asks Pirphal if he is warmed up and ready to fight. Pirphal asks, looking bewildered. Pirphal falls over, unconscious. Quinn rushes to Alyssum's side to assist her. She won't let him touch her. He tries to calm her down. He speaks to her calmly and softly. She finally agrees to leave to seek medical attention. Days later, Alyssum is in the Medic Center, and Folre and Pirphal are with Constable G'Nar (Quinn is in a rush to get something to Meira for her Birth Celebration) Constable G'Nar, is a Trollfolk Extracting information from unwilling volunteers is his specialty. Holding the prisoners for extradition Elder Inia, a representative of the Seelie Court, arrives. Read the report prepared by G'Nar. Advises no one is to know what is on the report. She provided a backup story. Wishes to speak to a pupil at the academy in secret. Small favor Speak to Quinn Peteral Maria is angry at Quinn for missing her birth celebration party. You missed it, saving Alyssum. Who? She doesn't recognize the name. Her friend Her other friends told him she was taken. Quinn tells her the story of what happened. Meira asks if he sent her anything. He states he sent her a Wishgraph with love. He got the Snail's verification that it was delivered. She says it was boring but having him there is not the same. She wants him to come for a visit soon. She has a major surprise for him. Something he will die for She stated she knew he would be sent someplace far away, and her Da could get him remarkably close to her. He tells her it was already decided. He doesn't like her. He doesn't want to be around her. Something about her that unsettled him. An Elder from the Seelie Court has summoned him to the Head Mistress' office. (Quinn is summoned to the Headmistresses Office unexpectedly) Quinn hurries to the office Nervous about what this is about. Inia, Blood of My Blood Hid Da's sister, his aunt Wishing him a Happy Graduation Has something for him? His Da's chest No key to open it. No idea what is inside History is shared. Quinn is the grandson of King. His Da renounced his Da and did not want anything to do with his Da or being a Prince or, eventually, King. King has been searching for Quinn's Da for years. Does not know about Quin. He would capture, torture, and brainwash you if he knew your Da was dead. Your Da settled down when he met your Mem and had you. I went to the Outland to live in a Military base as a trainer. Your Mem didn't like it but could do nothing. Eventually, the King found you, Da, and took him away. Quinn goes over to the trunk, sees a symbol on the chest, and places his hand on it. He feels a slight tingle in his hand and withdraws his hand away from the chest; everything freezes around him. Inia does not move, and Quinn cannot get her to speak. When he attempts the door, it will not open. A flickering glow comes from the chest. A green flame is burning. No heat is felt. Water does not put it out. Quinn goes to the door, attempts to open it, and feels heat from his shirt pocket. He removes his shirt and finds a mud ball with a green flame burning around it. Recognizes the mud ball from the Snail. Thought he left it in his Niche. Grabs water pitcher and pours it over mudball flame. Nothing happens to the flame. Flames are no longer hot to touch. It falls apart to reveal the key, also burning green. He gently touches the key and finds no heat. He picks up the key and goes back over to the chest. Placing lock in left-hand Inserting the key into the key chamber I was turning the key until a loud clicking sound was heard, unlocking the chest. Quinn jerks back his left hand in pain. Left has a fresh red welt from a burn mark of a strange design he has never seen before. The pain is intense but is somehow subsiding. Inia continues to talk as if she never stopped talking. Quinn tells her of what occurred. He shows her his hand. He asks her to leave while he examines his Da's chest. Quinn opens the chest. Quinn finds a Heraldic Shield. Three wings long One and a half wings in width The design on the shield is of a Long Sword pointing downward with an ornate golden hilt. The shield has serrated edging to inflict damage. A Long Sword is found. The blade immediately brightens to a fiery green without the heat. He cannot let go of the hilt. (Quinn is Cursed until he fulfills his Da's obligation) He calls his aunt, Inia, back into the room. She recognizes the weapon and shield. The shield's design is that of Iomadae, the goddess of Righteous Valor and Honor Quinn's Da must have made a Pact with the goddess to get these weapons to aid in his combat. He must not have had these when the King took him away. Because Quinn's Da could not fulfill the Pact, it has fallen to Quinn. Meira (The Day of Graduation) HISTORY Halrond Heijor, Meira's Da Brown Elf Very Wealthy Nyhadora, Meira's Mem Sun Elf Moderate wealth Halrond's gre-Mem cast a curse on Nyhadora because she was a Sun Elf The spell had two trigger points. The first trigger point was after the birth of Meira. Nyhadora was turned into a pixie who was fixated on herself to the point that she needed to constantly look at herself in the mirror and became violent when she wasn't. Halrond had to send his wife to one of their private houses because she became too violent around everyone. The second trigger occurred when Meira celebrated her two hundredth birth celebration. She changed physically. Her eyes developed a yellow tint, allowing her to perceive pitch-black heat signatures. Her hearing became so acute she could hear a heartbeat behind a wall 25 ft away around a corner. Her sense of touch was so sensitive that she could feel the difference in the stones on the floor after someone had passed over them within 60 minutes. Changes in Meira's Nature She did not purposely want to be around people. She yearned to learn as much as possible about specific subjects. Sudden liking of ballads, folk songs, storytelling, Bards and then would kill them. Meira contacted her D to get him into his (secret) club's library. She wanted all the worlds she favored. I would keep the Magick books. Cast the Command spell on her Da. Used Black Magic to make her Da a Mind Slave She would make suggestions, and her Da would think they were his ideas. |