u/princecortez

Glowdus Raydeality is a medieval fantasy story with super powers that I am working on and I am curious on people's first impressions and thoughts. Hoping to discuss any immediate thoughts that come to mind.

Story Quickie

Rebecca's father gets thrown in jail. The moment she finds out that he will be executed, she gets desperate and steals a journal from Greckor, one of the most dangerous thieves in the land. She was just looking for something to sell, but now she's on the run because rival gangs are after her for the journal. During her escape, she runs into an inexperienced boy, Luke and he gets tangled in her mess.

The World

Imagine lord of the rings, meets game of thrones meets dragon ballz but for ages 11 and up. The world visuals is a colorful and bright world, but the villains, their motivations and actions are very dark. The central idea & theme behind everything in the story is to push this concept that 'power is never free'. This idea gets explored politically, relationally, emotionally, socially, physically and through spectacle. I explore this theme primarily through couple of kids that get powers and have to figure it out why they have the power, what is the point of the power, what are the consequences of the powers. There are no orcs, elves or goblins, but you can expect monsters and 'unknown things' surfacing.

The Powers

There is a power system but most of the world misinterprets it, doesn't attain full mastery of it. Within the story you(reader & characters) learn the power system through discovery/interaction/experience only, it is never taught.

Rebecca poses the power of the Falling Star. A mini-shield that she can absorb within her body. She can shoot it out like an invisible wind, but she must reclaim it. Rebecca is 'the reckless one' her power feels exciting and dangerous

Luke possesses the power of the Shadow Wrap. A cloth around his arm that he can extend and shape-shift into anything he wants. Luke is 'the reluctant one' his power feels and is a tremendous burden for him

Glowdus Raydeality is a medieval fantasy story with super powers that I am working on and I am curious on people's first impressions and thoughts. Hoping to discuss any immediate thoughts that come to mind.

Story Quickie

Rebecca's father gets thrown in jail. The moment she finds out that he will be executed, she gets desperate and steals a journal from Greckor, one of the most dangerous thieves in the land. She was just looking for something to sell, but now she's on the run because rival gangs are after her for the journal. During her escape, she runs into an inexperienced boy, Luke and he gets tangled in her mess.

The World

Imagine lord of the rings, meets game of thrones meets dragon ballz but for ages 11 and up. The world visuals is a colorful and bright world, but the villains, their motivations and actions are very dark. The central idea & theme behind everything in the story is to push this concept that 'power is never free'. This idea gets explored politically, relationally, emotionally, socially, physically and through spectacle. I explore this theme primarily through couple of kids that get powers and have to figure it out why they have the power, what is the point of the power, what are the consequences of the powers. There are no orcs, elves or goblins, but you can expect monsters and 'unknown things' surfacing.

The Powers

There is a power system but most of the world misinterprets it, doesn't attain full mastery of it. Within the story you(reader & characters) learn the power system through discovery/interaction/experience only, it is never taught.

Rebecca poses the power of the Falling Star. A mini-shield that she can absorb within her body. She can shoot it out like an invisible wind, but she must reclaim it. Rebecca is 'the reckless one' her power feels exciting and dangerous

Luke possesses the power of the Shadow Wrap. A cloth around his arm that he can extend and shape-shift into anything he wants. Luke is 'the reluctant one' his power feels and is a tremendous burden for him

My hope with this post is start a conversation, gauge interest and answer any and all questions. Links below included for the 3 paid artists that have worked & are still working on this project with me. I am the writer and producer of this project

https://www.instagram.com/Manggakasan/

https://x.com/Mageofdvinehues

https://www.instagram.com/xxhafidxxtv/

Glowdus Raydeality is a medieval fantasy story with super powers that I am working on and I am curious on people's first impressions and thoughts. Hoping to discuss any immediate thoughts that come to mind.

Context

The image up above, demonstrates a the villains & characters described in the story quickie below

Story Quickie

Rebecca's father gets thrown in jail. The moment she finds out that he will be executed, she gets desperate and steals a journal from Greckor, one of the most dangerous thieves in the land. She was just looking for something to sell, but now she's on the run because rival gangs are after her for the journal. During her escape, she runs into an inexperienced boy, Luke and he gets tangled in her mess.

The World

Imagine lord of the rings, meets game of thrones meets dragon ballz but for ages 11 and up. The world visuals is a colorful and bright world, but the villains, their motivations and actions are very dark. The central idea & theme behind everything in the story is to push this concept that 'power is never free'. This idea gets explored politically, relationally, emotionally, socially, physically and through spectacle. I explore this theme primarily through couple of kids that get powers and have to figure it out why they have the power, what is the point of the power, what are the consequences of the powers. There are no orcs, elves or goblins, but you can expect monsters and 'unknown things' surfacing.

The Powers

There is a power system but most of the world misinterprets it, doesn't attain full mastery of it. Within the story you(reader & characters) learn the power system through discovery/interaction/experience only, it is never taught.

Rebecca poses the power of the Falling Star. A mini-shield that she can absorb within her body. She can shoot it out like an invisible wind, but she must reclaim it. Rebecca is 'the reckless one' her power feels exciting and dangerous

Luke possesses the power of the Shadow Wrap. A cloth around his arm that he can extend and shape-shift into anything he wants. Luke is 'the reluctant one' his power feels and is a tremendous burden for him

My hope with this post is start a conversation, gauge interest and answer any and all questions. Links below included for the 3 paid artists that have worked & are still working on this project with me. I am the writer and producer of this project

https://www.instagram.com/Manggakasan/

https://x.com/Mageofdvinehues

https://www.instagram.com/xxhafidxxtv/

>!I consider this part rambling, so read it at your own peril. Glowdus is written as a narrative script that's primarly dialogue driven. So imagine a combination of a screen-play & traditional play. This serves as the source material. It is designed episodically because there was a lot of story to tell, so releasing it chapter by chapter will be the best approach and that's how I am currently writing it. I've written 3 chapters so far and based on various feedback I've gotten from some readers, I am currently in a note-taking process right now. The notes help me get a good bird's eye view for direction. As mentioned above the theme & spine of this is established so no issues there, its just the story has rules that I have to respect and there are some side characters that I'm currently developing before I get back to writing the core chapters. My plan is, each chapter will be released in narrative script format with full illustrated cover-art and 4-6 professionally colored illustrations that capture key-scenes from the chapter. Since I'm deeply passionate about the story, I can most certainly drop a sample scene and supporting material produced so folks get a glimpse and feel for some of the characters. But only per user request.!<