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Yk what the queen should have?

BLIMPS!!!

She wants to rule with an iron fist? What better way to do so other than surveilling from above!

A fleet of these badboys? Are sure to stir up nationalisim in the royalist hearts! And fear into the enemies!

What better way is there to instill hopelessness and fear into rebel hearts?

(dont mind my blimp propaganda lol, i just fucking love blimps)

OMG YOU'RE SO RIGHTTTTTTTTT AAAAAA

I LOVE this idea! I've definitely gotta add this to my world!!

Raine Whispers y’all 👏

I added the Rat to make it clear that this is NOT AI ART LMAO. Also because it’s funny.

What else can ya tell us about Fallen magic??

Hi! Thanks for asking!!

So, Fallen Magic is a fantasy book that I'd first created when I was about 10 years old lol. I've always loved fantasy, and writing, and adventures, and creating my own worlds, and eventually Fallen Magic was created!

It has changed and improved a LOT from when I'd first thought it up, and it's taken a long time for me to really turn it into a coherent story with actual plot. I've only more recently started to REALLY pour my brain power into it, because I want to finally bring it to life! Here are some basic's about it:

The book follows a young boy named Nathan, who has lived a quiet life in a secluded village called Gilamoore for all his life. One night the village is attacked by Royalist soldiers, and Nathan is forced to flee into the forest, abandoning his home and his mother, who did her best to help him escape before she got captured.

While running from Royalists who are trying to capture him, Nathan stumbles across two men camping in the forest. All three flee from the soldiers, eventually jumping off of a cliff into a lake to get away. During this, Nathan accidentally uses magic, and he realizes that he is a mage, and THAT is why Royalists are after him

From there, Nathan quickly learns that mages are on the verge of going extinct and that a rebel force is preparing to rise up and wage war against the Queen in the hopes of taking her down. The story follows John, Blake, and Nathan as they travel across Elubeth on their way to a neighboring kingdom in the hopes of gaining an army to fight against the Queen and her Royalists. We also follow Nathan as he learns about magic and mage history. He can't help but wonder, though, why his mother never told him he was a mage...

ANYWAY, this is obviously just the bare bones of the story. I've been working to add in more things, and of course not all is as it seems. <3

Whats the magic system like in fallen magic? :0

OOH GOOD QUESTION!

Ok don't judge me but... This is actually something I'm still struggling to figure out for sure... PLEASE offer some suggestions! I want magic that can be used fast for fighting, etc. Here's what I have so far:

Runes are used a LOT as a form of magic. You carve a series of runes onto, say, a rock, and BOOM– Now it has mild protective properties. For example, my character, John, has a pair of knuckledusters that have runes carved along it. These runes make John's punches more powerful and allow him to preserve more of his energy so that he can fight longer without wearing himself out. Another example is Adler, who has runes tattooed along his arm which help increase his speed and agility slightly.

Runes can also be used as traps. We see Rune Traps laid out all around Josep and Adler's property. When John, Blake, and Nathan (the Main Trio in the book) accidentally step on these runes, they activate the spell and become trapped in bubbles that shrink the more you move.

I also thought about having Runes be a language– where there are whole books written in rune. Idk if I'll do that though. What do you think?

I do have a few spell ideas that I wanted certain characters to have. John, for instance, has a few fire spells, and Josep has a spell that allows him to manipulate and travel through shadows. However, I don't think I want my characters to be limited to only one type of element. For example, I don't want John to ONLY have fire magic, Josep to ONLY have shadow magic, Nathan to ONLY have wind magic, etc. I need to figure out exactly how spells are carried out and how they're practiced.

I know that I don't want my characters to use wands. Maybe they have to SAY a spell for it to work? Idk. I've thought about expanding using runes for magic, but I'm not sure how it would work. How do you use runes quickly in the heat of battle to cast spells in rapid succession? How do you remember what combination of runes do what? The runes work for small spells and such, but I'm not sure how they'd work beyond that. If you have ideas PLEASE SHARE because I've been struggling lol!

(Example of John's knuckle dusters, except instead of crosses, his has different runes on each knuckle)

Also, there is a lot of "mundane magic", like certain tea blends having certain magical effects, or types of houseplants with magical properties, etc. There are also things that aren't STRICTLY magical, but rather are more superstitions ("Oh, a moss stone, those are good luck!" / "We were going to travel to Rye, but a snake crossed our path. We know a warning when we see one! We'll go next week.")

HELLO THERE HOWS IT GOING

HI!! 👋

It’s going well, I’ve just been working and have been tired 😂

I’m currently working on a fun, random little “Choose Your Own Adventure” art project, which is set in the world of Fallen Magic and uses some of my characters. It isn’t canon to the book, it’s just a fun way for me to practice art and world building lol.

How have you been?!