I Was Scrolling Through The Knights Tag And I Saw Ekward And Now Im Intrigued Lol

i was scrolling through the knights tag and i saw Ekward and now im intrigued lol

who is this man?? whos the queen?? why wouldnt he be loyal?? whats the lore?? wheres the lore?? where can i see more of this man??

AAAAAA HI THANK YOU!!! I’m actually so happy you asked! 😂

Ekward is a character of mine I created for a book I’ve been working on— “Fallen Magic”. Here’s the short and sweet of it:

Ekward is a human knight who, to many’s surprise, gained the trust of the Queen, Hortensia. The Queen is a dark, vicious, evil woman who is in the midst of eradicating all mages in the kingdom. So, you know, she’s not a favorite. Unfortunately she has the kingdom of Elubeth in an iron fist, and any who oppose her are quickly struck down.

A secret rebellion is slowly doing what they can to take away the Queen’s power, and wouldn’t you know it, Ekward is a part of this rebellion. The Queen doesn’t know this, of course (she’s aware of rebels, but she has no idea how HUGE it actually is.) No one is quite sure why, not even Ekward himself, but the Queen has taken a liking to him.

As a rebel who also has the Queen’s trust, Ekward is in the perfect position to gain information to pass off to the rest of the rebellion. He’s also in a very dangerous position. If the Queen were to find out, he’d be tortured for information and killed.

The more time he spends with her, however, the stranger she becomes. She’s downright evil one moment, and then kind (albeit nervous) the next. Something is up, and Ekward is determined to get to the bottom of it. After all, it may be information that could lead to Hortensia’s downfall.

I’ve been working on posting more about my story and actually including lore lol. I’ve posted about Fallen Magic before, but most people don’t interact with those posts. If you’d like more, though, I will HAPPILY make posts for Fallen Magic in the future. The full story is still in progress and isn’t perfect, but I have a lot of the main plot in place! 🫶

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Not fallen magic related but eh, whats ur fav type of knight armor??

Hmmm man idk I just LOVE armor or any type LOL.

I definitely love some good plate armor. Then add in some leather armor and chainmail and you've got yourself one good ole Knight.

I love the armor that you see most English kights wear, but I also love Byzantine armor (10th century) and 10th century Samurai armor.

Anyway, yeah, armor is just cool in any form, really.

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.")

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