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Alterra Update!
Alterra Update!
“Do you wish to hear a story, little one? Alright, but just one, and then off to bed with you. How about a tale of hope, justice, and honor? A tale of a man who stood alone against the forces of evil, and made evil flinch. Let me tell you the story of the greatest bounty hunter in the world, Val Faeir,”
Over a hundred years before the rise of the accursed lord, a young orphan came to a town called Blackwood. Blackwood was once the bounty hunting capital of the whole world, and masters of trade. Hunters from all over the world came here for the best gear, rewards, and talk of bounties collected. With nothing but his clothes and a leather tunic, he walked into the hunter’s tavern, Blade & Honor, and simply asked how he could be a bounty hunter. They all laughed at him, not taking him seriously at all, but he was not willing to give up that easily. The innkeeper offered him a challenge, win a “fair” fight against one of the patrons in the inn, and they would give him an easy bounty no one wanted. Not one to back down from a challenge, he agreed.
His opponent, the strongest man in the bar, Dredgur. Dredgur was a giant, being well over 7 feet tall, and being part golem. Despite appearing to be outmatched, Val stood there calmly, unfazed. It is said that when Dredgur landed his one and only hit on Val, he broke his hand, and Val then knocked him out in a single punch. And you can bet the dragons’ return that the other hunted respected him after that.
He turned in bounty after bounty, each one he turned in raised more questions. Rumors about him were everywhere, whether or not they were true was impossible to decipher. Some say their blades broke against him skin, others said he didn’t eat, and on and on and on, until one day, he saved a wizard. Unbeknownst to him, the wizard had granted him everlasting youth, and a short time after, he became known to all as the ageless hunt.
There wasn’t a single being in the criminal underworld who wasn’t afraid of him now, and anyone who said otherwise was lying. In the cities, he was a celebrity. His success inspired countless others, and ballads of his most famous hunts were taught at schools and preformed in theaters. Everyone saw him as a hero, and you want to know why? Because not once did he ever actually kill anyone. For all of his powerful weapons, like his two legendary swords, “Cleansing flame” and “Impending Justice,” they were never stained with blood. But then, like most heroes back then, he died when the Accursed Lord came into power. No one saw him die, but he was rumored to have been in Blackwood when IT burned the city to char. Some say he fled to Hell or the stars, many still hold hope he’ll come back to save us.
“Alright, now off to bed with you!”
“Do you think he’s still alive, dad?”
“Who knows? But if he is, it could very well lead to,”
Alterra: The Fall of Lord Valthoraxe
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Alterra Update!
I’m feeling kind of out of it today, so here’s just some random city data copy-pasted from one of my many world building lists. Most of them don’t have any information about them, but I’ll go more in depth in a future update.
The 5 cities of unity;
-Dawncrest (Novélia)
-Aguefort (Corkus)
-Cinfras (Kio)
-Helioa (Rings of Troms)
-Hylinn (Runa)
Other cities;
-Hytolra (Elven):
-Vreedon City (Human): Capital to the province of Vreedon
-Vreeport (mixed): Home to the second largest legal port in Alterra.
-Thetville (Human):
-Niseton (mixed): Small village near Thetville
-Outerton (Human): A self governing large town, and third largest bounty hunting town after the fall of Blackwood.
-Blackwood (destroyed, former bounty hunting capital)
-Olmic (Dwarven): World’s largest producer of steel, steel alloys, and silver.
-The Multitree (High-Elven): Home to the High Elves, all visits must be scheduled and approved beforehand.
-Tal Aln’ir (Elven)
-Nae’lar (Elven)
-Helmsgate (Dwarven): Dwarven Capital of Corkus, and the blacksmith capital of Alterra.
-Rymek (mixed, Dwarven / Golemic): A dwarven made city where Golems can live safely outside of Unity Cities. Also the highest educated non-capital city in Alterra.
-Arca’nir (Elven)
-Argoth (mixed, Dwarven / Orken / Human): Main port of Corkus.
-Y’ fae (Elven)
-Angia (Elven)
-Koerra (Elven)
-Nae’orr (Elven)
-Bankwood (Human): Second largest bounty hunting city in Alterra.
-Nae’a (Elven)
-Tal Helia (Elven)
-Val T’orin (Elven)
-Arca’fae (Elven)
-Ori (Elven)
-Kangdor (Human):
-Ru’ina (Elven)
-Arca’nir (Elven)
-Tal’lynn (Elven)
-Arca’lynn (Elven)
-Arca’rö (Elven)
-Helguard (Dwarven): A military city built beside the largest HellHole on Alterra. Soldiers trained here are some of the best in the world, and often travel abroad hunting monsters and preventing demons from coming to the surface.
-Bankside (mixed)
-Sowick (Human)
-Setwick (Golemic)
-Tort (mixed): Capital of The Rings of Troms, and home to the largest port in the world. It’s so large, it connects to the port of the Unity City Hilioa. The lush jungle provides Tort with vast amounts of exotic fruit and spices, and is responsible for exporting over 90% of the world’s spices. The vast amount of life also makes it a very attractive destination for those learning magic.
-Anri (Arcanic): A magic city located in the only desert left on the planet, besides the Warlock Wastes. The desert’s strange magical properties and relation to Dragon’s Peak make this the best place in the world to study the arcane. Any rumors saying that Anri is working together with The Lord’s Wastelands are unconfirmed.
-Death’s Gate (mixed, Human / Orken): New bounty hunting capital of Alterra, and closest town to the Lord’s Wastelands.
-Tell (pirate town)
Continents;
-Novélia
-Corkus
-Troms
-Nesaak
-Kio
-Runa:
-Frowynn
-Hylinn Isles
-N.O.V.A. Territory
Mountains;
-Split peaks
-Dragon’s Peak
-Vualt mountain
-Durok mountain
-Mount Feln
-Mount Buro
-Twin Peaks
-Mount Brimstone
-Spikecaps
Dwarven mines;
-Mt. Vualt mines
-Mt. Durok mines
-Mt. Feln mines
-Mt. Buro mines
-Mt. Brimstone mines
Points of Interest;
-The Lord’s Wastelands:
-Warlock Wastes
-The Droughted
-The HellHoles
The Chapter Checklist
Here’s a checklist you can use against your chapters to make sure they’re hitting all fronts they should be!
This chapter checklist is a great way to avoid writing filler chapters in your novel, and to know that whatever you put in your book actually has a reason to be there.
My E-book: The Plotter’s Almanac, actually has all the theory you need on structuring a chapter, as well as a bunch of templates for outlines and chapter treatments!
You can grab it on its own as a set with my other 2 writer’s workbooks:
The Writer’s ToolBoox
Find it through [the link here] or below!
Due to a series of “unfortunate” accidents, everyone in the city believes you are the secret identity of an up and coming supervillain. In truth you are a retired supervillain who faked their death years ago and now this upstart is going to get a taste of what true supervillainy looks like.
Hello, I am / do all of these. Alterra is a high fantasy, semi- sci-fi original novel I’m working on that I post weekly updates on. The protagonist to this story is aro ace, as am I. If this interests you, come check it out!
I hit a tumblr milestone today! And now I am officially being followed by almost double the amount I follow so...
I need more writeblrs to follow!!!!!!!!!! Obviously
Please reblog/like/talk to me somehow if you're a writeblr that is:
Original writing only (sorry I'm not a fanfic person don't hate me)
Fantasy / Sci-fi / Horror (bonus if no or side-plot only romance)
Any type of minority rep, especially ownvoices
Especially disabilities and religious minorities!! I need moreeee where are youuuuu
Any queer stories, especially aro/ace/queerplatonic and nonbinary
Crap, forgot to post again.
Uhhhhhhhhhh, idk what to post this week.
Here’s a world map of Alterra, I guess. Next week I’ll delve into some of the cities
