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I wrote a song about my character, Karleon. He is a character who I have talked about before, and you may recognize him as the blue haired elf who wished you a happy New Year's. Karleon, if you don't know already is the god of mischief from the Fantasy world I'm world-building. And this song, I envision being played in a tavern, and would often be played during the Festival of Magic in honor of him.
Here is the lyric video for the song:
You can also listen to it here
💙 Lyrics 💙-
In between worlds was a god,
Under a facade of innocence,
The world was in a prolonged bliss,
For there was no chaos in it,
Come to me, come to me.
Karleon, come to me,
God of mischief and prophecy,
Come to me, come to me.
The magic from the world was hidden,
To be used by mortals was forbidden,
But the gods hatched a plan,
And the quest to release chaos
Began.
Come to me, come to me.
Oh Karleon, come to me,
God of chaos and prophecy,
Come to me, come to me.
With beauty and slyness,
Did they steal magic,
From the righteous
King and queen,
Things are never as they seem,
Things are never as they seem,
So, magic of all kinds was released,
To mortal, king, princess, peasant, and priest.
So balanced the world became,
And things were never the same.
Come to me, come to me.
Oh Karleon, come to me,
God of thieves and prophecy,
Come to me, come to me.
This was Karleon’s first trick,
Before he became the sly and slick,
God we’ve come to know,
Now go out into the winter snow,
And remember this tale,
And know not to underestimate,
What all of us
Can create.
Oh Karleon, come to me,
God of many things and prophecy,
Come to me, come to me.
Come to me.
I wanted to share these reels. They showcase my animations from the past (from 2015 and onwards) and my recent ones (in 2022)....
Previous parts: part one and part two
Before the Inktober part of this post begins... (I can't believe it's now 2023!), here is a belated New Year's greeting from my character, Karleon (the god of mischief and prophecy from my series, The Princess Arisias Mystery Series):
Here is the official prompt list for 2022's Inktober:
Day #23 Booger. The first that came to mind for me was a troll who had nasal issues. This character may appear in the future, and will be given more of a backstory (because at the moment I know nothing about this troll).
Day #24 Fairy. I decided to draw Vonivera, my fay character for this one.
Day #26 Ego. I decided I should draw the thoughts inside someone's head.
Day #27 Snack. I simply drew a snack for this one. Taking it literally.
Day #28 Camping. I decided to draw a tent inside what could be considered a haunted forest.
Day #29 Uh-Oh. I drew the Wax Witch from my novel, Dolls of Wax, Eyes of Glass, for this one. It came to mind since the characters probably go "uh oh" when seeing her.
Day #30 Gear. The first thing that came to mind for this one was Galadriel from Rings of Power. Her armor is gear that she gets when she goes to Númenor.
Day #31 Farm. Since day 31 was Halloween, I decided to draw a haunted farm.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Which drawing is your favorite? How was your New Year's? And if you did Inktober in 2022, how did it go?
-Quinley
Previous parts: #1, #2, and #3.
Greetings travelers,
I decided it was time for another installment of Look Into a World. This post is centered around two gods, one of which I introduced in this post.
By the way, in the first installment of Look Into a World, I posted a song that inspired a part of the world-building. I should say this cover of a song inspired a part of world-building for this post:
The War in the Sky
The moon goddess represents strategic warfare. Mortals who worship her call upon her in battle or when they looking for a strategic way to win. The moon goddess does help people outside of war, as well, with philosophy and non-war related activities. In contrast, the god of the sun, represents bloody warfare, and doesn't care about strategy only blood-shed.
During the night, the moon goddess overpowers the sun god by using his own light against him. In the daytime, the sun god uses his light to overpower the moon goddess. Hence, while the moon may appear in the sky during the day, the moon goddess did not win that fight.
The times we would consider the winter and summer solstice, are the times when holidays around victory of a certain god are considered. If the day is shorter than the goddess of the moon won the battle for the meantime and is making the god of the sun weaker, if the god of the sun and it is the summer solstice and the day is longer, it is believed the god of the sun won the battle for the meantime.
And when there is a solar or lunar eclipse, it is believed the gods are fighting in closer quarters than usual.
Salissah (the goddess of the moon) and god of the sun choose warrior spirits to fight alongside them. They are warriors who died in battle, and are chosen to fight. So they fall in a second battle for their selected god. When they fall, they are represented as shooting stars/comets and are then sent to the afterlife.
The war between the two gods was foretold by Karleon. However, the sun god did not believe this prophecy, for he believed Karleon was tricking them somehow. Salissah believed she could find a way to avoid the consequences. It is unclear what event exactly caused the war in the sky, however, one answer tellers like to say is that the fay and human war is what caused it. For every god had to pick a side in that war. Because of their opposing sides, the sun god and the moon goddess were destined to be enemies afterwards. It is often modified by the teller what the true cause was, depending on the place or time period.
Relationship Between the Devotees
Greetings Travelers,
On December 4th, I finished the second draft of Dolls of Wax, Eyes of Glass. I'm happy about that, since that means I can move onto the third draft. And I have a lot of plans for the third draft.
In comparison to the first draft, the second draft was much longer. I felt as if I knew the characters better. Hopefully I can carry that forward into the 3rd draft.
Synopsis
Matilda Moore was found dead at the castle, her brother, Felix, is missing. No trace of him was found except an eyeless wax doll made in his likeness. What happened at the castle is unknown, but it is as if something evil is lurking within it...something evil is causing these terrible events to happen.
What's Next For Dolls of Wax, Eyes of Glass?
My plan, given that the writing style seemed somewhat modern, is to try to make it sound more like a 19th century novel. This seems important, because both the narrators are from that time period.
The novels I'm using as an inspiration for the style are Jane Eyre and The Picture of Dorian Gray. In the second draft the characters sometimes (accidentally) use modern words, which I didn't realize until much later. I want the reader to feel as if they are reading a book from the past that someone happened to uncover, rather than a book by someone attempting to write about the past.
I did write about the journey to the haunted castle in the second draft, but I feel I didn't write as much about it as I could. In the third draft, I will likely take inspiration from the characters' journeys through the country side in Dracula and Jane Eyre, since the landscape in my novel, is very important in representing how the characters are feeling.
The characters, Matilda and Felix, have changed a lot since the first draft. And I feel like I have a better understanding of them as characters, than I did in the first draft. However, outside of my novel this does mean I will have to update their profile pages on my blog. They are rather outdated and don't really reflect their characters as they are now.
Another thing I am going to do is research the Spiritualist Movement, because Matilda is a part of it. It is important to how she views certain situations, so I want to make sure I get some of those details right.
There are also stylistic choices I made in Felix's telling, that I wish to keep in the new draft, but want to make sure make sense to the reader as they read. Those choices show his state of mind, and that he may be unreliable. So, I am going to try and figure out how to do that better in the third draft.
These are my plans for the third draft ahead.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------What's your favorite 19th century novel? Do you like to write or read historical fiction?
-Quinley
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