My Hands. -John Wick

“My hands.” -John Wick

A bunch of the wizards’ college students are arguing about which magical focus is superior. Staffs, wands, orbs, books, nobody agrees on anything. Then the newest student offers a rather unusual alternative.

Fun Alterra Fact! In my book, a person’s age is determined by the amount of seasons they’ve lived through instead of the amount of years. This is due to the fact that 1 year on alterra is 2,4 times longer than a year on Earth, yet the life expectancy is roughly the same +/- 20 years depending on time period.

Because of this, people celebrate twice as many birthdays as humans do, and since it’s a fantasy world where you have a higher chance of surviving if you stay in shape, people can afford to eat twice the amount of birthday cakes!

To the 3 people following me, guess what. I’m writing my first book, here’s draft 1 of the prologue

Alterra: The Fall of Lord Valthoraxe

Prologue

The following scripture has been translated from High-Norcurn, several species and creatures have been renamed to a version of that creature better understood by your population. To aid in understanding, any replaced word will be slanted. If a creature has a name you do not recognize, there is likely no suitable alternative in your culture, fictional or otherwise.

The planet of Alterra lies in the Black Eye Galaxy, in a solar system called Galfrei X. The system has only 4 planets and 1 G-type White-Yellow Giant star. Alterra is an Earth-like planet with 48 hour days and an average gravitational pull of 1,65g’s on the surface. However, under the surface and underground is a place very much like hell. Beneath that, a black hole that is only held back by a layer of extremely dense enchanted rock. The inhabitants of Alterra are at a point in technological advancement slightly beyond Earth’s medieval period. The dominant intelligent species are humans, dwarves, Elves, along with a few half-orks, and half-golems. The humans are a power-seeking race that adapt using their intellect to overcome challenges. The dwarves are incredibly strong for their small size, being very talented at extreme physically demanding tasks such as blacksmithing and mining. The Elves are extremely proud and think themselves above all else, however their stubbornness makes them unwilling to progress with new advancements. The half-orks are great warriors and are the only thing between a full-scale war with the orks. The half-golems have strong, stone-like hide that can stop a steel blade. They do not tire, nor do they need nutrition, and they are by far the most racially disliked species, being hated by all but the dwarves. Each race has a different form of power, the humans and elves with their ancient magiks, the dwarves with their devastating weaponry and ever advancing firearms, the orks and half-orks with their brutality and numbers, and the golems with durability and sheer brute force.

All these races serve purposes beyond their own self-interests in one way or another. The human warlocks stop the spread of the Droughted by draining all life in the land around it, creating the dried mesa they reside in. The high-elves protect the forests from evils who seek the destroy it. The dwarves provide resources to the lands below their mountains, and fight the monsters that rise from the depths. The half-orks are in a constant political struggle to prevent war. The half-golems built the 5 great kingdoms of unity, places where all races can live together without prejudice.

And then there’s Lord Valthoraxe, an evil tyrant who betrayed the races, kills for sport and claimed ownership over the entire planet. It resides in a hell of its own design referred to as The Lord’s Wastelands. It is not of any race seen prior nor since, and has the ability to control fire in its entirety. Its name brings fear to all, few even dare mention it, and fewer still attempt to stop it.

I have finally decided to have a fixed theme for my blog. For the foreseeable future, and whenever I feel like it, I shall post updates and quotes from the books I am writing. Currently there is only one book being made, but if people like it, two sequels are already planned out. The book I’m working on is a fantasy novel called Alterra: The Fall of Lord Valthoraxe.

The entire reason I named my account Valthoraxe was to discuss, and improve on my book, but I got distracted very quickly by a combination of adhd, school, and memes. I’m about halfway done with my book, sitting at nearly 45 thousand words currently. I haven’t found much time to work on it recently, but I’m getting back into it. Preemptive warning, this book is not meant for kids. There is absolutely no actual sexually explicit content in the book, but there are moments of extreme violent brutality, as well as occasional depictions of abuse, cross-species racism, swearing, and child death. If you are uncomfortable with any of the above, this book is not for you.

I shall keep the particularly violent and spoiler heavy parts out of this blog until the book it fully complete. Criticism and suggestions are always appreciated. I will attempt to post an update at least once a week, if I ever forget, just scream at me, I keep notifications on. I shall leave you with the first quote of this blog, the very first scene past the starting prologue.

“Our story begins with two young heroes named Max and Lilly, twins that shall venture out on a quest to right as many wrongs as possible, starting with the biggest of all…”

Instead of a quote from my book this week, I’ll be explaining how time works on the planet of Alterra.

Alterra data;

-each Noctidial is 48 hours

-there are 438,5 days in a year (every other year is a leap year)

-there are 15 months in a year

-there are 5 seasons to the year; spring, summer, fall, winter, and pre-blossom

-pn(post-nightfall) is between 32:00 and 16:00

-pm(post-morning) is between 16:00 and 32:00

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