And I'm going to be ready for it this time! Maybe.
Reworking an old tale of mine (though the original idea was my sister's). called Ivory tower.
I've got a little bit of the backstory worked out. So behold.
We live in a world where Darkness is all around. It infects the land and it infects the people. There's no help for it, it's human nature to be taken in by this Darkness. The only way to not be overtaken by it is to avoid it completely. There are few who have the ability to resist, given to them long ago. For this gift they each gave a part of themselves, and another part of them is heightened in The Gift's manifestation.
Those who cannot repel the darkness for themselves flock to those who can, and those who can become leaders and pillars of the community.
It is in one such community that our story takes place.
This community was formed around a strong matriarchy. Generations of strong women who were all born with the gift of repelling the Darkness. They were colloquially regarded as royalty.
At the center of this town was built a tower where The Matriarch and her family lived. The Ivory Tower as they call it. Standing so tall it calls to everyone for miles and keeps the Darkness so far away that this town is held in regard as the most peaceful and the most harmonious. At least.... outside the tower itself.
For a part of each of them was taken. And when you're missing a part of yourself you can never fully understand anyone else.
The previous Matriarch has gone missing. For she was courageous and magnetic, but for her gift her sense of responsibility was taken. And an adventurous soul doesn't care to stay put.
When she left she opened a hole in the fabric of protection around the community. Being born with the gift isn't enough. Your ability to use it and willingness to use it for other people make the protection work. So even though she had many children none of them could support the system.
A long period of years went by where the community had no one to protect them and the only thing that prevented the Darkness from getting to them was the wide area the previous Matriarch had cultivated all around the town with her manifestation of the gift.
The Matriarch's gift was adventure and exploration. In her reign she expanded the territories around the town that were safe from the Darkness by exploring them and mapping them. So her progeny had some time to work themselves out.... if only they could.
 The Drunken Jester · Tue Oct 23, 2012 @ 09:10pm · 0 Comments |
