Plot Post: Of Elves and Dwarrows

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Ah, fantasy. Elves and dwarves, to be exact. (Quick and small title change).

Characters

Main:

• Jale (male, Jadestone dwarf, young, just got a "real" beard going, in love with Prince Onren, unsure of his place, brother of Warsa)


• Kaaz (male, former Deep Mine dwarf, young-ish, former fugitive, still worried about fitting in, warrior, betrothed to Fanwa).


• Narathriel (male, elf, young-ish, on a quest, clever, magician)


• Warsa (female, Jadestone dwarf, young-ish, mighty red beard!, best friends with Prince Onren, established warrior, dutiful, sister of Jale)

Supporting:

• Beswa (female, Jadestone dwarf, warrior, hot-headed, in an on-again-off-again relationship with Gelame).


• Bjana (female, Jadestone dwarf, both blood-and-true mother of Tura, Deepdigger Clan)


• Droh (male, Jadestone dwarf, criminal, brother of Bjana, Deepdigger Clan)


• Fanwa (male, Jadestone dwarf, warrior, betrothed to Kaaz, brother of Marwa).


• Gelame (female, Jadestone dwarf, warrior and bard, calm, on-and-off-again with Beswa, magical potential).


• Guthra (female, Deep Mine dwarf, cousin to Kaaz, obsessed with status).


• Hreka (female, Deep Mine dwarf, warrior, married to Marwa).


• Marwa (male, Jadestone dwarf, kidnapped and thought dead, great jewel maker, brother of Fanwa, married to Hreka).


• Prince Onren (male, Jadestone dwarf, has an older brother and sister, warrior and leader of a seven man party with special training, terrified of marriage, in love with Jale).


• Tura (female, Jadestone dwarf, daughter of Bjana, friend of Jale, magical potential, Deepdigger Clan)


• Vergar (male, Storm Cliffs dwarf, guard and warrior, magical potential)


• Zurkea (female, Jadestone dwarf, middle-aged warrior, tough as nails).

Minor:

• The Older Prince (male, Jadestone dwarf, older brother of Onren and the princess, not the heir).


• The Princess (female, Jadestone dwarf, younger sister to The Older Prince, older sister to Onren, the heir).


• Queen Luheka (female dwarf, mother to Prince Onren, ruler of Jade Stone Mountain, MIGHTY BEARD!)

Plot:
An unholy mess of action/adventure, romance, fantasy, steampunk and erotica. Long story short, elves are due to backstory reasons not popular with other species and are basically believed to be evil sirens who want to eat your soul. Because of this, they were long ago driven from the land this story takes place in; only they've decided to return. The dwarves of Jadestone Mountain (who're at war with the Deep Mines, over the underground warm water resources in Jadestone) find this out quite by accident: the young guard Jale unknowingly saves the life of one - i.e. he doesn't know it's an elf he's saved until they've already become friends. The rest of the dwarves think Jale has been magically brainwashed by the evil elf, so Jale decides to help said elf (Narathriel) home, to prove his sanity to the other dwarves. Naturally, Jale's sister and friends (*cough*Prince Onren most of all*cough*) are none too happy with this decision of his...

Notes:

• When courting, the dwarves gift each other with previous gems/jewerly/shiny stuff every year on the day of their bethroal. When they finally get married, their closest relatives help them dress in the finest of the gifts, right before the wedding night.


• Only one person of a married couple wears a sign of the marriage (a large bracelet). This is because the person without a bracelet _can_ marry another (though only being the one that gets the bracelet that time). It rarely happens, but it's not completely unheard of; and when married, the third person technically demotes the first person with the bracelet to lover or possibly second-spose to themselves.


• The royal line used to be patriarchal, until a revolution some ten generations back. This is remembered every 20 years with a ritual that I'm heavily borrowing from "Last Night of the Kings" by Van Canto <_< >_>


• Elves don't have any rituals for marriage, they just agree to be married. Dwarves on the other hand have tons of rituals (see above).

Scenes:

• Jale explaining the meaning of braids and how courtship braids can only be undone (for cleaning) by the person's betrothed - or in an emergency a very close relative to the betrothed - (he's explaining to Narathriel)


• Onren mentioning to Warsa that he thinks Jale has a very pleasant voice, when she mentions that Jale plans to become a bard


• Jale deciding to become a bard since he's no warrior-material and few other stations are high enough for him to dare think the prince would marry him


• When Jale goes off with Narathriel (to prove his own worth and that elves aren't soul-eaters). Onren & co go after him. Sadly, so do some Deep Mine dwarves, who're aiming to catch themselves valuable prisoners.


• Onren and Kaaz end up taken prisoner by Kaaz' cousin Guthra. Kaaz is to be married off to some noble (Deep Mines still have those), while Onren is to be given to one of the royals. Lots of hair drama!


• All the six warrior directly under Onren's command (ex: Warsa, Kaaz, Fanwa, Gelame, Beswa and Zurkea) ship Onren/Jale and have been dwarf-subtly trying to hook the two up since Jale came of age.

Comments

Characters' appearance

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For once, I actually found a picture of a real life human that inspired a character design. This awesome lady (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/46179998133/thatonewannabechef-ashriface-rittsrotts) looks exactly like I imagine Narathriel's sisters (who are twins) to look like.

Also, the elves (of all genders) tend to wear clothes that cover their entire bodies and their faces as well. Think this (http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Journey-289601485), but that covers their eyes as well (yes, like a burka) and with different patterns and fabric colors; and no scarfs.

The reason for the "burka" is that other species in this world tend to kill elves on sight and only elves have dark skin (in most parts of the world at least, and the humans or dwarves who do get accused of being half-elves). Among their own kin, elves don't cover up as much.

Characters' appearance

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There is now a picture of Narathriel and Raserath! (http://nonesane.livejournal.com/39611.html)

Characters' appearance

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Dwarves up next!

Beswa of the Dagger Clan (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/57985983623/beswa-of-the-dagger-clan-is-next-up-of-the-of)
Fanwa of the Orefinder Clan (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/57983859790/fourth-of-dwarves-and-elves-dwarf-i-commissioned)
Gelame of the Drillbuilder Clan (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/57986857424/gelame-of-the-drillbuilder-clan-is-the-next-to)
Jale of the Orefinder Clan (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/57979004879/i-commissioned-ladynorthstar-to-draw-eight-dwarf)
Kaaz Clanless (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/57981796908/third-of-elves-and-dwarves-dwarf-i-commissioned)
Prince Onren (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/57985640150/prince-onren-of-jadestone-mountain-is-the-third)
Warsa of the Orefinder Clan (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/57979751454/the-second-of-the-of-dwarves-and-elves-dwarves-i)
Zurkea of the Dagger Clan (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/57987671051/zurkea-of-the-dagger-clan-is-the-last-of-dwarves)

And here they all are together. (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/57988097471/all-dwarves-i-commissioned-from-the-amazing)

Re: Characters' appearance

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Forgot to add this commission of eight more dwarves!

Bjana of the Deepdigger Clan (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/67081611613/i-commissioned-the-wonderful-ladynorthstar-to-draw)
Droh of the Deepdigger Clan (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/67082322392/droh-of-the-deepdigger-clan-he-doesnt-show-up)
Guthra of the Goldmine Clan (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/67084745221/guthra-of-the-goldmine-clan-shes-one-of-the-main)
Hreka of the Axewielder Clan (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/67087211729/hreka-of-the-axwielder-clan-one-of-the-best)
Marwa of the Orefinder Clan (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/67089814196/marwa-of-the-orefinder-clan-the-older-brother-of)
Tura of the Deepdigger Clan (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/67095368779/tura-of-the-deepdigger-clan-friend-of-jale-she)
Queen Luheka (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/67092303293/luheka-queen-of-jadestone-mountain-mother-of)
Vergar of Frostfield Mountain (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/67095991182/vergar-of-frostfield-mountain-a-group-of-dwarves)

All together. (http://nonesane.tumblr.com/post/67096686843/here-they-are-all-together-my-second-gathering-of)

Re: Characters' appearance

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Scene between Narathriel and Warsa can be seen visualized here (http://nonesanewriting.tumblr.com/post/111106558180/finally-had-some-time-to-post-this-wonderful-art-i).