Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Unholy Paladin

Hello!

As promised, today I am going to discuss the other series of mine, which I consider to be my life's work, Unholy Paladin.

First though, some background... the series began as just a project back in high school in which I was "modernizing" some of the Gods of ancient societies to create a sort of "superhero" fighting series which at the time was intended for a video game which my friends and I never got around to making. After the game project fell through, I decided to develop the characters and their stories to attempt to create an epic series not just about their fighting, but their daily lives as well. With nearly 30 major characters, coming up with unique stories for each of them has proven to be quite a challenge, but it is definitely worth it.

The basic plot revolves around the existence of "Deities," ancient beings which are capable of granting their abilities to a human whose soul is compatible with the Deity. The Deities return to Earth every so often whenever there is a major catastrophe or a need for their abilities. Usually, the users of the Deities do herioc deeds, and in ancient societies were worshipped as Gods; however, there are some Deity users who have abused their powers to gain power over normal people. The story involves a group of Deity users and their struggles against other people with the same type of power.

I can not reveal any major details about the epic story of this series just yet, but I can at least post information regarding a few of the major characters over the next few days.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Two series in the works at the moment

Hello! I felt it was time to start putting in details regarding the two projects that I am currently involved in, Trooper Blaze and Unholy Paladin.

Trooper Blaze is something I had been working on as far back as middle school (10 years ago, wow) and pretty much scrapped due to lack of interest / drawing ability. I decided to pull it back out from the archives and remake it due to the decent story and the potential that the story really has...

Trooper Blaze
It is the 23rd century. The Earth, after a series of wars that nearly destroyed the planet, has been unified under a centralized government, the Global Union of Nations (GUN). Humankind has begun expanding out into space due to the overpopulation of the Earth, and the world is nearing a socio-economic crash due to the lack of resources and space. A group of scientists notice an asteroid approaching the planet and attempt to warn the population. The GUN recieves the reports first, and decides that this would be the perfect means of controlling the population. A space mission is sent out to "deter" the asteroid from its course; however, the true intention of the mission is to steer it toward the planet. The general populace is told that they have been saved, and the GUN, in secret, begins a mass migration to the various space colonies; only taking important government officials, their families, scientists, and anyone else who they deem important enough to save, or has enough money.
After the disaster was to take place, the GUN was going to return to the planet and restore order; rebuilding the world and having less mouths to feed, thus leading to a happier global society. However, the consequences of the catastrophe were such that no one could forsee... over 80% of the human race on the planet was wiped out in the aftermath of the impact, and the climate of the planet has been so drastically altered that the Earth will become inhospitable to humans within less than a year. Also, without a significant government presence or any form of authority, those that remain have taken to struggling amongst themselves for what few necessities of life remain.
In the face of this disaster, the GUN decides that in order to restore order to the Earth and make it livable again, they would have to force the evolution of the human race in order to be able to adapt to the rapidly changing climate. Thus, the METAhuman Research Administration began (Mutation, Evolution, Total Adaptation of the Human Genome).
However, the experiments did not go as planned. The test subjects were culled from among the regular citizens aboard one of the space colonies; kidnapped and subjected to the genetic experimentation against their will due to the severity of the emergency. Some of the test subjects, whose modifications gave them excessive physical strength and endurance, decided to revolt against the GUN and its scientists in order to avenge their fellow test subjects who were failures and were eliminated as useless.
Shortly after, that colony begame overrun by inhuman monsters who declared their independence. The story begins when "Blaze," a soldier working for the GUN, is sent in to reclaim the colony and retrieve the research materials so that the human race can be saved before all life on Earth dies out.

The synopsis of Unholy Paladin will be coming soon!