BA6 - being a story artist, my idea.

Recently i have had a change of career path.  I now want to become a story artist; i want to create and develop stories and ideas whilst producing concept work to illustrate my ideas.  For BA6, that's what i'm going to do!  Below is the idea of my story along with some pretext and some history/knowledge of the set world. 

I have a deep interest in morals, the difference in right and wrong and why things are they way they are and how they started out.  When coming up with this idea, i was researching into the origins of werewolfs - how the folk stories started to end up with the modern idea of what a werewolf is.  

I will go onto post more information about my idea and the research done for it.  But for now here is the rather in-depth idea for my story:

(IF YOU SEE .... IT MEANS I HAVENT THOUGHT OF A NAME FOR A PERSON/PLACE YET)

Intro/pretext and main story plot

In the Old world there were 9 Gods known as the Old Gods, each individual with powers and purpose. They created the world, land and sea and kept the balance of life and death and cared for their creatures. They were close to the creatures that inhabited the land and sea and they were indeed grateful for all the Old Gods did for them. Humans, animals, insects and plants kept thriving and growing, so much so that it was becoming beyond the Old Gods control. Unwilling to kill their creations they decided to create a new God, like them in every way to help care for the world and its creatures. It was a task beyond their power and capabilities; even Gods have their limitations and taboo's, and this was very dangerous. The Gods chose for each of them a champion of a species to become part of the making of the New God. A Man, whale, dragon, hydra, spider, lotus, phoenix, cobra and a wolf were chosen. Their souls were combined along with a segment of each of the gods powers. But it backfired. A God was indeed created but from the pain and agony of the creatures souls being split, re attached, combined and with their physical bodies going on to being destroyed the New God was uncontrollable. From its immediate birth it went on a rampage and in the end went on to kill 6 of the Old Gods, claiming their power. The New God went on to destroy the land and all its creatures, burning and crushing all in its way. The remaining 3 Gods managed to seal the New God away within a strong barrier, but it was too late. Everything was destroyed and all their creations they swore to protect were now all dead. 2 of the 3 remaining Gods were injured and were starting to slowly die. Realizing that the barrier for the New God wouldn't always last, they left the Old world. They formed a long and treacherous path of sea, ice and lava to slow down the New God if it were to break free and give chase. They then created a giant forest, a place for them to hide in and to start to build the New World.

The land they built was smaller and with less creatures and this time, the Old Gods did not interfere with the creatures affairs. Over time, the 2 injured Gods died, their power going to the last remaining Old God. The barrier sealing away the new God was also broken, freeing it unto the world and it was going to seek its revenge on the last God. The last remaining God knew that it couldn't stop the New God on its own. So, it decided to make demi Gods to help fight against this threat. Learning from the previous mistakes, it decided to create the new demi Gods differently; but this was still a taboo and wrong act. The God looked over all of its new creations to find suitable champions.  Not only to defeat the New God, but also to be the most capable of taking on God-like abilities. The God settled on a Woman (Amelia) and a male Wolf (Orin) - both with a close bond, trained fighters and hunters. The God lured them into the giant forest, performing a ritual splitting their souls and reforming them by combining them with that of another living soul and the powers of a God. The woman was fused with the life of a Wolf (Her fathers wolf) and …... The wolf was fused with the life of a human (Amelia's father) and ….... The two new Demi Gods gained new powers, strength, heightened senses and a higher sense of being. They are able to communicate with each other and with some other living creatures. They also gained the individual powers and attributions of the Gods power that they were fused with.  They still physically look the same, but over time with the more power they gain they physically change drastically.

The New God arrived at the New world and brought along with it an army; it resurrected the creatures that once inhabited the Old world to fight for it. Unaware of what the Old God had planned it decided to stay hidden in the Giant forest and split its soul into 6. They physically embodied 6 of the original creatures that it was made from which then became the leaders for the army. The 6 army factions then went to different parts of the New World destroying all in its path and for any signs of the Old Gods resistance and reminisce. The Demi Gods have to go and defeat the armies and their leaders, taking their power and then going onto defeat the New God and save the New world.

Continuation of plot and the stories universe

After the ritual and transformation in the giant forest, the two travel to the main north town …... and meet Caleb and his wolf female Enda. They travel together defeating the invasion of the New God and its army. Each defeat they gain powers. Through out their journey Amelia and Caleb develop a romantic relationship and fall in love.

Amelia and Orin undergo many changes – physically, mentally and spiritually as when they obtain new powers they begin to turn more God-like. They are given a higher sense of consciousness about the world and think and act more like a God and not a human/wolf. Their physical bodies start to be torn away as they are becoming immortal spiritual God beings and the powers they gain change them physically to look more like the Old Gods. Throughout the journey they are battling with the emotional and physical pain of the changes and the affect it has on their actions and the people around them. Amelia and Orin do not know the origin of their powers until the very end. It is suspected that it was the New Gods doing to turn them into monsters and help destroy the world. They also know very little about the pretext to their story which they discover on their journey.

The Old God does not interfere too much in their journey and if it does, it never interacts openly to reveal itself. When The New God is defeated, the Old God plans to kill Amelia and Orin in order to claim back all the Old Gods Power and to restore balance to the world, making sure no foolish mistakes will be made again. When all the armies and leaders are defeated, The New God makes a final assault with one giant army. Leaving Caleb and Enda to fight, Amelia and Orin travel to the giant woods to fight the New God. When Amelia and Orin finally confront the New God, who reveals the true origin of their powers and the pretext to the story and the Old Gods plan to kill them both after the battle. The New God gives them a choice to either live and seek revenge on the Old God or to potentially die battling with it. Amelia and Orin refuse the New Gods offer and battle it. They are victorious and as Orin gives the final hit, Orin claims the remaining power of the New God and gets knocked out. Soon after, the Old God appears coming to kill Amelia and Orin. Amelia exhausted from the previous battle has to now battle the Old God to survive. She is victorious and claims the Old Gods power and is also knocked out.

After some time the two wake up, fully changed and transformed into almost fully fledged Gods, almost unrecognisable physically. They have all the memories and knowledge of all the Old Gods and realize they should go back to the Old World and try to rebuild what was lost, leaving the New World to grow and survive on its own. They do not say goodbye to Caleb and Enda, who consequently suspect Amelia and Orin are dead. Amelia and Orin start to restore the Old World, working closely with the world and its inhabitance. Caleb and Enda return to their home and live their life out as Heroes and fight in more wars that follow in their life time.

60 years later, Caleb is an old man living alone in a house outside the town. He does not find love again and Enda passed away a few years ago from old age. Amelia appears (in God form) outside his home. The two meet with a very emotional reunion. They talk for a while about the past 60 years and answer questions playing both their minds. Caleb confesses his eternal love for Amelia and says he could not love anyone else. She transforms herself into the human image Caleb last saw her as and presents him an illusion, by looking into a mirror, the two side by side. In the reflection Caleb sees them both as they were 60 years ago with Orin and Enda. Amelia says that's what she always wanted and wished for, even as a God for them to be together. She then reveals her purpose for visiting him now 60 years later. She sensed that that very night he would die of a stroke in his sleep and she had to see him one last time. She explains that even as a God she has such a deep mortal connection with him that if he died she could not live on, like a pair of love birds. She gave him a proposition; instead of dying a painful and terrifying death of stroke, that she would give him a kiss that would send him into a peaceful slumber in which he would die instantly and pain-free. He agrees and they lay on his bed in each others arms. She gives him one sweet passionate kiss as they both shed tears. He quietly falls asleep with a smile on his face. Amelia cries out in pain and bursts into flames. The flames catch on the bed and then onto the whole house which burns to the ground. Everyone suspects that Caleb died in his sleep in a house fire.

Meanwhile, Orin is in the Old world and gains Amelia’s power when she dies. The Old world was just starting out its new life and so goes to sleep so that nature can take its course so that when he wakes, life will just be starting out and he can begin to nurture what has started to take form.

Further contextual information

In this world, all living things have souls. Humans, animals, plants, insects – everything and anything that is alive has a soul. The essence of a soul is comprised of the beings memories, their function/physical state and any emotional/evolutionary attachments which can form and enhance the richness of a soul. It is unknown how souls are formed or how they originated, but Gods are meant to look after those granted with a soul and the world they inhabit. Gods are seen to be 'physical souls'; they are not physical beings but they can interact with the physical world and be seen by living creatures.

Gods are not like other living creatures. They do have conscience minds of their own but think differently and process information differently from other living creatures. They have a higher state of consciousness and can be as ruthless as mother nature as they think for the grater good of the word. Being in amongst the living creatures had made them “soft”, “weaker” and more humane. They have more senses than other creatures and have a wider knowledge and understanding of the world. If a God is to “die” then their power goes to the closest God or Demi God in range. A God can never actually die but instead, their power lives on in another; almost like a rebirth or reincarnation. Their memories, knowledge and power goes on into the next host.

When the Gods were choosing their champion to form the New God, they needed functional creatures that when combined, could produce something close to their own physicality. In order for a physical being to become a non-physical being, they would have to crack its soul and combine it with a God like power and lose its physical sate. For a chance for the new being to survive and have sufficient power to live, the use of multiple beings and souls have to be used; souls can almost be seen as a battery power for life. When the soul is cracked, it must be re-attached to a new soul. With two souls and God-like power, the new being will be conscience with a functional form with the memories and knowledge of the souls that were used to create it. The new being is considered a God and Gods can interact with the physical world and be seen by mortal creatures.

When the New God was created, with the amount of souls and power need to create the giant creature the Gods left it permanently scarred with pain and agony. The procedure is a terrible and painful one for both living being and God. With the amount of souls being combined and conflicting together, the New God was in terrible pain.

When it came for Amelia and Orin to become Demi Gods, the last God chose them as the two would be suffering from the changes but emotionally and mentally would be able to help and support each other better than going at it alone. Being two different species, they had different traits and abilities which would help and compliment each other on their journey together.