Okay, NOW Esgalwen’s Story is done. Haha! Now it’s 72,866 words long. : P This part is essentially the same as it was before, with a few words added here and there. For the new stuff, click back to Chapter 14 and read the first scene. : D
I really want to get Netflix and watch those TV shows I’ve been wanting to watch. : P
Well.
It’s over. After a year of waiting, I wrote the end for you. And maybe it’s not the ending that it could be. But at least it is AN ending, and now if I want to revise it, it will be easier to make sense of. Speaking of revisions, I haven’t forgotten anyone’s comments/criticisms, and I want to thank everyone for making comments/criticisms, and I’ll definitely be taking them all into account when/if I get around to revising.
I am not sure where to put the first scene in this. It feels like a scene that goes in the middle of a chapter. But there isn’t really room in the flow of the story to move it. That’ll be another thing to revise. :3 This chapter took two days to write, and is approximately 8100 words long (out of a total of approximately 69,600). The only part that I had written previously was the part about sandwiches, and the death of the spacedragon.
If you want to read from the beginning before you read this new chapter, here’s a link to Chapter 1 for ye. If you’re just looking for your cameo character, everyone gets several minutes in this one, except Marcus, who is ded-ded-dedy-permaded. I might turn around and throw in a reference to him later, or I might not. I haven’t really decided yet. But thanks everyone for letting me borrow their characters; they were super helpful to have around and I’d be glad to see them again.
Hope you enjoyed this story in all its rough-draft glory. I’m glad to have written it.
EDIT: After adding the scene with Torrigan, this chapter grew to truly monster proportions, so there is now a link to Chapter 15 at the bottom of the page!
I drew a thing! It’s Esgalwen/Illinia, as she was dressed by the dark elves while she was their captive. At first. I think she had a great many costume changes, because they are extravagant in their… skimpiness. Or something. She’s not very happy about the whole thing, because not even her husband’s actually seen this much skin on her. Or something.
My tablet was so dusty I can’t even tell you. And my skillz are dusty too.
Good news – Esgalwen is level 23 in LotRO. Also my room is clean. Sorta.
Another chapter is done! I’m very close to the end. I don’t know how long the final battle will take to write but it’s just around the corner.
But it’s back to school tomorrow, so that will take priority. And I still have to see how to fix the light in my ceiling… I really don’t know how to put the new bracket in!
That’s all for now. I’m going to practice a bit before bed. Also I should eat, but there’s nothing I want to eat. : P
EDIT: Torrigan’s player has mentioned that Torrigan had a character arc, but unfortunately there isn’t really enough story left to flesh it out, so I’ll be leaving it up to you. Suffice it to say (as Torrigan says) that he’s not quite as nice as he used to be. We’ll see how well I can add that. However, I’m still not interested in the war, so it’s staying more or less vague and in the background.
YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY I got a chapter done. : P Credit goes to Thari for helping me with the battle, not by telling me what to write, but by telling me what to think about in regards to what happens in battles. : )
New cameos! Kaisten, (c) Kaist, and Kip, (c) Wren!
Not much to say? Having the best break ever, except that means I’m running out of news. Also apparently we DO have Skyward Sword, although I’m still tempted to buy it for the soundtrack CD, because otherwise I will have to wait several months before I hear it.
Also melted chocolate is just as delicious as unmelted chocolate. Particularly if it’s Belgian.
Also we have a foot of snow! Yay!
Yaaaaaaay the long-awaited Chapter 11 is up! This is only half of what was originally going to be Chapter 11. That would have been a doozy. But anyway so Chapter 12 will have even more of this emotional crap, though perhaps with less attempted seduction. And I really mean that ‘perhaps’. Man, I should put a warning on these chapters.
Four new cameos in this chapter! Marcus is perhaps a little OOC for who he is in his own universe, but since he has a different position in this universe, hopefully he fits in while retaining some semblance of who he is? Apparently I got Lu spot on, which is always nice!
I guess this is FiDaNoMo? Finish that Dang Novel Month? Yeah?
Another chapter! Slightly edited; skipping some of the torture prawns that were in the original. I don’t know what drow are like, soooo here’s my guess.
Very sleepy. Too many early mornings. I have only early mornings until Thursday, and I’ve had them since Friday. Boo. At least I’m almost healed. My voice is still a bit off, and my nose is still a bit odd, but I’m pretty much back to normal.
Also, too many projects. This will be the last chapter you get for a little while, although I do know what happens next chapter, vaguely. I have some visual arts to do in my free time. Aaaand then there’s the music I have to learn… Tried to get some work done on the Kakadu tonight. Am concerned that I am trying to learn my long-term music too fast. Need to spend next weekend solidly in a practice room. Continue reading
Okay, this chapter is not quite the way I want it, but…… close enough. Maybe I’ll rewrite it later. See, I’d have to rewrite it if I were to edit it, because otherwise I’d end up not changing anything. I don’t seem to be able to easily lift certain phrases and put them in new settings…
News: Sick is… getting better? I can sing again, but my nose is still a “Bag of Holding filled with goo” and the sinuses to my ears are blocked, which gives my head the feeling of being stuffed with cotton. Which is interesting, because I thought that was just a writerly turn of phrase. But it is a real feeling. I have a mocha beside me, though, and I had some tea earlier, so I’m good, more or less. My brain is less fuzzy. Now I just wish I could breathe. Continue reading
Well! Posting while trying to beat cheesecake batter (by hand, no mixer) is hard.
This chapter… huhhhhh… I hated writing the demon battle. Battles are hard for me. Everyone’s doing interesting things at once, except that the English language doesn’t have THAT many words to describe the sorts of repetitive actions I want to put down.
Also Illinia is a whiny emo brat. There, I said it. But yes, she does get a little OOC this chapter… I think I found a reason for it, but she’s… a bit odd in this one.
Back to slow character-driven psychological emotional descriptive stuff next chapter.
Hope the cheesecakes turn out. It was still a little lumpy when I put it in.
EDIT: The fight at the beginning is a bit better. Also added a line to the one at the end and a couple words here and there.
Here you are! The very ultimate cheesiest part of my story! All the cheese is in this chapter. ALL OF IT.
Hope you like it.
Why won’t my towels rinse or dry? What a pain. Oh well. Time to clean the kitchen.
I know three Dutch words! : D
EDIT: Illinia uses her ring, instead of acquiring it and then losing it before ever using it. Also, Lina now has a purpose. Not exactly revealed through a journal, or a letter, but close enough. : P