Young Writers Society

The story takes place in a large desert land during a war between an oppressive empire called the Draknor Empire and a rebel army known simply as the Resistance. The Draknor Empire aspires to rule the entire continent, while the Resistance wants to split off and have their own state. The two sides have been fighting mercilessly for 15 years, and still there are no signs of the war ending. Neither side cares who is caught in the crossfire, so many innocent people get caught in the middle of their battles, most of which arent' even sided with either faction. Our characters are these people.

The story will begin in an oasis town called Jirachai, and it's where most of our characters will meet. You can't make a character who's part of the Resistance or the Draknor Empire, only an innocent pedestrian, so to speak. Here is the profile outline for your characters:

Name:
Gender:
Age:
Appearance:
Personality:
Background:

Name: Jaden Alkros
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Appearance: Not very tall, short brown hair, wears goggles to protect his eyes from the sand.
Personality: Timid and shy, tries to stay out of trouble as best he can, dislikes confrontations.

Name: Irik Sarus
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Appearance: Tall, spiky black hair, wears sunglasses, wears no shirt to show off a large tattoo of a flaming eagle on his back.
Personality: Up beat, excited, likes to throw caution out the window a lot, always competing against someone or something, loves confrontations.

Background for both characters:
Jaden and Irik are from a distant village called Ieros, a village they had recently left in search of adventure. Both their parents had died ten years ago during a raid by the Resistance. Since then they had stuck together. They think of each other as brothers, even though they aren't blood related. Irik was always getting into trouble back in their home village, and Jaden was usually pulled into it. Despite Irik's downfalls, Jaden looks up to him as a younger brother would look up to his older brother. In fact, it was Irik's idea to leave their village in the first place. Had it not been for him, Jaden would still be back in Ieros. The two of them are currently traversing through the desert on foot.

Spot claimed

The two brothers, Irik and Jaden, continue their long trek through the desert. It was three days ago that they had left their village of Ieros in search of adventure. Since then they had not even seen any signs of civilization. So far their so called search for adventure has turned out to be a total bust.

"Man, it's way too hot," Irik complained for the umpteenth time. "Jaden, how far is it to Karain village?"

"I told you, Irik, I don't know. It's supposed to be only a two-day walk. We should have reached it by now."

"Then why haven't we? We left Ieros going south, so we should have arrived by now."

Jaden stopped in his tracks and stared up at Irik. "South? We're going south!?"

"Of course we are," Irik said. "Karain village is south of Ieros."

"North!" Jaden yelled. "Karain village is north of Ieros! We're going the wrong way!" The boy dropped to his knees and started pulling at his hair. "All this time we were heading in the wrong direction!"

"What's the problem?" Irik asked. "We'll just head back the way we came."

"We can't! We only have enough provisions left for one more day! We're going to die out here! We should never have left Ieros, Brother."

Irik grabbed Jaden by the scruff of his jacket and pulled him back to his feet. "Buck up, Jaden," he said.

"But-"

"A man doesn't lay down and start crying because he's lost. If we can't go back the way we came, then the only thing we can do is keep going forward, right?"

Jaden wanted to argue, but knowing Irik there was no point. He nodded and said, "Right..."

Irik smiled and added, "Besides, you don't want to go back to that boring old place do you? There's nothing fun to do there, all we ever did was work all day in the baking sun since everyone else in the village is too old to move without breaking a hip."

Jaden nodded again. "Right."

"That's better." He released Jaden's collar and began to look around, although there was nothing to see except an endless ocean of sand. "Now, I don't know much about this area, but I do know that there's lots of oasises scattered around this desert. All we have to do is find one."

Something in the distance caught Jaden's eye. It was nothing more than a small black dot on the horizon. "Brother, I think I see something."

Irik kneeled down beside Jaden until he was at the same eye level. "What do you see?"

"That thing in the horizon." He pointed to the black dot for Irik.

The two of them simotaneously lifted shaded their eyes from the sun with their hands so they could see better. After a a few minutes of staring, they both yelled at the same time, "OASIS!!!" The two brother scrambled across the sand, racing toward what they believed to be their salvation.

(Irik and Jaden have just found Jirachai. Right now we should focus on getting our characters to meet each other.)

I am going to join.

Name:
Domine Asano (DOM-in-eh As-on-O). Her alais is Cat.

Gender:
Female

Age:
18

Appearance:
Her Clothing
Her Eyes
Her Hair
Her Dog, Jakkin

Domine is medium hieght and fairly curvacious. Her skin is dark tan suited with her dark curly hair to reflect her gyspy heritage. Her eyes are a crystal blue, seeming to attract people near, and there is always a challenging look in her eye. She is very analytical which makes her certainly a force to be recogned with.

She likes to wear bright clothing, usually heavily layered with dark boots. She also wears plenty of jewelry which also seems to showcase her beauty even more. The gold hoop earings and necklace are the main attraction other then the ruby ring on her finger.

She had a large St. Brenard dog named Jakkin who is increasinly friendly, and drools a lot. His size phases a lot of people, but meanwhile he is actually a big wimp. He drools a lot.

Personality:
Domine has a very out going personality, always noticing small details and can twist peoples words for her advantage. She is used to living on the streets and is very flirtatious, taunting many males into sin with her bare shoulders and the sauntinering sway of her hips. She looks at people through her lashes and likes to toy with them.

She hates to be underestimated. Graceful on her feet and as light as a dancer, she can usually take care of herself and take care of others too. She is not at all bright at points, but that can be excused. She is not afraid of being herself and is certainly good at greeting people that she doesn't know because she tends to ask for money from strangers.

Background:
Domine had a poor childhood, her father had died when she was young and her older brother had left their family because he did not wish for his name to be tarnished. Without any support Domine's mother had to find a way of life for her and her small child. She was forced to sell herself in a Pleasure house to other men and still resides there even in her old age. Domine grew up there, helping the courtesan's and learned many things and how to talk to men and not be afraid.

As soon as Domine was old enough, she seperated from her mother, dancing and begging for money, always giving half her earnings to her poor gyspy mother. People always seemed to discriminate her because of her heritage but she did not care. She grew up stronger.

The war between the Resistance and the Draknor Empire doesn't concern her. It has nothing with her, so why should she get involved.

She now owns a small shack in Jirachai where she has been earnign credit as a fortune teller. Not many people know this, but it is all in an act. The people come in there with their purses full, but in the end leave with them lightened heavily.

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I hope everything is good and I will post. If anything is wrong, please tell me and I will edit.

~Incognito

That's pretty good, actually. I'm impressed with the amount of detail you put into your character, especially considering you're seven years younger than me. You did make a few spelling mistakes here and there, like switching words with 'ng' with 'gn'. Other than that, you're ready to go.

I claim a spot...

Name: Kylun Sentil

Gender: Male

Age: 20

Appearance: http://stargaziey.deviantart.com/art/Desert-Wanderer-98657004

Personality: Kylun despises crowds and is very antisocial. He is serious, and filled with dry wit. He is an artist. Kylun spends much of his free time sketching whatever is on his mind.

Background: Kylun condemns society as a whole, and spends most of his time away from it. He stops in towns as he travels to sell his sketches and purchase supplies, but those stays are very short.

Other: Up for love.

Phantom brought something up that I think I should explain. If you want to do the love thing with someone else you're more than free to, you don't have to mention it on your profile. Just be sure to discuss it with the writer who controls the character you want yours to fall in love with.

Name: Kasey Haverting

Gender: female

Age: 18

Appearance: medium length fiery red hair. Lime green eyes, medium height very athletic.

Personality: crazy and outgoing always laughing and cracking jokes, is very loyal to those she trust and care for, always smiling unless something is wrong. She is like a giant ball of randomness. She may seem spazzy but she is very weary around strangers and won't drop her guard.

Background:Her parents and baby sister were killed by the resistance, cause they thought they were the empire spies. She was playing hide and go seek at the time with her little sister so they didn't see her.
-------------(Can I have two if not ignore this one)
Name: Anna-Bell (Anna) Venom

Gender:female

Age:14

Appearance: small very skinny has tan skin, and long straight black hair. With very pale green eyes. She looks like shes sick.

Personality: she is shy and quiet, is a fast runner, smart. she likes to watch the sunrise and sunsets. She is very flexible, and good at gymnastics.

Background: her parents were killed in a miss fire during a raid, she was very young and was one of the few survivors of her village. She ended up in Jhinkin where Kasey found her, and has been taking care of her ever since.

As long as you can handle controlling two characters, that's fine.

(I say we get the story started. Anyone else who wants to join can just jump in.)

Irik and Jaden rushed into Jirachai like mad men toward the oasis pond in the center of the small town. They nearly knocked over a few people in their haste. When they reached the pond the went to their knees and dunked their faces underwater.

They came back up for air once they had their fill. Irik wiped his mouth dry with his arm before saying, "See, didn't I tell you everything was going to be fine?"

"I guess you were right, brother," Jaden said. "But we can't afford to make another mistake like that again. people die every year from getting lost in the desert."

Irik gave Jaden a pat on the back. "Don't sweat it. As long as we don't make the same mistake again we'll be fine."

Jaden nodded. "So, what are we going to do next?"

Irik stood up and looked around at the bustling town. He smiled and said, "I kinda like this place, there's lots of people. It's definitely much more interesting than stuffy old Ieros."

"Okay, but we'll have to find lodging first. We should also think about finding a job to pay for supplies for our next trip."

"There'll be plenty of time for that later. Right now, what's say we take a look around?" Irik pointed at a small shack across the street. "Why don't we start there?"

"A fortune teller?" Jaden asked.

"Don't you want to see what our futures have in store for us?"

"I guess so." The two of them crossed the street and entered the small shack.

(Take it away, Incognito Temptation.)

Kasey~

Me and Anna were walking to the market when we were almost ran over by some crazy hooligans!

"Watch were your going you crazy hooligans!" I shouted at them as they almost made me drop my load of groceries.

"Kasey you should be nicer. What if they get mad?" Anna whispered while looking down.

"Oh calm down, Anna. I'm sure we could take them. . .or at least I could, and then you would tell me that fighting is wrong and all that." Kasey said while rolling her eyes.

"Maybe we should just wait some time for the water to clean out." Anna said as she looked towards the fountain, where the 'crazy hooligans' were jumping in to.

(Sorry that's it's not very good I don't know where to put them here's a picture of Kasey.)

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e239/ ... /anmie.jpg

**I'll make a male character if it's needed **

(That'd be great. It's good to have a balance of both male and female characters.)