The Great War

So this is an outline I am making for a fantasy novel im and writing. Please tell me what you think.

Fantasy
Novel Outline

0. The Thane is the
father of the main character and he is investigating the death of his men. He
asks his pupil to investigate the crime and the bodies of the men who were
killed. He learns that the dark elves have been forming an alliance with the
Dreizai- a race of lizard like humanoids- after he intercepts Dreizai holding
dark elf weaponry, but before the thane can pass off this information he and
his men are attacked and he is killed before sending off his son along with his
pupil to safety.

1. The main character
is an orphan who is about to be inducted into the knights guild. Every orphan
around the age of 12 gets inducted. After the ceremony the main character goes
and says goodbye to his friends.

2. The knight’s guild
is separated into army’s with a commander. The main character is in the group
known as the squires because they need to be handpicked in order to join an
army. If someone has not been chosen by 3 months they will be automatically put
in one. The squires take place in dueling so that the commanders can choose
which one they think is good.

3. The main character
narrates this and mentions that all the boys have taken classes to improve
their function. The classes include hunting, swordplay, strategy, weapons, history,
magic, and blacksmith. The main character learns various forms of combat and
learns that he excels at the defense forms. In order for a human to do magic he
needs to form a contract with a fairy or leprechaun, they will channel their
magic through you. After their first year they are paired with a fairy or a
leprechaun depending on recommendations from the teacher. Dark elves would
usually be in a city and offer up contracts with fairies or leprechauns to
humans.

4. The captain
commander talks to his lieutenant about the squires he has arrived with. He
tells him that the main character has sown aptitude for skills with a sword as
well as charisma. He says this after he witnessed the main character being able
to stop bullies from beating up a kid.

5. After the main
character is forced to take part in his first duel he is faced off against one
of the biggest kids in the group. He notices that he is a big brute and is
strong, after observing the brute in combat training he says that his skills
rely heavily on using his strength relying on big swings, his technique is fit
for attacking but has almost no defense and the use of strength would render
him slow and tired.

6. The commanders see
the battle and they say the only way he could have won that battle was because
he had a plan for his opponent. With someone of his skill a direct fight would
have been almost impossible for him to win.

7. People start to
admire the main character after he has defeated the giant at his duel. He has
been accepted in the strongest army there is the Bad Company army.He meets the commander there who he believes
to be a stereotypical commander. He distances himself away from his army; the
main character believes that he doesn’t take the time to understand the
strengths and weaknesses of his own army this eventually cause a mutiny. He
also discovers that a commander can be replaced at the insistence of his army
by being overthrown.Overthrowing would
be by rallying up support from the rest of the army, like voting for a new
commander and having them duel.

8. The main character
is able to overthrow the former commander. After this happens the main
character is now the commander of his new army. He was able to train his new
army into being better than they were before. In the school of the knights
guild each commander would face off against another and the winner would
achieve glory and be one step closer to doing real missions.

9. In order to
understand the army commanders better the main character tells his commanders
to try and learn what they can from the other armies. The main character learns
that there former commander has been transferred into the army whose commander
possesses the kid the main character beat up in his first duel. They learn of
their tactics relying heavily on using an aggressive style of sword combat.
This style of combat is good for one on one use but against multiple opponents
is rendered practically useless. He comes up with the idea of using guerilla warfare
tactics. The plan works and they are able to defeat the army.

10. he then faces off
against another commander who is known for his unpredictably use of tactics and
strategy.

11. In the lunch halls
the tables are separated in armies. He meets another commander there who says
that they should make up an alliance between their armies. He says that he will
think about it. The main character learns that the other commander uses odd
strategies of taking heavy risks but usually succeeding. This goes against what
the main character does as he usually uses careful planning in order to achieve
his goals the other commander was known for being unpredictable. He decides to
accept his offer and begins to train with his army. The lieutenant of the other
commander learns of this and voices his disapproval. The army of the other
commander is shown to be full of pride in their fighting skills and their
commander. They believe going to the main character for help is a sign of
weakness. The lieutenant uses this to his advantage.

12. After learning much
of what he can from the other commander he learns of his army’s disapproval of
the two working together. This eventually leads to his own members being
attacked by the other army and the main character discovering that the other
commander is about to be overthrown. They try to come up with plans to prevent this
from happening.

13. They are able to
destroy the lieutenant’s credibility by staging a fight and making it so that
he will get away and look like a coward.

14. The main character
talks about his recent string of victories and how he was able to attain them.
He starts to do this because he was chosen for a recent mission to scout out
beyond the human borders.

15. Upon arriving in
the city that is closest to the borders he has discovered footprints outside of
the city walls. Also a bad smell that is lingering in the air, his men suggest
that maybe a something is lurking out beyond the walls. He goes to a librarian
to get more facts about the situation.

16. The main character
does some studying and finds out that the stuff they found out in the forest
matches the description of a Driezai. He and his team look out once again and
discover the tracks were going out towards the direction of the dark elves
kingdom. He believes that there is an alliance forming between the two
kingdoms.

17. after arriving back
to the school he reports his discovery to the captain commander, the commander
asks him of his proof and the main character says not any hard proof but he
does believe that there will be a war.