Young Writers Society

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.