The Heroes

Day: #9
Word count: 9,070

I could write more tonight. Honestly, I'm actually up for it. But there's something holding me back. Unless you're my co-writer, or someone who may have read part of this in the past, you won't entirely know what I'm talking about.

Junction City has arrived. Finally, after all this typing, I'm there. To be honest, I feel like I should be on chapter 8 instead of 6. Which in and of itself is a learning experience--the story, while meatier than the original draft, is still missing some ingredients to make it a full rich novel. But the point, at the moment, is to just get through. To just get going, get in the habit, learn to write for writing and don't look back until you've gone leaps and bounds ahead. That's how I always did it in the past, right?

Anyway, Junction City. A big turning point in the story, because it's the first time new characters get added. Or at least, characters you will be seeing often. Gears shift, some fun stuff goes down. And frankly, I'm not ready to start it just yet. Not because I don't want to, or it's too overwhelming. But because it's almost 10:00 and I have to be in bed soon. This I am sure, for once, will be a writing session someone will have to tear me away from on pain of death. Because once I get going, the chapters will come flying out.

I've waited for this moment... forever....

But less about that, more about the post title. I haven't given you any new tidbits about the actual story, so I thought I'd let you know a little bit about the people we've met thus far (in the novel you haven't actually read :) ).

Name: Rayne Ohri
Age: ?? (used to be 17, thinking of raising it closer to 20)
Race: Hilmeuby (tribe unknown)
Background: Rayne, though a true Hilmeuby, is not in fact Luanian. His parents migrated from a northern village when the war began, trying to make their way safely across enemy lines to the last civilization of the Hilmeuby. But Rayne grew up hearing the stories of their journey only from his grandparents, having never known his mother and father. And very little was ever said about how they died.
Rayne is by nature a gruff, solitary boy. He spends most of his time avoiding social situations, finding his peers to be mostly immature and lazy. His time in the village is dedicated to the study of Rutumy--a martial art developed and known only by the Hilmeuby. Barely two weeks pass from his coming of age induction into the tribe and the utter destruction of his village. Rayne regresses into himself, brooding most of his time away as he tries to find the people responsible for the Hilmeuby genocide.

Name: Firryn Sidana
Age: same as above
Race: Hilmeuby Luanian
Background: Firryn, like her companion Rayne, is also an orphan. Her father was many of the Hilmeuby warriors who died in the war against modernization. Her mother and eldest sister, Migel, lived together in Luani until Firryn was 5. Her mother, realizing her husband would never return, wasted away with heartbreak until her death. Firryn's sister left two years later for Junction City, leaving Firryn in the care of a neighbor woman. Around the age of 16, she also went to Junction City at the request of her eldest sister and spent over a year helping her before returning to Luani. This also reunited her with her middle sister, Kayt.
Firryn is generally a bouncy, spunky girl who considers herself exceptionally clever. Though she's intelligent, she often masks this by succumbing to her frustration and throwing a tantrum. She likes to bait people to get a rise out of them, and often has a gaggle of girls trailing after her throughout the village. But after Luani is destroyed and she and Rayne must strike out on their own, she begins to realize her time in Luani may have been wasted by being frivolous.

How do they know each other? Well, pretty simple, they grew up in the same village. You might guess by the obvious clash in personalities that these two don't really mesh well. Firryn loves to taunt Rayne and seems to enjoy being around him almost too much. Whereas Rayne primarily considers Firryn childish and the bane of his existence. What happens when you throw these two together into unforeseeable circumstances?

Well... if it weren't so tragic, it would actually be like a better version of The Odd Couple. However, seeing as how it is tragic, it only serves to be ever more tragic as time goes by. More on the supporting "actors" later.

Oh, and since it hasn't been mentioned before... Hilmeuby are the originals of this "world/country," where the story takes place. They were the first race ever created. They speak their own language, and are a strange mix of Native American, Japanese, and Indian cultures. But, overall, I rather like the concept of their own people and getting to diversify a little in this universe.

I'm off to bed--hope I've wetted your appetite for more!

Bicvoy! (That's "good-bye" in Hilmeuby ^_^)