Filias Lunae
A Lycanthrope Story
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SETTING
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Place
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A fantasy world, on an island in an archipelago. Similar to Medieval England in culture and architecture, and similar to Australia in terms of climate.
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Time
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Medieval era, beginning of the Renaissance period. | |
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MAIN CHARACTER
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Name
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Sun Lord, Adrastus Laelius |
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Background
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He is a Sun Lord, a paladin of the Church of the Sun, of which lycanthropes are one of their enemies. Throughout his life, he has shown signs of being a werewolf, though he has denied this for most of it. Now the signs have grown too obvious for him to ignore. | |
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What does this character want?
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To suppress his beastly nature and continue to fulfill his duties as a Sun Lord. | |
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ANTAGONIST
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Name
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Linus Aelianus, the Voice of the Sun King
Brown Fur |
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Relationship to MC
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Aelianus is Adrastus’ superior. He doesn’t know Adrastus is a werewolf at first, but when he eventually finds out, he becomes hostile towards him.
Brown Fur, at first, taunts and antagonizes Adrastus over his refusal to accept his true nature, but eventually grows fond of him and feels sympathy for his situation. |
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Background
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Aelianus is the head of the Church of the Sun. He served in life as the Voice of the Sun King for 90 years before he died, then was brought back to life to serve for a hundred more years. He believes fully in the Church’s doctrine and sees lycanthropes, as well as the Lunar Circle, as the ultimate enemy.
Brown Fur is a cleric of the Lunar Circle and the leader of the werewolves. He hates humans, but he hates the Church of the Sun even more for what they’ve done to lycanthropes, particularly werewolves. |
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What does this character want?
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Aelianus wants to eliminate all lycanthropes and all members of the Lunar Circle.
Brown Fur wants to eliminate the Church of the Sun and drive the rest of the humans out of his territories. |
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SITUATION
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What is happening at the beginning of the story?
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A hunting expedition, lead by Adrastus, to find a den of werewolves and slay them. |
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INCITING EVENT
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What event upsets the situation and introduces the main conflict?
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In the light of the full moon, after going ahead alone, Adrastus can feel a presence deep within himself, similar to a feeling he experienced as a boy. This time, though, he loses consciousness and wakes up the next morning in a strange location. He manages to find his way back, but he begins to realize what happened that night. |
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CONFLICT
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How do the characters react the inciting event?
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Brown Fur watched him transform into his true form that night. He smiled with glee as he watched him pad away through the woods. He felt a twisted sense of delight at the irony of Adrastus’ situation.
The rest of his hunting party saw a werewolf coming from the direction Adrastus went. They tried to shoot at it, but it ran off before they could get an attack in. They went back without him, assuming he was dead. When he comes back alive, they are both shocked and relieved, but do not suspect anything beyond that. Aelianus is impressed that Adrastus managed to survive a werewolf attack. He doesn’t suspect anything, either, until later. |
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What sustains the conflict?
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Adrastus has to now grapple with his true nature as a lycanthrope while also fulfilling his duties as a paladin meant to kill lycanthropes, particularly werewolves. He begins to develop a great deal of self-hatred from being a lycanthrope. | |
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What are the stakes?
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The longer a lycanthrope resists their beastly nature, the less control they’ll have over it. Eventually, they’ll lose full control over it and start killing indiscriminately. Being outed as a lycanthrope, though, is dangerous; the Church will either excommunicate a lycanthrope or execute them. Both options are not great, as one involves certain death and the other is being saved, only to have a chance of being killed later. | |
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What choice must the hero make?
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Either hide his true self away in an environment that actively hates his existence or live free as his true self and risk the wrath of the Church. | |
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Premise
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What is this story’s core?
Theme:
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A paladin of the Church of the Sun must reconcile with his faith and the fact that he is a werewolf while the Church is on the brink of war with the Lunar Circle.
This is a story of how to deal with self-hatred and how to accept oneself, even if it means leaving behind everything you know and risking the wrath of those in power. |
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