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took me 2 to 3 hours, that's a speedpaint for me! I am really... slooooww...

I want to shape the fantasy story and world that is stuck in my head a bit better, so other people might enjoy it as well. So lets start with some descriptions of important characters Orion however is such an important character that telling his background story will create a lot of spoilers. For the sake of keeping the story interesting (I am currently working on it), I will not tell you everything, sorry! This just means that he is a lot more interesting than he appears  


Name: Orion of Westende

Other names: Hunter.

Age: 76

length: 2.04 m

birthplace: some small, unknown village no one has ever heard of in the northern part of the northern continent.

race: human

known languages: common, but in a large variety of dialects, and a few words Southern speech. Common sounds like Dutch in the western part of this world, but in the middle and north, Orion's local dialect, it has more of an English sound to it.

Description: Tall; pale skin; white eyes with a dark rim around the iris; black hair, reaching down to his shoulder blades. He looks like he is 25-30 years old, which doesn't really match his real age. He wears dark clothing and a slightly ragged cape. He always walks around with his bow and a (huge!) longsword.

Religion: None. To put it in his own words: 'If there are any gods, they are obviously not interested in me. Therefore, I am not interested in them.' used to believe in Vaden, the one god, when he was a child though.

Profession:  at the moment he is a sorcerer in service of a local lord, who suffers from bad health. He has travelled and worked at various other places before this though. All sorcerers are also in service of the King, so Orion's aid is needed in other places as well sometimes if the King orders it.

Personality: Typical mysterious guy with a huge problem that he desperately wants to keep secret. This character is the one that faces difficult decisions most often, having to choose between two evils on a regular basis. He looks quite calm under it, but that's just a facade. There are not a lot of people who manage to break through that, and know who he really is. So not the happiest guy in the story, I am afraid. He sees the world as a rather grim, dark place. He has to put in a lot of effort to feel only a little bit of happiness. I guess it is some kind of depression, though for him it is not caused by something natural. I am not going to say anything about it
Some other important characteristics: THAT DREADFUL SMIRK. Seriously, before I started writing I never thought he would do that so often. There is no smirk in this drawing, which makes this rather special, haha! Proper smiles on the other hand just do not seem to exist for this guy. 
Despite being a tall, he is very good at keeping himself in the background and not getting noticed by someone. He is the kind of person that can suddenly stand behind you without you noticing. I don't think he would be able to do this without his magic though. He is calm, clever, and has gathered a lot of knowledge during his lifetime. This leads to funny situations sometimes, because he looks too young to know so many things. His nickname, Hunter, comes from the fact that he is a good tracker/stalker and was given to him by other sorcerers. He just doesn't hunt on animals though... At least, not when he got that nickname. 'Orion' is not his real name either; he has given it to himself. His surname changed a couple times, when he moved from one place to another to start a 'new' life, but he has always named himself Orion. That's a highly unusual name for a human, by the way. He never uses his original name any more. He doesn't like the memories that go with it. 


Other OC's:
 

Here is where I will dump more art involving my OCs:
queenofeagles.deviantart.com/g…

And here is the prologue of my story:
Prologue - a State of Equilibrium

And here is the guide to my world:
Guide to 'a State of Equilibrium'  

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Comments: 51

queenofeagles In reply to ??? [2017-10-18 16:12:28 +0000 UTC]

I swear, he is 100% human half of all human sorcerers can shapeshift into that demon-like form (though most have no idea how to do it), so what Orion does is actually not that special.

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Pimpernel In reply to queenofeagles [2017-10-19 05:45:22 +0000 UTC]

... oh.

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queenofeagles In reply to Pimpernel [2017-10-23 07:48:46 +0000 UTC]

Sorry... He would be such an overpowered badass otherwise.

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Moltenkitty [2016-04-07 14:17:18 +0000 UTC]

THAT DREADFUL SMIRK Me: *giggles* Omg I love this character already!

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queenofeagles In reply to Moltenkitty [2016-04-08 11:17:15 +0000 UTC]

yay, glad to hear that! it's rare to see him without it it wasn't my intention to make him smirk but when I wrote the first chapters about him, he just couldn't stop doing it. So weird!

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Moltenkitty In reply to queenofeagles [2016-04-10 22:14:29 +0000 UTC]

XD

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Dragons2304 [2016-02-19 00:17:08 +0000 UTC]

Yep, and he is now my favorite. He sounds just like me...
I really want to start reading your story, but I just can't find the time...

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queenofeagles In reply to Dragons2304 [2016-02-19 18:50:52 +0000 UTC]

Oh dear, poor you... the guy does not have the best of personalities, you see... 
Don't worry about it! reading is much more entertaining when you are not in a hurry though I only have 4 chapters, so you'll be done in no time I guess...

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Dragons2304 In reply to queenofeagles [2016-02-20 00:50:23 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I have a pretty messed up personality, as well.
And that's true. I found a really good time to read it, so I'll probably start pretty soon.

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queenofeagles In reply to Dragons2304 [2016-02-21 19:26:43 +0000 UTC]

oh dear... poor you :S So in case I run out of inspiration for him, can I talk to you and peek into your mind a bit? XD
I hope you will enjoy it then

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Dragons2304 In reply to queenofeagles [2016-02-21 20:09:46 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, if you want. XD
And thank you!

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queenofeagles In reply to Dragons2304 [2016-02-23 14:35:46 +0000 UTC]

awesome!

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Dragons2304 In reply to queenofeagles [2016-02-23 21:46:26 +0000 UTC]

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bergunty [2016-02-14 10:13:33 +0000 UTC]

Only just got 'round to reading this! I had no idea Orion is human, I thought he belonged to the same species as Morgan.

So...is "age" the same as years here on Earth, or is magic keeping him looking younger than 76?

Typical mysterious guy with a huge problem that he desperately wants to keep secret - I'm hoping to play on this fact!

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queenofeagles In reply to bergunty [2016-02-16 18:25:53 +0000 UTC]

No problem! I need to update this thing once in a while anyway, so the people who read it at the moment I uploaded it are wrongly informed now and jup, the bastard is just an ordinary human. Boring eh? If he would have been Morgan's race he would have had big pointy ears, I don't even thing that tangled mess he calls hair would be able to hide them

Yep, the years are the same (actually, his planet is at exactly the same spot as Earth ) so there is something else that makes him not age. He suspects it's some kind of magic, but he has no clue what. 

ohh, interesting

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bergunty In reply to queenofeagles [2016-02-16 21:01:20 +0000 UTC]



76 years old and what I have planned for him for your contest makes him look like a baby  

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queenofeagles In reply to bergunty [2016-02-17 22:09:08 +0000 UTC]

hahaha! good, he needs moments like that XD Can't wait to see it! 

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Moltenkitty [2016-02-11 21:51:38 +0000 UTC]

Cool character

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queenofeagles In reply to Moltenkitty [2016-02-12 11:03:11 +0000 UTC]

Glad to hear that! He is my personal fav

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Moltenkitty In reply to queenofeagles [2016-02-12 11:11:44 +0000 UTC]

Haha he is an awesome character indeed! I must find the time to look through your gallery more throughly

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queenofeagles In reply to Moltenkitty [2016-02-17 10:53:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! be careful out there; people get lost in my gallery, or return with missing fingers because they tried to pet something that should not be petted...  

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Moltenkitty In reply to queenofeagles [2016-02-17 20:45:26 +0000 UTC]

Haha I may be one of those who come back with missing fingers then xD

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queenofeagles In reply to Moltenkitty [2016-02-18 10:46:55 +0000 UTC]

I'll fetch some band aids for you then

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Moltenkitty In reply to queenofeagles [2016-02-18 22:10:43 +0000 UTC]

You do that

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Lelyawen [2015-11-09 16:34:30 +0000 UTC]

I like how you are drawing, really. And I know that feeling, when you've got that story in your head and it just has to come out.  Only you make that look a little better than I do, I am NEVER satisfied with those scraps. And if I write something down, it's just fragments and never a continuing story.
You said you were dutch? If so, you are amazing in English (as far as i can say, I am no native speaker either) and incredibly courageous to write in that language. Wow.
Sorry for spamming  
Hehe, i want to read your story  and good luck with it! I hope you have the endurance, motivation and inspiration to complete your trilogy!

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queenofeagles In reply to Lelyawen [2015-11-09 19:39:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I love spam like this
I'm surprised how long it could stay in my head, really... but when you write down the first words the rest just follows like water that breaks through a dam It's impossible to stop, until everything is written down!
hihi, I mostly got fragments too... but if you have enough fragments, they'll start to make a story eventually. That's how it works for me. So what are you working on? (I'm not curious at all...)

hihi, yes - and the funny thing is that I actually prefer writing in English. I tried to write down the story in Dutch first, but that somehow didn't work. I could describe things quite well (and went into too much detail with that) but dialogues were impossible. I 'hear' my characters speak English, so it was much easier to write down those dialogues in that language. It's pretty weird...

Ahh, thank you very much! I'm afraid I only have a few chapters uploaded here, but I hope more will come! I'm a slow writer though... please be patient  
endurance, motivation and inspiration are certainly here (my characters will not leave me alone, ha!) the only thing I need more of is time :')

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Lelyawen In reply to queenofeagles [2015-11-10 04:41:20 +0000 UTC]

Great, let's spam a little!
Yes, I know that, you just sit there and write, until your fingers hurt, your computer burns and people come and ask what you are doing all the time  I just hope that thing with the fragments will work for me. Is it weird to have a whole bunch of characters, a world, but not yet a story? To just follow them to their adventures like a watching ghost, but not like the person who actually invents them? I often feel like some historian who randomly stumbles upon loose pages of a big chronicle, they just fly by when I walk. But there's no real concept yet. I can tell you some things though. It will sound very random and not overly creative, i fear.
THe whole story is about a girl who trains to be a warrior. She has that talent for fighting but she really is afraid of having to kill people. Once she and a friend protect two elven wizards on a voyage, but they are attacked by some dark power. She and the young wizard are the only survivors, they have to find their way back through the wilderness without any supplies. This adventure makes them close friends, although they first hated each other. And then there's lots of crap happening while they want to find out who assaulted them. Plus, they - first unwillingly - start to gather an army of all kinds of desperate people as they become famous.
And then there's another place of events, where a small street kid finds a protector in person of some grumpy knight. And many other ideas still float in my head.
Really? that's funny. Sometimes I also think that things are easier said or written in English. But a whole story? You can be proud of that.  
Oh, but I won't be patient! I just can't! Sorry, bookworm syndrome.
okay, i wish you LOTS of time then.

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queenofeagles In reply to Lelyawen [2015-11-11 12:27:59 +0000 UTC]

SPAAAAAAM!!! bring it on!

mwhaha! I hope you still come outside enough for people to remember your face

and that sounds exactly how I work! Just set your characters free into the world, and see what happens. I tried to write down the plot, but it didn't work. Characters just don't stick to it. Oh well...
What happened to me is that I just wrote fragments that take place at various points in the story, simply because I liked what takes place there (I never write in chronological order). However, later I use those fragments as an aiming point for the chapters that happen before them. So I know for example that character A will end up in a fight with character B, which causes their story lines to split. That makes it easier to write the chapter before it, since I know what will happen and I can prepare my characters for their fight. But yeah, it does make me forget that there should be some sort of a big plot, not a bunch of small ones.

Nah, I like the concept of your story! It's hard to come up with something original these days... I know my story isn't XD I especially like the huge contrast of your main character - a warrior not fond of killing. Wonderful! You can have a lot of fun with that!
You can ask yourself why that dark force attacks them (I guess you already did), and use that to create some sort of concept. Your main characters and that army of desperate people can fight it - though that is not much of a creative plot... but there is a reason it's not creative - readers love it! The whole good vs. evil battle thing works like a charm not sure how the kid and the grumpy knight can be part of this, but there must be a role they can fulfil. 

oh dear... well, I'm doing NaNoWriMo at the moment, so that gives me a big boost in word count the manuscript is so crappy though - clearly focussed on quantity, not quality!

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Lelyawen In reply to queenofeagles [2015-11-11 15:58:14 +0000 UTC]

hey, shouldn't we just text each other by notes? you're gonna get a real mess here.
yes, actually I just went to the other side of the world  I don't write that much normally, it's just that Inspiration that sometimes Comes and you just can't help it.
So there's still hope for me and my little zoo of fragments? That sounds great. I really would like to know how the "gods of writing" did that... if they had the big idea or if they were just scribbling until it was a whole Story.
Chronological order? BORING.
Sometimes I think it's impossible to invent something new, because everything has already been written - and too absurd is not funny any more. Maybe we have to be creative in the Details - and I think you are pretty good at that! And I think any Story where you can't guess the ending after five pages is better than half of the books that are popular now.
Yes, I am still wondering about that. I don't want the evil thing to be really evil. but the whole "bad childhood" Story is overused, too... so i fear i just have to follow my characters on their inquiry on that subject. And both Groups don't know of each other yet, so how should I know what will happen?
What's NaNoWriMo? sounds like "write down whatever Comes to your head to get the Story going." Is that it?
Maybe you just have to do that now. And I will be able to read on sooner

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queenofeagles In reply to Lelyawen [2015-11-12 16:28:52 +0000 UTC]

oh, I'm used to things being a mess, but nevertheless; good idea! You've got a note

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Lelyawen In reply to queenofeagles [2015-11-13 06:43:42 +0000 UTC]

hihi I just wrote a looonngg text back.

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SiberianDraco [2015-07-08 18:05:39 +0000 UTC]

I love how its sharp at the top and fades into blurr

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queenofeagles In reply to SiberianDraco [2015-07-09 12:58:47 +0000 UTC]

hehe, that's because I was to lazy to draw everything in detail XD

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SiberianDraco In reply to queenofeagles [2015-07-10 20:24:43 +0000 UTC]

i love it <3

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queenofeagles In reply to SiberianDraco [2015-07-12 18:11:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Otterwillow [2015-02-03 15:56:01 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, that's a very interesting story you have for him, and I really like the texture in the background- 

Is the story you are telling going to be in a book or some other form, cause I wanna hear it!- 

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queenofeagles In reply to Otterwillow [2015-02-04 08:45:28 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much! And it's going to be a book, I hope. Or better; a trilogy. lol, I am ambitious XD I started writing it in Dutch. that went quite well, but I noticed that I liked to make long, elaborate sentences that described everything. That's great for world building, but it made the story really slow... So I gave it a second try, in English this time, so that I can upload it on DA one day. I thought my English was ok; I was wrong! my vocabulary wasn't as big as I thought -_- The sentences became much shorter, which paced up the story a bit too much. I am searching for a balance between the Dutch and the English version, so I am rewriting it a lot. Besides, the plot is made out of holes XD I'll upload chapters of it one day on DA, but I first need to fix/finish a lot. And find the courage to upload it, heheh.

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Eleynah In reply to queenofeagles [2015-05-03 11:55:16 +0000 UTC]

Well I can read the Dutch version of course I really would like to read your story. The characters are already awesome.
I do try to capture all my main characters from my head on paper but it is so, so hard >.< Thijs goes very well at this moment,(the reason why I draw him so much ) but I haven't succeeded drawing Melody for example recently unfortunately...

I have a drawing of Nathamis by the way.
It's actually a spoiler drawing so I don't upload it until I have uploaded that chapter...

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queenofeagles In reply to Eleynah [2015-05-03 12:22:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I am glad that you want to read my work, that gives a lot of motivation. Unfortunately, the English and Dutch version do not match anymore... so I guess I just have to hurry up with the English version, haha! The prologue and first chapter are for 90% done, I just need to learn whenit is time to stop working on them though...

drawing characters can be so hard! especially if you want to draw them multiple times, they have to look the same :S but you are doing great with Thijs! he is easily recognizable Ju st keep trying with Melody I guess, I am sure you'll succeed! lol, I am drawing Orion with short hair right now... that's sooo hard! His long hair (and eyes) are his trademark, and both are not visible :S and cool! I'd love to see Nathamis! but yeah, I understand the spoiler thing. I just have to be patient I guess

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Eleynah In reply to queenofeagles [2015-05-03 14:18:28 +0000 UTC]

Good luck with your drawing! what time are you streaming tonight? I'll makesure to watch ^¥^

I'm almost done with the Thijs-holding-a-gun-with-forest-background-drawing. Will be uploaded tonight P) 

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queenofeagles In reply to Eleynah [2015-05-03 14:26:01 +0000 UTC]

thanks! hmm... I think I'll stream at 8.30 or so. Maybe I'll start streaming between now and dinner, if I am in the mood I am also working on a set of costume horns, so maybe I'll go streaming and working on those at the same time. lol, I am a bit unpredictable, but you should receive an email as soon as I start streaming

yay! looking forward to it

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Otterwillow In reply to queenofeagles [2015-02-05 20:00:44 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, well I suppose there is a big difference between English and dutch, but I'm sure you can work it out- 

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queenofeagles In reply to Otterwillow [2015-02-06 09:28:53 +0000 UTC]

It's hard when English grammar becomes more strict than Dutch; for example, there is no difference between the present perfect and the past simple in Dutch, you can use both without changing the meaning of the sentence. I know this difference, but there is more stuff like that which I do not know that well. And my vocabulary lets me down quite often  

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Otterwillow In reply to queenofeagles [2015-02-08 16:52:11 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, having looked at other languages, I can honestly say English is really needlessly complicated to be honest when it comes to most things- 
I'm sure you can work it all out though- 

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queenofeagles In reply to Otterwillow [2015-02-10 08:48:36 +0000 UTC]

hihi, I second that! and thank you the more I write, the easier it gets

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Otterwillow In reply to queenofeagles [2015-02-11 15:48:01 +0000 UTC]

 

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ScipiHamburg [2015-01-20 18:16:46 +0000 UTC]

Very nice

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queenofeagles In reply to ScipiHamburg [2015-01-20 22:09:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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AstaDaBlasta [2015-01-19 20:53:03 +0000 UTC]

I love your style of work, he looks great!

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queenofeagles In reply to AstaDaBlasta [2015-01-19 21:50:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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