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Post by Child of Immanuel on Jun 12, 2005 14:25:07 GMT -5
You've finally managed to confuse me.
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Post by dgan on Jun 16, 2005 23:19:12 GMT -5
You've finally managed to confuse me. Hey, get in line. I've been standing in the confused section for weeks.... |
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Post by cree8ivone on Jun 21, 2005 8:40:24 GMT -5
Chapter 4
It had been nearly 2 weeks since Lei had revealed herself as a member of the House of Ni. They were nearly to the Haven, which is where her family was originally from. It is also where Ian had spent time with the family as Lei had mentioned. Lei spoke to him as if he had amnesia. However, It would take much too long to describe the conversations and emotions during that time period, so for the reader's benefit, it will summed up here.
As the reader is no doubt aware by now, this story is being written from Ingmar's point of view; both Ingmar's. Much like the book Ian carries called "The Book of Ingmar", the events that happen follow only what Ingmar discovers at that time. Therefore anything that Ingmar does not know, the reader does not know. This of course increases the mystery and the drama and helps to pull the reader into the adventure.
But there are times in a story when background information must be shared with the main character (and the reader) as he or she learns things. Authors use many different devices to bring this exposition into the story. Plainly speaking to the reader, like this, is one such method.
So what did Ian learn? Plenty!
Ian learned that there were 3 races in the land; Mankind, Ni, and Faerie. By now the reader will have learned that the Ni are a group who look very much like mankind but have an inner light that shines like an angel when revealed. The Faerie would be the creatures who walk and talk but do not look very much like mankind. CuCu, the King of Jelly Rolls, and the Wild Bluebird of Ekklsindorfia are Faerie. Both the Ni and the Faerie have much longer life spans than mankind.
The main thing Ian learned from Lei was about his history or more importantly his family history. Again reminding the reader that this information is what she knew about his family tree. Lei spoke about her ancestry and how it tied together with his.
Here is the genealogy of Ingmar who prefers to be called Ian:
Ian's father was Ingmar the Great who was descended from King Arthur.
Ian was raised in the house of the Duke of Earl by his grandmother, NaNa.
Ian's mother was of the House of Ni. She was the former Lady of the Wood and also the daughter of the King of Jelly Rolls. Her name was LeLe. There is more to tell of her, but first...
Here is Niniel Lei's genealogy, the Banhope and current Lady of the Wood:
Lei's father is King Malcolm of the House of Ni.
Her mother is also of the house of Ni and her name is Queen Naniel.
The King and Queen had royal quadruplets. The first born was Nienna Leal, the Banfaith. Lei was second born. Nensa Laef, the Banlife was third born and the 'little' sister Nessa Lia, the Banlove, came last. It was Nensa Laef who called herself Farala and would later follow after the strange practices of the Wild Bluebird of Ekklsindorfia. Lei no longer called her, Sister.
Since Lei was the Lady of the Wood, they were able to travel relatively trouble free. She spoke often of Ian's mother LeLe, who had shown her what she needed to know to become the Lady of the Wood. Because LeLe had married Ingmar, her lifeforce was fading. The knowledge and protection of the land must be passed on to another of the House of Ni. So she taught Lei the ways of the forest she had learned from her step brother CuCu.
LeLe's father, the King of Jelly Rolls, who is also called Malcolm, had broken the bounds of Faerie and married a Ni by the name of Angeline. That's really when all the trouble in land had started for his first wife was the Wild Bluebird of Ekklsindorfia. As shocking as this news was for Ian, what followed nearly crushed him.
As they were sitting around the campfire Lei realized through all of this information that Ian still did not know one very important fact. She told Ian that his mother LeLe stayed with him after his father died, and when he went to live with the Duke of Earl. Ian's mother was his NaNa. Because of her aging appearance she told Ian that she was his grandmother in order to protect him. Living with the Duke of Earl was like hiding in plain site.
Ian was devastated. He was sick at his stomach. He missed his NaNa so much! He wanted to talk to his mother; ask her why had things happened this way.
"Ian, you are the three in one!" Lei was trying to encourage him. "You have the blood of Faerie, Mankind and Ni. You were destined to cut the tree."
But he was not encouraged. How could he be with this shocking revelation? The last thing he remembered Lei saying before he cried himself to sleep was something his NaNa, his mother, said to him the last day he really saw her.
"Seize the day."
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Post by cree8ivone on Jun 21, 2005 19:52:34 GMT -5
next...
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Jun 22, 2005 5:55:14 GMT -5
No time now. Later.
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Post by karenee on Jun 24, 2005 14:31:25 GMT -5
When Ian woke the next morning he lay there for a moment, remembering the astonishing revelation of the night before. Mother...he had known his mother! He shook his head and set about packing up camp.
In only two days they would reach the Haven, where he assumed he would meet King Malcolm...his...grandfather? It felt strange to be related to such an exalted personage. He wondered, after his father's description of a faded old man in the book, what the King would look like. He knew the curse had affected the King most of all the people of Ni, a symbol of how they were distorted by its changes. Would he be welcome?
His nagging fears hunted him along the path as he rode behind Lei...his aunt! He wondered how he had come to be in this unenviable position. Why, of all the people in the world, did he have to suffer this lineage?
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Jul 5, 2005 20:12:40 GMT -5
Malcolm turned out to be all that Ian could have hoped for in a grandfather. However, he didn't see him until after he had a rather unpleasant adventure.
Faerie came for him during the night. CuCu or another tree-creature touched him, sending him into the dark until he could be spirited away. They taught him, during these dark weeks: Blood of the Faerie serve none unless bound by covenant. You are blood of the Faerie.
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Post by tulkas on Jul 23, 2005 19:58:52 GMT -5
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Post by tulkas on Jul 23, 2005 20:13:47 GMT -5
please....I need help understanding the last few bits of the story.. I got to where he's old but I need some input before I can put more stuff into the story, which I'd absolutly love to. Please I implore you to give me some tips and summerys. THANKS!!!
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Post by tulkas on Jul 28, 2005 21:05:17 GMT -5
I think ill try another thing similar to this but different... I hope no one tries to mess it up like they did last time with the knights of Ni...However the turnaround was perfect...
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Post by karenee on Jul 29, 2005 11:20:28 GMT -5
He dropped to his knee before King Malcolm, wondering what would happen now. His head whirled with the new knowledge that he had lost more time from his memory. Where had he been? Lei had found him in the forest and, discovering his confused mental state, had rushed him to her father. He couldn't look around, for fear of learning that those around him despised him for his instability. Why couldn't he remember?
King Malcolm leaned forward, lifting Ian's chin. "Son of my Daughter, be welcome!"
Ian stared up into the kind eyes and felt himself relax. On his grandfather's forehead rested an intricately carved stone, almost seeming to glow with an inner light. Somehow, he knew everything would be alright.
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Post by cree8ivone on Aug 2, 2005 14:12:29 GMT -5
Even as a peace decended on him, Ian suddenly had a revalation about something from the Book of Ingmar.
"Is that the blue stone my father had?" He blurted out. Then he remembered he was addressing a King and blushed as he tried to recover his protocol, "Uh, Your Majesty, Sir... I was wondering if that was... I mean if you had... If the stone you have on your head is..."
King Malcolm chuckled and held up his hand to stop Ian's stammering, "Yes. Ingmar the Great found it for me and returned it. The stone is called the Bluebird of Happiness."
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Aug 3, 2005 5:59:57 GMT -5
Happiness. The idea entranced Ingmar. Before this terrible journey, when Nana was still Nana, was happiness. He decided to steal the stone, which he managed by sneaking in at night, taking it, and being captured by guards.
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Post by karenee on Aug 24, 2005 22:54:57 GMT -5
The King was lenient in his judgement, but Ian was shocked and amazed at the sentence for his great crime. He was to wear the stone for a week?
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Post by kg00ds on Dec 21, 2005 16:22:17 GMT -5
Stunned he stared off into the distance as the King's Guards firmly secured the stone around his neck. It was heavier than he remembered. Oh, well it was better than getting his hand chopped off like the Muslims do to the theives they catch.
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