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Hello! I have had a lot of downtime at my copywriting job recently, so I want to write some quick lore summaries of random dragons to keep my writing skills sharp between projects.
[b]Edit:[/b] These have gone from "quick lore summaries" to "thousand-word drabbles." Enjoy, I guess!
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[*] [font=Georgia]I will write a paragraph or two about one of your dragons that summarizes their art/passion/vocation, personality, and what they've been getting up to recently. Please see [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/53413316]this dragon[/url]'s bio for an example.[/font]
[*] [font=Georgia]Please select [b]one[/b] dragon that you would like me to write lore for. If I end up keeping up with this thread long-term I will come up with a plan to figure out how often individuals can ask for new lore, but for now I would like to limit it to one dragon per person.[/font]
[*] [font=Georgia]I would really prefer to write for dragons that have scarce or unrefined lore; dragons with some lore are fine, but this thread is for writing quick character bios, not fleshing out lore that already exists. Do feel free to give me a general idea of what kind of personality/work you have in mind for your dragon, if any.[/font]
[*] [font=Georgia]The only lore I know extensively outside of Flight Rising is World of Warcraft's, so I don't feel comfortable writing lore for characters that aren't from Flight Rising or WoW.[/font]
[*] [font=Georgia]Please let me know if you're okay with me establishing new groups/organizations within Sornieth on the fly to associate with your character. My [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/56545609]Goldenspire Company[/url] and [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/60293502]Keepers of the Black Box[/url] are good examples of this.[/font]
[*] [font=Georgia]Because these are free and I have a job in real life, I may not get around to writing for your dragon. This doesn't mean I don't like your dragon, it just means I couldn't think of anything good for them. I may end up backtracking in 3 months or something and doing old requests, however, so don't delete your post unless you decide you want me to write lore for a different dragon.[/font]
[*] [font=Georgia]I'm not asking for any money for this, but [b]tips are always appreciated[/b].[/font]
[*] [font=Georgia]Please feel free to edit the lore I give you to your heart's content. I just ask that you link back to this thread or my user profile, even if you chop and screw what I write beyond recognition :P[/font]
[*] [font=Georgia]Feel free to not use the lore I write for you - obviously - but don't be surprised if you see that I repurposed it into something else a year from now when I realize you're not using it.[/font]
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-----[center][font=Georgia]That's it for now. If anything else comes to mind, I'll add to this post. Until then, request away! [b]Please don't @ me, by the way - I'm subscribed to this thread.[/b] Thanks!
[b]Edit:[/b] Seems like I enjoy writing stories about revolution and liberation recently. You down?
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[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3059546/2#post_49062949]Eyht[/url]
[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3059546/1#post_49064326]Destruction[/url]
[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3059546/2#post_49116666]Canelm[/url]
[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3059546/3#post_49377488]Opheodra[/url][size=2] (Name pending - I gave this dragon a name, but I'm not sure if it will be used yet!)[/size]
[url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/3059546/3#post_49395459]Alto[/url]
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Hello! I have had a lot of downtime at my copywriting job recently, so I want to write some quick lore summaries of random dragons to keep my writing skills sharp between projects.
Edit: These have gone from "quick lore summaries" to "thousand-word drabbles." Enjoy, I guess!
Here's the deal:
- I will write a paragraph or two about one of your dragons that summarizes their art/passion/vocation, personality, and what they've been getting up to recently. Please see this dragon's bio for an example.
- Please select one dragon that you would like me to write lore for. If I end up keeping up with this thread long-term I will come up with a plan to figure out how often individuals can ask for new lore, but for now I would like to limit it to one dragon per person.
- I would really prefer to write for dragons that have scarce or unrefined lore; dragons with some lore are fine, but this thread is for writing quick character bios, not fleshing out lore that already exists. Do feel free to give me a general idea of what kind of personality/work you have in mind for your dragon, if any.
- The only lore I know extensively outside of Flight Rising is World of Warcraft's, so I don't feel comfortable writing lore for characters that aren't from Flight Rising or WoW.
- Please let me know if you're okay with me establishing new groups/organizations within Sornieth on the fly to associate with your character. My Goldenspire Company and Keepers of the Black Box are good examples of this.
- Because these are free and I have a job in real life, I may not get around to writing for your dragon. This doesn't mean I don't like your dragon, it just means I couldn't think of anything good for them. I may end up backtracking in 3 months or something and doing old requests, however, so don't delete your post unless you decide you want me to write lore for a different dragon.
- I'm not asking for any money for this, but tips are always appreciated.
- Please feel free to edit the lore I give you to your heart's content. I just ask that you link back to this thread or my user profile, even if you chop and screw what I write beyond recognition :P
- Feel free to not use the lore I write for you - obviously - but don't be surprised if you see that I repurposed it into something else a year from now when I realize you're not using it.
That's it for now. If anything else comes to mind, I'll add to this post. Until then, request away! Please don't @ me, by the way - I'm subscribed to this thread. Thanks!
Edit: Seems like I enjoy writing stories about revolution and liberation recently. You down?
Completed
Eyht
Destruction
Canelm
Opheodra (Name pending - I gave this dragon a name, but I'm not sure if it will be used yet!)
Alto
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this is nice of you to do for free! i have eyht (pronounced like eight) here, all i know is that he’s a god that made a little farming community because being a god is stressful like that.
also, he already has a group of dragons he’s with (in his lair tab), but i dont mind if you make one up[/center]
this is nice of you to do for free! i have eyht (pronounced like eight) here, all i know is that he’s a god that made a little farming community because being a god is stressful like that.
also, he already has a group of dragons he’s with (in his lair tab), but i dont mind if you make one up
I'd love to see what you do with this girl if she interests you. She's got a little blurb in her bio, but other than that, I don't know that much about her personality. She's already got a group she's in and has been her whole life, so I'd prefer if you didn't make one up.
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I'd love to see what you do with this girl if she interests you. She's got a little blurb in her bio, but other than that, I don't know that much about her personality. She's already got a group she's in and has been her whole life, so I'd prefer if you didn't make one up.
In the best of times, godhood is just as demanding as it is rewarding - in the worst of times, the stress and expectations placed on the divine strip away the glamor of reverence and leave the ugly truth there, bare and vulnerable: there is a deep loneliness to being worshipped.
For a long time, Eyht understood such loneliness more than most. Mortal dragons made sacrifices in their name for luck with the year's harvest, and the beastfolk offered gifts of their own to escape the ire of Eyht's devotees. They accepted these offerings, but the snacks and trinkets meant little to them; for all the love their servants and supplicants purported to have, the god felt quite unloved and quite unseen.
There was no happiness to be found in being worshiped; the mortals' adoration rang hollow. They did not love Eyht, after all - they loved what Eyht could do for them. Up on their pedestal, so far removed from those beneath them, the god came to understand this truth, and it wracked them with a spiteful sort of sorrow. They rejected the sycophants who once sought their gifts for selfish reasons and left their home behind.
They did no harm when they departed; they simply left the dragons of the region to their work, disappearing under cover of night. Some followed: craftspeople, arborists, and artists of different stripes all accompanied Eyht to new lands, all dragons who lived humble lives in service to the earth and their communities. Many of them had never once uttered the god’s name, and yet they all followed their example with silent understanding.
Eyht's new domain was smaller, quieter, less extravagant - that suited them just fine. Their followers settled down in caves and lean-tos and began to build a new home, one more town than shrine, more community than machine. The god watched with elation as these quiet few lived their lives in service of life, love, art and nature. They were all perfectly happy in the absence of the expectations they were once plagued by, and with Eyht they worked to build something better - not beneath them, but by their side.
@smorphie Thanks! I had a lore shop and did a few commissions, but I didn't really enjoy writing stories for characters with super established lore very much. I also felt that selling it for in-game currency wasn't making me happy. I'd rather write something because I want to, without any sticks or carrots :P
In the best of times, godhood is just as demanding as it is rewarding - in the worst of times, the stress and expectations placed on the divine strip away the glamor of reverence and leave the ugly truth there, bare and vulnerable: there is a deep loneliness to being worshipped.
For a long time, Eyht understood such loneliness more than most. Mortal dragons made sacrifices in their name for luck with the year's harvest, and the beastfolk offered gifts of their own to escape the ire of Eyht's devotees. They accepted these offerings, but the snacks and trinkets meant little to them; for all the love their servants and supplicants purported to have, the god felt quite unloved and quite unseen.
There was no happiness to be found in being worshiped; the mortals' adoration rang hollow. They did not love Eyht, after all - they loved what Eyht could do for them. Up on their pedestal, so far removed from those beneath them, the god came to understand this truth, and it wracked them with a spiteful sort of sorrow. They rejected the sycophants who once sought their gifts for selfish reasons and left their home behind.
They did no harm when they departed; they simply left the dragons of the region to their work, disappearing under cover of night. Some followed: craftspeople, arborists, and artists of different stripes all accompanied Eyht to new lands, all dragons who lived humble lives in service to the earth and their communities. Many of them had never once uttered the god’s name, and yet they all followed their example with silent understanding.
Eyht's new domain was smaller, quieter, less extravagant - that suited them just fine. Their followers settled down in caves and lean-tos and began to build a new home, one more town than shrine, more community than machine. The god watched with elation as these quiet few lived their lives in service of life, love, art and nature. They were all perfectly happy in the absence of the expectations they were once plagued by, and with Eyht they worked to build something better - not beneath them, but by their side.
@smorphie Thanks! I had a lore shop and did a few commissions, but I didn't really enjoy writing stories for characters with super established lore very much. I also felt that selling it for in-game currency wasn't making me happy. I'd rather write something because I want to, without any sticks or carrots :P
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I was wondering if you would be interested in writing for this girl? She is my first completed G1, and even though it has been fun working on her, I do not have lore written for her at all. You have full creative freedom, should you choose it.
There is just one thing I would like to ask! Would you make sure she is good aligned? Morally grey is acceptable as well.
Thank you very much for your time either way. You have a lovely writing style.
I was wondering if you would be interested in writing for this girl? She is my first completed G1, and even though it has been fun working on her, I do not have lore written for her at all. You have full creative freedom, should you choose it.
There is just one thing I would like to ask! Would you make sure she is good aligned? Morally grey is acceptable as well.
Thank you very much for your time either way. You have a lovely writing style.
[center]This is really nice of you to do for free! I'm curious to see what you can come up with for this girl! All I know for her is that she's a thief and prankster. She also never takes off her mask. Otherwise, feel free to do whatever you want with her!
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This is really nice of you to do for free! I'm curious to see what you can come up with for this girl! All I know for her is that she's a thief and prankster. She also never takes off her mask. Otherwise, feel free to do whatever you want with her!
Destruction's loyalty to EE is one of neither convenience nor expectation - she follows her out of choice, spiting her wicked father, BadVibes, and the bloodline he works so obsessively to protect and uplift; beyond her father, she spurns the ethical hairsplitting and excuse-making of Distorticon, unimpressed as she is by what she considers a milquetoast approach to the essence of Edge.
Destruction has opinions about both of them in spades: her father, as far as she is concerned, is needlessly cruel, driving his children to serve EE to his own selfish ends; Distorticon is little more than a fickle bureaucrat, a well-meaning Imperial weaponizing respectability to placate those who question his devotion to Edge; both, she thinks, have completely missed the point.
EE has long since turned her gaze from both, of course; it seems like they're eternally at odds over the concept of Edge, one eager to tout its brutality, and the other, its authoritativeness - in the process of trying to ascribe meaning to it, both have lost sight of what is so special about it. Destruction hasn't, though; she lives her life free of the worry associated with performing Edge to others' expectations.
That's what it's about, isn't it? That's why she has followed EE all these years; that is what EE's existence has taught her. She is trying to live her life to the fullest, embracing her capriciousness and going with the flow of the world, no matter how hectic things get - that is what she thinks EE would want, and until EE comes into the world and seizes her crown, what she thinks is good enough.
@TheEnforcer I love how much fun you're having with your dragons in your clan. So much is happening. There is so much drama. I'm struggling to keep up with who has stolen whose wife and why at this point. Is this what EE would want?
Destruction's loyalty to EE is one of neither convenience nor expectation - she follows her out of choice, spiting her wicked father, BadVibes, and the bloodline he works so obsessively to protect and uplift; beyond her father, she spurns the ethical hairsplitting and excuse-making of Distorticon, unimpressed as she is by what she considers a milquetoast approach to the essence of Edge.
Destruction has opinions about both of them in spades: her father, as far as she is concerned, is needlessly cruel, driving his children to serve EE to his own selfish ends; Distorticon is little more than a fickle bureaucrat, a well-meaning Imperial weaponizing respectability to placate those who question his devotion to Edge; both, she thinks, have completely missed the point.
EE has long since turned her gaze from both, of course; it seems like they're eternally at odds over the concept of Edge, one eager to tout its brutality, and the other, its authoritativeness - in the process of trying to ascribe meaning to it, both have lost sight of what is so special about it. Destruction hasn't, though; she lives her life free of the worry associated with performing Edge to others' expectations.
That's what it's about, isn't it? That's why she has followed EE all these years; that is what EE's existence has taught her. She is trying to live her life to the fullest, embracing her capriciousness and going with the flow of the world, no matter how hectic things get - that is what she thinks EE would want, and until EE comes into the world and seizes her crown, what she thinks is good enough.
@TheEnforcer I love how much fun you're having with your dragons in your clan. So much is happening. There is so much drama. I'm struggling to keep up with who has stolen whose wife and why at this point. Is this what EE would want?
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Alexstrasza thank you for telling me, it got buried in notifications! i love love looove what you did with his lore, its so nice and, kinda sad. its perfect!!! could i put it in his bio? (with credits)
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Alexstrasza thank you for telling me, it got buried in notifications! i love love looove what you did with his lore, its so nice and, kinda sad. its perfect!!! could i put it in his bio? (with credits)
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This is exactly what EE would have wanted, you captured the vibe perfectly. And I'm glad the Edgelord Soap Opera vibes have come across.
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This is exactly what EE would have wanted, you captured the vibe perfectly. And I'm glad the Edgelord Soap Opera vibes have come across.
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@Alexstrasza thank you for telling me, it got buried in notifications! i love love looove what you did with his lore, its so nice and, kinda sad. its perfect!!! could i put it in his bio? (with credits)
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[font=Georgia]@smorphie You're more than welcome to take this lore and modify it as you see fit, so long as you link back to this thread or my profile :)[/font]
smorphie wrote on 2021-09-22 13:35:45:
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Alexstrasza thank you for telling me, it got buried in notifications! i love love looove what you did with his lore, its so nice and, kinda sad. its perfect!!! could i put it in his bio? (with credits)
@smorphie You're more than welcome to take this lore and modify it as you see fit, so long as you link back to this thread or my profile :)