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TITLE
A Prose of Years
The title is meant to refer that in the world of the story, an everyman spiritualist with an experience of years will be far superior than a monstrous genius.
SYNOPSIS
For decades, spiritualist Evert Kallstrom and his team have joined humanity’s millennia-long fight against the beasts. Wielding their weapons and their ki, they became great spiritualists. And yet, despite their efforts, humanity was losing traction in the war. In the last fifty years alone, more cities had been overrun than in all of known history.
While most thought the great beasts natural, a few knew the terrible truth. They were the product of a dark lord, who desired neither fame nor wealth nor power. Instead, his sole purpose was the genocide of humanity.
While their peers dithered, a small faction of the strongest mankind had to offer—including Evert Kallstrom and his team, set out towards the Deadlands to find and confront this dark lord. After weeks of travel, twenty-one spiritualists found themselves approaching an ancient fortress wherein rested a being known only as the Eastern Guardian.
All they found was death.
But death has other plans for Evert.
Evert wakes up in his 16 year old body. He is confused, poor and weak. But with grit, sweat, and years of experience, he won't let the future repeat itself. That level of strength won't be enough by itself--it wasn’t last time--and victory is hardly assured—he’ll need to reach farther and higher than he ever did--but Evert refuses to squander a second chance.
[First Person POV]
GENRES
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
TAGS
Male Lead, Secret Identity, Strategy
High Fantasy, Martial Arts, Strong Lead, Wuxia
Magic, Time Travel
Slice of Life, Progression
CONTENT WARNING
Profanity, Gore
CHARACTER SHEETS
EVERT
Name:
Evert Källström
Trope:
Swedish
Job:
Spiritualist
Scribe?
Birthday:
2300
Hard Affinities:
Water, Air
Height:
180 cm (OTL)
170 cm (16 y.o.)
186 cm (19 y.o.)
Soft Affinities:
Thermal, Electric
Hair:
Ponytail (16 y.o.)
Romance:
Samantha (OTL)?
Rebecca (NTL)
Weapon:
Longsword and staff
Notable Skills:
Botany
Runes
Fighting
Training
Spiritualism
Lesser Skills:
Forging
Cooking
Personality Traits:
Grim determination; Experienced; Wise (to an extent); Optimistic; Helper; Defender of the peace; Defender of the people; Fair
Background:
Grew up on a farm in a hamlet outside Dorflich
Notes
He don’t need no damn emotional development. He is 47 years old damn it. Though he is the youngest physically.
Not the OTL leader
SAM
Name:
Samantha Finke
Trope:
This book's true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.
German
Job:
Spiritualist
Birthday:
2299
Hard Affinities:
Air
Height:
162 cm
Soft Affinities:
Light, Kinetic, Thermal
Hair:
Blonde
Romance:
Evert (OTL)
Weapon:
Longsword (originally)
Trident (later)
Notable Skills:
Lesser Skills:
Personality Traits:
Hopelessly optimistic; bubbly; airheaded; fiercely protective when her things are threatened; only team member to have a 0-aligned soft and hard affinities, which she is made fun of for, especially since she does not have electric aligned
Background:
OTL: Dies in final battle along with Evert
Wildly under confident; low self-esteem; plays up the big tits small brain stereotype because it got people to hang out with her; might be a hedonist; but ultimately she wants to get stronger because she hopes she will then have confidence; actually a surprisingly sharp mind both in the battlegrounds (tactically) and socially (has the best read and figures out the Evert/Becca thing before either does). So need to get her lighting affinity, but even that doesn’t really fix the emotional issues. Needs victories based on her unique strengths. Maybe have Evert do a disappearing act, and attack them as the abominable snowman.
BECCA
Name:
Rebecca Little
Trope:
Scottish
Job:
Spiritualist
Birthday:
2298
Hard Affinities:
Fire
Height:
178 cm
Soft Affinities:
Light, Kinetic, Electric
Hair Color:
Bright red
Exploded pixie cut
Romance:
Evert (NTL)
Weapon:
Gauntlets
Notable Skills:
Lesser Skills:
Personality Traits:
Fiery redhead
Plenty of people will dislike Becca. She's narrow-minded and hot-tempered. And occasionally cruel, as she's more than happy to bust a guy's balls for trying to hit on her. All men under 35 as asshats or creeps and don't deserve her. In the reboot, she becomes unconsciously attracted to Evert's old soul and can't figure out why.
Background:
OTL: Dies shortly after joining Party; major failure for MC; no romantic interest in MC due to antagonistic nature and MC's meekness/inexperience in OTL
NTL: Death averted by MC (intentionally or butterfly effect); MC's old soul attractive to CB
Is driven wild for power.
Over time, she is unconsciously attracted romantically to Evert's old soul and his maturity in allowing her the distance and not pursuing her.
LENNIE
Name:
Lennie Fox
Trope:
British
Job:
Spiritualist (Scam artist/pick pocket); plays a scout role when traveling
Birthday:
2299
Hard Affinities:
earth
Height:
158 cm
Soft Affinities:
Light/dark
Hair Color:
Romance:
Weapon:
Dual-daggers
Notable Skills:
Lesser Skills:
Personality Traits:
Short; scrawny; hopeless womanizer
Background:
OTL: Robbed MC shortly after his arrival in City A
NTL: Scared shitless by MC; asks to be trained and becomes MC's gofer
Involved in various organized crime and crime; growing up (orphan), learned to find the biggest, baddest MF out there, and become his lackey; hence his easy segue into the group; emotional development will be either independence, or leadership, or developing his own desires
VINCE
Name:
Vincentas Edvardas Žutautas
Trope:
Lithuanian
Job:
Spiritualist
Birthday:
2291
Hard Affinities:
Water
Height:
198 cm
Soft Affinities:
Thermal
Hair Color:
Romance:
Weapon:
Hammer
Notable Skills:
Lesser Skills:
Personality Traits:
Heavy-set guy; oldest of group; protector role emotional; and a tank in the field.
Background:
OTL: Older member of the dojo well ahead of Evert;
NTL: As an older member of the dojo, he joins in the tourney and is bushwhacked by Evert
Spiritual Techniques:
Ice Wave
Snowball
Hot Shower
Tundra
Hot Water Wall
He lost near and dear to him as a child, and so he feels a compulsive need to protect; this leads to his desire for more power. Emotional development is to separate the two, and realize that not everyone needs protections (he gets injured in fight) (book 1); in book 2, not everyone will be protected (he’s a bit sheltered since his gaining strength in Dorflich, both pre and post Evert, so early losses will hit hard).
ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION ACROSS PARTY
Evert
Becca
Lennie
Vince
Sam
Fire
X
Earth
X
Water
X
X
Air
X
X
Light
X
X
X
Kinetic
X
X
X
Thermal
X
X
X
Electric
X
X