I've been on a long hiatus as of late and it's had me thinking of Amazons. For the past month or so what is really making me wonder is who Eleni Alkaiel is. Often I envision this young college girl just trying to create a life for herself. Eleni is an enigma at times and makes me wonder what she is going to do.
So what I've been doing for a some work on an upcoming mass update to the Amazon language. To be honest it is massive. This word list is going to be probably about 1000 words long with then a whole bunch resolving derivatives from the original word list. I'm hoping to then work on a grammar to help explain the rudimentary systems of how to speak the language.
More coming soon.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Travellers, they are in...
One of the thing I'm considering tackling is the issue of Travellers in Ireland and Britain. The Amazons live in settled communities generally founded on the outskirts of major cities. Blending in as another multicultural suburbia, the one thing I'm wondering is how a Traveller cross-over would come in. This will probably require more research than I have done so far.
Why Travellers? Well the truth is, I'm Irish and I find the Tinkers to be an interesting feature of the Isles. They are gypsies in a way (they are no Roma, so not sure the term can really apply) who are nomadic and yet are not so. I'm already covering such things as the Nationalist movements so may as well toss in Travellers even if it's one character. With how secretive they can be I'm considering perhaps a Roma man who gets cut off from his family for being contaminated by the outside (somethign I know of) or perhaps his mother is Amazon. Or perhaps it is a her.
Be really interesting to see a female dominate society reacting to one that is stereotypically dominated by men. Especially how it could happen. Something to consider perhaps as a side story.
Why Travellers? Well the truth is, I'm Irish and I find the Tinkers to be an interesting feature of the Isles. They are gypsies in a way (they are no Roma, so not sure the term can really apply) who are nomadic and yet are not so. I'm already covering such things as the Nationalist movements so may as well toss in Travellers even if it's one character. With how secretive they can be I'm considering perhaps a Roma man who gets cut off from his family for being contaminated by the outside (somethign I know of) or perhaps his mother is Amazon. Or perhaps it is a her.
Be really interesting to see a female dominate society reacting to one that is stereotypically dominated by men. Especially how it could happen. Something to consider perhaps as a side story.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Long Hiatus almost over
The past several months have been a real crucible. I'm graduating soon so most work on Arrow Child and Amazo has been set back for a while. I've started work on slowly expanding the Amazonian vocabulary to a target of 300+ words by the end of the summer!
Some new things that will be upcoming in future Arrow Child installations. Poems in Amazo,and also other bits. Plus, I'm looking at possibly getting some character art work done in the future.
Sorry for the short blogling, but I have little time for now :(
Some new things that will be upcoming in future Arrow Child installations. Poems in Amazo,and also other bits. Plus, I'm looking at possibly getting some character art work done in the future.
Sorry for the short blogling, but I have little time for now :(
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The Cast of Arrow Child - A Quick Look
So for a while I've been looking at the cast of Arrow child. The major families represented include the Askers, the Alkaiels, and a few related members of the IRA. Now, what I want to really get into is a few new characters that are coming up oncoming parts.
The first group we're introduced to is the College Crew, basically Stephen, Emily and Petros. All of them are professors at Oxford in various departments with Petros and Stephen going both former teachers out of Athens. The thing about these three is they are basically the group that knows nothing. They are being tossed into this centuries long struggled between the Amazones and well, a few that don't like them.
The other group is the Alkaiels and the Askers. Two families who have for the past several decades intermarried and are fairly well aquainted with each other. Funny thing, one is Turkish the other is Greek. Usually this would create some friction especially with the matriarch of the Alkaiels being a Greek Cypriot, but nothing really matters.
The Askers are central to the main plot and a major part of the "Revelation" theme of Arrow Child.
So who is the Arrow Child? Well, whoever is reading the story can figure that out :)
The new characters I've written about are the girl who stood (named in the end of part 3), Lima Sweeney, Jimmy Boy and the mercenary's of Maura's sisters.
Maura is well, Maura is someone I love and I hate. She's a trafficker, a sort of Amazonian Irish Coyote. Both her and her band are former Nation fighters who went astray after their cell was nearly wiped out by the Turkish Military years ago. See for a few years, the Kurdish Paramilitary groups in Turkey had a few Amazones training with them. Maura's group as I will get to later was one of them!
A few more characters yet to show up. Tala and Qasim, both are in part 5 near the end I believe.
And then a few more of the Alkaiels! Oh, and of course mister Achilleus, the big bad (maybe) who speaks to Liam in Part 3!
So Spirits to You!
The first group we're introduced to is the College Crew, basically Stephen, Emily and Petros. All of them are professors at Oxford in various departments with Petros and Stephen going both former teachers out of Athens. The thing about these three is they are basically the group that knows nothing. They are being tossed into this centuries long struggled between the Amazones and well, a few that don't like them.
The other group is the Alkaiels and the Askers. Two families who have for the past several decades intermarried and are fairly well aquainted with each other. Funny thing, one is Turkish the other is Greek. Usually this would create some friction especially with the matriarch of the Alkaiels being a Greek Cypriot, but nothing really matters.
The Askers are central to the main plot and a major part of the "Revelation" theme of Arrow Child.
So who is the Arrow Child? Well, whoever is reading the story can figure that out :)
The new characters I've written about are the girl who stood (named in the end of part 3), Lima Sweeney, Jimmy Boy and the mercenary's of Maura's sisters.
Maura is well, Maura is someone I love and I hate. She's a trafficker, a sort of Amazonian Irish Coyote. Both her and her band are former Nation fighters who went astray after their cell was nearly wiped out by the Turkish Military years ago. See for a few years, the Kurdish Paramilitary groups in Turkey had a few Amazones training with them. Maura's group as I will get to later was one of them!
A few more characters yet to show up. Tala and Qasim, both are in part 5 near the end I believe.
And then a few more of the Alkaiels! Oh, and of course mister Achilleus, the big bad (maybe) who speaks to Liam in Part 3!
So Spirits to You!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
A small update on Part 4
Part Four of Arrow Child will focus on characterizing the College Crew more. The one thing I plan on doing for the upcoming information is a full set of character notes. Also a minor set of notes for the outline for the next few parts. A few more names to the Cast of the minor characters plus some notes on the existing ones. Mostly appearance notes to keep some form of continuity. Also, I've started noting a few more things related to another project which will be for the far future.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Another Blogling
Not a long blog tonight though I do need to type more XD
I have updated and expanded the Modality system of Amazo, two new custom moods that express aspects of English I wanted to include.
First is the Necessative Mood:
This mood which is marked by the particle "ζαν" or "Zan" [ʒɑn] and is used to express the need or necessity of something. This is used when someone wants to desire something but also uses said desire as way to express that they NEED it.
"I desire this thing" with the attached marker it adds a secondary meaning that the desire is more than want and is necessity to the speaker.
Second is the Evidentative Mood:
This mood is marked by the particle "χειζ" or "Heis" [χeɪs] and is used to express the inference of something. Phrases such as "must have" or "may have" fit under this meaning. This can also be used to state that the action is either believed to have happened or is not. Not to be confused with Subjunctive which states that something is the opinion or judgement of someone.
Finally I am considering a few more aspects, this is because I want to have a specific verbal system for Amazo. And with Amazon I want them to have a sort of almost poetic intensive nature of their thoughts.
I have updated and expanded the Modality system of Amazo, two new custom moods that express aspects of English I wanted to include.
First is the Necessative Mood:
This mood which is marked by the particle "ζαν" or "Zan" [ʒɑn] and is used to express the need or necessity of something. This is used when someone wants to desire something but also uses said desire as way to express that they NEED it.
"I desire this thing" with the attached marker it adds a secondary meaning that the desire is more than want and is necessity to the speaker.
Second is the Evidentative Mood:
This mood is marked by the particle "χειζ" or "Heis" [χeɪs] and is used to express the inference of something. Phrases such as "must have" or "may have" fit under this meaning. This can also be used to state that the action is either believed to have happened or is not. Not to be confused with Subjunctive which states that something is the opinion or judgement of someone.
Finally I am considering a few more aspects, this is because I want to have a specific verbal system for Amazo. And with Amazon I want them to have a sort of almost poetic intensive nature of their thoughts.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Blogling Update
It has been forever since I posted. So I'm going to update a few things. First the third part of Arrow Child is ALMOST done and I've begun sketching out the fourth part. The general plot is more cohesive than most pieces of I've worked on and the characters are growing.
With the introduction of an associate of Liam's Sheila O'Rourke. A former IRA medic and relative of Liam, more of that to be revealed later.
With the introduction of an associate of Liam's Sheila O'Rourke. A former IRA medic and relative of Liam, more of that to be revealed later.
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