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Four months; has it really been that long? I just have so many things going on I just leave things be! Oh well, here's another "postcard pitch" for another fantasy epic that I started writing for Nanowrimo's online Novel In A Month challenge. I succeeded in reaching the word limit too...
Again, I may use these characters or I may not.
Ophidia, the Red Witch
Sandra Egillsen is a sable and a popular stage magician... to the world at large. In secret, she is a member of the Shreelander Fraternity, who are responsible for regulating supernatural events and the use of magic on...
Two other kinds of super-anthro exist in Aurah, although the Millward Scale does not cover them.
Technological heroes/villains are anthros who can create and use technology well in advance of extant science. It is not yet decided if this is a superpower or merely naturally advanced intellect...
Here are some of the official labels for certain anthro's powers in Aurah;
Colossus Individual possessing immense strength and athleticism.
Resilient Less vulnerable to damage or physical strain; useful in a colossus.
Holistic Can communicate with and/or command lower life forms.
Hybrid...
This was an arbitrary standard scale proposed by Dr Wilfred Millward to help categorise the strength and type of power an anthro exhibits. He proposed it just as superanthros became emergent in the Second Great Auran War.
It puts supers into five separate categories, as follows;
Class 0...
This is a hero I may use, or may not.
Pocus
Thomas Wildwood (European badger) was an unpopular child at school and as many of them are wont to do, he retreated into the world of his imagination. He read widely and developed an exceptional imagination. As he reached adulthood, he...
10,000 years ago on Aurah, when humans and the lesser anthro races had mostly faded into history, herbivorous and carnivorous castes existed in widely dispersed settlements, sometimes in cave systems and sometimes in crude dwellings. Herbivores' settlements were not often well-defended and...
20,000 years ago, humans lived everywhere on Aurah. Land bridges allowed them to move virtually anywhere. Then a massive radiation burst from Theta Proxima merged their DNA with the animals they came into contact with, particularly those they ate as food or used for furs and bone tools.
At...
In the same year that the Second Great Aurahn War started, the star Theta Proxima went through a burst of activity. Its effect on Aurah was to give certain anthroes fantastic abilities, which the warring factions were quick to exploit.
North Vlaksgard led the way in "weaponising" its supers...
During the Second Great Aurahn War, the great Inannan nation of Umtanga landed many troops in Western Demeta, to wrest it back from the North Vlaksgarders. After the War, they maintained these nations as satellites, ostensibly to discourage Violan or Gallish incursion towards their lands. They...
Admiral Lepsidon
120 years ago, the Violan Civil War cost thousands of lives as the SNV (States of North Viola) tried to subdue separatists who wanted to establish a new nation, the IRVS (Independent Republic of Violan States) in the south of the country. The southern states were slowly but...
In Kay Pow's world, anthros emerged when humans' DNA merged with the animals they used for food, clothing and other functions. But what happened to the humans themselves? Here's a brief history.
20,000 years ago on Aurah, the world was much the same as it was on Earth during the last Ice...
Nicholas Stratshire
Also known as "The Scribe." A playwright and poet from the isles of Gallion; arguably the greatest literary mind in Aurahn history. Although his works are endlessly performed and re-interpreted, some sceptics believe that his genius was in fact that of his great friend...
Biology is a far more important science on Aurah than in our world. It has made advances that have greatly benefitted the anthros and ensured continued sustainable development.
Sensitive anthro noses could not tolerate the large scale burning of coal and oil in the early industrialisation of...
Not all regular anthros trust the supers. Hardly surprising given that they have abilities that can be extremely dangerous if misused. That was why Aurah's scientific and defence communities collaborated to produce the DREA; the Defence, Restraint and Enforcement Automat.
(Automat is the...
Baron Moneybags has recently learned of a mineral named desmodium, which emits radiation that weakens supers. It is thought that the element came down as part of a meteorite, irradiated by a star similar to Theta Proxima. The Baron is seeking this nefarious substance avidly and hopes to use it...
Mayor Reuben Dyer
Mayor Dyer is an efficient and shrewd wolf who has transformed the city of Havenburg through the hiring of Aurah's best town and transport planners. He is sensitive in private life, loves his family and loves his golf. Yet he has a pet peeve; the super community. All to...
Philip "Pep" Tasker
Pep is a keen and slightly flamboyant young otter who works at Acer Fitness Club alongside Kay/Sylvia. He loves his work and puts a lot into it, hence his name. He is a keen swimmer (even for an otter), but his real passion is superheroes. He is always up on the news...
After more than a month's break, time for some new entries to the portfolio. Oh, if I didn't have to eat and sleep...
The Shrew
Ricky Burrows was once the subject of a combined neurological and genetic experiment that left her with an abnormally enhanced brain. This gave her a genius...
The first name in old money, silver-backed jackal James St John Rawlings Fortescue is the foremost criminal in Havenburg, although very few would have guessed it. To them, he is an extremely wealthy, if slightly private, stockbroker dividing his time between the stock exchange on Bastion Street...