Aidan of the tavern
Auror
Hey people. Recently I feel I've lost...I don't know, my writing mojo or whatever it is, possibly why I've been low profile around here recently. I have lost faith in my formula, and have decided to rebuild certain aspects of my draft. Any help to get me back on the road would be much appreciated:help:.
Whats troubling me most is the antagonist's goal. The main land where the story takes place is comprised of semi-independant city-states, all in a mutually beneficial trade alliance. Over the years, this treaty has been developed to be beneficial to all, with each town supporting the others to an extent. Until now he was going to take control of the land by occupying the main city, which is head of the treaty, breaking the chain. He was then planning on dissolving the treaty and reforming the land into a monarchy, and building it up from there, turining it into one big kingdom. The protags are trying to stop him to retain the land's independance, and protect the magic item the antag needs.
The antagonist's goal just seems really lame to me, but I can't think of anything good. Any ideas on how to spice up his ambitions would be welcome. I should point out, he is not evil, so he isn't going to be unleashing dinos from hell or anything.
Whats troubling me most is the antagonist's goal. The main land where the story takes place is comprised of semi-independant city-states, all in a mutually beneficial trade alliance. Over the years, this treaty has been developed to be beneficial to all, with each town supporting the others to an extent. Until now he was going to take control of the land by occupying the main city, which is head of the treaty, breaking the chain. He was then planning on dissolving the treaty and reforming the land into a monarchy, and building it up from there, turining it into one big kingdom. The protags are trying to stop him to retain the land's independance, and protect the magic item the antag needs.
The antagonist's goal just seems really lame to me, but I can't think of anything good. Any ideas on how to spice up his ambitions would be welcome. I should point out, he is not evil, so he isn't going to be unleashing dinos from hell or anything.