Kyne
Acolyte
I'm working on a story where the group of protagonists are forced together in order to take care of a bandit problem, but end up finding a bunch of dark magic and a lich instead.
I'm working on a scene in the beginning before the group comes together where the problem is shown to the reader. Three protagonists are heading towards town when they come across a merchant who has been attacked by "bandits". I don't know yet if I want this person to be prone and unconscious as a result of the attack or if they were knocked unconscious to serve as a means to set up a larger ambush. I've even considered that the merchant has already been soul snatched and is acting as puppet and a means to lure in people.
Either way the ambush happens.
If the merchant isn't soul snatched, they either need to run screaming into the forest or be dragged there against their will. The antagonists need people, and I'm not talking about "help wanted" ads. They are exchanging souls with the lich in order to get power in order to protect the forest they call home.
I want the merchant to help provide insight into the world of the antagonist and help seed fear through my novel, but at this point I don't know if they are a macguffin or if I legitimately have something interesting on my hands. I plan on writing "merchant" chapters to lead the reader through their flight, capture, and eventual soul snatching by the lich. This is my first time writing horror, but I'm excited to try.
I'm working on a scene in the beginning before the group comes together where the problem is shown to the reader. Three protagonists are heading towards town when they come across a merchant who has been attacked by "bandits". I don't know yet if I want this person to be prone and unconscious as a result of the attack or if they were knocked unconscious to serve as a means to set up a larger ambush. I've even considered that the merchant has already been soul snatched and is acting as puppet and a means to lure in people.
Either way the ambush happens.
If the merchant isn't soul snatched, they either need to run screaming into the forest or be dragged there against their will. The antagonists need people, and I'm not talking about "help wanted" ads. They are exchanging souls with the lich in order to get power in order to protect the forest they call home.
I want the merchant to help provide insight into the world of the antagonist and help seed fear through my novel, but at this point I don't know if they are a macguffin or if I legitimately have something interesting on my hands. I plan on writing "merchant" chapters to lead the reader through their flight, capture, and eventual soul snatching by the lich. This is my first time writing horror, but I'm excited to try.
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