So here is the issue. I am debating on one of three possible scenarios here. Char A is returned home by Char B and learns that her people were attacked by demons seriously cutting their numbers. It was a devastating attack that highlights how her people are slowly dieing. Before she was taken she set a goal to find a way to help her people to redeem herself from who she is, and her past. Secondly she discovers that she is to be married to a man that she does not know (Not char B). She does not like this for personal reasons, yet will go through with it because of her sense of duty to her people and her lack of any self worth. So she is looking for a why out of the marriage.
One: Char A decides to force Char B into marriage using guilt and the fact that he owes her, playing of his guilt. She would do this using lies of what will happen to her, how she will be ostracized. She will not be ostracized because of what happened, and she is already different because of her scars and other things. She is doing this for her own ends though to save her people.
Two: Char B decides to marry Char A to protect her from the fallout from what he has done, he feels a lot of guilt and shame for what he has done. In this one she does not try to force him, he simply takes matters into his own hands.
Three: Lastly they are connected to each other because of what happened. He feels guilt for ruining her life and simply marries her to make amends. In this one after learning that they are bonded and failing to kill himself and force the guards to kill him he talks to her father.
Some background. They are not in love. Char A is trying to get char B to help her people, save them is more like it. She views it as the one way to redeem herself, and is not concerned with what happens to her nor if she is every happy. For her she wouldn't care because at this moment her people are all that matter, but she needs a way to bind her to him preventing him from leaving. He does not want to marry anyone but simply wants to go where no one can find him and eventually die, or become lost to time. He has hurt char A and is trying to make things as right as possible, such as returning her to her people. He will not help her nor her people due to the fear that he has of himself, and of harming others again. He does have the power to help though. He has a lot of guilt with regards to char A too.
I just wanted to know what you guys think. should I choose one over the other or use a combination.
One: Char A decides to force Char B into marriage using guilt and the fact that he owes her, playing of his guilt. She would do this using lies of what will happen to her, how she will be ostracized. She will not be ostracized because of what happened, and she is already different because of her scars and other things. She is doing this for her own ends though to save her people.
Two: Char B decides to marry Char A to protect her from the fallout from what he has done, he feels a lot of guilt and shame for what he has done. In this one she does not try to force him, he simply takes matters into his own hands.
Three: Lastly they are connected to each other because of what happened. He feels guilt for ruining her life and simply marries her to make amends. In this one after learning that they are bonded and failing to kill himself and force the guards to kill him he talks to her father.
Some background. They are not in love. Char A is trying to get char B to help her people, save them is more like it. She views it as the one way to redeem herself, and is not concerned with what happens to her nor if she is every happy. For her she wouldn't care because at this moment her people are all that matter, but she needs a way to bind her to him preventing him from leaving. He does not want to marry anyone but simply wants to go where no one can find him and eventually die, or become lost to time. He has hurt char A and is trying to make things as right as possible, such as returning her to her people. He will not help her nor her people due to the fear that he has of himself, and of harming others again. He does have the power to help though. He has a lot of guilt with regards to char A too.
I just wanted to know what you guys think. should I choose one over the other or use a combination.