Okay, my current project(which isn't that current because I haven't worked on it for a month or two
) is a novel titled
"Soul Taker" - Staged in a continent called Sarhl, which is made up of many countries like Europe or WoT, it is essentially the story of two men. One is a king fighting to reunite a broken land, the other is struggling with himself as he is caught up in in a rebellion against this king. It will either be a single novel or a two novel series...I haven't decided yet.
It is set 400 years after "The Rupture",( a rip-off of from WoT) when the emperor essentially destroyed himself and put an end to the golden age, as he let loose a power known as "The Darkness". And now, a king from one of the countries, has set it upon himself to re unite the broken land and bring back the glory days. (I know this sounds very cliche, but there is more to the story and characters that I hope makes it anti-cliche) And one country in the North, Rostant, is the last one left, the only one that has not been subdued, and they are fighting back, led by a mysteriously powerful leader. It's very medieval Europe, and the glory days were like the glory of Rome pretty much..
What I like about my story though, is the magic system(s), and the first doesn't have a name, but is made up of different users, Soul Takers and Endurers(this name is most likley temporary). Soul Takers, well, take souls. They tap into their own souls to enter a different dimension which they name the "Unknown Realm", in which everything is shadowed and the only colour is the pulsing blue aura-like souls of men. Here they move faster, are stronger, and physics effect them less(not quite like the Matrix, but along those lines) Time is also slightly askew here, so Takers can sometimes avoid things before they happen. The Soul Takers essentially rip out the souls of men for themselves, layering them around thier own soul. But the Realm is not uninhabited. An entity named The Darkness is there, which feed on souls, but as men's souls are in their own dimension, they feed on the souls of Soul Takers, who are exposed when they enter the Unknown Realm; and the Darkness is attracted to souls, they can sense them, much like the Nazgul's ability to sense the Ring in LotR. So the reason that Soul Taker's take souls and layer them around their own is to protect them from the Darkness; which then feeds off the taken souls(mostly). But Soul Takers feel it still, and the Darkness' voices haunt them(much like the Machin Shin in WoT) and essentially are constantly draining their souls while the Takers are in the Unknown Realm. ( and by the way, when your soul is taken, or drained by the Darkness, you are DEAD: not like the Grey men or when dementors suck your soul, no, you are gone. ( I'm sorry, I didn't mean to write this much, but I get carried away, there is more, but it's also a twist, so I won't reveal it)
So the Soul Takers randomly born with their ability, and are trained as assassins, work for highest pay, but usually have loyalties to certain Rulers. The other main character is one of these, who is hired to work against the King by the rebelling country, and the book is mainly about his personal struggles and the Darkness consuming him while he is trying to fight it.
The Endurers are essentially super amped up versions of soul takers, who can mould some of the Darkness to their will, as well as the powers of a soul taker, and can bend time slightly, there are only a few of them however, and I named them Endurer, because they Endured from the golden age, and there is more to them than it seems...
The 3rd is Light Bringers, who are the opposite on the spectrum, they can take in light, store it, and then bend it as they wish later on, similar to what the Endurers do with the Darkness, only the light isn't an entity. ( or is it... ) no its not.
Anyways, sorry for being so long winded, If anyone wants some samples, just PM me, and I already put up the intro on a "feedback" thread if you want to check it out there.
