Faith's Backstory Evaluation
Is It Fit For Purpose?
In a way yes. I’ve been working on the story of Elemental
Wolves for around three years basing it around my personal experiences and my
favourite genres, as well as how I sometimes wish my life/ world was like
(minus the death of my parents though) Faith as a character is basically my
dream self which is everything I’m not, the girl throughout the story is a very
brave young lady who learns to take on the world and never back down gaining
loyal friends on the way with good morals.
Faith’s backstory~ I wanted part of Faith’s past to be
revealed between the duel of Yuki and Spear, leading on to Yuki explaining in
detail about his betrayal to the crown, why Faith’s parents are dead and
slightly how she ended up in Japan instead of staying in Crystal Dynasty- which
is what I’ve written in part of the chapter towards the end. In the actual plot
notes that will be attached to this document, this will lead to Yuki’s
banishment amongst the warriors of Hope, Faith and his pack mates resulting in
Spear leading and mentoring the main protagonist. During this time the dragon
forces Faith to relive the moments of Yuki betraying her kin, witnessing their
deaths making it seem as though that was Yuki’s full intention which Faith
proudly admits she doesn’t believe Spear who seemingly takes away her power as
the Element Seeker. Later Itachi, the last black dragon, sorts the hero out by
making her gain back her powers and spiritually connecting with her mother, who
died leaving behind a memoir for Faith to understand what happened that night
during the Great War and the rest of Faith’s past.
The plot notes are based around a Freytag Pyramid which I
learnt at school going in the order of:
~ Beginning
~Build up/ Crisis
~ Crisis
~ Resolution starts
~Resolved/ Problems solved
With each header being underlined it should be a lot simpler
for developers to break down when designing a game for Elemental Wolves, due to
it being some sub-stories that end up being in one big plot; possibly confusing
some people about the main morale behind the story.
Did It End The Way You Thought It Would?
Going back to the initial thoughts of Elemental Wolves I
planned there would be no deaths and everyone survives and is happy- very Mary
Sue and predictable. Instead after a few months I began changing little aspects
of each character that would determine the fate of the ending. For example my
basic thoughts on Kaji, Phantom and Hiwatari was Kaji and Phantom would only be
used to mock the elder wolf Hiwatari with taunts, then I changed it to Hiwatari
actually saving them because it was his job in the world. Finally I changed it
again to him being Phantom’s brother and don’t reveal it until around the time
Yuki and Spear duel. However when writing Faith’s backstory the ending is still
the same as I wanted it to be where a few of the main characters die leading to
hopefully a sequel.
Did You Use Techniques Or Try Using One Of The
Tools/Guides?
To map out Elemental Wolves I did use the Freytag Pyramid as
my plot device to structure everything so it didn’t go messy, with fragments of
the story link with other pieces that shouldn’t have been linked. On the other
hand when creating characters or actually writing the story I don’t use any
guides or tools I just let my mind go on what I want to write. If anything I
use for guidance it’s probably music as I pictured random scenes in my head
that fit to music which is another reason I wanted to animate my story. For
example The Voice by Celtic Woman would be used when Faith meets Kushina, her
mother, during the memoir in the story.
However at college we delved into using the 5 W’s to define
our protagonist and antagonist. It didn’t help me much because I already
written/ knew about Faith on the other hand it was quite fun. If I were to
create a completely random character though I think it would help immensely.
Then we created a mind-map of that character about them, characteristics,
personality and representation which again I already knew Faith, it was fun but
wouldn’t help that much unless I created a complete new character. Between the
two tools though I would much rather prefer to create a mind map against others
like: sketching, mood boards, storyboards ect.
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