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Story Blueprint

Core Concept​

  • Premise: A young man's live changed drastically when he discovered magic, revealing his larger impact in the fate of empires.
  • Genre: Fantasy
  • Theme: Power struggle, duty and love.

Protagonist (Main Character)​

  • Name: Kehinde Koku
  • Backstory (Brief): They were given a magical tattoo that gives them certain magical abilities.
  • External Goal: Take over the throne of the 10 kingdoms.
  • Core Desire/Need: Wants to be appreciated, or even admired for his work
  • Motivation: His life is in danger, and he saw the injustice the current King is causing.
  • Internal Conflict/Flaw: Mentality (Democracy vs Monarchy), Imposter syndrome
  • External Obstacles: The military and power of the current King.
  • Moral Dilemmas/Choices: Asking people to sacrifice themselves or die for him. Forced to kill enemy soldiers
  • Character Arc:
    • Type: Positive
    • Summary: Learn to ask for help, Accept fate.

Conflict & Stakes​

  • Primary Conflict: Person vs (Person, Fate & Society).
  • Stakes: What the protagonist and others stand to gain or lose.
    • Personal Stakes: His live, his family's life
    • Global/External Stakes (if applicable): Continued suffering the people

Key Supporting Characters​

Antagonist (Primary Opponent)​

  • Name: Emperor Tarvo
  • Desire/Need: To have fun, enjoy life
  • Goal: To stop Kenny
  • Motivation: If he loses, he will die
  • Relationship to Protagonist: They are from the same kingdom, fellow royalty

Opponents (Secondary Obstacles)​

The king's right hand

  • Character Name/Group: Attinute and the King's military
  • Role: Secondary antagonist
  • How They Hinder the Protagonist: Advises and carry out the King's order. He also murdered Tarvo and took over the throne while consolidating power under Tarvo.

Kenny's mentor

  • Character Name/Group: Wang
  • Role: Mentor
  • How They Hinder the Protagonist: While they would protect Kenny with their life, their allegiance is with the tattoo which will inevitably destroy Kenny.

Rebels

  • Character Name/Group: Republicans
  • Role: Antagonist
  • How They Hinder the Protagonist: They are hellbent on destroying the tattoo and the wielder, which is Kenny

Allies (Supporters)​

Kenny's mentor

  • Character Name/Group: Wang
  • Role: Mentor
  • How They Aid the Protagonist: Protect Kenny, trains Kenny even though they were primarily concerned about the tattoo

Kenny's protector

  • Character Name/Group: Hernandez
  • Role: Foil
  • How They Aid the Protagonist: Powerful with strong sense of duty. They have a different outlook on life and values, but for a while, both his and Wang's goal were aligned

Kenny's friend

  • Character Name/Group: Chidi
  • Role: Confidant
  • How They Aid the Protagonist: Both Chidi and Kenny have been friends since they were babies, and when the journey began, Chidi, who is in love (unrequited) with Kenny would never let Kenny go it alone.

Kenny's friend

  • Character Name/Group: Isabella
  • Role: Love interest
  • How They Aid the Protagonist: Hernandez daughter, Kenny has a crush on, and Hernandez might have lean into that to control Kenny. They would become close friends, and when the faction breaks into 2, Isabella would choose Kenny over Wang, forcing Hernandez to follow

Rebels

  • Character Name/Group: Republicans
  • Role: Antagonist
  • How They Aid the Protagonist: They are hellbent on destroying the tattoo and at some point, so was Kenny.

Worldbuilding (If applicable)​

  • Setting: A magical world, totally made up, between 17th or 18th century technology. The sterile world is 19th century.
  • Key World Elements:
    • The sterile world: Populated by normies (Non magical human beings).
    • The magical world: Contains different species (Kingdoms) with unique magical or physical abilities.

Plot Points​

  • Inciting Incident: Kenny got the tattoo and learns about the magical world
  • Rising Action: The journey back to magical world to claim the throne
  • Climax: Kenny finds out about the true nature of the tattoo, and abandons the mission to take over the Kingdom
  • Falling Action: Slowing losing his mind to tattoo, finds the republican to end his life
  • Resolution/Denouement: The ultimate sacrifice, saves him as he conquers the tattoo. News reaches them Tarvo is dead and overthroned, changing the nature of the war.