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| Hey guys, It has been a couple of busy days for me and that left me hardly any room to really post here or work on the story. Let me update you on 2 things. First I want to give a bit more info on something that was asked about in a previous blog post and lastly update you regarding the story I'm writing The effect of mental strength So I was asked a while ago what my personal growth was doing to my music hobby. What kind of effect does it have on that. As of last week I have the perfect example for that. So, last week me and a mate of mine went to the studio where Armin van Buuren records his radio show called "A State Of Trance". You might know him and his show, but for those that don't let me quickly tell you. Armin van Buuren is on of the best and biggest trance dj/producers around and he has been the host of his radio show for more then 1100 episodes. His show is basically the holy grail for artists in the genre to be feature in. So as we were there in the studio, a dj took the decks and was introduced as the top A&R of the Armada recordlabel. This guy played a small set and afterwards got interviewed real quick by Armin. One of the questions was "I am 16 year old Armin and nobody knows me. I have a track I want to release on Armada. What do I do?". The answer was rather easy to predict and even though I knew it already, hearing it from someone you would think is almost unreachable for a random dude with a track that is shy and introverted, it hit a snare inside my mind. His answer was "Get yourself in places and locations where you can reach out to me or people that have connections. And get my Instagram." When he finished, he walked over to where I was standing and started talking with some people I didn't know. My mind was racing at that moment. I was punishing myself for not having the guts to walk up to him and just ask. I was mentally beating myself up for having some kind of wall I couldn't seem to climb over. That is, until I did what I do best, relativize everything. I calmed down, took a breath and stepped up to the guy. As always with this stuff you know all the panic wasn't worth it. He was a cool guy and when I told him I was following up on his advice he was happy to see the enthusiasm for the music and trying to help others with my own show. That is, to this day, still a big achievement for me. A month a go I would probably never have stepped up to him. And even if nothing comes from this achievement, it is still a win in my book. Like the saying goes "If yo don't shoot you will never score". Celestial Downfall Update So with being very busy trying to set up a community platform and get ready for livestreaming my music, there wasn't much time for writing. But yesterday there was time and I got to write more about how the universe, it all takes place in, was created. During the writing of the first 3 chapters I got an increasingly clearer view of how the world would work, the races and the magic system. One of the things I already have some ideas about is what traits each race has. Sure enough there are some default things like beastkin having better sense of smell and elves having better magic capabilities. But there is one race that is always my favorite. Dragonkin. Though I think Draconian sounds better. (Draconian is often depicted as a dragon with human like features while Dragonkin is the oposit. I feel there is no rule here and will probably refer to them as that. But the race name is to be decided ;) ) This is my idea for draconians. (To get an idea of what they look like picture this: https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/mediawiki/images/7/71/Race_-_Au_Ra.png ) The race comes from an island in the center of the world map that is located on the equator. It is always warm there and the nature is thriving on the island. Magic in this world is based on the absorption and generation of Aether. Every creature absorbs Aether from the air though some races do that more efficiently then others. Every creature also generates Aether internally and like the absorption, some races do that more efficiently then others. You can see the Aether generation like how o2 is created by plants and trees from Co2. Plants grow and by using energy in that process they generate Aether. This all means that the Draconian race has lived, and thus evolved, in a place where there is a abundance of Aether in the air and therefore don't need to internally generate a lot. So their Aether regen is low. There are locations in the world that are desert or desertlike like where nothing grows and thus also has a massive lack of Aether in the air. Putting a Draconian on a massive disadvantage when placed in such location. Draconians are in general, physically and magically, the stronger race out of all. But their Aether regen makes navigating the world difficult a times. The Draconians have evolved to have both sexes work together for survival. The man are, most of the time, the front line fighters. They are stronger and often larger than the females. Their aether regen however, is somewhat lower then the females and because of that they started to focus more on physical strength boosted or combo with magic. This way they spent less Aether and can do more. The females are a bit weaker but more usually more nible and faster but this comes at the detriment of their sturdyness. They have a high aether regen in general and focused more on the big scaled magic attacks. Be it single point or Area Of Effect (AOE) when these fighters pop up, explosions will follow. They are usually a bit smaller then the males but make up for it in fire power and their speed to get in and out of places and situations fast. Overal Draconians have a great sense for aether and can feel the flow of it in the air. When there is enough they can, with enough training, notice movement almost 1 to 2 kilometers away. They have somewhat lesser eyesight but It is generally more wide and closer then, for example, humans that have more narrow field of view and can focus on 1 thing furter away. But I am rambling on to much here though. I am pretty happy with what I have at the moment. Let me know what you think of the Draconian draft :) I will be posting the first draft of my "History of the universe" on the world in Celestial downfall. First I want to finish a little bit more but really curious to know what you think of the way I tried to logically and somewhat scientifically couple all systems together :) For now I wish you a good day and see ya in the next entry. |
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