The Experiment

Here follows the collaboration of artists, writers and those that live between, to tell the story of Veros and Harad.

The premise, the world and main characters were given birth from my own mind and offered up as a sacrifice to those willing to grab the idea and run with it. Every week, another artist/writer will take the idea and coax it further along.

The Setting: The world is separated in two due to The Ether, a cloud of "something" that proves deadly, if not extremely painful and mutative to any living thing that passes through it. The two sections, Air and Earth have evolved seperately. The sentient species, once together, has evolved to survive in their prospective environments. The Illocanti, (Air Nomads) have developed dark skin to protect themselves from the glare of the sun, are slight in build so they can ride their winged transports.  The Galantri, (Ground Trolls) are stout in nature, with pale, thick skin, large eyes and ears for surviving in the twilight underneath The Ether.  This is a world with little technology, akin to the dark ages of our own world.

The Story: Starts with a tribe of Illocanti in battle with another tribe over rights to a watering hole found on a floating land mass.  When suddenly, Veros, a young female warrior is knocked off her steed. Unconcious, she falls through the Ether to her apparent demise.  Amazingly, she survives and lands among vegitation which cushions her fall and survives, though incredibly weakened by her pass through the Ether.  She is found by Harad, who had been banished from his tribe, and the adventure begins from there.

The Rules: You must follow the plot set forth by the previous writers and artists.
- No waking up from a dream in order to hijack the story in another direction.
- No alternative dimensions.
- You can not kill off Veros or Harad, since this is the ballad of Veros and Harad.
- You may have some humor, but it should stay within the confines of the story.
- You must stay true to the appearance of the previous artists interpretations of the characters and the world around them.
- No sudden ending to the story. There must be a consensus among all of the other creators regarding the ending of the story.
- Try and stay true to where the story is headed at that point in time and try not to wrench the story back in the direction you deem it should go. (I want a free flow story and not a tug of war.)

As a writer and not an artist, you may still contribute. You can just use prose to contribute your portion of the storyline.

If you're interested, please e-mail floatingislandstudios@gmail.com and I'll get you added to the list as well as the user ID and password to blog for you to post.

I'll get the first 2 pages to get the story started and then the fun can begin...