It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability. - F D L Rochefoucauld

This is a continuation of the story.

The picture the protagonist receives shows an image of a very young kid. It has the text 'admiral' underlining the photo. This is someone which the protagonist knows, and without talking much about it. The first place he heads towards seems to be a military parade of some kind. When looking at the various weaponry the sidekick character questions his motives. He simply receives the answer that it is too see what kind of monster they are dealing with. The military parade demonstrates various artillery properties as well as bio-engineered units. The military also gives insight on that the system has been replaced by a meritocracy. After some time, the protagonist gets to a booth which shows the various new innovations, he even requests a list of former military officers and reefers himself as a private cleanup contractor, in other words a government assassin. This is enough for him to get the list he is after, he finds an hologram image of the tough soldier class character. His resume in battle as well as his service record. Also a formal end statement to his career as he was honorably discharged. He had apparently been very active on the field as well as a decent planner with great insight on what the military was up too. He tracks down the location of his home, and goes to the nearest bar in that region.

Upon entry, the tough soldier class is found alone at a table, smoking a cigarette and drinking a glass of cheap booze. An even larger person sits near him at the other side of the table, looking at him with a rather ugly stare.

???: You there...... Get out of my sight.

*The tough soldier character simply blows some smoke into the eyes of the brute. He covers his eyes and is clearly angry.*

Tough Soldier: There..... Out of your sight.

The brute quickly recovers, he smashes a large glass upon the head of the tough soldier, who does not even react too it. The brute proceeds to hold him in a choking hold from the other side of the table, the tough soldier simply glaring back with the same undisturbed facial expression.

???: You bastard! You think you are tougher than me!?

Tough Soldier: You make two mandatory mistakes in your hold. First is that you keep your fingers separated from one another.

*Upon saying this, he snaps the two fingers on each hand that is separated from the hand, inflicting major pain upon the brute which looses his grip completely.*

Tough Soldier: Second mistake, you messed with a former elite POD instructor. See if you can breathe anymore now.

*The brute looks down on his chest, and it is a complete mess. Apparently, his entire torso was destroyed while he held the tough soldier character.*

Tough Soldier: I missed your heart, I would have choked you with it had I reached it. I guess some really don't have one, but it is probably the booze. Next time, I might not be so drunk and you may not be so lucky.

*The tough soldier stands up and leaves, he gets halted by the protagonist upon exiting the building. He explains his intentions of under throwing the government.*

Tough Soldier: No thanks, I don't feel like dying today, and certainly not for any cause.

The Tough Soldier then leaves. The protagonist is halted by the Follower class character which shows that his sister is in jail. The protagonist knows that this probably means she is dead, but decides to spin it upon their second encounter as a way to get his reward. As an information agent he would have enough reach to probably pull a few strings. Gaining the trust of the tough soldier he manages to add another member to the party.

Suddenly, on the big screen. The sub antagonist alongside the Dark guardian class unit appears on what seems to be an in the field interview. The dark guardian, a huge unit heavily armored is mostly int he back. However the sub-antagonist says that the recent cleansing s are a necessity due to the recent invasions launched for and against their nation. The tough soldier class, more concerned with the dark guardian seems to be slightly annoyed. In a way, it is clear that the two knows each other.

The protagonist then receives a message from the old wise man character class, says it is urgent to meet with him.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. - Sir Winston Churchill

This is a continuation of the story.

After climbing to the end of the treacherous mountain range they find the old wise man character in a low tech buggy waiting for them. After a short greeting they enter the buggy and this sequence can in some ways be a formal introduction to the world around them. An early credit roll while the buggy passes the post apocalyptic mountain range, the lower levels of the massive cities as well as the various monumental structures and the Old wise man explains the environmental, theoretical and practical life of society.

The environmental situation is that of a dying one. The air quality is constantly getting lower in quality and it seems that only the higher ups in the nation can afford useful ventilation systems which does cleanse the air for them. The exterior environment can be identified by a slight radial glare from the sun as well as heavy clouds and a slight green tone. It can vary in color producing some absolutely fantastic visuals, but none of them too healthy. The large industrial plants shattered everywhere adds more and more pressure on the environment, and the government has no qualms about unleashing weapons which does contribute to the situation.

The theoretical system goes into the daily ethics of the nation. The nation encourages guerrilla warfare competition based on the competence of the various groups that forms after that. The leading group of each factor is granted a near vassalage like ownership, but has to pay both a 'human tax' as well as ensuring that the regular taxes of the region is collected. The main government is an incredibly powerful as well as rich function as a result as all of this which can easily eradicate any guerrilla group that does not obey them properly. They have a massive military and an unrivaled industrial strength, they live upon the spoils of war and they have no humanitarian infrastructure. You do what you have to do in order to succeed. There are few rules, even for the citizens, but the few rules that are broken often result in instant court martial or worse.

The practical situation goes into the fact that the only loyalty that is to be found today is that of the coin, money can get you anything. Even in the regular citizens life they will do practically anything for money. They are forced to on a near daily basis throw down corpses into what they call the pit. The city is under constant attacks from plagues and whatnot.

After a ride which details these factors they stop outside what seems to be one of the better buildings in the slum. After a quick elevator ride they get into the office of the old wise man who lives a considerably better life than most, yet still enjoys the average slumming around in the lower cities. He gives the protagonist a proposition, to infiltrate the government and crash the system. The protagonist bluntly refuses to do this, and leaves shortly after, but the old wise man expresses his confidence that he will work for him one way or the other, after all, he used to be in the business of the protagonist himself.

After leaving and talking it over with the sidekick character and sub-protagonist it seems like all is a no-go, simply because the protagonist does not want to work under these circumstances. He does receive a message from the old wise man character which shows a single picture, which is enough to start the journey itself.

We are prisoners of ideas. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

So, here comes the continuation of the idea I was working on. Before starting on the story, I want to write a very important point about character introduction. If you have seen The Dark Knight, you know how well they introduced the joker in that film. How he made each of his workers subject to their own greed and vice and in doing so showed why he is so much better than your average con man, seeing that he was in with the crew itself which would be anything, but safe.

So, the importance, when it comes to introducing a character is to reflect not only their personality, but what makes them special. It is vital not only to make it slightly spectacular, but also to make sure that the cinematography surrounding it as well manages to compliment that. Now, it does not have to paint a character like superhuman in any way, but it has to really have a solid foundation which supports the characters personality.

So, now we are in the prison complex. These prisons only live on minimal hygiene and maximum security. They have a huge problem with disease, but they are controlled by prison violence. Each cell has a 'leader' sponsored by the guards. A violent hierarchy and any sick or unable would be disposed of quickly. Endless pits that the offending prisoners would be thrown into. In other words, imagine everything wrong with a prison, and you get the picture. So, the protagonist and sub-protagonist are escorted into a meeting room. Upon entering on the opposite side of the bullet proof glass near two soldiers. The atmosphere here is very dusty, with a red tint too the dust. He asks the soldiers to be left alone, one of the soldiers seems to follow things by the book and declines while the other soldier is more keen to listen in on the offer as he wants to take a break. The old man, or 'old wise class' man as he currently is labeled, whispers something into the ear of the soldier that wants to go. The soldier then approaches the soldier which refused to move, grabs his shotgun like weapon and in one swift move fires it towards the head of that same officer. Shortly after this he recives a single gold coin, which again underlines the level of loyalty they have towards their job compared to the loyalty they have for money. He then leaves the room, which makes the Protagonist and sub-protagonist alone with this new character. They make it known that they are known associates, the old wise man once found himself in the same trouble as the protagonist now finds himself in. It ends with the old wise man standing up, giving what looks like a small wrench of some kind and saying he is going to get some air. Leaving the protagonist and sub-protagonist alone.

Now, what occurs right after this of course is that after a short period in the prison, the protagonist manages to find a vent that goes into the what seems to be a ventilation system, one which showed various events downstairs in the prison food chamber. Needless too say it was disgusting, as well as putting the tone on what was going on for the newly arrived. Not a pretty sight to say the least. They continue on through the hazardous machinery, yet they encounter something unexpected on the way. The sidekick character, one slightly shorter than the protagonist, but looking kind of starved is in one of the corners, judging from his appearance, he could only have been there for a couple of days. However, he halts the protagonists as they approach him since there is hallway close too him, he throws what seems to be a loose pebble of some kind towards them, and it gets shot to pieces right in front of them. The protagonist sees this, and manages to align the reflection of a nearby metal plate. He then throws the wrench into the path of theautomatic sentry gun, knocking it to the side. They now continue outwards towards the prison camp. They find a sewer entrance which takes them closer too a waterfall, they manage to climb the treacherous mountains and near the end, there, they are surprised to see the 'old wise man' character waiting for them.

Now begins a torrent of words and a trickling of sense. - Theocritus of Chios

The time has come to structure the story I have been working on.

Before starting, you may remember that I posted a few character classes earlier on. Thus, I have a template. Most of these factors will have to be built brick by brick. A few vital points that existed from the start will have to be highlighted.

In character

- They have to be imperfect.
- They alter in passion, loyalty, virtue and goal.
- All the good ones will be taken.
- Create some level of sympathy, if not more with some antagonists.
- The beast is the protagonist, but is depicted in a way which makes the crowd agree with his moves, until the time comes to reap what has been sown.

In story development.

- No less than 3 turning points.
- Be very light, and if possible best avoid flashbacks.
- Don't give the crowd the entire answer, let a few unresolved questions with plenty of theories rest in their heads.
- Always have something going on, but vary in the intensity.
- Have a good relations between the personal, the strictly business related and the impulsive/desperate actions.
- Don't make it too monotone in terms of the ever shifting govermental shifting. Each point only goes from bad too worse.

In terms of art.

- Focus on good CG, but don't try to challenge reality. Keep it in a style sheet.
- Rely heavily on monotone environments during arc sequences, but don't be afraid to have other color highlights.
- Use the knowledge of color to co-relate with the scenes.

So, were does this story start? Well, under what seems to be a modern city siege, heavy artillery planted in the mountain ranges bearing down fire and all manners of weaponry upon the cityscape while a rather well trained army marches into the streets. Now, contrary to the audiences expectations this is not an invasion, it is a cleansing, not of ethnically, but of disloyalty. Cities that had low loyalty were in quite a new tradition their population halved to put a quick fix on that problem.

During this scene that does focus heavily on artistic muscles, we see the protagonist and sub antagonist running for cover and trying to navigate towards an underground city exit. Of course, this is something that they will fail on at the last moment. When held in custody among a great deal of other civilians, the simplicity of the soldiers will be depicted in a way that relies heavily on their primitive obedience. National pride is no more than an urban myth, the only loyalty that remains is that of coin. This does not stop them for acting in a disgraceful manner however. This lays some foundation for the follow up of the story, which takes place in a rather high security prison which has accommodations that would make the old Soviet prisons look like Egyptian palaces.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. - Chinese Proverb

What the heck was running through my mind when I made that picture today?

I will admit, lately I have been on writers block, and that there is probably the most lazy work I have done in some time, I made a simple column just to test out some modeling. Fair and easy enough, however, I proceeded to shamelessly grab an older texture which actually was an unwrap with very little white on it and plaster it over an UV map modifier. Did I take the time to customize the texture for every column? Of course not, as I said, I am lazy today, so I just copied wildly, put up an omni and got the columns positioned correctly and made sure the light would fit with the environment, which I made in Photoshop, some tweaking and the additions of lens flare and stars and there you go, that's my work aside from some general writing.

Now, what back to the first question, what the heck was going through my mind when I made this?

Well, I was thinking of what would happen if I were to make my own film during the 6 month period. I have thought about this several times, most of the time it ends up in a heavy texture city landscape and the story ranges everything from a nuclear blast too simple artistic showing, this falling in the latter choice.

I thought about the stairway to heaven, a group in my class has a scene like that and I suddenly thought about golden platforming, like, remember when Super Mario had to jump onto block and block to get higher into the air? Well, these things are linked together by a fog, so they float for whatever reason, and thus they object of whatever character that would be on this scene is to go up, up and up without falling down, does gravity matter in outer space, well, depends on what you make of it I guess. However logic is a dimension away from this picture, in the end, it is just me being silly and for whatever reason, I kinda like the picture, it is surreal in a nice way.

Creativity can be taught, but it can also be found in the dimension of randomness, just go with the flow of whatever your mind guides you too and you are probably going to get a few crazy results like this.

PS: I was not drunk or high when I made this.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? - Abraham Lincoln

Right, so it is finally time to have an introduction with the protagonist. Now, needlessly to say, the protagonist is a vital part of any show. However, he does not have to be the 'hero.' The age of the heroes have come to an end because people simply has seen too much of them. Now, I am all for having someone virtuous in the show, but I don't think the protagonist always is the right character to fill out that way. The protagonist needs to be slightly dark and not too virtuous, but not too vile either. This is not necessarily compromising on his ability to communicate and it does not nullify his conscience. However, he has to be able to manipulate, to lie and to show commitment and leadership qualities.

So, this is not your average goody goody, but someone capable to do what is needed to accomplish his goals. Remember, it is on the spot, so don't kill me for whatever flawed logic may occur.

Name - Dale

Race - Human

Traits - Manipulation, combat, stealth, weaponry and computing.

Story - A fairly complex character that is easily recognizable by his determination and non cocky attitude. Calm, collected, can pull up some one liners as well as someone who got a library of home made quotes. He is quite direct and can pull a cheap one, he is by no means any more endurable than a tough human, but he is not immortal nor does he have super reflexes or any kind of super hero powers. He is just tough, fast and knows how the world works. He wants to do more bad than good, but it is not always that easy.

Simply put, he masterminds most of the operations even though he can also be fooled from time to time which he inevitably will. He can get infuriated, beyond reason at times even. He will also not let a past grudge simply rest like that. He will do what he sees is fit to achieve his own sense of justice. He has personal connections to few, but he is very serious about protecting them, any others in some ways could be identified as either useful tools or useless obstacles.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone. - Henrik Ibsen

Right, so the main antagonist, the anti-hero or whatever one wants to call it is often a character who is known early on from the story. Now, they change drastically in personalities ranging from devious and funny to powerful and inhuman. They often play a significant role in terms of the core development of the heroes side of the story. It is someone who has to be defeated at all cost and who will do anything and everything to sabotage for good, or at least that is the standard view of it.

I want to do something different, I have already previously mentioned that I wanted to make the main antagonist more invisible, but always have him lurking in parts of the story which is hard to analyze. However, there will always be pointers. Although alot of the research will center around the 'betrayal' segment as well as the sub antagonist, the main antagonist will inspire a sense of awe and power which previously was unknown. This ties directly in with the betrayal part as there is an interesting foundation for that particular event. The main antagonist has ties with the governmental shakedown plot and deity plot, all which will be revealed when I post the actual story and story research.

So, that aside, here is my on the spot creation of a main antagonist.

Name - Magnus

Race - Human/Diety

Traits - Incredible powers and reflexes.

Story - Part of the story involves something that is hard to see. The reason why the government itself had started to mass-produce it's military was partly because the government had developed itself to a stronger position than the deity which had watched over them for several thousand years. A legendary warrior presumed to be fallen in a battle against the gods had not died, but fused with it. It's earthly ties to the government and it's divine traits thus had merged into something which cut a deal with the world below. Sort of a large scale separation between the deity and the human society which involved the creation of a flying isle with unmatched beauty in terms of design.

The human was known as the most powerful fighter of his age. One who had been a lone fighter rumored to be able to win wars on his own plotting and the influence he automatically brought to any situation. That aside, his legendary combat skills were by no means fake. Considered honorable, strong and also had an eye for an eye personality too himself.

The deity who had been watching over that human civilization for several thousand years was considered to be the God of radiance, whom very few humans could confront. Not lacking in power or in followers it managed to rule the upper classes of the ever forging civilization without problems, until the legendary warrior faced him. Unable to destroy the warrior, he managed to fuse with it. Thus spawning this unit. It's currently pounding the destiny of mankind, and thus the protagonist is the answer. The protagonist in several occasions would be 'blessed' however, before the final confrontation all this would change. Since the verdict was that humans were rotten to the core and needed a cleansing. The protagonist had a nature that was not very virtuous which is what lead to this decision. So, in the final confrontation, the protagonist would have to try to redeem himself by defeating this final antagonist, although there was no level of hate in this confrontation, each side could not co-exist with the other character still alive.

This is a fairly short decription of something I have brewing in the back of my mind, I might want to add another level of depth too this, but all in due time.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. - William Blake

Ok, in contrast to what most people would expect, I want the main antagonist to be only scarcely known. The sub antagonist is going to seem like the real antagonist for most of the movie while the real antagonist remains more like a legend. Put into the grand part of the plot which develops in such a way it is really hard to forsee, but various clues are left which points towards the possibility, but this is something the crowd won’t have time to figure for themselves, if nothing the evidence I place here and there will mislead them to another theory.

I guess you could say throughout the years the antagonists have varied in terms of class. Most of the time they find themselves in a support role to the main antagonist himself, like the funny sidekick in cartoons or a guardian in more ‘realistic’ films. That aside, they seem to in most cases have little significance. They vary a great deal on importance, but most of the time they are fairly insignificant, which is a shame.

I am going to twist things around a bit, so here is my on the spot creation of a sub antagonist

Name – Silvanis

Race – Human

Traits – Exceptional combat skills, has a high governmental ranking with connections to various other important plot related reaches. Known as a rather blunt, yet silent character. Most who defy his orders do not realize that they are already dead, or in other words, just were killed by something too quick for them to understand.

Plot Relation - Seen as the main stringer of events which keeps the infrastructure between corruption and competition breathing. Competition is encouraged as something which will keep the survival of the fittest theme going. This means that anything from region despots to gangs to politicians are encouraged to show they can grow more income than competitors and have a stronger control on things during that same time. This of course reflects very negatively on the lower class as their livelihood is constantly raided, pillaged and even burnt down from times to times. What it does however accumulate towards is an incredible income which most of it is used to fund a truly fearsome military. Silvanis just happens to be the commanding general, but also in plot related terms, all ends end up pointing towards him until the plot relations which come shortly after that confrontation. There is a reason for funding the military which comes close to the lines of what Stalin did during the warm-up to WWII. This was of course converting a free to capture country into a massive military stronghold by extreme means. Sparked tensions with the neighbors and several other threats are pointers towards why the nation was so obsessed by their military proves, yet an architectural project which relates to a deity plot which will be shown when I get details of the story posted will also be part of the nation’s power.

A ruthless general who has no level of hesitation, but who mixes that with quite impressive displays of tactical grasp and personal commitment. He always seem to be able to mastermind a counterattack to any infiltration plan and although he is not paranoid, he demands quite an extreme level of observation and foresight on a nationwide level. He is scary to say the least in the way which he acts, but he never resorts to unneeded aggression. Mind you this does not mean he tolerates disobedience on any level. Known for killing people before they have a chance to realize that their situation is reversible, but also someone who is willing to make great population sacrifices to stop any attempt at insurrection.
He develops a tie to the protagonists quite early on as they try to escape one of the ‘purges’. This is basically a large scale slaughter as the result of rebellious whispers. They get a glimpse of his character during that and the visuals will have to be incredible. However, they will never develop much of a personal relationship towards each other, but more of a cat and mice observation. They get into trouble, they escape leaving some damage.

What is important is to in the end leave something intensified on both characters side.

Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable unto him. Ecclesiasticus (ch. IX, v. 10)

Another class that needs added research and depth development. Now, this is one of my personal favorites. As the title points towards, this is a class that needs some level of age too it. Take Gandalf in Lord of the rings for example. He fits that class to the point. Here comes an standard analysis of the character in question.

The old follower class is someone who has been in the field that the protagonist is following. Who knows of the ups and downs with it and also who is also able to advice the protagonist and spend some time talking just about that. It is someone who separates their physical abilities with that of guile, knowledge and at times even contacts. So, in short, they are old, wise and for some reason they are part of the party which gains most of the attention throughout the show.

Now, here comes my version of a think at the spot character.

Name - Syrioth Deli
Class - Old follower
Race - Human
Traits - Old informant/spy. Knows how to gather intelligence, how to persuade and how to also spin quite a few situations by manipulating the circumstances surrounding it.

He worked as an old spy for the government which is partly the reason for him joining forces with the protagonist himself. He has seen the rotten core of the apple, and knowing he could do little to change it, he did what quite a few would have done, redirect some of the nectar too himself. Thus he gained quite a fortune. He never stopped doing his job and thus he gained a much greater image of the situation than whatever the protagonist would. As an informant trader he would give the protagonist a taste big enough to earn his trust, but he would try to spin the protagonist into doing some work for him as well. He would see no pain in seeing the system ruined or for that matter his source of income since he is already loaded, but left with a sour aftertaste in his mouth. This is partly the reason why he tells the protagonist a slight bit more than he should, something which is likely to expose his interest in the matter sooner or later, in a way, he wants to be exposed, yet won't make it easy. Though not directly antagonistic in any way, he has his own agenda and his own desires. By making the protagonist think he is running the show he opens a few new windows for himself.

The Soldier class would develop a natural sense of distrust and dislike for this character. Not because they are particularly smart, but because they simply sense something is way off regarding the character. The solider is, if anything, honest, and thus develops a sense of sensing dishonesty in situation that does not directly involve something they hope for, as finding their sister as I previously mentioned.

Despite this, the old follower class character would be portrayed as something which got corrupted because there were no bright sides from their perspective. Partly their curiosity for seeing if anything could change would serve as a reason for that character aiding the protagonist. This character has natural low life quality partly due to their well cloaked conscience and that they develop a social tie with others that more or less depend on their actions, which has a fairly untraceable pattern between virtuous and vile deeds.