A New Direction...LMS-like?

MC learned everything he could.

Then, asked about his future, he cannot answer, cannot choose profession. (cannot decide class, like warrior or paladin or priest).
Then he seek advice from one of the sage in the island, Sage Rodrias.
The Sage told him to go for an adventure to the north, and find his destiny in the Ivory Tower.
Later MC accompanied The Princess group for a mission in the north.

MC learned about himself little by little, and met the Young North Prince in the Ivory Tower village. He decided to follow him further north, then he completely realized his true origin - The Northerner.

The Warring period in the continent provided MC with a chance to supervise an army under the command of Young Prince. They started with conquering a castle in the North, where MC set up their first base, The Kel Morata. The city expanded rapidly, and they start taking out more area.

MC goes on several quest, among some main quest. And so he goes on adventure again here and there, even to the Capital.

MC become Weed.

Map, Power Structure, School etc

Benua:
Negara:
Istana:

Raja dan Pembesar, Panglima dan Pengetua.

Core Power - Raja dan Istana.
Satu benua - beberapa Empayar, mungkin 2 atau 3. top - maharaja
Satu empayar - beberapa Negara. top - raja
Satu negara - satu istana. beberapa negeri. top - menteri besar.
Satu negeri - satu ibu negeri. satu pejabat kerajaan/kediaman mb. beberapa daerah. top - pegawai daerah.

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Sekolah:

Sekolah ikut Kelas.
Sekolah Campur.

Sekolah Warrior/Paladin/Priest - top school
hmmm
Sekolah Warrior - tajaan kerajaan
Sekolah Paladin dan Priest - tajaan church
Sekolah campur - tajaan sendiri

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Agama/Church(House of the Lord-Rumah Tuhan)

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Hmm so 3 paksi kuasa. Wujub bersama-sama. Bersaing terbuka.

LotD : Books!

“How...how did you know all this?”

“Books.” Duwei put down the bow. “Books contained all of human’s knowledge. And knowledge is the lighthouse for human to move forward. I started reading these books at age 6.”

“Six? Then you must be a genius. Have you read a lot of books?” Relin sigh.

“I did read quite a bit. But I am no genius. In fact, long ago I didn’t like to read. I didn’t like knowledge.”

LN - ATG - c63

Yun Che looked to the far distance; then his gaze became deep and profound: “There are only two ultimate goals that a man pursues; one is to conquer the world, the other is to conquer women. To conquer the world is to reach a new height in life, but to conquer women, is to embellish the scenery of life. If one isn’t able to conquer the women that he wants, even if he conquered the entire world, he would still be at a lonely summit, and experience loneliness everywhere. Yuanba, don’t you think that what I, your brother-in-law just said is right?”

“….” Xia Yuanba didn’t really understand what he had just said, but he still thought it sounded kind of amazing.

LN Excerpt : Xian Ni

“Wang Lin is certainly a person of high mental resilience, an expert, when I mocked him, he probably didn’t mind at all, after all if a dog bites a person, the person doesn’t bite back, it must be like that, that Brother Wang is an expert, how could I comprehend him.” Another disciple who often mocked Wang Lin repeatedly tried to calm his uneasy heart.

Secrets In Plain Sight

MC Granddaddy and Grandma

GD - Warrior, with some sort of ice related skill. after all, he is from North.
GM - Ice Mage /Frost.

something like, their fathers want to match them up to break the war, but GM only agree if GD can beat her in a duel.

it is well known that Frost Mage is the nemesis of Warrior, coz CC.

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Frost Mage :

Frostfire Bolt - 3 sec cast, big damage, slow by 40% for 8 sec
Frost Nova - immobilize, 30sec cd, 8sec duration, shorter in pvp, break on damage
Blink - teleport forward 20 yards, 15sec cd, remove stuns and bonds
Ice Block - last 10sec, frozen in ice, 5min cd, cant do anything.
Cone of Cold
Invisibility - invisibility for 3sec, 5min cd
Time Warp - haste by 30%, lasts 30 sec, 10 min cd
Polymorph - transform enemy in random creature for 10 sec, enemy regen very quick, break on dmg
Frost Armor - slow enemy that attack by 30%
Ice Barrier - a shield that absorb 20% of hp, last 1 min, 1 min cd. BIG mana
Evocation - to regen mana
Summon Water Elemental -
Deep Freeze - Stun for 5 sec
Mana Shield - mana for hp.
Mirror Image - 3 copy of mage, last 30 sec
Blizzard - Rain of Ice Shard in area
Ring of Frost - 3 sec cast, enemy entering ring freeze for 10 sec


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Warrior :

Rend - bleed DoT 18sec, and burst on last tick. 5rage
Mortal Strike - deadly strike that halves healing. 20 rage
Thunderclap - 'range' aoe that slow enemies by 50% for 10sec. 10 rage
Whirlwind - aoe in 8 yards, 20 rage
Die by the Sword - parry 100%, red. dmg by 25%. 2min cd.
Heroic Throw - range attack, 6sec cd, throw spectral weapon
Hamstring - slows for 15sec. 10 rage.
Heroic Leap - jump 10 yard, 45sec cd




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bla bla bla
How GD won?
all warriors damaging skills need rage. but he somehow learned the basic of paladin and used devastatingly damaging strike of medium range (Blade Storm maybe) using mana, which surprised many people, and granted him unexpected victory.

A Journey Involves Getting Lost

It doesn’t matter if it’s The Odyssey, The Hobbit, or Monty Python and the Holy Grail, every great story about a journey involves getting lost. Why?

Because storytellers know even the wildest fantasy has to be grounded in reality. And we’re all familiar with feeling lost, sidetracked, and stalled out.

We start out with high hopes and a clear path. But soon we get diverted by obstacles and emergencies. It’s not long before we lose track of the path and can no longer see our way forward. We get buried in the day-to-day and lose sight of our goals.

Even if we remember where we’re going, we no longer know how to get there.

-Michael Hyatt

I posted something about Hatiku Di Harajuku on Facebook, and got some comments on it.
Brod / Nadir Shazly pointed out that it's called 'infodump', and I read a bit about it on the internet.


"

Info Dump

The info dump is one of the worst sins you can make as a writer.

But what exactly is it? And why is it so bad?

It is the process of giving information clumsily and inappropriately. For sure you need to tell the back-story, describe your character's personality, and the story's setting. However, all this information should be elegantly woven into the story, not pasted arbitrarily on, or dumped. (Hence the phrase info dump because you're dumping information on the page.)

It's bad because it's jarring for the reader. It takes her out of the story to a certain extent because it's communication from the author rather than the characters. It's a form of telling-not-showing.

"

also on WIKI.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_(narrative)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show,_don%27t_tell

on of course, TVTROPE.

give me something to think of actually. I do have A LOT to describe or explain....

Bukan Karya Picisan

"Karyaku akan menghuni Perpustakaan Negara!"
"Bagaimana kau begitu pasti?"
"Kerana aku menulis sebuah karya yang hebat, ataupun aku menjadi seorang hebat. Jalannya terbuka luas seluas pandanganmu."
"Kehebatan seseorang hanya terbatas oleh cita-citanya."

Carta Perjalanan 2

Hikayat Kedua - Kembali ke Adelar

"Cinta memerlukan pengorbanan"
"Apa kau kau korbankan?"
"Cinta."

Kampung Lembah Serigala
Alterac Valley
Kg Menara Aibara
Ke daerah Utara bersama Prince and entourage
Conquer first town/castle
conquer second fort/city
diplomatic mission to Orc/Elven
fortify
WAR IS COMING

TOC : Carta Perjalanan

I'm not sure if I have written sth like this before, but I think I better put whatever on my notes to the web as well.

"To be with you, forever. I will be your shadow"

Hikayat Pertama (Blood Pledge The First)

PROLOGUE: Adelar 10 Years Ago/Before
-the execution of Panglima (ala Gladiator), the hunt for the son, the escape(spoiler!) etc

INTRO: Pulau Naga
-conversation with Tok Tereng, Uncle Gugel Bing Yuha dll
-conversation with Uthera/Zerakul, son of Island's Chief
-follow the white rabbit event
-annual island festival -tournament, performance, dance etc
-journey - boat travel.

BODY 1: Adelar / Tanah Besar Adelar
-First test - Mirror Forest, doppelganger
Girana Port, city, castle (Istana Raja Muda)
-encounter with The Old Beggar and the Richest man in Girana
Adelar City, Castle
-also have Arena run by Ikatan Penjejak, with their HQ nearby
-Blessing of Kings
Adelar City<--->Menara Aibara to meet Kel Hauren, magic
to Kota/Kubu Windawa for test and training
-fort, desert,oasis,small military port

BODY 2: Utara-journey to Utara
-lokasi 1, 2, 3

CONCLUSION: Separation

EPILOGUE: on the boat back to Adelar without Awang

"If you leave anyone behind, they will come back to haunt you"
"Apa maksudnya Awang? Kau lebih mengetahui tentang segala yang kelabu"
"Ini kiasan yang sangat mudah. Kalau sesiapa tertinggal dalam perjalanan kita, anggap dia sudah mati. Bila dia mati, jadi hantu dan akan datang mengganggu"

catatan rawak

Harumannya tersebar ke serata alam
Si buta pun tak mungkin tersalah jalan!
-merujuk kepada TP yang cuba mengekori dari belakang tetapi segera disedari Awang.

Hentikan! Lebih banyak kebaikannya sekiranya engkau bersabar.
-Auron menepuk bahu Awang sebelum Awang mencurahkan segala-galanya kepada TP.
*kelihatannya Auron seorang yang paling memahami Awang walaupun dia seringkali tidak bersuara atau memberi apa-apa komen terhadap segala dakwaan Awang.

Auron ke Pulau untuk rekrut Angkatan.
Ke Akademi, jumpa pengetua, direkomenkan Awang yang pernah dihantar ke Gua.
ke Gua, jumpa Rougyar sedang berlatih, dan masuk jumpa Tok Guru lama dia. TG Auron bercerita tentang kecederaannya yang disebabkan oleh anak murid barunya iaitu Awang.
'Cepat Pedang, Cepat Anak Panah, Tidak Secepat Tendanganku' - penjejak angin
'Cepatnya Fikiran, Cepatnya Pandangan, Tidak Secepat Pedangku' - pedang kilat TG
'aku telah kalah dengan pedang yang lebih pantas dari pedang kilatku, kerana terlalu memandang rendah generasi baru. sungguh benar, mereka akan mengatasi guru-guru mereka, dan anak murid mereka pula akan mengatasi mereka'.

The Ruby Knight - nota

'You were listening.'
'Obviously. Voices carry a long way at night.'
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'Sometimes I think this whole nobility business is farce anyway. Men are men - titled or not. I don't think God cares, so why should we?'
   'You're going to stir up a revolution talking like that, Ulath.'
   'Maybe it's time for one.'
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'A good bluff is sometimes better than a good fight,' Ulath growled. 'I like deceiving people.'
'You are as bad as Talen is.'
'No, not really. My fingers aren't nimble enough for cutting purses. If I decide I want what's in a man's purse, I'll hit him on the head and take it.'
She laughed.'I'm surrounded by scoundrels.'
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'He looks a little unreliable to me.'
   'He'd better be reliable. He's already got a fair idea of what's going to happen to him if he isn't.'
'Oh Sparhawk,' she said reprovingly.
   'It's really a very simple arrangement, little mother. He fully understands that either they get healthy, or he gets sick. that sort of encourages him to do his best.'
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Tiada Yang Lebih Penting

Bagi seorang lelaki, tiada yang lebih penting dari mengutamakan sahabatnya.

Kerana itulah Awang menempa Monkuris Sepuluh Nyawa untuk Zerakul, sedang dia sendiri teramat inginkan sebilah Pedang Lalang untuk dirinya.

Huntaro pernah bertanya,
"Kau tidak pernah menganggap kami semua sebagai sahabatmu bukan?"
"Mengapa kau bertanya begitu"
"Supaya senang hatiku dan mudah bagiku membuat keputusan pada masanya perkara sebegini dipertimbangkan"
"Hahaha, kau berkata-kata seperti pujangga, sang penjejak"
"Aku menganggap anggapanku tidak meleset?"
"Kau inginkan begitu?"
"Tidak, hanya meminta kepastian kepada perkara yang hampir pasti"
"Kau benar-benar seorang penjejak yang hebat, Huntaro. Kiranya tiba masanya, pasti aku akan mengutamakanmu berbanding yang lain..."
"Mungkin akan tiba masanya aku boleh menganggapmu sebagai sahabat"


serpihan cerita Wira Tunggal - Lan Wugi dan Wira Tempur Err

nota2 rambang.
1. Awang, Zerakul, TP Lana - Awang still fight for it though Zerakul reveal his same desire. Awang can just give in, but he wants Zerakul to fight for her, so they could both be stronger.
2. Dragon Ball 9 twist - Zerakul the last 'dragon' to be dominated by Awang, but Awang do not finish the job / fulfill the prophecy. [but Zerakul, knowing he is defeated, admit that Awang is better than him and willingly sacrifice himself to Awang, thus 'mengutamakan sahabat'].

To be a Hero

"You don't become a hero because you want to, you become a hero because you need to"
-Shingman, Ratman manga.

or shall I rename him Man Shainin? Shaini Jiman? in my novel.

and stumbled upon this site while looking for similar quote.
http://fearlessdreams.com/blog/why-i-want-to-be-a-hero_73.html

The Fantasy of the Hero
For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to be a hero.
I’ve loved myths, legends, science fiction, and comic books my whole life.
Sounds childish, right?
It’s easy to psychoanalyze a love of heroes, and dismiss it as a childish or neurotic desire to escape from reality.

• Do I want to be a hero because I want everyone to love me?
• Do I want to be a hero because I feel powerless in the face of unfathomable forces that surround me?
• Am I trying to escape from a seemingly petty existence into a wonderous world?
• Do I want to feel overwhelmingly special and unique, and being myself doesn’t seem to be good enough?

Sometimes I do want to escape. I want to escape from a world that disappoints me. I want to escape from a “me” that disappoints me. Why play a seemingly insignificant role in the everyday world, when being a hero in my own fantasy world sounds like a lot more fun?

On the Surface
That childish desire to escape lurks on the surface of our thoughts and feelings.
And there’s another troubling feeling that travels with that desire to escape.
Do you often experience a feeling of restlessness? Do you feel that there’s some other place you must go. Some other work you must do. Some other person you must be?
It’s easy to dismiss that restlessness as the same childish desire to escape reality and to cast off our responsibilities.
But there’s much more to each of us than what floats on the surface of our thoughts and feelings. There is a deeper, meaningful side to our desire to escape, to our feelings of restlessness, and to our desire to be a hero.

Heroes and Stories
There are no heroes without a story.
A story is about meaning. A story reveals the meaning that lies within ordinary or extraordinary moments in someone’s life.
The stories of heroes are usually about extraordinary moments. They are stories where the meaning is clear, powerful, and profound.
But what divides the ordinary from the extraordinary? Is the ordinary event simply the common and familiar one?
Or does the ordinary become the extraordinary when we find the meaning in it?

Hadiah Sahabat Membawa Erat

Ketua Pulau ingin menghadiahkan tongkatnya kepada Awang namun ditolak Awang dengan baik.

"Mengapa?"
"Kerana dua patah ayat. Hadiah sahabat membawa erat. hadiah insan berpangkat membawa berat. Hadiah dari sahabat boleh diperlakukan sesuka hati tetapi hadiah dari orang-orang besar dan kenamaan harus dijaga dan dihargai."

Pakcik Gugel Si Tukang Tenung

3 ways to know the future, by Pakcik Gugel.

1) Learn - from kitab2 lama, from orang2 lama. memerhati bintang2.

2) Info - laporan informer, news bird, spy etc.
-jadual kapal, kebiasaan raja dan orang2 besar
-berita semasa, rumor, gosip
-cuaca

3) One decide the future by himself!
or set it up.
contoh : Awang membuatkan tongkatnya patah di tangan Rogus (epilog)

Table of Content

TOC : Blood Pledge The First
Kembara Ke Utara

PROLOG : Arden - Sepuluh Tahun Dahulu

INTRO : Pulau Naga Beradu - chat with TT, w/ uncle Gugel, w/Zerakul,
Follow the White Rabbit, Acara Tahunan Pulau, Boat Travel (journey)

BODY 1 : Arden - Arden-old beggar, Giran-richest man, Ivory Tower, WW Castle, Desert Test, Oasis

BODY 2 : Utara - ke utara : lokasi 1, loaksi 2, lokasi 3

CONCLUSION : Separation

EPILOGUE : on the boat to Arden, w/o Awang

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TOC : Blood Pledge the Second
(Kg) Lembah Serigala --> (Alterac Valley) --> Kg Ivory Tower --> Ivory Tower --> [travel to daerah Utara] --> conquer 1st town/castle --> conquer second fort (in short time interval!) --> diplomatic mission to Orc/Elf town --> (transport logistic from 2nd town to Orc Fortress --> abandon 2nd town, keep 1st town, solidify orc fortress --> (dominate elven forest?) --> threaten the next fort/castle --> berunding ke Arden -->second death.

No Mask Like Open Truth 2

another situation where open truth is the best deception.

two armies preparing for a big battles, where normally there are 2 or more strategic location for the attacks. the leader of army A, realizing there is a spy in his camp, still allow that spy to report his finding.

the spy reported, for example, army A will attack location X with 10,000 armies. and will send 500 men to location Y.
the leader of army B is no fool (and that is why he is the leader!). he knows that no sane general would allow their strats be known to the enemies. so he decided that army A will actually attack location Y and will use location X as decoy. this is why I can create another saying :

the smarter one is, the bigger fool he is. or,
lebih bijak seseorang itu, lebih banyak dia kena tipu!
(contoh, yang terpedaya dengan skim cepat kaya membabitkan puluhan ratusan ribu atau juta, adalah orang2 'bijak'. sebab tu mereka mampu 'invest' sebanyak itu. kalau org biasa mana mampu nak keluar duit ribu2.)

so, basically army A menang mudah. kerana leader army B tidak percaya akan 'kejujuran' leader army A. another case of No Mask Like Open Truth for me.

ANYWAY.
in my story, the leader of army A believe he would WIN ANYWAY, whether leader of army B moves his troops to X or Y. so it is the truth he CAN AFFORD to reveal.

ah yes, one of the 'syarat' for open truth is, he has to be ready to accept/deal the truth himself.