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The Village of Bonadin

by invectus on June 3, 2009 at 9:45 pm
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The Village of Bonadin

I thought that tonight I would give some background on the village where the action of the zero-issue story takes place. This also gives a little background on a couple of minor characters that appear in the first 2 or 3 issues – Magda and the Old Bear.

The Village of Bonadin
The fishing Village of Bonadin sits atop a rocky clifface on the eastern coast of the tributary Kingdom of Akitane.

Although small, the less than 100 villagers are fairly well off due to the number of traders and travellers that come up and down the coast road on their way to more populated areas. The first (and sometimes only) part of the village these travellers see is the Inn of the White Rose.

The Inn is named for several overgrown climbing rose vines which cling to the north face of the building and whose blooms are reportedly white in color. Reportedly, because the once-famous roses have not bloomed in about a dozen years. The Innkeeper, a widow named Magda, tends them faithfully every spring but is somewhat mystified as to her utter failure to get anything out of them.

Magda runs the Inn with the help of her daughter(our heroine) and a boy from the village named Alaric, who is apprenticed to her. Alaric also provides alot of the wild game for the Inn’s menu, which he often hunts with his uncle.

Alaric’s uncle is the drillmaster for the local militia. Everyone calls him “The Old Bear” mostly because of his temperament, but he also resembles his name. He’s a large, barrel-chested man with grizzled hair and beard, which he keeps cut short. Old Bear was once a sergeant in the last war, which Akitane lost when it was conquered about 15 years before. After the war, he settled in Bonadin, since it was the only place he still had family living. He is the only person in the village who has ever experienced war directly and has taught the small (less than 20 people) militia everything he knows about formation fighting.

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There’s only 5 days left of Small Press Idol Round 3 & we’re knocking hard at the door of Round 4 – help us break the door down! Vote here: http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/forum-t46857.html

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IDOL VOTE REPORT 6/3

by invectus on June 3, 2009 at 7:33 pm
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IDOL VOTE REPORT 6/3

5 days left of Small Press Idol Round 3! The White Rose is knocking HARD on the door of Round 4! Help us break the door DOWN!
Vote: http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/forum-t46857.html

And here’s the…

IDOL VOTE REPORT 6/3 from Ian Shires

Here we are again folks…the battle royal that is the Idol vote has heated way up, as the top projects are officially in a slug fest. With these top 4 projects, it is currently anyone’s game, and there is no telling who will end the round in the top spot, or even in the top 3. If any one of them blinks, they will fall. And these are hungry projects with rabid fans…a worthy battle going on there.

But the OTHER battle, the battle for a cover spot…seems to be being waged solely by The Doorknob Society. As other projects are casually maintaining position, no one really making a move, Doorknob has turned up the heat, building their fan base, and getting more votes than the projects above it every day.

Here’s an aspect of the contest I’d like to point out: The public scanning the Idol forum section is not looking to hear me talk. My talk is for the projects to consider, mostly. They are here for the extras about your projects thay may or may not win them over, and get them to vote for you. To win the fans of other projects over to your support as well, you CANNOT let MY post be the last one in your threads. The longer it sits there – the less likely someone from another project is going to be to check in on your thread. And worse yet, if you’re getting my posts back to back, I’m sorry to say this – you’ve given up and simply are not trying to win new fans. Right now, there are NINE projects that that’s going to be true about today. Back to back Results posts MEAN you are not trying, period. That’s sad. Not that I can force you guys to take notice, understand that if you won’t do it for yourselves, NO ONE will hand it to you no matter HOW talented you are. But that is my experience, that is what I have seen happen to GREAT BOOKS, by GREAT PEOPLE time and again, because they simply could not market effectively.

I founded the SPA to bring creators together in a place where we can all teach each other how to survive in the 2000+. This contest is a direct result of that. I’ve heard people complain “Idol should be PROVIDING the fans.” – because, that’s what the TV show American Idol does by exposure. As much as we can, we try to. BUT! This is SMALL PRESS – SELF PUBLISHING – we don’t HAVE the luxury of FORD as a sponsor. We’ve done our best to build a Cash prize to chaise that makes this worth notice outside just other publishers circles. Who knows if we’ll GET a huge corporate sponsor someday…Fact remains: We do what we can for you, the rest is really UP TO YOU.

Ok, off my soapbox for today…here’s those numbers!!!

1.) 754 Votes (+84) AVG/DAY: 47 – 156 Voters (+23) FAN%: 55 Varsity Squad – Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
2.) 745 Votes (+92) AVG/DAY: 53 – 149 Voters (+17) FAN%: 51 Faction – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
3.) 673 Votes (+79) AVG/DAY: 61 – 156 Voters ( +2) FAN%: 44 The Underground – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.

************** *********The Line for #0/R4 Contention********** *******************
4.) 636 Votes (+87) AVG/DAY: 58 – 180 Voters ( +8) FAN%: 41 The White Rose – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
5.) 551 Votes (+40) AVG/DAY: 34 – 145 Voters ( +4) FAN%: 36 Steel Rising – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
6.) 418 Votes (+33) AVG/DAY: 26 – 103 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 33 Hometown Heroes – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
7.) 381 Votes (+33) AVG/DAY: 27 – 83 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 43 The Machine – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
8.) 334 Votes (+24) AVG/DAY: 21 – 84 Voters ( NC) FAN%: 29 The Associate – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
9.) 317 Votes (+29) AVG/DAY: 20 – 144 Voters (2NC) FAN%: 14 Maddie Scientist – Judges Vote: 2 No.
**************** ********The Line for Cover Projects************ ******************
10.) 277 Votes (+14) AVG/DAY: 17 – 71 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 29 Diary of a Teenage Heroine – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
11.) 216 Votes (+34) AVG/DAY: 24 – 81 Voters ( +6) FAN%: 42 The Doorknob Society – Judges Vote: 3 No.
12.) 193 Votes ( +8) AVG/DAY: 12 – 50 Voters ( NC) FAN%: 25 Dogman and Lester – Judges Vote: 2 No.
13.) 107 Votes ( +8) AVG/DAY: 7 – 58 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 14 Haxxor – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
14.) 110 Votes (+13) AVG/DAY: 12 – 56 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 26 Boulder Colorado – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
15.) 94 Votes ( +9) AVG/DAY: 10 – 57 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 23 Mr. Man – Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
16.) 22 Votes ( +3) AVG/DAY: 2 – 32 Voters ( NC) FAN%: 11 Project Mercury – Judges Vote: 3 NO.
17.) Earthman – Has taken Ill, will eventually be a back up feature.
17.) Dead Duck – Needs personal time, will eventually be a back up feature.
17.) Monsters of Love – Did not turn in pages, will eventually be a back up feature.
17.) Nevil Von Dunst – Did not turn in pages, will eventually be a back up feature.

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