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Clarification on How to Order White Rose #0
on August 3, 2009 at 1:01 pmPosted In: Blog, Uncategorized
Hi Everyone – I just wanted to clarify something that I and others were confused about regarding payment methods.
If you would like to purchase a printed copy ($3.50) or PDF version ($2) of White Rose #0, you DO NOT need a PayPal account.
When you select payment method, select PayPal and on the page it redirects you to, fill out your information on the left hand side with address and credit card information and select that you do not want to sign up for an account. PayPal is merely the way the distributor gets credit card and/or PayPal payments.
DOWNLOAD THE DIGITAL VERSION (PDF via email) – $2.00
http://www.dimestoredistro.com/products/spa-comics/small-press-idol/2009/white-rose-0-dl/
ORDER THE PRINT VERSION (ships in Sept.) – $3.50 + shipping
http://www.dimestoredistro.com/products/spa-comics/small-press-idol/2009/white-rose-0/
Hey White Rose fans!
Well it was quite a ride to get to Round 4 and the ride to issue zero was just as exciting!
After a total script rewrite, tossing my Round 3 pages out the window, getting a new colorist/toner(Keith Murphey), revamping the cover, a last-minute ink-spill and the mad dash of penciling/inking/coloring/lettering to get to the finish line — and I hope today is more relaxing, because yesterday I backed into a parked car – well an illegally parked car, but still (and yes I left a note with my insurance info and phone #)
But besides that, I am very happy and excited that White Rose #0 is finally up for sale and going to be in print!
I’m also excited to be allowed back on the computer… My fiancee Erica has been keeping me chained to my drawing board and away from the PC for the last six weeks so I could get the book done. I’ve only recently been released and I am re-learning how to speak to humans and eat using utensils instead of my hands.
If you’d like to help me WIN Round 4, I need to entice you to buy a copy of the zero-issue! It’s available in 2 forms: as a PDF download for 2 bucks and as a regular printed comic for 3.50 plus shipping.
I’ve posted the cover and pages 5, 6, & 7 in the photos section of the Facebook group, so feel free to check those out. Also feel free to ask me any questions you’d like about the story, the characters, or their world.
Round 4 is underway, and the top 4 projects are duking it out to be crowned Idol, win the $700 prize and the publishing deal! Who will win? YOU decide!
Ordering info is at the bottom…
Thanks as always for your support!
George Burnett
Creator of the White Rose
JUDGES COMMENTS
http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/forum-t50222.html
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ORDER THE PRINT VERSION (ships in Sept.) – $3.50 + shipping
http://www.dimestoredistro.com/products/spa-comics/small-press-idol/2009/white-rose-0/
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After all the waiting, investigating and vote-adjusting, here’s how it all turned out:
1.) 1320 Votes – 218 Voters Faction – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
2.) 1292 Votes – 279 Voters The White Rose – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
3.) 1289 Votes – 213 Voters Varsity Squad – Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
4.) 1276 Votes – 230 Voters The Underground – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
NOW I can celebrate!
I want to once again THANK ALL OF YOU for all your votes and support – and especially for putting up with my bombardment of emails! There will be ALOT FEWER of those from here on out…
You can read Ian Shire’s full report here:
http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?46857.last
Now it’s on to Round 4!
For Round 4, I have until July 15th to turn in the completed pages of a 12-page story, along with the color cover. Then my book and the other 3 will be printed, distributed and sold. Whoever sells the most wins!
I’ll be in touch later in the month with details on how to order a copy once The White Rose Issue #0 is printed. I don’t know how that works myself yet…
Thanks again everyone!
George Burnett
Creator of The White Rose
IDOL ROUND 3 END OF VOTING POST from Ian Shires
OK, folks. I’ve tallied the numbers and got the final RAW standings. I have a LOT more work to do to get the bad account investigation complete, which – right now it looks like ALL 4 TOP PROJECTS have at least SOME bad accounts – and that is going to impact the numbers as I delete them.
So everyone knows the procedure I am using, we ran IP addresses for their source, and if they do not resolve to a source (IE – have gone through some sort of blocker) then we are flagging the accounts to verify them. I am doing that by basically asking each account to tell me who they are. If their e-mails ping directly back – then they are automatically bad accounts. We feel that anyone that has a problem with that procedure, needs to give us a really good explanation of why that’s not perfectly fair.
As the TOP 4 ended basically all within a 30 vote range, and all 4 are WELL into unprecedented territory for us for voting numbers, I’m not going to take the prospect of having 4 #0 books this year off the table yet. It’ll really come down to seeing how bad the fake accounts situation impacts those numbers.
It also leaves any decisions I have to make on the 50/50 votes hanging, until I can determine the top situation. So, as you can see, I have a lot of work yet to do, even after I just spent 7 hours tallying votes.
gonna toss the raw numbers at everyone and let you all see where we’re at. As soon as I get my investigation done, I will move forward. I won’t drag this out very long…so talk amongst yourselves, help yourself to the fridge, and hang out….
1.) 1323 Votes (+215) AVG/DAY: 63 – 222 Voters ( +5) FAN%: 58 Varsity Squad – Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
2.) 1320 Votes (+232) AVG/DAY: 69 – 218 Voters (+15) FAN%: 57 Faction – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
3.) 1292 Votes (+261) AVG/DAY: 81 – 279 Voters (+33) FAN%: 52 The White Rose – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
*************** ********The Line for #0/R4 Contention********** *******************
4.) 1291 Votes (+259) AVG/DAY: 81 – 230 Voters (+25) FAN%: 58 The Underground – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
5.) 735 Votes ( +60) AVG/DAY: 35 – 159 Voters ( +8) FAN%: 31 Steel Rising – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
6.) 562 Votes ( +65) AVG/DAY: 30 – 92 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 44 The Machine – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
7.) 547 Votes ( +41) AVG/DAY: 26 – 105 Voters (2NC) FAN%: 29 Hometown Heroes – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
8.) 489 Votes ( +69) AVG/DAY: 23 – 106 Voters ( +6) FAN%: 37 The Associate – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
9.) 447 Votes ( +50) AVG/DAY: 21 – 155 Voters ( +4) FAN%: 18 Maddie Scientist – Judges Vote: 2 No.
**************** ********The Line for Cover Projects************ ******************
10.) 415 Votes (+70) AVG/DAY: 30 – 102 Voters (2NC) FAN%: 43 The Doorknob Society – Judges Vote: 3 No.
11.) 373 Votes (+39) AVG/DAY: 18 – 82 Voters ( +4) FAN%: 29 Diary of a Teenage Heroine – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
12.) 219 Votes ( +8) AVG/DAY: 10 – 50 Voters (6NC) FAN%: 21 Dogman and Lester – Judges Vote: 2 No.
13.) 169 Votes (+17) AVG/DAY: 12 – 61 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 22 Boulder Colorado – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
14.) 166 Votes (+32) AVG/DAY: 12 – 67 Voters ( +5) FAN%: 26 Mr. Man – Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
15.) 135 Votes (+12) AVG/DAY: 7 – 60 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 12 Haxxor – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
16.) 31 Votes ( +4) AVG/DAY: 2 – 32 Voters (6NC) FAN%: 8 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.
Final Day of Round 3 – White Rose Only 10 Votes Behind
on June 7, 2009 at 12:47 pmPosted In: Blog, Uncategorized
I am 10 votes behind in the count in Small Press Idol for today.
Just 10 votes between me and a place in the Top 3. Every time I get close the guy above me manages to get just enough votes to stay ahead of me. Your support has gotten me this far, now we just need to cross the finish line.
TODAY is the LAST DAY of voting – it ends at Midnight Eastern time.
If you have voted already, please come back and vote again (you can vote once a day).
Here’s the link to vote:
http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/forum-t46857.html
If you have not voted yet, please sign up here first:
http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/signup.php
After you sign up, just log in and vote for the White Rose.
Feel free to forward this to anyone else you think might want to participate.
Only your votes can assure me a place in the Top 3 of this contest, which will mean at least one issue of my comicbook series will get printed and sold in the Final Round!
However this turns out, I deeply appreciate all your help and support.
Thanks!
George Burnett
Could we be any closer?!? (see below)
Go here to vote for The White Rose: http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/forum-t46857.html
IDOL WEEKEND REPORT from Ian Shires
Well folks…let’s talk about integrity. Everyone is up in arms about the Hidemyass.com revelation for spoofing accounts. We’ve found a way to eliminate accounts from ANY project’s counts, no matter what spoof spoofed them.
First of all: It’s probably IMPOSSIBLE to find out WHO – and we’re not even going to WORRY about WHO. It could be a competitor zapping their higher up, it could be the project itself trying to up it’s counts, it could be a fan thinking they are helping the project they love, it could be someone we cut last year, trying to discredit the contest. who know, it doesn’t matter.
How are we going to handle it? We are tracing back IPs, and flagging any that resolve to nowhere. Then, we’re finding any and all accounts that those IPs have attached in the database. We are contacting them – if there is no reply or if the e-mails bounce…then they are fake accounts, and will be deleted votes and all, AFTER the final count. It will be a day-or two project to un-spoof ourselves, I think. We want to do it as thoroughly as possible, and end with a final 3 that got real votes. Only if I look and see that, after the de-bugging – that the top 4 projects are STILL really close…will I make any decision on if we add a 4th to Round 4. I don’t know what the numbers will tell us yet.
One thing is certain, there ARE lots of new voters, real new voters, in here…and that’s a great thing. We’ll see how it all translates in round 4. Another thing – I struck upon the idea that will make spoofing accounts impossible next year. Not going to unleash it yet. But I am pretty sure it would work really well.
OK! After ANOTHER record day of voting, that saw 4 projects hit into record vote counts – ever…just incredible support out there.
I will not be posting a results count tomorrow. I WILL grab the numbers and reset the polls in the morning, but will not process them until Monday. It will be a huge count, I am sure, and, then I will dig into the data we are getting on accounts that may or may not be real…in the end, I’ll have any decisions made that need made, and we’ll surely have one heckofa show for all in the process. Keep your eyes peeled here folks!
1.) 1108 Votes (+138) AVG/DAY: 58 – 217 Voters (+18) FAN%: 64 Varsity Squad – Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
2.) 1088 Votes (+128) AVG/DAY: 64 – 203 Voters ( +9) FAN%: 60 Faction – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
3.) 1032 Votes (+124) AVG/DAY: 74 – 209 Voters (+21) FAN%: 58 The Underground – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
************** *********The Line for #0/R4 Contention********** *******************
4.) 1031 Votes (+137) AVG/DAY: 74 – 246 Voters (+10) FAN%: 52 The White Rose – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
5.) 675 Votes ( +36) AVG/DAY: 36 – 151 Voters ( NC) FAN%: 33 Steel Rising – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
6.) 506 Votes ( +28) AVG/DAY: 27 – 105 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 32 Hometown Heroes – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
7.) 497 Votes ( +40) AVG/DAY: 29 – 91 Voters ( +4) FAN%: 47 The Machine – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
8.) 420 Votes ( +35) AVG/DAY: 22 – 100 Voters (+11) FAN%: 37 The Associate – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
9.) 397 Votes ( +23) AVG/DAY: 21 – 151 Voters ( +3) FAN%: 17 Maddie Scientist – Judges Vote: 2 No.
**************** ********The Line for Cover Projects************ ******************
10.) 345 Votes (+41) AVG/DAY: 29 – 102 Voters ( +2) FAN%: 49 The Doorknob Society – Judges Vote: 3 No.
11.) 334 Votes (+27) AVG/DAY: 18 – 78 Voters ( +5) FAN%: 33 Diary of a Teenage Heroine – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
12.) 211 Votes ( +6) AVG/DAY: 11 – 50 Voters (4NC) FAN%: 23 Dogman and Lester – Judges Vote: 2 No.
13.) 152 Votes (+12) AVG/DAY: 13 – 60 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 25 Boulder Colorado – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
14.) 134 Votes (+17) AVG/DAY: 11 – 62 Voters ( +3) FAN%: 22 Mr. Man – Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
15.) 123 Votes ( +7) AVG/DAY: 7 – 59 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 13 Haxxor – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
16.) 27 Votes ( +1) AVG/DAY: 2 – 32 Voters (4NC) FAN%: 8 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.
Numbers Explained: # Votes Total – # Voters Total (# in parenthesis is new since last count)
Thanks for your support!
George Burnett
Creator of The White Rose
Go here to vote for The White Rose: http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/forum-t46857.html
IDOL REPORT 6/5 from Ian Shires
Well. Yesterday saw some RECORD things. Both in votes that came in, and in new voters, and all that. The sheer volume of it is amazing. It unfortunately carries a shadow.
Something called hidemyass.com has become a top referring URL in the past week. It would basically allow anyone to register as many accounts at dimestore as they want, and I couldn’t prove that they were the same person as anyone associated with a project. We are investigating this thoroughly. Anyone with any information about it, can come forward anonymously to me and know I won’t tell WHERE that info came from.
So, IF someone is actually cheating out there, I don’t know if we can catch them in time to make a difference this round. Because, ALL the top project…and a few that aren’t, are showing RECORD new voters. I think my only real solution may be to add a fourth #0 issue to round 4 – and let the Sales round tell the real story. That is NOT a final decision at this point though, I am waiting to learn more about this situation and what the numbers are telling me.
Basically, do I believe that ALL of the users that signed up in rapid fire within minutes of each other and voted…are all individual people? No. But I know SOME are – including a dozen so from a school and another large batch from a store, and I can’t REALLY prove others aren’t. Integrity in this contest needs to be as high as possible. And I’d rather see us include the questionables, than ruin it for everyone…and just make Round 4 a little bigger.
Would that mean I drop the OTHER line down one? I’ll consider it. But. I am not going to make ANY final decisions until AFTER the voting is over. At the rate I’m going right now, it might take a full day to get the info on all the new accounts into the spreadsheet so I can analyze it fully.
One thing I do know – I’ll be able to track which people that voted – BUY in Round 4…so it will become very evident who had real support and who tried to pad their numbers, if that is what’s going on. The shadow that brought this up, remember, is that Hidemyass.com URL IP thing. We’ll figure out more about that.
SO! Today was a big mess, and I had to run out a few times, which is why today’s results are so late. I’m going to leave all of this here, Remember, these are THIS MORNING’s numbers…I’ll be doing another count tomorrow, but that’s going to be the LAST ONE until Monday Morning’s FINAL NUMBERS. It’ll be a very interesting thing to see how this all plays out. Welcome to Idol Round 3 final weekend folks….it’s gonna be a dog fight.
1.) 970 Votes (+127) AVG/DAY: 54 – 199 Voters (+37) FAN%: 62 Varsity Squad – Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
2.) 960 Votes (+125) AVG/DAY: 60 – 194 Voters (+43) FAN%: 61 Faction – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
3.) 908 Votes (+121) AVG/DAY: 70 – 188 Voters ( +9) FAN%: 54 The Underground – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
*********************** The Line for #0/R4 Contention *****************************
4.) 894 Votes (+153) AVG/DAY: 69 – 236 Voters (+44) FAN%: 55 The White Rose – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
5.) 639 Votes ( +44) AVG/DAY: 36 – 151 Voters ( +5) FAN%: 35 Steel Rising – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
6.) 478 Votes ( +27) AVG/DAY: 27 – 104 Voters ( NC) FAN%: 32 Hometown Heroes – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
7.) 457 Votes ( +42) AVG/DAY: 29 – 87 Voters ( +4) FAN%: 45 The Machine – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
8.) 385 Votes ( +24) AVG/DAY: 21 – 89 Voters ( +4) FAN%: 32 The Associate – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
9.) 374 Votes ( +31) AVG/DAY: 21 – 148 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 16 Maddie Scientist – Judges Vote: 2 No.
**************** ********The Line for Cover Projects************ ******************
10.) 307 Votes (+17) AVG/DAY: 17 – 73 Voters ( +2) FAN%: 29 Diary of a Teenage Heroine – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
11.) 304 Votes (+54) AVG/DAY: 28 – 100 Voters (+16) FAN%: 52 The Doorknob Society – Judges Vote: 3 No.
12.) 205 Votes ( +6) AVG/DAY: 11 – 50 Voters (3NC) FAN%: 23 Dogman and Lester – Judges Vote: 2 No.
13.) 140 Votes (+13) AVG/DAY: 13 – 59 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 26 Boulder Colorado – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
14.) 117 Votes (+11) AVG/DAY: 11 – 59 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 22 Mr. Man – Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
15.) 116 Votes ( +5) AVG/DAY: 7 – 58 Voters (2NC) FAN%: 12 Haxxor – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
16.) 26 Votes ( +2) AVG/DAY: 2 – 32 Voters (3NC) FAN%: 9 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.
Numbers Explained: # Votes Total – # Voters Total (# in parenthesis is new since last count)
Thanks for your support!
George Burnett
Creator of The White Rose
Go here to vote for The White Rose: http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/forum-t46857.html
IDOL REPORT 6/4 from Ian Shires
We’re really hitting on the home stretch now folks, and WOW are the top projects kicking up the dust. How is that Round 4 landscape going to end up? Only one thing certain, anything is possible right now.
My little talk yesterday about looking like people were giving up on the MVA Cover contention, shows that there is still some fight left in the lower positions…today there are only 4 projects that will be seeing back-to back Idol reports…which, really is the sign of a project not using the opportunities before them. If there are projects getting more NEW voters in a day, than you are getting votes in a day, then you aren’t doing something right. There are thousands of people out there that would vote for you if they knew of you. how do you win new fans? As an INDUSTRY, indy comic creators need to get together and figure it out. Our contest here TRIES to create an atmosphere where new people will check out new things. And to some extent, we get that. We have yet to really hit that critical mass of explosive numbers, but, we’re definitely stronger this year, again, than the year before.
To further our DIRECTION: by next year, we’re going to have a separate domain and site set up just for Idol, it’s something many have suggested, and I’ve continued to keep the thought back burnered, cause mainly, I didn’t need to make more work for myself. One of last year’s contestants has shown us a way that we can accomplish it AND decrease workload, so we’re talking and getting some preliminary things set up.
ANYWAY! That tangent aside…yesterday was our BIGGEST TRAFFIC DAY EVER…and we’re well on our way to topping it today…so here are your numbers, get out there, get these eyes looking at YOU, show ‘em what you got. Entertain them.
1.) 843 Votes ( +89) AVG/DAY: 50 – 162 Voters ( +6) FAN%: 55 Varsity Squad – Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
2.) 835 Votes ( +90) AVG/DAY: 56 – 151 Voters ( +2) FAN%: 51 Faction – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
3.) 787 Votes (+114) AVG/DAY: 66 – 179 Voters (+23) FAN%: 52 The Underground – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
************** The Line for #0/R4 Contention *******************
4.) 741 Votes (+105) AVG/DAY: 62 – 192 Voters (+12) FAN%: 45 The White Rose – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
5.) 595 Votes ( +44) AVG/DAY: 35 – 146 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 34 Steel Rising – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
6.) 451 Votes ( +33) AVG/DAY: 27 – 104 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 33 Hometown Heroes – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
7.) 415 Votes ( +34) AVG/DAY: 28 – 83 Voters ( NC) FAN%: 42 The Machine – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
8.) 361 Votes ( +27) AVG/DAY: 21 – 85 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 30 The Associate – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
9.) 343 Votes ( +26) AVG/DAY: 20 – 147 Voters ( +3) FAN%: 16 Maddie Scientist – Judges Vote: 2 No.
**************** The Line for Cover Projects ******************
10.) 290 Votes (+13) AVG/DAY: 17 – 71 Voters ( NC) FAN%: 28 Diary of a Teenage Heroine – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
11.) 250 Votes (+34) AVG/DAY: 25 – 84 Voters ( +3) FAN%: 43 The Doorknob Society – Judges Vote: 3 No.
12.) 199 Votes ( +6) AVG/DAY: 12 – 50 Voters (2NC) FAN%: 24 Dogman and Lester – Judges Vote: 2 No.
13.) 127 Votes (+17) AVG/DAY: 13 – 58 Voters ( +2) FAN%: 27 Boulder Colorado – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
14.) 111 Votes ( +4) AVG/DAY: 7 – 58 Voters ( NC) FAN%: 13 Haxxor – Judges Vote: 3 Yes.
15.) 106 Votes (+12) AVG/DAY: 11 – 58 Voters ( +1) FAN%: 23 Mr. Man – Judges Vote: 2 Yes.
16.) 24 Votes ( +2) AVG/DAY: 2 – 32 Voters (2NC) FAN%: 10 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.
Numbers Explained: # Votes Total – # Voters Total (# in parenthesis is new since last count)
Thanks for your support!
George Burnett
Creator of The White Rose
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
