Monday, October 11, 2010

Blackfire Summary Pt. 1 - Unravelling Chrono

So I decided a good name for the story. Blackfire. Seems pretty appropriate to me. I won't be able to pull this summary out of my ass in one sitting, as fun as that would be, and I can guarantee that there will be a lot of changes from the original story that I actually wrote, making a lot of that shit totally null. Keep up if you like, but I don't plan to actually go and rewrite the other chapters and I probably won't be editing them. If I ever decide to write a story to be published, I'm going to focus on one plot and have a planned ending. This blogging mess, however, will have final ending, I can just about guarantee that. Now, I'm going to start again in chronological order starting with some of Chrono's own shit, and work into the Ranter segment which is one hell of a lot bigger than Chrono's.

Chrono is a warrior of a race of super-humans called "zondilins" who just happens to have an incredible gift of power compared to the others of his race. The story would be less interesting if he didn't, and would be less fun to fantasize about as well. He has a dragon named Cronco who is of the Guardian Dragon race of dragons. These dragons walk on hind legs and are also humanoid, but are several times bigger than humans and stand only slightly leaned forward. They are very bulky, have two horns on their head that point straight back with the shape of their skull, and have a tail about half the length of their own body, and large wings. They also breathe fire, etc.

Chrono lived on a planet called Gyronia, which was closer to earth than mars, but unsee-able to humans. The planet itself was protected from the humans by a spirit demon god, Barcus, who took the form of a snake-like dragon, and had created a barrier around the planet to keep it from being destroyed by the power of the super human race that inhabited it.

Chrono began his career as a travelling monster hunter. Cronco flew Chrono all over the planet in search for people being attacked by giant monsters, swarms of small flying monsters, or armies of barbaric goblins or orcs attacking cities with less than competent defense systems. Chrono could move in and kill them all single handedly, or team up with Cronco and obliterate any threat to societies that existed on his planet. Chrono was a peace keeper who solved problems that could only be solved violently, and he did them better than any other man could.

Over time, he spends much of his time with his long-time friend Zinc, a zondilin who had focused his power towards his intelligence all his life. Zinc had a partner in science, Madius, and together they were able to invent many different sorts of gadgets and machines that none could have ever dreamed possible. Zinc proved to be a helpful ally in helping Chrono find where help was needed without wandering aimlessly around the planet, and he also was able to build simulators, robots and other machines to help Chrono train. He built a high-tech watch that would sync with Chrono's thoughts and could perform many different tasks designed by Zinc, which included a power inhibitor setting so Chrono could train under strained limits which gave him new limits to push so there would always be a challege. The challenge didn't last long, though, because Chrono didn't turn off the inhibitor during day to day life, and eventually got used to the burden, and in a short time achieved a state of power under the inhibitor that was greater than that of what he had when uninhibited before. Zinc had also designed light battle uniform that kept him from getting injured or killed while in battle by keeping his body completely intact under nearly all circumstances.

Word of Chrono's actions got out, and people began asking him to do personal jobs for them. After all, there were people out there that needed to be assassinated, wars that needed to be won single handedly, and bullies that needed a taste of their own medicine. But Chrono wasn't interested in that sort of work, and he rarely took up any offers made. However, he did take up work to keep zondilin threats at bay. Some were more threatening than others, and one stood out greatly.

Rumors spread that the King of Gyronia himself had been summoning many of the monsters that roamed the planet causing chaos in the cities that Chrono was protecting. When Chrono found out about this, he decided to kill the King.

Kingship in Gyronia was very systematic. The original King of Gyronia was dubbed by Barcus, and any man who chose to become King had to slay the current King in battle. This way, the King would only be replaced by a more powerful warrior. The King was kept alive by the blessings of Barcus, who protected the King from disease and natural disasters and cleansed his mind of any potential thoughts of suicide. Barcus also protected the King from accidents and assassination. The death of a Gyronian King was impossible.

Chrono trained to battle the King and slay him in order to become King himself and keep the planet safe on his own. During his training, Chrono found it easiest not to try too hard while training, so he could limit himself purposefully. This way, he could teach himself self-discipline and keep improving himself. The inhibitor Zinc gave him was limited due to the fact that should too much of his energy be unused, Chrono might not have enough energy to breathe, or allow his heart to beat. He needed energy to live, so Zinc made sure that the inhibitor could not work lower than 20%. But 20% still allowed Chrono to weild an immense amount of power, so Chrono held onto self-imposed limits and chose to never go all out during training, which was a rule that ended up carrying over fighting outside of training.

Chrono and Zinc agreed that he should turn down his inhibitor to at least 50% so he can use more of his power in the battle against the King just in case Chrono didn't understand what he was getting himself into. However, going into the battle with the King, Chrono forgot to turn down his inhibitor which left him only at 20% maximum power during his fateful fight. The King did not want to fight because he did not want more people to die by his hand, but Chrono insisted his challenge be met anyway. Despite Chrono's power inhibitor, the fight was fairly short, and Chrono came out on top as the new King of Gyronia.

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