A new Chronicle of Ikros
- SavaTheAggie
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A new Chronicle of Ikros
I have been sitting on a short story for over three years now. Back in July, 2003, Admin Lenny sent me an astounding little bit of storytelling, and for three years I've known about it, used it, reread it, but never shared it.
Why have I sat on it for three years? Lenny had wanted to illustrate it first, but we both got too busy, and it never materialized.
Well I've finally had enough of that; I have to share it. It's simply too good not to.
What is it?
Back when I announced the Chaos Skies sequel, Lenny read what I had on the rather barren Chaos Skies website. Upon reading the bio for the character 'Garadaine,' Lenny decided his background was simply too intriquing to not have a story about it.
And so he wrote what has become the offical Prologue to Chaos Skies. While I didn't write it, and I take no credit for it, I consider it Ikros canon.
The story takes place ~20 years before Chapter 1 of Chaos Skies, and puts into motion plot elements and some themes you may recognize that are very heavily in the main story. This is partially my guidance, partially independant but similar thought processes, and partially me stealing some of Lenny's ideas.
So I am very pleased, honored, and flattered, to present to the world Leonard Hoffman's The Sorrow of Garadaine
--Anthony
P.S. Illustrating it is still on the table.
Why have I sat on it for three years? Lenny had wanted to illustrate it first, but we both got too busy, and it never materialized.
Well I've finally had enough of that; I have to share it. It's simply too good not to.
What is it?
Back when I announced the Chaos Skies sequel, Lenny read what I had on the rather barren Chaos Skies website. Upon reading the bio for the character 'Garadaine,' Lenny decided his background was simply too intriquing to not have a story about it.
And so he wrote what has become the offical Prologue to Chaos Skies. While I didn't write it, and I take no credit for it, I consider it Ikros canon.
The story takes place ~20 years before Chapter 1 of Chaos Skies, and puts into motion plot elements and some themes you may recognize that are very heavily in the main story. This is partially my guidance, partially independant but similar thought processes, and partially me stealing some of Lenny's ideas.
So I am very pleased, honored, and flattered, to present to the world Leonard Hoffman's The Sorrow of Garadaine
--Anthony
P.S. Illustrating it is still on the table.
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- Sir Kohran
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Wow! I haven't finished it yet, but so far, it's great. Brilliant storytelling by Lenny. The feel of travelling through the woods, and the subtle tension evident was spot on. It's also nice to see something new from Ikros.
Being my picky self, I did notice a grammar error here (needs a full stop):
- Matt
Being my picky self, I did notice a grammar error here (needs a full stop):
Looking forward to any forth-coming illustrations..."He'll live" Tsuk said.
- Matt
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This is really cool. I've just started to read Ikros for the second time, and I'm glad there's more to it now. One thing that annoyed me, though, was certain lines had only one word in them, for example:
~smcginnis
I don't know if this is just a problem with my browser, or if it really does need to be fixed....the stretch of the journey, taking them close to the borders of Ikros, and therefore into danger. Sir Tsuk knew
the
dangers well. There had been reports of orcish activity along the border, although several leagues to the north...
~smcginnis
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Say it "ESS-MICK-GIN-ISS", with a hard "G", as in "get".
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Say it "ESS-MICK-GIN-ISS", with a hard "G", as in "get".
I'm a Pumpkin.
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- SavaTheAggie
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Bad coding on my part. I tried to cheat and used a HTML builder, and it ended up screwing up the formatting. I thought I'd fixed it, but obviously not. I'll fix it (for real, this time) when I get home tonight.smcginnis wrote:This is really cool. I've just started to read Ikros for the second time, and I'm glad there's more to it now. One thing that annoyed me, though, was certain lines had only one word in them, for example:I don't know if this is just a problem with my browser, or if it really does need to be fixed....the stretch of the journey, taking them close to the borders of Ikros, and therefore into danger. Sir Tsuk knew
the
dangers well. There had been reports of orcish activity along the border, although several leagues to the north...
~smcginnis
--Anthony
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Okay, cool. I just finished reading The Immortal War, for the second time, today.* I read half of the prologue yesterday, and everything else today . I guess I just really have a lot of time on my hands... .
~smcginnis
*Just to make it clear, this is the second time I've read Ikros, ever, I haven't read it twice today.
~smcginnis
*Just to make it clear, this is the second time I've read Ikros, ever, I haven't read it twice today.
Learning French.
Say it "ESS-MICK-GIN-ISS", with a hard "G", as in "get".
I'm a Pumpkin.
[url=http://www.freerice.com/]Free Rice[/url]
Say it "ESS-MICK-GIN-ISS", with a hard "G", as in "get".
I'm a Pumpkin.
[url=http://www.freerice.com/]Free Rice[/url]
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Ikros was the first LEGO-fan site I read back in 2000 if I am not mistaken. I remember spending almost an entire night reading the story and character bios and was amased that there are people who actually seem to love LEGO Castle more than I do
Eversince I've been following Ikros and the development of the story and I strongly suggest that may be you should think about a book on Ikros - perhaps a collection of stories (like Ursula LeGwin's "Legends Of Earthsea") because it has already captured the hearts of LEGO-addicts.
Eversince I've been following Ikros and the development of the story and I strongly suggest that may be you should think about a book on Ikros - perhaps a collection of stories (like Ursula LeGwin's "Legends Of Earthsea") because it has already captured the hearts of LEGO-addicts.
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The porblem with Irkos is that its way too long. Its gets kinda boring to read. BUt its still a great storyline!
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Patience, my young friend, it´s all about patiencePrince Imdol wrote:The porblem with Irkos is that its way too long. Its gets kinda boring to read. BUt its still a great storyline!
Kinda old thread btw but since I never commented I´ll take the opportunity to applaud Lenny for this nice short story.
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