Spalalading
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I am creating a motion-comic for a school project (an animated graphic novel; not quite an animation, but more than still images). I have written a plot outline and am about to begin storyboarding, but I am stumped for a title, any suggestions would be appreciated.
Also, any suggestions for a name for the artifacts or the alien would also be appreciated; a title incorporating one of these words would be a possibility.
Here is a condensed, partially theif-proof outline:
***The story is set in the distant future, in an alternate reality, where magic exists as the life-force within all living beings. An alien arrives and takes telepathic control of those not skilled in the art of magic (human and non-human) and orders them into a universal, murderous anarchy, resulting in a dwindling population and a dying planet overall. The spiritual energy of these living beings is released for the alien to consume, allowing it to grow during the early stages of its life. The few remaining magic users condense what freed spiritual energy they can into a number of artifacts, so that the spiritual energy may be conserved. The alien stops the killing of the population as it matures, no longer needing such a large dose of energy. The alien then assists in the restoration of the population by providing them with knowledge of advanced non-magical technology, allowing them to construct an almost utopian/dystopian society; in reality a farm of spiritual energy.
Having telepathic control over society, the alien controls peoples' actions, thoughts and feelings, eventually causing a series of revolts among the population, until the one utopian city is split into multiple, at a constant feud with each other, resulting in a steady flow of souls to the alien.
The story begins here, where a hero and his partners; members of an elite section of their army are sent on a mission to sabotage an impending enemy weapon, before discovering it to be powered by one of these artifacts. A mysterious man appears, who the main character recognizes as the head scientist responsible for the death of his father in a reactor incident some time ago, later to be labeled as a fiend by the government and mysteriously vanishing for many years; now he has returned and has clearly turned insane. The ex-scientists retrieves the artifact powering the weapon and the heroes pursue him as he collects other artifacts, growing in magical ability, he describes the alien's true nature and threatens to steal its power and all of the spiritual energy it has obtained in order to rule the world. The heroes later confront him and retrieve the artifacts, gaining magical ability themselves, restricting the aliens' control over them. Each of the cities develop ultimate weapons using these artifacts, unaware of the facts that all cities are preparing similar weapons; this is ordered by the alien in order to cause an all out war much like that which caused the end of the magical world, this time to feed the alien as it enters the final stage of its life, in order to repopulate and destroy other worlds. The story continues with a series of other events which I am not covering here, ultimately resolving in the scientist revealing his true intentions; that he has in fact lead the characters into defeating the alien, with the alien allowing them to undergo this journey, thinking that they would stop him from killing it, as the alien has absolutely no knowledge of the magic of the spiritual energy and thus believes the whole charade. The alien realizes what has been happening and knowing that it has no control over the heroes, it orders the entire population to attack them, as a last resort as the heroes move towards the aliens crater where it resides. The guide uses all the magical power he can to hold off the horde as the heroes continue to battle the alien. They defeat it, resulting in the sacrifice of all artifacts, the restoration of every ones own will, the release of the consumed souls so that life may return to the planet and ultimately ending the war between the cities and allowing the world to flourish once more.***
Also, any suggestions for a name for the artifacts or the alien would also be appreciated; a title incorporating one of these words would be a possibility.
Here is a condensed, partially theif-proof outline:
***The story is set in the distant future, in an alternate reality, where magic exists as the life-force within all living beings. An alien arrives and takes telepathic control of those not skilled in the art of magic (human and non-human) and orders them into a universal, murderous anarchy, resulting in a dwindling population and a dying planet overall. The spiritual energy of these living beings is released for the alien to consume, allowing it to grow during the early stages of its life. The few remaining magic users condense what freed spiritual energy they can into a number of artifacts, so that the spiritual energy may be conserved. The alien stops the killing of the population as it matures, no longer needing such a large dose of energy. The alien then assists in the restoration of the population by providing them with knowledge of advanced non-magical technology, allowing them to construct an almost utopian/dystopian society; in reality a farm of spiritual energy.
Having telepathic control over society, the alien controls peoples' actions, thoughts and feelings, eventually causing a series of revolts among the population, until the one utopian city is split into multiple, at a constant feud with each other, resulting in a steady flow of souls to the alien.
The story begins here, where a hero and his partners; members of an elite section of their army are sent on a mission to sabotage an impending enemy weapon, before discovering it to be powered by one of these artifacts. A mysterious man appears, who the main character recognizes as the head scientist responsible for the death of his father in a reactor incident some time ago, later to be labeled as a fiend by the government and mysteriously vanishing for many years; now he has returned and has clearly turned insane. The ex-scientists retrieves the artifact powering the weapon and the heroes pursue him as he collects other artifacts, growing in magical ability, he describes the alien's true nature and threatens to steal its power and all of the spiritual energy it has obtained in order to rule the world. The heroes later confront him and retrieve the artifacts, gaining magical ability themselves, restricting the aliens' control over them. Each of the cities develop ultimate weapons using these artifacts, unaware of the facts that all cities are preparing similar weapons; this is ordered by the alien in order to cause an all out war much like that which caused the end of the magical world, this time to feed the alien as it enters the final stage of its life, in order to repopulate and destroy other worlds. The story continues with a series of other events which I am not covering here, ultimately resolving in the scientist revealing his true intentions; that he has in fact lead the characters into defeating the alien, with the alien allowing them to undergo this journey, thinking that they would stop him from killing it, as the alien has absolutely no knowledge of the magic of the spiritual energy and thus believes the whole charade. The alien realizes what has been happening and knowing that it has no control over the heroes, it orders the entire population to attack them, as a last resort as the heroes move towards the aliens crater where it resides. The guide uses all the magical power he can to hold off the horde as the heroes continue to battle the alien. They defeat it, resulting in the sacrifice of all artifacts, the restoration of every ones own will, the release of the consumed souls so that life may return to the planet and ultimately ending the war between the cities and allowing the world to flourish once more.***