Hidden Gem Spotlight: Story corner edition #1
Are they hidden? Probably not really, but who cares (I probably should what with the title and all). For this first edition I have decided to show off a long and a short story as well as a poem, or in this case more like a series of poems. This will probably be an exception so please enjoy:
The first story I’ll discuss is the beautifully written story of a horrific dance. I know for a fact that my good friend the Lorc already sort of covered this one before. But well, in my opinion the original ideas and great story deserve the extra bit of limelight. You may have guessed it; it’s Exuro’s “A dance with daedra”, or ADwD for the initiated.
“A dance with daedra” by Exuro
From what I’ve gathered it’s an epic tale about daedras and magic and the other cool stuff, but I’ll let the words of the author do the summarizing:
“A Dance with Daedra begins with the trials of a teen, Amari, as she strives to break free of the fate the Greater Daedra weave about her, but without knowing their motives, a perceived move towards freedom may only be another step further into their web. […] In her search for answers and freedom, she discovers what it is to be human and that limits are meant to be broken.”
As you have probably gathered the story follows the life and troubles of a young girl who goes by the name of Amari. She reminds me a bit of what Arya Stark from ASOI&F might have been like if instead of having needle she would have had magic and a pet necrosquirrel.
On the topic of magic, I think that it is what Exuro excels at. The way he describes magic is absolutely awesome, and more often than not quite creative. From binding one’s soul to a squirrel to a dragonborn fighting in verse, there’s a lot of awesome imagery and the way it is integrated into the story just makes sense. We don’t have overly long or intricately complicated explanations (although I do suspect Exuro has those stocked somewhere), we just learn what is needed when it is needed.
Anyway, a great story that I have actually only recently started reading believe it or not. However, it’s definitively a story I would recommend!
(The fact that Exuro is a fellow cannibal hippie has absolutely nothing to with it)
The next story will be our short story. It might very well be the least hidden of today if the number of likes of the previous chapters is something to go by. But it is awesome nonetheless, and therefore we are going to cover it. The fourth chapter was (kind of) recently published and was one hell of a mental ride. I’m talking about “The Wood King” by Rancid. Before I go on as to why we should get her a decent nickname, because Rancid doesn’t fit her one bit, let’s go ahead and have a look at the story shall we?
“The Wood King” By the Rancid
This story is a bit odd, first of all unlike most stories related to the elder scrolls around here it is not connected in any way to Skyrim, so far at least (I’m pretty sure it won’t change but who knows).
Furthermore, it doesn’t treat the usual subjects of the elder scrolls series, sure there’s magic, there’s thieves, and there’s elves but the overall themes are a lot darker than the series of heroic epics we know as the elder scrolls.
So far the main theme is one that in modern society is mostly taboo. But the beauty in the wood king lies in how horribly easily Rancid seems to convince you that it shouldn’t be.
I won’t say more as I have already left quite the hefty comment at the fourth chapter where I tried to explain how goddamn awesome her technique was. Just go read it and think back once you’re done.
The last category that I’ll address are poems. Specifically, a series of poems written by one of the hosts of the Fallout Hub. While the format of his TOC can be somewhat daunting at first, seeing he separated posts by coast and then by type instead of doing it the other way around, but the poems are a great read.
“Blues and such other deadly things” by Probscoolerthanyou
While I haven’t really found a favorite yet I can definitively say that there’s a few really nice ones here.
Most of them are directly related to the main themes of fallout, the destruction of the world, it’s rebuilding, the conflicts one encounters and in general the world the games take place in. And could depending on the degree of literacy of the intended author fit perfectly into the games.
If I would find one of these poems in the pocket of a raider during one of my many “sweep and retrieve” trips throughout the Commonwealth or any other Fallout region, I wouldn’t be surprised by them at all. That’s how well they fit to the world.
So yeah just give them a read if you have some time on your hands.
Anyway that was all for today, I hope you enjoyed it and that you have found some great texts. I might be back in a month or maybe just two weeks. I haven’t really decided on how often these are going to come around yet; all I can say is that I already have a few other blogs in mind and that I am impatient of sharing them with you guys. Who knows I might even go dip my head into the Archives…
Hidden Gem Spotlight: Story corner edition #1
Are they hidden? Probably not really, but who cares (I probably should what with the title and all). For this first edition I have decided to show off a long and a short story as well as a poem, or in this case more like a series of poems. This will probably be an exception so please enjoy:
The first story I’ll discuss is the beautifully written story of a horrific dance. I know for a fact that my good friend the Lorc already sort of covered this one before. But well, in my opinion the original ideas and great story deserve the extra bit of limelight. You may have guessed it; it’s Exuro’s “A dance with daedra”, or ADwD for the initiated.
“A dance with daedra” by Exuro
From what I’ve gathered it’s an epic tale about daedras and magic and the other cool stuff, but I’ll let the words of the author do the summarizing:
“A Dance with Daedra begins with the trials of a teen, Amari, as she strives to break free of the fate the Greater Daedra weave about her, but without knowing their motives, a perceived move towards freedom may only be another step further into their web. […] In her search for answers and freedom, she discovers what it is to be human and that limits are meant to be broken.”
As you have probably gathered the story follows the life and troubles of a young girl who goes by the name of Amari. She reminds me a bit of what Arya Stark from ASOI&F might have been like if instead of having needle she would have had magic and a pet necrosquirrel.
On the topic of magic, I think that it is what Exuro excels at. The way he describes magic is absolutely awesome, and more often than not quite creative. From binding one’s soul to a squirrel to a dragonborn fighting in verse, there’s a lot of awesome imagery and the way it is integrated into the story just makes sense. We don’t have overly long or intricately complicated explanations (although I do suspect Exuro has those stocked somewhere), we just learn what is needed when it is needed.
Anyway, a great story that I have actually only recently started reading believe it or not. However, it’s definitively a story I would recommend!
(The fact that Exuro is a fellow cannibal hippie has absolutely nothing to with it)
The next story will be our short story. It might very well be the least hidden of today if the number of likes of the previous chapters is something to go by. But it is awesome nonetheless, and therefore we are going to cover it. The fourth chapter was (kind of) recently published and was one hell of a mental ride. I’m talking about “The Wood King” by Rancid. Before I go on as to why we should get her a decent nickname, because Rancid doesn’t fit her one bit, let’s go ahead and have a look at the story shall we?
“The Wood King” By the Rancid
This story is a bit odd, first of all unlike most stories related to the elder scrolls around here it is not connected in any way to Skyrim, so far at least (I’m pretty sure it won’t change but who knows).
Furthermore, it doesn’t treat the usual subjects of the elder scrolls series, sure there’s magic, there’s thieves, and there’s elves but the overall themes are a lot darker than the series of heroic epics we know as the elder scrolls.
So far the main theme is one that in modern society is mostly taboo. But the beauty in the wood king lies in how horribly easily Rancid seems to convince you that it shouldn’t be.
I won’t say more as I have already left quite the hefty comment at the fourth chapter where I tried to explain how goddamn awesome her technique was. Just go read it and think back once you’re done.
The last category that I’ll address are poems. Specifically, a series of poems written by one of the hosts of the Fallout Hub. While the format of his TOC can be somewhat daunting at first, seeing he separated posts by coast and then by type instead of doing it the other way around, but the poems are a great read.
“Blues and such other deadly things” by Probscoolerthanyou
While I haven’t really found a favorite yet I can definitively say that there’s a few really nice ones here.
Most of them are directly related to the main themes of fallout, the destruction of the world, it’s rebuilding, the conflicts one encounters and in general the world the games take place in. And could depending on the degree of literacy of the intended author fit perfectly into the games.
If I would find one of these poems in the pocket of a raider during one of my many “sweep and retrieve” trips throughout the Commonwealth or any other Fallout region, I wouldn’t be surprised by them at all. That’s how well they fit to the world.
So yeah just give them a read if you have some time on your hands.
Anyway that was all for today, I hope you enjoyed it and that you have found some great texts. I might be back in a month or maybe just two weeks. I haven’t really decided on how often these are going to come around yet; all I can say is that I already have a few other blogs in mind and that I am impatient of sharing them with you guys. Who knows I might even go dip my head into the Archives…
