A few months ago I found myself planning a sequel to the trilogy starring Ana and Gavin's kids. This was unusual because in all my previous drafts Ana never had children. Let alone four!
But for some odd reason I couldn't get these kids out of my mind. They were so different than their parents.
Atticus is the oldest. He, like his father, is an alchemist. Unlike his father, his powers are much stronger. He's a natural leader and due to this he has a bit of a pride issue. In the first book concerning him and his siblings he's 24 years old. He doesn't quite know what to do with attention of women. He's a gentleman, but only because his sisters browbeat it into him.
Siobhan (pronounced Shi-vawn) is the second oldest at 23. Her powers are mostly destructive and fire-based. It goes along well with her personality which is extremely dramatic and tempermental. When upset she can certainly explode and then with her destructive powers bad things can happen. She's stuck with lots of anger because she was lied to about her parents' death. She's fiercely protective of her siblings.
Luke is the third child at 16. He's the most quiet and level-headed of the kids. His power is unknown at first and is far less than his siblings. He makes up for this with intelligence and ingenuity. He's very loyal and almost too obedient at times. During the end of the first novel he comes into his own and learns his abilities as a strategist.
Kyrie is the youngest at 15. She's a bright, spunky girl who seems cursed with death-based powers and the ability to see dead people. Like her sister, she has a slight temper, but isn't quite as angry as her sister because she doesn't remember her parents. Kyrie is the voice of optimism among her siblings. During the second novel she sobers a great deal and becomes almost angsty. I gotta work on that.
The first "sequel" novel is going to be written in a way where you don't have to have read the trilogy or know much about Ana and Gavin to read about their kids. Granted there will be things in both stories that if you've read the trilogy you'll find interesting. But I want these stories to be really separate. I don't want to feel like I'm writing about the same things with different characters.
The first "sequel" is called The Storm God. Atticus, Siobhan, Luke, and Kyrie have lived with Ana's adopted sister, Jamie, for about 16 years since the "death" of their parents, Ana and Gavin. While visiting an old friend of Jamie's in a very familiar looking old castle in England, the children (I do use this term loosely) find a chest of strange, old items and clothes. (the items will, of course be familiar to anyone who has read the trilogy)
Suddenly, they find themselves in a land called Mycp, which they find out is actually their home. They learn the truth about their parents, about how they've been captured by a Gwaeon prince Lael who calls himself the Storm God and has destroyed most of Mycp.
The children meet a group of Mages who give them a globe that was discovered by their parents before they were captured. The globe is called The Elegy of Time is used to travel through time. But it can only be used by a full-blooded, powerful Mage. And since most of the full-blood Mages were killed in the great wars, this leaves only Ana and Gavin's children. They are told to go back in time to before the Storm God became so powerful and find a way to defeat her.
However, before they can leave, Siobhan is captured by the Storm God. Kyrie decides to stay with the group of Mages to help rescue Siobhan. Atticus claims that he's the only one who's going to go back in time. Angry about this, Luke runs away to find his parents.
Siobhan has issues as the Storm God's slave and she learns a bit more about him.
Lael, is a spoiled and cruel young Gwaeon scientist with far too much power. Lael wants Siobhan for her power (he actually lost her parents. he was going to use their power), but hates her Mage blood. Siobhan learns that Lael is actually only half Gwaeon and hated by his own people because his mother had an affair with one of the Ninwe Man/Dragon experiments so Lael is half one of the most hated creations of the Gwaeon. Lael has managed to slaughter most of the Gwaeon through a plague he created. Lael's dragon wings help him control the weather, which is why he calls himself the storm god.
Lael's right hand man is Abaddon (also known as The Abandoned). Abaddon is a sort of golem, created by Lael. Abaddon is half Ninwe Dragon, Mage, and Man created with sand and lightning as well. Abaddon, apart from suffering from intense guy pms, is actually a halfway decent fellow. He ends up helping Siobhan and keeping her safe.
Meanwhile, Kyrie meets many of her parents old friends and is well on the way to becoming one of the greatest Mages since Zervrathaer. She eventually rescues Siobhan with the help of Abaddon.
Luke gains a bit more of a personality, becomes good friends with the Meholanian people, and finds his parents.
Atticus, goes back in time about 14 years. He sees his 7 year old self and then find a good of desert Mages along with a woman named Jesylinn and her 7 year old sister, Alya. With Jesylinn's helps, Atticus goes to the land of the Gwaeon and finds a weakness for the Storm God. Jesylinn dies, Alya develops a huge crush on Atticus and says she's not going to marry anyone but him and will even wait for him. When Atticus returns to his time, he ends up meeting a grown up Alya who remembers him. Together with her and his family, they defeat the Storm God.
So then, Ana and Gavin set about to putting the kingdoms back into order. Siobhan marries Abaddon and Atticus eventually marries Alya (after a bit of time). Kyrie leaves to study at one of the old mage school and Luke begins traveling to meet the other races.
I'll explain the second "sequel" in another post.
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