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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Eternal Plague

The Collections of Trazyn


Roster of Contributors:

purplefood
Blacksails
Dr. Temujin
TheRobotLol
Azariah Kyras
Perkustin
LoneLictor
Trondheim
dregogg
Bobakos
Beaviz81
Shadowbrand
The Mad Tanker
Arcsquad12
Lord of Timbraxia
SilverMK2
WarOne
prime12357
Inquisitor Ehrenstein
thenoobbomb

Project One: The Hartknell Rebellion

Groups:

Team of:
WarOne
purplefood

Team of:
Perkustin
SilverMK2
Bobakos

Team of:
LoneLictor
THEROBOTLOL
BEAVIZ81
TRONDHEIM

Team of:
Azariah Kyras
Arcsquad12
dregogg

Team of:
Blacksails
Dr. Temujin
prime12357

Team of:
Lord of Timbraxia
Inquisitor Ehrenstein

Contributors Without a Team:
Shadowbrand
The Mad Tanker

thenoobbomb

The basic premise of the project is that each group gets to write about a particular civil war/rebellion going on within The Hartknell System.

The synopsis is that an Inquisitor has erected a blockage against the system. Determining that many of the citizens inhabiting the star system are falling under the sway of Chaos, he has ordered the planetary governors to decimate those he feels are too far gone into the grip of heresy.

This proves devastating, as the star system devolves into anarchy and chaos. Civil war erupts on all the planets as factions form, some of them in support of the Inquisition, others fighting for their very lives as death squads descend upon their homelands, purging millions through brimstone and fire. Even the planetary governors are divided as some take the side of rebels and lead a vicious guerrilla war against what they perceive is Imperial tyranny.

Each group gets to write a story about a civil war going on within their own planet. The 2-3 writers team up to create and fashion a story about the uprising and subsequent war. You may use pretty much anything at your disposal to create the civil war upon the planet, making it a first person perspective or perhaps a series of documents describing the events that unfold upon the planet. Maybe you take the role of a refugee or perhaps a misguided soldier fighting the war on the wrong side. It is up to the group to decide what happens and how it goes.

Through the process the group should work together, deciding who writes what and what you want to write. If you want to write 2-3 separate stories and merge them together, that is fine! All we ask is that you explain somewhere what the factions are fighting for and define each faction somewhere in the writing. It can be as blunt or as subtle as you want it. The idea being that it is a civil war you are writing about and the concept is that as a group, you write about that civil war.

As a group, editing and proofreading, offering suggestions and tips is all totally okay! The idea is to grow as a writer by tackling a challenging piece of writing.

The group can write as much as they want, but the total contribution should be at least 1,000 words per person.

To form a group, PM a contributor from the list at the start of the thread. The group can have up to three members. Once a group is formed, PM me with the group and a rough idea of what you want to work on and I'll post it under the Project header here.

If you cannot find a team member, we'll reach out to others not already in a group and work towards getting you a partner.

Me and purplefood will be working on intertwining the disparate stories together to make the various fictions read as one longer novella length work.

There is no time stamp for completion, so no worries about rushing the final result.

Any questions or comments, you are more than welcome to post or discuss here, your group threads, or via PM.

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That sounds like a fun idea...

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Would this be along the lines of a section of articles for fiction? If so, it already exists, though probably rarely used and likely not updated for quite a while unfortunately.

I am curious about the idea, however.

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Fascinating! I would be more than happy to offer my writing skills to this project.

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I'd be happy to contribute. I haven't written any here, but I have about a year of 40k writing experience.

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Sounds Glorious! Looking forward to updates.

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Blacksails wrote:Would this be along the lines of a section of articles for fiction? If so, it already exists, though probably rarely used and likely not updated for quite a while unfortunately.

I am curious about the idea, however.


What this would be is a collaborative effort by a group of writers to produce quality fanfictions for the DakkaDakka community.

We may in time turn works of fiction into articles for easy perusing, but the focus is to advance the Fiction forum, producing both quality writers and quality fictional pieces.

Dr. Temujin wrote:Fascinating! I would be more than happy to offer my writing skills to this project.


We'd more than happily welcome you! Anyone can join at this point. The more, the merrier.

TheRobotLol wrote:Yes! My mediocre writing skills will finaly go towards something!



The more, the merrier!

Azariah Kyras wrote:I'd be happy to contribute. I haven't written any here, but I have about a year of 40k writing experience.


Contributions will begin soon once I know who we have on board. Then we can start brainstorming for an initial project.

Perkustin wrote:Sounds Glorious! Looking forward to updates.


Hopefully, this will span a large segment of the community either in participation or simply reading.

The current goal right now is to get at least a half dozen people involved, especially at least two with decent editing/English background. Then we collaborate on what we want to produce and agree upon a flexible timespan before we present it to the community.

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Well, I'll certainly do my part leaving comments, and I'll contribute the occasional piece. I've written two small pieces already, but nothing of the caliber of some Dakkanauts around here.

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Hefnaheim

Oooooo I can definitly digg this, count me in
   
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this is an cool Idea, you can color me interested

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Can't tell you. It's a secret...

I am up for it as well, though I do no think of myself as a very good writer. Would be more than happy to read and do the editing though If you think this helps And of course throw some ideas on the table if you want

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Bobakos wrote:I am up for it as well, though I do no think of myself as a very good writer. Would be more than happy to read and do the editing though If you think this helps And of course throw some ideas on the table if you want


Anyone can participate in this, no matter the skill level!

The idea of the Collections of Trazyn (have to come up with a better name!) is to promote a collective effort in storytelling and creative writing. We would create stories and more importantly, help aid and edit the works of aspiring writers in furthering them along in their path to create literary works to the tune of fantasy, sci-fi, fiction or whatever works that the Dakka community typically reads.

The critical part to all this though is the collaborative effort. To define us from just simply being writers and editors who slap a label on ourselves, the ultimate project I'd like to embark upon are stories and anthologies created by the group that not only grow us as writers, but also give novella length stories for Dakka Dakka.

Ideas I've had are as said above, an anthology of works around a particular theme, stories where each writer contributes a chapter to the progressive development of one character, and workshop sessions that help developing writers improve upon their skills.

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I think it would better to advise, as if we all shall go for one word of describing a char, he would get totally broken. So I wouldn't recommend that layout.

Then again I regard myself as fine with coming up with ideas, I'm not so fine at writing.

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I think the collaboration around a particular theme would be cool to work on, kinda like the BL books "Legends of the Space Marines" or "Victories of the Space Marines" or something like that.
I must agree on Beaviz. It might be difficult for a bunch of authors to share one character, as they will all have a different interpretation of how the character would act.

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Dr. Temujin wrote:I think the collaboration around a particular theme would be cool to work on, kinda like the BL books "Legends of the Space Marines" or "Victories of the Space Marines" or something like that.
I must agree on Beaviz. It might be difficult for a bunch of authors to share one character, as they will all have a different interpretation of how the character would act.


Yeah, I'd probably ruin the character by making them go bat gak crazy or adding in some horrible flaw or mutation or something. I prefer to write with very messed up people.

Maybe we could all write around one big event, like the Chaos invasion of a planet. Like there would be the scheming Planetary Governor, trying to escape unscathed. Then there would be the Genestealer Cult leader, infinitely frustrated that chaos arrived before the Tyranids. Then there could be some poor PDF Soldiers, doomed from the start. Then there could be the Necrons awakening beneath the surface. Then there could be the Astartes rushing to get there in time. Then there could be the psychotic Traitor Legionnaires seeking sacrifices for their dark gods. Then there could be the Orks attracted by the carnage.

Then it would probably end in some big fight ending either ambiguously or with everyone dead.
   
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Hefnaheim

I am rather infamous for my rather doom & gloom feel in my stories. Here is a taste. I also agree with LoneLictor, I think we need to create seperat characthers or something along those lines

Here is a link to something I posted before.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/429085.page
   
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On your roof with a laptop

Same here. Doom all the way.

Here is something i made some time ago.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/427787.page#3883201

Admitedly not my best.

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Grim Forgotten Nihilist Forest.

Only 40k? I'd like to try my hand at writing a short WHFB story.

I've sold so many armies. :(
Aeldari 3kpts
Slaves to Darkness.3k
Word Bearers 2500k
Daemons of Chaos

 
   
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New England, U.S.A.

Sounds cool, I can try to lend a hand as best I can.


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LoneLictor wrote:
Dr. Temujin wrote:I think the collaboration around a particular theme would be cool to work on, kinda like the BL books "Legends of the Space Marines" or "Victories of the Space Marines" or something like that.
I must agree on Beaviz. It might be difficult for a bunch of authors to share one character, as they will all have a different interpretation of how the character would act.


Yeah, I'd probably ruin the character by making them go bat gak crazy or adding in some horrible flaw or mutation or something. I prefer to write with very messed up people.

Maybe we could all write around one big event, like the Chaos invasion of a planet. Like there would be the scheming Planetary Governor, trying to escape unscathed. Then there would be the Genestealer Cult leader, infinitely frustrated that chaos arrived before the Tyranids. Then there could be some poor PDF Soldiers, doomed from the start. Then there could be the Necrons awakening beneath the surface. Then there could be the Astartes rushing to get there in time. Then there could be the psychotic Traitor Legionnaires seeking sacrifices for their dark gods. Then there could be the Orks attracted by the carnage.

Then it would probably end in some big fight ending either ambiguously or with everyone dead.

What about a planet being invaded by Tyranids?
We could have the genestealer cult, the Inquisitor, any particular guard regiments brought in, maybe an SM company, the planetary governor trying to escape, the uncounted billions in the hives fighting for survival and finally those they managed to pull off the planet before it was consumed...

Dakka Bingo! By Ouze
"You are the best at flying things"-Kanluwen
"Further proof that Purple is a fething brilliant super villain " -KingCracker
"Purp.. Im pretty sure I have a gun than can reach you...."-Nicorex
"That's not really an apocalypse. That's just Europe."-Grakmar
"almost as good as winning free cake at the tea drinking contest for an Englishman." -Reds8n
Seal up your lips and give no words but mum.
Equip, Reload. Do violence.
Watch for Gerry. 
   
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purplefood wrote:
LoneLictor wrote:
Dr. Temujin wrote:I think the collaboration around a particular theme would be cool to work on, kinda like the BL books "Legends of the Space Marines" or "Victories of the Space Marines" or something like that.
I must agree on Beaviz. It might be difficult for a bunch of authors to share one character, as they will all have a different interpretation of how the character would act.


Yeah, I'd probably ruin the character by making them go bat gak crazy or adding in some horrible flaw or mutation or something. I prefer to write with very messed up people.

Maybe we could all write around one big event, like the Chaos invasion of a planet. Like there would be the scheming Planetary Governor, trying to escape unscathed. Then there would be the Genestealer Cult leader, infinitely frustrated that chaos arrived before the Tyranids. Then there could be some poor PDF Soldiers, doomed from the start. Then there could be the Necrons awakening beneath the surface. Then there could be the Astartes rushing to get there in time. Then there could be the psychotic Traitor Legionnaires seeking sacrifices for their dark gods. Then there could be the Orks attracted by the carnage.

Then it would probably end in some big fight ending either ambiguously or with everyone dead.

What about a planet being invaded by Tyranids?
We could have the genestealer cult, the Inquisitor, any particular guard regiments brought in, maybe an SM company, the planetary governor trying to escape, the uncounted billions in the hives fighting for survival and finally those they managed to pull off the planet before it was consumed...


That could work also. I guess we should come up with as many options for a story as possible and then make a poll, but I'm too lazy to right now. Maybe someone else can?
   
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Hmm...
Lemme have a whack...
I'm guessing we have one major bad guy per story...
Created a poll with about 8 options...

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"You are the best at flying things"-Kanluwen
"Further proof that Purple is a fething brilliant super villain " -KingCracker
"Purp.. Im pretty sure I have a gun than can reach you...."-Nicorex
"That's not really an apocalypse. That's just Europe."-Grakmar
"almost as good as winning free cake at the tea drinking contest for an Englishman." -Reds8n
Seal up your lips and give no words but mum.
Equip, Reload. Do violence.
Watch for Gerry. 
   
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I'll join. Admittedly, I enjoy a more optimistic take on the setting, but darkness is still a requisite. I just find that you connect more with characters when they have hope and optimism. Doesn't mean that I won't put them through hell however.

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If Space Marines should be involved, I think it would be prudent with the Deathwatch, as else we get 21 companies from 13 chapters.

Should the Planetary Governor be competent or incompetent?

I agree Arcsquad12 I like to read about the chars, virtues and vices. That's cool. Though I wonder how it will look, I mean a dozen different opinions on fluff here. This can end with 12 bans as easily as great stories.

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Good initiative purplefood!

Once we get an idea going here and approved by the group, let's start it up and see where we go with it.

Hopefully we can also get some of the group to peer review others works and then help edit the final product to wrap it all together.

I'm not sure how far we should be, whether people want to volunteer for being editors that people can PM/bugger to help them clean up their writing and a person to post these collected stories to Articles in order to preserve them to DakkaDakka.

Opinions needed!

Arcsquad12 wrote:I'll join. Admittedly, I enjoy a more optimistic take on the setting, but darkness is still a requisite. I just find that you connect more with characters when they have hope and optimism. Doesn't mean that I won't put them through hell however.


You can make a story about good times then. Nurgle and Orks for instance take all this grim darkness with a grain of salt. They're just here to have fun.

Shadowbrand wrote:Only 40k? I'd like to try my hand at writing a short WHFB story.


It can be also Fantasy and non-GW related fiction. Admittedly, it is on the light side here, but perhaps this is the chance to get some good solid non-40k fluff going for the community!

   
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Hefnaheim

So who will begin? I would very much like a plan for that, and also PM me if I am choosen to go first, because I easly forget such things.
   
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Trondheim wrote:So who will begin? I would very much like a plan for that, and also PM me if I am choosen to go first, because I easly forget such things.


I think we're starting with the anthology project first; starting with the creation of stories based around a theme. Once we get a general consensus, then we'll go ahead and start laying down the groundwork for what to write.

   
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Hefnaheim

Sounds like a very good plan. Will be awating it with great eagerness
   
 
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