The world of Nogard has been interesting to work on. I started with a world view on a flat surface and just let my imagination run wild. I have never actually been to any islands, but I have seen plenty of pictures of them and have studied about them. Islands are fascinating to me because they can be so different in such small places and yet so beautiful at the same time. I had to also keep in mind that although Islands are quite pretty many are just as deadly. That worked in my favor for the story too.
Dragons have been a fascination of mine since I was a small child. Although many people consider multiple headed Hydras Dragons, and although they may be of the Dragon family; to me the Hydra is as different as the Chromatic Dragons are from the Metallic Dragons. I personally do not like Hydras so there are none in this story.
The idea of having the Dragons transform into human forms actually came from listening to so many people over the years say; "What if aliens from outer space looked just like us? They could be walking down the street right next to us and we would never know it." I always thought that was such a strange thing for adults to say.
There are many different beliefs in our world and some stem from ages before the birth of Jesus Christ. Others we just aren't completely sure of when the myths and legends began. But one thing I was sure of and that is the human's interest in Dragons. I found it disheartening when some supposed Christians tried to intimidate me for having statues of Dragons in my home a few years back. There is nothing wrong with a statue so long as you don't bow down to worship it. I don't tell others what they should and should not have in their homes so you could imagine how I felt. It did give me a good study of human behavior though; for which I am grateful.
I decided that instead of following the normal and typical rout most writers take when doing a Dragon story I would make mine different and hopefully unique. Instead of Dragons vs Humans I would pit two different types of Dragons against each other. One set being the Metallic protects the Humans in their lands while the Chromatic Dragons use and abuse the Humans in theirs. While the Chromatic Dragons live on individual Islands; all but the Golden Dragons live on what appears to be non-separated Islands that make up the main land mass of their world.
Aside from the fun of writing the story the challenge of drawing and coloring the world has been equally fun. I do hope all of my readers are enjoying the story as much as I am putting this thing together.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Nogard the World of Dragons
There have been many stories of magical creatures, but few have captured the imagination of so many over thousands of years as that of Dragons. Fables, folklore, myths and legends have been told over and over of Dragons; whether from the north, south, east or western parts of the world.
Welcome to this fictional world of Nogard.
Nogard is a world run by Dragons that possess the ability to take the form and live among the humans they protect and care for. Humans carrying Dragons blood contain some magical abilities that vary with the amount of Dragons blood running through their veins.
There are eight chapters of this amazing story published right now; I am enjoying writing this story just as much as some of those that have read it and replied back to me about it. One chapter is added by every Friday.
Nogard the World of Dragons is packed full of adventure, drama and romance.
I thought I would begin this Blog to let my readers know the approximate day to look for the newest chapter and to answer another question that has been posed to me regarding this story.
Many have asked if I have any pictures. I have been working on a Scrap Book just for this story. The pictures are hand drawn and painted by me so it is taking time to produce them. I am also in the process of drawing the Dragon's Palace and the city that surrounds it. That picture is quite a bit larger then you could possibly imagine so it may take me some time even after it is finished to find someone that can scan it and shrink it to a size my computer can handle to get it out to you.
I am sorry I have not yet figured out how to link the chapters to one another yet or found out if that is even possible. For your convenience I shall post the first eight links here for you. I know its not a perfect thing but it is the best I can do for you at this point in time. I will keep you all posted of any changes.
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