Shield
By sam
Created on 12/04/2022

CONCEPT

Description
Title of Project
shield
Amount of pages
20
Genre
Fantasy adventure
Target Audience
Young adults
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Topic of Story
A quest to find a magical object which will be used to save a village from attack

BASIC QUESTIONS
Story questions
Description
Who?
MC: Brom VL: Edar Scholar: Lorik
Where?
Village, ancient forest, wizards tower
When?
Medieval (fantasy) over the course of 2 days
What?
Brom volunteers to fetch a magical item that saves the village from attack.
Why?
To stop the deaths of villagers
To what end?
Brom succeeds and the village is saved. Also, brom learns what he is capable of

PROJECT OVERVIEW FOR 20 PAGE STORY

Description
Pages
(Cover)

0
Beginning
Scene description for the beginning
1-5
Midpoint
Scene description for the midpoint
6-15
Conclusion
Scene description for the conclusion
16-20

CHARACTER A
Physical traits
Name
brom
Age (Birthday)
18
Size
5’9
Bodybuild
Slim/athletic
Special features
N/a
Color scheme
Green eyes, blue clothes, light brown hair
Emotional traits
Character
Optimistic
Strengths
physical
Weaknesses/Fears
Initially easily put off difficult tasks. Fears his own uselessness
Goals/Motivations/Dreams
Wants to prove his capability. Protect the village.
How do they deal with happy or sad events?
Gets quite emotional/depressed
How do they deal with unexpected events?
Gets thrown off
What do the goals/motivations/strengths/weaknesses/fears have to do with the story?
They spur him on to volunteer and give him a reason to push past fear/doubt
Sociological traits
Where were they born and where did they grow up?
village
Who are/were their parents?
Theron and femir, farmers
Who are/were their friends?
Rolo, thrin and eless
Where did they go to kindergarden/school/university/work?
Home schooled

SCRIPT TEMPLATE

PAGE 1

PANEL 1:

Establishing shot of tamor

/TEXT BOX CONTENT/
Tamor, an ancient land with a deep history, populated by strange and unknown beasts. There is magic here...
PANEL 2:

Est shot tamor tighter

Panel 3: est shot village

Text box
A small village called thurill nestles in a mountain valley, surrounded by ancient forest. simple folk till the fields and fish the lake. They have known relative peace... until now...

PAGE 2

Panel 1: beasts attacking watchmen,
Text box
The wall that once protected them, is easily scaled
The watchmen that were once strong enough to repel the beasts, overpowered
Panel 2: attcking civillians
Page 3

Panel 1: more beast attacks
Panel 2 : dragging woman into forest
Page 4
Panel 1: edar talking to scholar head in hand

Vl: we could reinforce the wall, but for the time and resources that will take, will it be worth it? they can clearly climb.
Panel 2: lorik is rifling through scrolls

Lorik: aha! look here edar, this is a long shot but

Panel 3: lorik unfurls a scroll showing the beacon with surrounding text

Lorik: there is a local legend surrounding a wizard and his tower, in the forest north of here. He died or left the area long ago, but his tower apparently still remains

Panel 4: edar strokes his chin thoughtfully

Edar: im listening.

Panel 4: lorik taps the image of the beacon

Lorik: this beacon was used as a shield for the tower, he was protected from the forest beasts. As far as i know the tower remains unspoiled. What if we could get that beacon and use it for ourselves?

Panel 5: edar looks at lorik questioningly

Edar: thats a bit of a long shot isnt it? you know i trust your advice lorik but this is a big shot in the dark. What if the tower has been plundered? what if the wizard returned? what if whoever we send cant get past that very shield? not to mention getting there....

Panel 6: lorik sits forward leaning on his staff

Lorik: all valid concerns old friend. But what other choice do we have? we have too few warriors, the wall no longer protects as it once did and besides, sending one person on this quest wont stop us pursuing other options in the meantime

Page 5

Panel 1: edar raises an eyebrow

Edar: wait, one.. person. You would send one person by themselves into the forest to find a tower that might not even be there any more? who would be foolish enough to accept such a charge?
Panel 2: knock at the door, edar turns to look

Lorik: enter!

Panel 3: brom enters
Brom: you called for me sir?

Panel 4: lorik looks at edar meaningfully

Panel 5: edar face palms

Panel 6: brom looks confused

Page 6

Panel 1: brom swinging sword under watchful eye of one legged soldier

Text box
Brom accepted the mission. He felt he couldnt have refused

Panel 2: more sword swinging

Text box

Page 7

Panel 1: brom heads into the forest
Panel 2: easy path, sun shining
Panel 3: easy path
Brom: huh, this isnt so bad
Page 8

Panel 1: brom slips on mud
Text box
5 minutes later...
Panel 2: climbing sharp cliff face

Panel 3: fighting through swamp

Panel 4: swatting at bugs

Panel 5: finally finds realtively easy terrain again sigh of relief

Panel 6: dark shape lurks in bushes as brom rests

Page 9

Panel 1: goblin bursts from bush into view

Panel 2: brom fear reaction

Panel 3: goblin chuckles stepping towards brom menacingly twin short swords drawn

Panel 4: brom, backed into a corner holds sword with both hands, trembling

Panel 5: goblin lunges

Panel 6: brom dives out the way, dropping sword in process
Page10

Panel 1: goblin kicks sword away laughing

Panel 2: brom grits teeth
Brom: shitshitshitshitshit

Panel 3: goblin lunges

Panel 4: brom dives again but is slashed on the arm

Panel 5: brom looks in disbelief at gashed arm

Panel 6: goblin licks bloody blade
Page 11

Panel 1: brom, gripping wounded arm, notices he landed next to his sword
Brom: fuckfuckfuckfuck oh fuck oh fuck

Panel 2: goblin attacks brom crouches

Panel 3: brom falls back with sword pointed up

Panel 4: sword impales goblin

Panel 5: brom pushes goblin aside

Panel 6: brom catches breath on all fours

Panel 7: brom notices scroll poking out of goblins pack, gingerly takes it out.

Panel 8: shot of map shows tower, text in unknown language

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SAM AYRES

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