Scope
The motivation behind building Hanzelot
I want to explore different civilizations, keep track of my character's travels and adventures.
The goal of the project
My goal is to create novels, short stories, and an encyclopedia for my readers. I want people to feel intrigued and compelled to unravel many mysteries.
Hanzelot's Unique Selling point
There is a question with so many answers. No one knows the truth.
Theme
Genre
Sci-fi and exploration.
Reader Experience
If you enter this galaxy, be warned: Where something is celebrated in other place could cause you a great punishment. The people may look the same to you but ask for the rules if you don't want unpleasant surprises. Also expect some quirky traditions and places.
Reader Tone
This universe is Bleak grey.
Recurring Themes
Unveiling mysteries does not always provide a satisfactory answer.
A grave with the remains of different corpses.
A riddle that is only guessed once every thousand of participants.
A building without exits full of happy inhabitants.
Character Agency
The main characters of this story are lost, and like a dust floating in a beam of light they travel and don't know where they are going to land. Maybe dust can do much but get stuck and ruin some gear.
Focus
A mission gone awry.
We must explore and survive.
Differences between civilizations.
Why us?
Drama
The three more powerful countries in the planet Dethion Asnar, Pogron and Edrea launched a ship to explore a planet at the other side of a mysterious anomaly in space. The mission is to prepare a colonization and explotation of this other planet're natural resources.
Asnar and Pogron were at war for fifteen years for the rights to exploit the nuate. The planet was on the brink of massive before the space anomaly appeared. This two countries thanks to Edrea's diplomacy are in the middle of a truce.
If the mission fails the consequences could be devastating.
The natural resources to sustain the current economy and level of technology in Dethion are starting to scarce.
What would happen to the crew of Fatan if they get Lost?
What would happen to a society if other people fall through the sky?
How do one knows if someone is an ally, an enemy or something in between?
When all you knew crumbles before your eyes, How you become yourself again?