The First King Part 2

Argrider is a young man. He works hard on the family farm and is in love with a young woman down the way. It is harvest. There is much work to do. Two strangers come through, a man and a woman. Their appearance upsets Argrider’s parents. They are Alarans – the woman who couldn’t kill Argrider all those years ago, and Argrider’s father. They have come because Sadeah has foreseen a holy war and Argrider is destined to unite the Armies of Light against the Tide of Evil. Argrider is a sensible person, like his adoptive father, and doesn’t believe the fate nonsense, but agrees to help because he wants to avoid war, or at least win it. He goes to help rally allies, hoping to show people they can work with the Alarns, and the other races. Somehow, in the process, he ends up quite the leader. Soon they are at war and it is stretching on far too long.

Plot points/Scenes

1) Argrider in his natural habitat, on his way home. He is happy, content, tired from a long day's work. His mother is waiting on the porch and she looks concerned. "There's someone here to speak to you." 2) The guests waiting in the kitchen are Alaran, a man and a woman. The woman claims Argrider is Alaran, the only pure-blood Alaran born without wings. She was a friend of Argrider's mother and was the one to bring Argrider to his now parents. Argrider is angry and refuses to listen. He storms off to the river. 3) The male Alaran follows him. They talk. This man claims to be Argrider's father. Argrider has a lot of questions but in the end goes home angry. 4) That night Argrider dreams of the time he fell in the river as a boy. In waking memory he doesn't remember that day well. In dream he sees it clearly, including the hooded man who pulled him from the water before his human father could reach him. 5) Argrider agrees to listen to the Alarans. There is a war coming and they know the surface dwellers don't trust the Alarans. They want Argrider to help rally allies, not fight or lead, just help get people on board. 6) During the recruitment process Agrider proves himself to be quite the leader. He winds up a part of the war effort. Soon they are at war with the Forces of Darkness.

Plot type

Short Story Outline