My best friend just published her first book.

[Lady Squee]

You guys should totally read it. :3

Basic Plot:

Caelfel Gyssedlues is a young she-elf at seventy-six years old, the youngest known elf in her woodland city. A highly skilled archer, she was picked to join a certain hunting party to defend their forest from goblins. All is well until she chances upon Feraan, the most hated elf of the Honey Water Empire. She breaks royal decree by saving his life and finds herself constantly at odds with her people and a dangerous tracker. She is often forced to defend herself and her family simply because of her decision.

Meanwhile, she finds herself becoming closer to Feraan, perhaps even falling in love, but the longer she knows him, the more apparent it becomes that Feraan's enemies reach beyond their elvenkind. Soon those enemies come searching for him too, putting Caelfel's life in even more danger.


You guys should totally just take a gander. There's a "Look Inside" option! :D

[andromedene]

Pretty elf people mmmmm.

[Drakel]

Lady Squee said
You guys should totally read it. :3

Basic Plot:

Caelfel Gyssedlues is a young she-elf at seventy-six years old, the youngest known elf in her woodland city. A highly skilled archer, she was picked to join a certain hunting party to defend their forest from goblins. All is well until she chances upon Feraan, the most hated elf of the Honey Water Empire. She breaks royal decree by saving his life and finds herself constantly at odds with her people and a dangerous tracker. She is often forced to defend herself and her family simply because of her decision.

Meanwhile, she finds herself becoming closer to Feraan, perhaps even falling in love, but the longer she knows him, the more apparent it becomes that Feraan's enemies reach beyond their elvenkind. Soon those enemies come searching for him too, putting Caelfel's life in even more danger.

So far it sounds really interesting Squee. I'll take a look at it when I have the money lol.

[aza]

This sounds
Caawful

NUKNUKNUKNUKNUKNUK

[Dervish]

Not to speak ill of your friend's accomplishment, but I'd really like to see some stuff where elves aren't woodland dwelling ubersnipers who constantly have their land encroached by goblins or orcs.

[Barioth]

Dervish said
Not to speak ill of your friend's accomplishment, but I'd really like to see some stuff where elves aren't woodland dwelling ubersnipers who constantly have their land encroached by goblins or orcs.

I have a hard time thinking of "Elves" without woodlands and über sniping.

[Drakel]

Barioth said
I have a hard time thinking of "Elves" without woodlands and über sniping.

Drow

[Barioth]

Drakel said
Drow

Drow are uber snipers too, they just like to be sneaky and unnerving about it. I don't know what their natural habitat is though.

[Drakel]

Barioth said
Drow are uber snipers too, they just like to be sneaky and unnerving about it. I don't know what their natural habitat is though.

Dark caves and black shaddowy areas where the sun never shines... They're also more into poisons and trickery than the other forms of elves.

How about Dwemer?

[Dervish]

Drakel said
Dark caves and black shaddowy areas where the sun never shines... They are also more into poisons and trickery than the other forms of elves. How about Dwemer?

The Elder Scrolls has a shitload of elves, a lot that perverse the usual tropes. But it still has a race of ubersniper wood elves.

[Lady Squee]

Dervish said
Not to speak ill of your friend's accomplishment, but I'd really like to see some stuff where elves aren't woodland dwelling ubersnipers who constantly have their land encroached by goblins or orcs.

If it makes you feel any better, Goblins and Orcs aren't in this story.

Well, they are.
But not a large part.
Like...
the first chapter

[Drakel]

Dervish said
The Elder Scrolls has a shitload of elves, a lot that perverse the usual tropes. But it still has a race of ubersniper wood elves.

I know that....

But I'm trying to show elves that weren't like their usual tropes (mostly uber snipers)...

[Drakel]

Lady Squee said she was picked to join a certain hunting party to defend their forest from goblins.

Lady Squee said
If it makes you feel any better, Goblins and Orcs aren't in this story.

I'm so lost now.

[Cpt Toellner]

Going back to Elder Scrolls, they do have some really cool alternate ideas for elves.

The Altmer is how I traditionally view elves.

[Lady Squee]

Drakel said
I'm so lost now.

Lol, I know. I'm exhausted. I was messing around on FB when I realized, "Wait... Goblins totally are..." xD

[Dervish]

Drakel said
I'm so lost now.

This is also confusing me lol. :D

Drakel said
I know that.... But I'm trying to show elves that weren't like their usual tropes (mostly uber snipers)...

Well, we should probably acknowledge that the dwemer were evidently fans of ranged weaponry, given that they were the only race to invent crossbows, as well as have their own regular bows, and a lot of their automata are toting around giant fucking crossbows/ ballistas.

Lady Squee said
If it makes you feel any better, Goblins and Orcs aren't in this story.

I actually just noticed there's a preview to check out the writing! I'm gonna do that after I catch up on my RP shit. :)

[Dervish]

Blitzkrieg said
Going back to Elder Scrolls, they do have some really cool alternate ideas for elves.The Altmer is how I traditionally view elves.

Of the three playable ones, I tend to lean more towards the bosmer because the Green Pact is alternatively terrifying/ hilarious.

The maomer and dwemer are also really awesome to read about. The diversity's pretty awesome.

[Drakel]

Blitzkrieg said
Going back to Elder Scrolls, they do have some really cool alternate ideas for elves.The Altmer is how I traditionally view elves.

[2]... Though I still hate them.

[Raxacoricofallapatorius]

I will tell my mom to read it first since she's got a kindle, then I can read it on the app. Maybe. I'm already in the middle of two books, Insurgent and The Priest's Graveyard.

[Beatrix]

Orcs in many canons are a sub-species of elves.