User:SaynaSLuke/The Making of FWC

Well .. I'm going to give you all an overview of how I wrote 'Four Warriors Cometh'. How I envisioned it, the stages it went through, the many, many ideas and scenes I deleted, and everything else. After all .. one of the best things is the process it takes to dream up a story .. (sometimes just as interesting as the story itself) So here you are. I hope you enjoy this, and may it give you some of your own ideas, and help in writing your own stories! ;)

The Beginning
Four Warriors Cometh had humble beginnings .. in fact, so did the entire 'Unsung Heroes' trilogy. I honestly promised myself I would never show any one what I was attempting (shows us how much things can change, no?)

In all honesty, it all began when I read 'Mossflower' the first time. I loved the story .. I just loved it, and it was the first Redwall book I ever read. However, when I read 'Martin the Warrior' and 'The Legend of Luke', I started expanding on them. (I do this with every book I enjoy, create a character for myself and find a way to weave them into the original plot)

So therefore, I made Sayna, the daughter of Luke, and twin sister of Martin. Then, because I love horses, I created my dream horse, Ghostdancer. So that's what it started with. Just one mouse maid, a horse, and a family tree. (Not to mention an epic sword just like Martins) ;P

Expansions
Obviously, my wild imagination wouldn't let me stop there. I soon got it in my head Martin's grandfather was the king of Kotir, killed by Verdauga, therefore making Martin the rightful prince (and me the princess).

It didn't stop there. Pretty soon I developed a liking for the character Timballisto, and of course, Martin had to marry Rose (there was no way I was going to actually kill her .. for real) So if both Martin and Sayna married somebeast, that made four kings and queens.

I had to expand on it more, and the marks really came from me designing the regalia (I will talk more on this subject later)

I went through many different stages of planning and ideas, all of the major characters will be talked about in this, (even the ones that were meant to be major yet got pushed on the back-burner) and deleted characters and scenes.

Perhaps I put too much effort into this .. but I found it satisfying. Hope you all did too! :D

Finding the Marks
TBC~ Say na    The gho st o f  M oss flo wer  04:32, April 28, 2015 (UTC)