Another approach...

Glimmer

Approached by Havel, Sol is told to prepare to leave. Sol is adamant that he isn’t going anywhere and that he is content to stay where he is. Havel warns that if Sol doesn’t go freely that he will be torn from this place. He will physically be elsewhere while his mind would remain here. Still, Sol refuses to budge.

It’s raining in Manhattan. Gair Elder searches for Verchiel along with his blind seer Samuel, Gia and Garret. Samuel tells Garret that just passed the Gates of Abaddon lies the Seed of Life. Gair needs to eliminate the Keeper of the Gates of Abaddon in order to reach the seed of life. Gia, Gair’s daughter is extremely ill, suffering a congenital heart defect that took the life of her mother when she was very young.

Future Gia finds Sol’s stasis chamber. “So young!”

Gair arrives at Verchiel’s antique bookstore. He notices that the floor space of the bookstore is far too small to accommodate a building of this size. Upon discovering the owner Gair introduces his sick daughter to him and Gair begs his help. Verchiel asks why he thinks he could be of any help and then Sam approaches and he takes his tongue, which is worn on a necklace around Verchiel’s neck. He has relics of every kind. He has Sol, Satan’s tongue and the Seed of the Tree of Life. Gair pleads for the artifact. Verchiel hasn’t anything he can give. Samuel takes advantage of Gair’s desperation and urges the man to take the sword from the table and kill Verchiel. Garret begs his father to stop.

Gia sees the trouble brewing downstairs and hurries to revive Sol.

Havel urges Sol to go through the door. Sol refuses.

In a fit Gair strikes down Verchiel who immediately bursts into a pillar of light. The falling rain turns to steam, quickly blanketing the city in a dense fog. Garret races to his sister’s side. Sam helps Gair.

Gia awakens Sol.

Sol is sucked through the door.

Sol opens his eyes and sees Future Gia. He is forever in love with that face. Sol Falls back asleep.

Sol is on the beach again. He quickly marches to the door. The bull is agitaed.

Garret reaches Gair and helps his dad to his feet. Sam gets there. Urges them to quickly get the artifact.

A UFO lands in Central park. Janos and Tabori see the beam of light.

Daniel sees the Light of Abaddon. Sheds a tear for Verchiel.

The ground beneath the library quakes. Cthulhu’s tentacles erupt from the ground. Garret tries to help Gia but is hurt.

The Story So Far (2)...

Abdiel is killed by a mysterious villian.

The second Age of Magic begins.

Years later Sol's stasis tube is found by Gia.

The Story So Far... (abbreviated begining)

Scene 01



--New York City. Inside a condemned library.



Future Gia dressed in a long dark coat enters an abandoned library in the lower Manhattan. She winds her way to the rear of the building and finds a stariway leading to the library archives, still filled with old books. Future Gia finds Sol's stasis chamber and wipes frost from the glass and exclaiming, "So young!" Abdiel appears behind her and tells her that she'll need to be quick. The building is condemned. He too is in a hurry to vacate.

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Scene 02



--Outside the library



With a backpack full of rolled up posters, Gia rides her Vespa through lower Manhattan to protest the destruction of a historical building -- Abdiel's library. Gia approaches Garret and Valerie who are blocking the path of a bulldozer by laying in the street in front of it. The crew foreman bristles, threatens and hollers at the kids. Gia hands them a couple of protest signs and marches to the front of the library and handcuffs herself to the library door despite the continued threats of the foreman bulldoze her too.

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Scene 03



--Inside the library



Future Gia completes the reviving process and as Sol begins to awaken she leans over and gives him a kiss. Sol is forever in love with that vision of a woman and throughout the story is haunted by her. Future Gia suddenly vanishes into thin air as Remy Malashock and his thugs push past the foreman and through the doors Gia is chained to. The foreman, loosing complete control of the site has a fit.

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Scene 04



--Across the street from the library



Daniel stands on the rooftop watching the events unfold. "Come on, Brother.... get out of there!"

The Story So Far...

Scene 01



New York City. Present day...



Future Gia dressed in a long dark coat enters an abandoned library in the lower Manhattan. She winds her way to the rear of the building and finds a stariway leading to the library archives, still filled with old books. SFuture Gia finds Sol's stasis chamber and wipes frost from the glass and exclaiming, "So young!"

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Scene 02



Daniel meets Abdiel on the roof of the condemned library. A demolition crew begins to gather around the building. Daniel and Verchiel need an action. Daniel drops a newspaper in Verchiel’s lap, the headline reading, “GIRL SAVED FROM FALL BY GUARDIAN ANGEL!” Abdiel has brought attention to himself. Danile chastizes Abdiel for interfering in the lives of mortals. Abdiel says that he can not abide allowing human suffering when there's so much he can do, and Daniel argues that he is responsible for things that are bigger than himself, that he took an oath and needs to honor that oath. The Sons of Adam now know that Abdiel’s in New York and they’re coming for him. Abdiel brushes this off - they’ve always been searching for them. Daniel tells him that this time they search with aweful intent. The new cult leader is different than the others. The Sons of Adam are no longer a think tank study group. They have returned to thier roots and are on a crusade to finish what they started hundreds of years ago. Remy Malashock has a drive unlike the past leaders of the cult. Daniel says it’s a good thing that the library is condemned because Abdiel needs to relocate. Daniel chastises Abdiel - only to regret it and learn from it later. Perhaps Abdiel imparts a nugget of wisdom as he leaves Daniel.

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Scene 03



Future Gia completes the reviving process and as Sol begins to awaken she leans over and gives him a kiss. Sol is forever in love with that vision of a woman and throughout the story is haunted by her. Future Gia quickly exits the warehouse as Remy Malashock arrives in search of Abdiel.

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Scene 04



With a backpack full of rolled up posters, Gia rides her vespa through downtown lower Manhattan to protest the destuction of a historical building, Verchiel’s warehouse. Holding up a poster Gia lays in the street in front of the demolition crew alongside Garret and Valerie. Future Gia can be seen in the background leaving the library.

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Scene 05



Daniel urges Abdiel to leave immediately but Abdiel needs to collect a few things. Abdiel enters the library, heading for the archives.

Storywide Structure

Act I



1. The Age of Reason comes to an end.

The Gods and monsters are unleashed. Gia is responsible for destroying New York City.

Sol is revived.

Remy kills Verchiel - opening The Gates of Abaddon. Monsters return to the world.

Cthulhu swallows The Seed of Lifeand heads for the Harbor.

Daniel pulls out an injured Sol and Gia from the wreckage of Cthulhu's rampage.

2. Abduction!

Sol and Gia are abducted by time-travelling aliens who are investigating the end of the universe. Sol and Gia appear to be at the heart of the event. Sol and Gia escapes in a UFO. Because of the time-travelling qualities of the craft Sol and Gia arrive just after the end of Issue One when New York City is being destroyed.



3. The End of an Age!

Sol dispatches Gair Elder and kills a god. Gia goes crazy after destroying the city and disappears.

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Act II



1. The New Age of Magic begins!

The world is like Final Fantasy 7. Monsters have integrated themselves among humans. Sol hunts gods.



2. War against Gia. Sol enters Valey of Death.



3. Sol defeats Gia.

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Act III



1. Most signs of technology are gone. The world is now completely reverted to a fantasy world. Gia stabs Sol, leaves him for dead. Gia is captured and put in prison.



2. Sol fights Satan. Gia sits in prison. Talks with Future Gia.



3. Sol finds God. Future Gia and Gia becomes one in the same. Gia returns to the UFO and takes a trip into the past and revives Sol. Gia and Sol hold hands as they watch the world end.

Timeline

Om creates the First Celestial



First Celestial creates Firmament



First Celestial populates Firmamnet one by one with the Children of the Light. He notices that while doing so each immediately loves him. He begins creating the Children of the Shadows to see if he will be loved even though they can not bear the brightness of him.



Daniel steps from the shadows of Firmament to be near the First Celestial. He is offered a seat next to Lucifer, chief of all Celestials.



The First Celestial creates the universe.



The Children of the Shadows are eager to help shape the new world. They happily toil, away from the brightness of the First Celestial.



The First Celestial creates man to see if they will love him though they can not see him, or know him in any way.



The First Celestial demands the Celestials bow to his newest creation. All bow except for Lucifer who loves the First Celestial too much to bow before another.



Satan, fueled by Lucifer's defiance calls on his brothers of the shadows and launches a rebellion against the Children of Light and First Celestial.



The Celestial War begins.



Distraught for having angered the First Celestial Lucifer throws himself into the pits of Firmament.



Daniel fights against the Children of Shadows.



The Children of the Light are called back to Firmament



The gates of Firmament are closed shut, forever locking out the Children of Shadows.



The Children of Shadows, angry and jealous of mankind, releases unnatural beasts against them hoping that once completely gone, they might cease to be pariahs and be looked upon favorably by the First Celestial.



Daniel begins saving man from the beasts.



Men begin to sing praises and write poems about Daniel's brave deeds.



Jealous of Daniel's praises the rest of the Icharian's follow suit, saving man from the horror's they themselves unleashed. They bound up the beasts and locked them in Abaddon, for it was unjust to slay a creature who's only crime was that it was created by someone evil. The First Celestial would be the judge of whether they would live or parish when the the came.



The First Celestial seeing that the pariah's have become gods in the eyes of man sent Uriel to issue a covenant to the Icharians. No longer will they interfere in the affairs of man and they may find redemption in his eyes. The Icharians seperated into two factions. The Archon disappeared into the shadows, forever lost to man. The Jinn, drunk with power continued to rule over man wanting their sacrifices and worship.



A war between the Archon and Jinn begins.



The Archon, like the beasts, begin to lock up the Jinn in Gehenna to let the First Celestial judge thier fate at the end of days. The Jinn are not so kind.

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In a small village in the Fertile Crescent two brothers offer their god sacrifices. Sol was a tiller of the land and his offerings of fruits and grains were rejected while his brother Hevel's offering of livestocks was welcomed. When Sol asked his beloved god why his offering was refused he was told that there was no sacrifice. In order to most please his god Sol sacraficed what was most dear to him - his younger brother. The god was extremely displeased with the murder and banished Sol and cursed him by forcing him to live with regeret forever and ever.

Thoughts

“A lot is about fear. What I fear as a people as we forge our way into the future. We are at the pinnacle of scocial and technological achievement. Where do we go from here? It’s easier for me to recall and live with the nightmares of the past than to imagine the horrors of tomorrow.”



The Sons of Adam are doing just what Sol Adamo is doing. Killing “gods.” They’re just killing the wrong ones because the right ones are locked behind the Gates of Gehenna.



I like the idea that organized religion has gotten it kinda right and kinda wrong. The Sons of Adam are supposed to confront the remainder of the Jinn to free the world of evil spirits - but the Archon have already locked up the Jinn in Gehenna so the only Icharians left to hunt down are the Archon. And when the last Archon is killed the Gates of Gehenna are opened and the real Son of Adam has to eliminate the Jinn that have been set free.



Sol’s love for Gia is like hearing a song first thing in the morning and not being able to get it out of you head until you get a chance to hear it.



Concerning the angels. The morning is not as bright without the shadows and the night.

Needed to be included...

Things I want in GLIMMER:

• Digression in technology with the progression of time. To take the world back to The Garden of Eden.
• Create a Final Fantasy 7 type world as quickly as possible.
• Switch roles for characters. Sol starts off as an absolutist and eventually learns to be more conmfortable with the grey areas in life. Gia is the opposite and in the end must learn to stick with principles.
• I want to examine a love affair that would be perfect IF... I want Gia and Sol to be so close to perfect love life that it becomes tragic that their ideals get in the way. "The course of true love never did run smooth."
• I want to see how ideals can polarize people - even people who love one another.
• Examine the birth of a dictatorship.
• Have Sol meet God.

Character Description - Sol Adamo

Sol was once a great warrior who long ago saved the world from the dragons and giant beasts that have since been relegated to myth and folklore. With his mighty sword in hand he was put to sleep for thousands of years untill he was once again needed...



Sol only does what he thinks best. Sol’s life is ruled by his convictions. Sol has too many convictions. He is passionate about too many things and needs to learn to prioritize those passions. Too often the issue that screams the loudest at Sol is the one that gets resolved - not the issue that is nearest to his heart so the issues that are most important to him fall to the wayside before he notices.

Character Description - Gia Leominster

Gia is a pilot for the Multi-National Armed Forces. Her strict adherence to rules and regulations often gets in the way of her cheery disposition. Gia relies on the rigidity of discipline to give her life meaning. She can’t help but to follow orders to a tee. She has no convictions of her own and so she adopts them from the military. She needs to be told what is important. Eventually she will be faced with deciding what is more important to her; loyalty and duty or standing by the ones she loves...

Character Description - Garret Elder

Garret is the son of the highest ranking mlitary official in the Multi-National Armed Forces. Garret is too laid back and follows orders despite what he believes. He easily coasted through military academy through no desire of his own. Garret has too little conviction. Nothing is too important to Garret. Garret will get in trouble when someone with convictions convinces him to do things not in his best interest. Garret will be forced to either develop or find convictions before it is too late.

Character Description - Daniel Wine

Daniel is the last of the Archon and the Keeper of the Gates of Gehenna. At the beginning of time there lived the Icharians, a race of god-like beings. The Icharians eventually splintered into two factions - the Archon and the Jinn. The Jinn wanted to use thier power to dominate mankind and force humanity into servitude. The Archon where watchers who wanted didn’t want to interfere in the lives of man. The Archon waged war on the Jinn and eventually overcame them and bound them up in Gehenna. After much fighting Daniel has seen the dangers of following orders blindly and hewatched as his comrades needlessly lost thier lives. Daniel was once ruled by convictions and dedication but after having seen milions of lives lost to misguided convictions he now has few passions. Daniel will be forced to rekindle his convictions and sense of duty or again loose the people he cares most about.