An Unfound Door
Sep. 5th, 2021 09:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingThe sacrificial princess Agnes spares the life of a demon from the blade of the hero who rescued her from certain demise, but was this the wisest decision? Upon returning to the decaying castle of her declining kingdom, she finds the beast waiting for her, now in the form of a man. He is determined to restore the ruins of his homeland to their former glory, but his ambition presages calamity. As Agnes follows her enemy through the shadows, the princess must shine light onto the mysteries of the past if she wishes to restore hope for the future.
Or, alternatively:
An Unfound Door is a Gothic mystery about a clash between cultures amidst the fading magic of a decaying castle. Agnes, the princess of Faloren, hopes to save her crumbling kingdom by recovering a long-lost relic, but she must find it before it is discovered by Zidan, a foreign prince with mysterious motives. As their paths repeatedly cross in the twisting corridors and hidden passages, Agnes and Zidan realize that they must descend into the shadows of the past together if they hope to bring light to the future.
Agnes is in her early twenties. She has light blue-gray eyes and dark brown hair worn in an over-the-shoulder style. She doesn’t go outside much, so her skin is extremely pale. She wears a black bolero jacket over a white high-waisted dress and boots with low heels. Her family’s heraldry features an owl with the motto “watchers in the night.” Her palette is fairly monochromatic, making her look somewhat ghostly. She’s not used to interacting with people, and she’s somewhat aloof and serious to a fault. The aesthetic I’m aiming for is “dark academia.” Her floral motif is the moonflower.
Rough design: x
Style inspiration: x
Chain circlet: x
Moonflower: x
Zidan is also in his early twenties. He has dark hazel eyes and unkempt black hair, and his face is clean-shaven with warm-toned brown skin. He wears a waist-length jacket embroidered at the collar and sleeves over an open-throat shirt and loose trousers tucked into high boots. His palette should be dark and warm, perhaps with accents in brighter colors. His family’s heraldry features a boar with the motto “charging forward.” He is intelligent and polite, but he’s also proud and can’t quite conceal the sharp edges underneath his smooth exterior. The aesthetic I’m aiming for is “wizard, but make it fashion.” His floral motif is the Chinese lantern flower.
Rough design: x
Style inspiration: x
Hair inspiration: x
Lantern flower: x
The title is inspired by the passage from Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel that reads:
O waste of lost, in the hot mazes, lost, among bright stars on this weary, unbright cinder, lost! Remembering speechlessly we seek the great forgotten language, the lost lane-end into heaven, a stone, a leaf, an unfound door. Where? When?
O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again.
Or, alternatively:
An Unfound Door is a Gothic mystery about a clash between cultures amidst the fading magic of a decaying castle. Agnes, the princess of Faloren, hopes to save her crumbling kingdom by recovering a long-lost relic, but she must find it before it is discovered by Zidan, a foreign prince with mysterious motives. As their paths repeatedly cross in the twisting corridors and hidden passages, Agnes and Zidan realize that they must descend into the shadows of the past together if they hope to bring light to the future.
Agnes is in her early twenties. She has light blue-gray eyes and dark brown hair worn in an over-the-shoulder style. She doesn’t go outside much, so her skin is extremely pale. She wears a black bolero jacket over a white high-waisted dress and boots with low heels. Her family’s heraldry features an owl with the motto “watchers in the night.” Her palette is fairly monochromatic, making her look somewhat ghostly. She’s not used to interacting with people, and she’s somewhat aloof and serious to a fault. The aesthetic I’m aiming for is “dark academia.” Her floral motif is the moonflower.
Rough design: x
Style inspiration: x
Chain circlet: x
Moonflower: x
Zidan is also in his early twenties. He has dark hazel eyes and unkempt black hair, and his face is clean-shaven with warm-toned brown skin. He wears a waist-length jacket embroidered at the collar and sleeves over an open-throat shirt and loose trousers tucked into high boots. His palette should be dark and warm, perhaps with accents in brighter colors. His family’s heraldry features a boar with the motto “charging forward.” He is intelligent and polite, but he’s also proud and can’t quite conceal the sharp edges underneath his smooth exterior. The aesthetic I’m aiming for is “wizard, but make it fashion.” His floral motif is the Chinese lantern flower.
Rough design: x
Style inspiration: x
Hair inspiration: x
Lantern flower: x
The title is inspired by the passage from Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel that reads:
O waste of lost, in the hot mazes, lost, among bright stars on this weary, unbright cinder, lost! Remembering speechlessly we seek the great forgotten language, the lost lane-end into heaven, a stone, a leaf, an unfound door. Where? When?
O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again.
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Date: 2021-09-07 04:30 am (UTC)2. These designs sound really interesting!