User:Hawki

You likely came from ff.net to this page. If you didn't, see here for an explanation. For those at wikia, I realize that this is me essentially advertising stuff I've done on another site, but hopefully my contributions (mainly here, but also at others), will show that I'm not leaching off the easy editing here.

Current Works
At this point in time, this section is divided into two lists; the intended writing order and the priority of drafting. Apart from the rare exception, a story must be fully outlined before I list it in the writing order. I intend to move through each one at a time. Note that these stories are not necessarily grouped in the same way that ff.net groups them. In regards to determining the writing and drafting order, I factor in various considerations, but length and canon are usually the foremost concerns.

Writing Order

 * Seven Deadly Sins (Firefly)
 * Matchmakers (Heroes of the Storm)
 * Chains of Fear (Warhammer 40,000)
 * Sunset's Shimmer (My Little Pony)
 * All the World's a Stage (Firefly)
 * Stewardship (StarCraft)
 * The Dark Tower (Deep Down)
 * Bones of Ironforge (Warcraft)
 * Skyfall (Star Fox)
 * Outback Hunters (Stargate)
 * Veiled Gauntlet (Terminator)
 * Of Greys and Ghosts (Army Men)
 * Mirror (Stargate)
 * Footsteps on Dead Leaves (Path of Exile)
 * Contact (Star Trek)
 * The Price of Freedom (Star Trek)
 * Providence (Warcraft)
 * Hall of the Mountain Queen (Golden Sun)
 * Alpha (Halo)
 * Islands in a Sea of Stars (Warhammer 40,000)
 * The Long Road (Gears of War)
 * Requiem (StarCraft)
 * Reign of Chaos: Exodus of the Horde (Warcraft)
 * Sanctuary (Halo)
 * Original Sin (Path of Exile)
 * Hand of Steel (Mass Effect)
 * Space Pilot 2000 (Farscape)
 * The Azeroth Chronicles (Warcraft)
 * Another World (Another World)
 * Terran Up the Night (StarCraft)
 * The Orion Chronicles (Halo)
 * The Mobius Chronicles (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * The Weyard Chronicles (Golden Sun)
 * The Koprulu Chronicles (StarCraft)
 * The Broken Seal: Mercury (Golden Sun)
 * The Broken Seal: Liquidus (Golden Sun)
 * Cycle of Eternity (Legend of Zelda)

Drafting Order
This lists the priority of drafting, decreasing in priority as the list moves down. It isn't as strict as the writing order, as I allow myself enough flexability to draft more than one story at a time. Still, a story has to have reached the fifth stage of drafting (the outline) before I list it here.


 * Mind Over Matter (Lord of the Rings)
 * Prototype (Resident Evil)
 * Chasing Icarus (Halo)
 * Unity (Halo)
 * In the Shadow of the Sun (Golden Sun)
 * Awoken (Destiny)
 * Parasite (Metroid)
 * The Lost World (Stargate)
 * Starfall (Whoinverse)
 * Fist of Iron (Mass Effect)
 * Ghost Child (StarCraft)
 * Lamp's Last Light (Aladdin)
 * On the Edge of Nightmare (Path of Exile)
 * The Reckoning (Captain Planet and the Planeteers)
 * Pack Animals (Terminator)
 * Buccaneers (Legend of Zelda)
 * Legacy (StarCraft)
 * Guild Wars (StarCraft)
 * A Song of Ice and Fire (Frozen)
 * Blazing Sword: Inheritance (Fire Emblem)
 * Rebel Yell (StarCraft)
 * Of Rodents and Rings (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Water Rats (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Panspermia (Xenopedia)

A Song of Ice and Fire
Winter is coming...

Oneshots

 * Animals (Depicts the Siege of King's Landing)
 * Armour (Éowyn confronts Cersei)
 * Don't be a Stranger (The gods play cards)
 * Having a Ball (Robb meets Cinderella)
 * Hot Chocolate (Sansa converses with Elsa)
 * Skin Deep (TV, Talisa comforts Robb)
 * When Life Gives you Lemons (Sansa eats a lemon cake)
 * Whispers of the Wind (Dany's son visits the Dothraki Sea)

Poems

 * Seven Kingdoms (War consumes Westeros)
 * The Doom of Valyria (The Doom occurs)
 * Tyranny (Joffrey's subjects despise him)

Ace Combat
''Focus. Control. Conviction. Resolve. A true ace lacks none of these attributes. Nothing can deter you from the task at hand except your own fears. This is your sky.''

Oneshots

 * Mother Russia (Earth, Russia is always the antagonist in thrillers)

Poems

 * Slog (Strangereal, Estovakia invades Emmeria)

Advance Wars
Where there's life, there's hope.

Multi-chaptered Stories
Morning Dew

A short story, one created as a quick diversion. Set in the Days of Ruin setting, it takes place well after the events of the game and focusses mostly on EdxCatleia. Nothing fancy, but the time period does allow me to play around with their personalities a bit. And...yeah, that's about it.

Length: 3 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Heaven's Grace (Earth, O'Brian comforts Lin)
 * Observation (Earth, Stolos observes a survivour)

Poems

 * Devastation (Earth, the world is devastated by the meteor shower)
 * Hope (Earth, hope remains for humanity)

Aladdin
''This is no ordinary lamp. It once changed the course of a young man's life. A young man who, like this lamp, was more than what he seemed. A diamond in the rough. Perhaps you would like to hear the tale?''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Lamp's Last Light

This started off as a oneshot titled "The Day the Laughter Died," the idea jotted down in light of Robin Williams (voice of the Genie) passing away. I ended up turning it into a multi-chaptered story and changing the name.

Plotwise, it's set after the third film in the series, sort of acting as a "book's end" sort of story (granted, the third film did this as well). In a way it's a fanfic attempt of turning a trilogy of films (cartoon and other works notwithstanding) into a tetraology. And also reflecting Williams's death.

Projected Length: A prologue, 13 chapters, and an epilogue

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting, outline up to ch. 1

Poems

 * Street Rats (Aladdin and Abu evade the palace guards)

Alan Wake
''Stephen King once wrote that "Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there's little fun to be had in explanations; they're antithetical to the poetry of fear." In a horror story, the victim keeps asking "Why?" But there can be no explanation, and there shouldn't be one. The unanswered mystery is what stays with us the longest, and it's what we'll remember in the end.'' ''My name is Alan Wake. I'm a writer.''

Oneshots

 * Nyctophobia (Alice is afraid of the dark)

Poems

 * Light and Darkness (The Dark Presence can't be defied)

Alice in Wonderland
''Most everyone's mad here. You may have noticed that I'm not all there myself.''

The Cheshire Cat

Oneshots

 * An Account of the Slaying of the Jabberwock (Jabberwocky is analysed)

Poems

 * Bird of Prey (A jubjub bird hunts its prey)

Andromeda
''The Long Night has come. The Systems Commonwealth, the greatest civilization in history, has fallen. Now, one ship, one crew have vowed to drive back the night and rekindle the light of civilization. On the starship Andromeda, hope lives again.''

Oneshots

 * Catsuits (Harper hooks up with Seven of Nine)
 * Giving You the Slip (Harper meets Tracer)
 * Light Diminished (The Commonwealth nears civil war)
 * Something's Fishy (The crew eat fish and chips)
 * The Light in the Darkness (Beka and Trance discuss Tyr's death)
 * Void of the Abyss (Rommie studies the Spirit of the Abyss)
 * When You Wish Upon a Star (Dylan and Trance discuss Rev's transformation)
 * Within the Light (Dylan and Trance live on Tarn-Vedra)
 * Zap (The force lance is discussed)

Army Men
''A world exists that's quite different from our own. There, a battle rages out of control. A battle between good and evil...Green and Tan.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Of Greys and Ghosts

A dream. A castle. Supernatural activity. The result of which was an...Army Men story?

Yep, somehow a dream of a castle, Sonic the Werehog and ghosts somehow led to this. And to be fair, the Gray Army did have a castle in Sarge's Heroes 2 and did have Doctor Madd who made plastic zombies so...um, yeah. And with some Tan troops coming across them, because...heck, it's plastic men we're dealing with here. Is an explanation really needed? XD

Underwent a fair extension in regards to length, partly due to the need to flesh out the protagonist. You know, creating a Tan character that isn't a megalomaniac. Still, the fic doesn't have many characters&mdash;both the Tans and Greys are hemogonous, and considering that all the nations of the Plastic World effectively are, I guess it's appropriate in a sense. Overall, I felt that trying to flesh out too many characters would simply result in padding.

Projected Length: 9 chapters

Status: Outline complete, ready to be written

Poems

 * Storm (Depicts Operation Firestorm)

Assassin's Creed
Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Oneshots

 * Embers (Minerva mourns Those Who Came Before)
 * Left Out in the Cold (Shay kills an Assassin)
 * Ripping 'em Up (Jack the Ripper is confronted)

Poems

 * Farewells (Ezio and Caterina part ways)
 * Memories (Ezio misses Cristina)

Avatar (cartoon)
''Earth. Fire. Air. Water. Only the Avatar can master all four elements and bring balance to the world.''

Oneshots

 * Deus ex Machina (Korra explains the concept)
 * Fiery (Li-Ming encounters Azula)
 * Listening to the Wind (Katara misses Aang)
 * Red vs. Blue (Korra and Asami watch giants fight)
 * Team Players (Naga wants to be part of Team Avatar)
 * The Last Energybender (Aang and Sokka discuss energybending)
 * Wants and Needs (Tenzin comforts Korra)

Poems

 * Eye on the Ball (Korra is attracted to Mako)

Avatar (movie)
''Pandora. One can only think of its namesake in Greek mythology. The box has been opened. Amidst the savage terrain and fierce creatures, we must assume this strange bewitching place might hold something inside itself for us all. Hope. For our race, for our planet and for the future of all living things.''

Doctor Grace Augustine

Multi-chaptered stories
Rainbow

Relatively short story, focussing on Jake's time as a marine, mainly the "rough bush" he experienced in Venezuela. The story is so named because each chapter is themed after one of the traditional colours of a rainbow. Strange choice I know, but hey, in a series dominated by blue, maybe other colours can play a role. :)

Minor note in that this was admittedly influenced by conflicts going on at the time, namely Ukraine and Iraq (specifically ISIS). Not to the same extent that The Price of Freedom was, but enough to affect the tone and writing style. The story that is being written is much darker than the original outline made allowance for.

Other point in that this was followed by Seven Deadly Sins, a Firefly story. Bit of a spillover in that both are themed around seven aspects (colours/sins), both involves similar combat, and both focus on a sole protagonist. However, Rainbow is more focused on character interactions, whereas Seven Deadly Sins is more focused on the sole protagonist, and spread over far longer a period of time.

Length: 7 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Biology (A xenomorph lands on Pandora)
 * David and Goliath (Ryder aids Tan Jala)
 * Dead Man Talking (Ryder succumbs to guilt)
 * Diplomacy (Grace and Parker discuss human-na'vi relations)
 * Hell's Gate (Warfield is dispatched to Pandora)
 * Meals on Wheels (Jake gets even with Fike)
 * Oel Nagati Kame (Neytiri becomes attracted to Jake)
 * On a High Note (Ryder rescues Kendra)
 * Prometheus (The Prometheus arrives at Pandora)
 * Providence (The RDA intends to return to Pandora)
 * Rear Ends (Ryder arrives on Pandora)
 * Severed (Norm feels isolated)
 * Something's Rotten (A na'vi is taken prisoner)
 * Stability (Grace and Parker discuss the concept of stability)
 * Stargazer (Jake fears the RDA could return)
 * Take a Breath (Kendra comforts Ryder)
 * Through a Stranger's Eyes (Molly prepares to return to Earth)
 * To Truly See (NokxMolly)
 * Vengeance (The Marianas disaster catches up to Ryder)
 * Where There's a Well, There's a Way (The Well of Souls is found)

Poems

 * Across a Sea of Stars (Eywa sees Earth)
 * Alaksi Nari (Nok surveys the ruins of the Omaticaya hometree)
 * Connectivity (Eywa is everywhere)
 * Fog and Mist (Tipani kill an Avatar)
 * Ikinmaya (Ikinmaya is carried out)
 * Silent Spring (Earth is environmentally degraded)
 * Song of Sorrow (The Omaticaya hometree is destroyed)
 * Stasis (The Venture Star journeys to Pandora)

Battleborn
In Battleborn’s distant future, the only hope for the last star in a dying universe is a new breed of warriors, who must put aside their differences to drive back an unstoppable menace.

Oneshots

 * Ghosts in the Machine (The universe nears its end)

Poems

 * Twinkle Twinkle (No stars are left in the night sky)

Battlefield
''Honour...faith...land...oil...wars are fought for any number of reasons. But on the battlefield, every soldier has to find his own.''

Oneshots

 * Countdown (2142, shows the effects of the ice age)
 * The Right to Remain Silent (Hardline, the LAPD chases criminals)

Poems

 * Noob Wars (Modern Combat, a player deals with noobs)
 * Snow (2142, the bodies of the fallen are hidden)

Battlefield Earth
''When we attacked your planet, all your soldiers, and all their advanced technology, could only put up a measly nine minute fight. Which is why Man is an endangered species. Because there is nothing that will help you.''

Terl

Oneshots

 * After-action Report (The psychlos can't return to Earth)
 * First Sign of Madness (Terl is stuck on Earth)

Poems

 * Sounds of Silence (Johnny ventures out into the world)

Battle: Los Angeles
''There was a time, not long ago, when we thought we were invincible&mdash;the biggest, baddest force on the planet. We lived in relative peace, without real fear that anyone...anything...could challenge us. But one morning, in March 2011 we were invaded by a force that we never could have imagined. And things...well...things will never be the same again.''

Lee Imlay

Oneshots

 * Just for Fun (Both aliens and humans like blowing stuff up)

Poems

 * Worlds Apart (Home is where the heart is)

Battlestar Galactica
50,298 survivours...in search of a home...called Earth.

Multi-chaptered Stories
Final Five

This is a prompt-based story, namely on "five things that make a character smile." In this case, it applies to each member of the Final Five. Not that many of them would find many things to smile about after the realization of their origins, but hey, the exception proves the rule. As such, it's one chapter for each of them-some are easier than others, but still doable.

Something to note is that there's actually a BSG comic that shares the same name as this story. Not only that, but I was actually aware of it when I concieved this story, and somehow simply forgot about it until now. Um...yeah. My bad. 0_0

Length: 5 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Belief (RIS, the Lords of Kobol watch over humanity)

Poems

 * Estrangement (RIS, Lee misses Gianne)
 * Starlight (RIS, humanity looks to the stars)
 * Wanderings (RIS, humanity searches for Earth)

BioShock
A man chooses, a slave obeys.

Andrew Ryan

Oneshots

 * The Birds and the Bees (Columbia, Booker becomes attached to Elizabeth)

Poems

 * Hush Now (Infinite, Elizabeth comforts Songbird)
 * Machine (Rapture, conveys the torment of a Big Daddy)

Blackthorne
''The planet Tuul was a peaceful place, until the evil warrior Sarlac used the power of the Darkstone to take control. Blackthorne's father, the good King Vlaros, sent him to Earth just as his kingdom crumbled around him. Now, twenty years later, Blackthorne is grown and must return to Tuul to free it from the clutches of Sarlac.''

Oneshots

 * Jump the Shark (Blackthorne does so)
 * Shooty Shooty (Blackthorne encounters Crixia)

Poems

 * Liberation (Sarlac is defeated)

Blade Runner
''Early in the 21st century, the Tyrell Corporation advanced robot evolution into the NEXUS phase-a being virtually identical to a human-known as a Replicant. The NEXUS 6 Replicants were superior in strength and agility, and at least equal in intelligence, to the genetic engineers who created them. Replicants were used off-world as slave labour, in the hazardous exploration and colonization of other planets. After a bloody mutiny by a NEXUS 6 combat team in an Off-world colony, Replicants were declared illegal on Earth-under penalty of death. Special police squads-Blade Runner Units-had orders to shoot to kill, upon detection, any trespassing Replicant. This was not called execution. It was called retirement.''

Oneshots

 * Bombardment (Deckard is bombarded by ads)
 * Commercialism (Roy and Leon discuss human society)
 * Drone (Tyrell reflects on human nature)

Poems

 * Bones (People are without hope)
 * Debasement (Depicts the sorry state of Earth)
 * Tedium (Deckard's life is monotonous)

Borderlands
''There was a legend... Many people tell it. The legend of the Vault. My father would always go on about the Vault; even with his dying breath. Advanced alien technology. Infinite wealth. Fame. Power. Women. So you can understand why some little kiddos who hear the stories grow up to become Vault hunters. Well, I have a story you may not believe. But I tell you it is true. The legend of the Vault is real! And it is here, on Pandora.''

Marcus Kincaid

Oneshots

 * Priceless (A siren visits Earth)
 * This is My Rifle, This is My Gun (Guns are discussed)

Poems

 * No Rest for the Wicked (The vault hunters gather loot)

Brute Force
''Welcome to the newly commissioned 23rd Special Forces Unit. Codenamed: Brute Force.''

Oneshots

 * The Cat's Out of the Bag (Farcasting is botched)

Poems

 * Time (The Ferals hang onto their culture)

Call of Duty
In war, no-one serves alone.

Oneshots

 * Augmentation (Black Ops, human augmentation spirals out of control)
 * Loyalty (Ghosts, Riley works with the Ghosts)
 * Séance (Ghosts, the Ghosts operate in the field)
 * Trademark (Space Warfare, old videogames are found)

Captain Planet and the Planeteers
''Our world is in peril. Gaia, the spirit of the Earth, can no longer withstand the destruction plaguing our planet. She sends five rings to five special young people. Kwame, from Africa, with the power of Earth. From North America, Wheeler, with the power of Fire. From Eastern Europe, Linka, with the power of Wind. From Asia, Gi, with the power of Water. And from South America, Ma-Ti with the power of Heart. With the five powers combined they summon Earth's greatest champion, Captain Planet.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
The Reckoning

This is an adaptation of the Captain Planet game that was released for the Sega Megadrive. Not that it had much of a story, but then again, games in those days rarely did. However, of what story did exist, enough existed to make a piece of written fiction out of it. Suffice to say, it's set between Season 5 and 6...you know, before everything went to hell with the new animation (personally I prefer the old style) and the horrible rap intro. Also fills in a plothole as to why Zarm never appeared in the last season...

Projected Length: A prologue, 14 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting, ready to be outlined

Poems

 * To the Future (The Planeteers get ready to face the future)

Castlevania
''Give him this message: You have become a cursed being and I will never forgive you. This whip and my kinsmen will destroy you someday. From this day on, the Belmont clan will hunt the night!''

Leon Belmont

Oneshots

 * Tolerance (Film, a Templar ponders the morality of the Crusades)

Poems

 * Foundation (OS, Trevor falls in love with Sypha)
 * Gaze of Medusa (OS, depicts a Medusa head)

The Chronicles of Narnia
''All you have heard about Old Narnia is true. It is not the land of Men. It is the country of Aslan, the country of the waking trees and visible naiads, of fauns and satyrs, of dwarfs and giants, of the gods and the centaurs, of talking beasts.''

Doctor Cornelius

Oneshots

 * A Red Sun Rises (Slaves work in fields)
 * A Different Kind of Darkness (Charn is torn apart by war)

Poems

 * Dies the Light (The lamppost keeps shining)
 * A Splinter in My Mind (Narnia can't be forgotten)
 * Shooting Star (A star is reborn)
 * Spirit of Adventure (The Dawn Treader sets sail)
 * Winter's Bane (Narnia suffers due to induced winter)

Command and Conquer
''He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future, conquers the past.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Deus Ex Machina

I can't call this a serious fic per se and in all honesty, it could probably fit entirely into a oneshot. However, it would be a long one at that and as such, I thought that it could work better as a short story. Not outlined much and indeed, it did start out as a oneshot. However, I've refined it enough to expand it. As it is, the story is centered on LEGION over the course of Kane's Wrath, or at least the game's cutscenes.

Length: 3 chapters

Status: Complete

Orbis Unum

This was a story I wrote as a oneshot originally, but saw its potential to expand into a multi-chaptered story provided I expanded the word count and content. Basically it deals with investigative reporting in Africa, with GDI pulling out after the Second Tiberium War. It's a similar format to Deus Ex Machina in a sense, though reflective in a past sense rather than a present one.

Length: 3 chapters

Status: Complete

Beneath the Eagle's Wing

This started out as a oneshot, but due to its length and multiple intertwined plots, I realized it was taking on a form that was better suited for a multi-chaptered story. Made it so anyway. It's set after the Third Tiberium War, set in Egypt, with much of the area becoming a red zone. Centred on Cassandra Blair&mdash;have a thing for writing from reporters' POVs I guess. Also worth noting that this story takes some influence from Tiberium Alliances, namely the antagonism between GDI and the Forgotten.

Length: 4 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * A Matter of Truth (Tiberium, Parker activates the TCN)
 * Coffee (Tiberium, Wu writies about coffee)
 * Cycle of War (Tiberium, Earth is consumed by war)
 * Doves of War (Tiberium, the first Mastadon is deployed)
 * Evolution (Tiberium, the Tacitus contains info on Lantean technology)
 * Fallout (Generals, Hamburg suffers from fallout)
 * Giving You the Cold Shoulder (Red Alert, Eva makes amends with the commander)
 * Growth (Tiberium, Christian struggles to make a living)
 * Pain (Tiberium, a GDI pilot is killed)
 * Sea and Sky (Tiberium, tiberium takes its toll on Earth's ecology)
 * Take a Breath (Tiberium, oxygen levels drop)
 * Vanguard (Tiberium, CommanderxKirce)

Poems

 * Ascension (Tiberium, Kane ascends)
 * Christmas Wishes (Tiberium, Nod and GDI celerbrate Christmas)
 * Cologne (Tiberium, GDI retakes Cologne)
 * Colour Coded (Armies are colour coded)
 * Gaia Theory (Tiberium, Earth recovers from tiberium contamination)
 * Red Zone (Tiberium, ZOCOM patrols a Red Zone)
 * The White Lady (Tiberium, Alyssa wrecks havoc in Siberia)

Darksiders
''Since the dawn of time, the armies of Heaven and Hell have waged an endless war. Drawn to the conflict was the Charred Council, an entity bound by endless laws to preserve order and balance. It held that any great power, unchecked, threatened the very fabric of the universe. In time, Heaven and Hell came to honour the Council and its laws, for none were beyond the swift and terrible justice of the Council's enforcers&mdash;a fearsome brotherhood known as the Four Horsemen.''

Oneshots

 * The Long Way Home (Humanity is wiped out)
 * Where Angels Dare (Uriel kills a fallen angel)
 * Where There's a Well, There's a Way (The Well of Souls is found)

Poems

 * Third Kingdom (Earth is destroyed)

Dawngate
''Tonight I open my Dawngate. In truth, I cannot say what will happen. I have been wrong too many times. I have made too many mistakes. Caused too much pain, and saved too few. Far too few.''

Eidolus

Oneshots

 * Before Dawn (Raina visits the North)
 * The Nine (Fenmore meets Khamûl)

Poems

 * Alpha and Beta (An individual wants access to the game)

DC Universe
''It's the DC Universe. The end of the world isn't even an excuse for getting off work anymore.''

Linkara

Oneshots

 * A Tail of the Head (Batman, Two-Face taunts his hostages)
 * For Here There Is No Sun (Superman, Clark reflects on human nature)
 * Legends (Justice League, Bruce reflects on Superman's emergence)

Poems

 * The Alphabet of Gotham (Batman, Gotham is a messed up city)

Dead Space
''Your time has come. No need to be frightened. No reason to fight. Many have gone before us, and now it's time for us to take the voyage together, to transcend death... and let the future take its course. Join me, as I gaze upon the face of God!''

Challus Mercer

Multi-chaptered Stories
Thirteen

As the name suggests, this is a novelization of the Thirteen story of the promotional ARG that was released prior to the first game. Why it's called this apart from 13 being an unlucky number I don't know, but decided to keep with the original title anyway. Wouldn't say differences/additions are too drastic, but many extra scenes have been created to fill in the gaps. Unlike Lethal Affections, the story, while more simple, is far more linear, hence the need for additions.

Length: 5 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste (Satire on series tropes)
 * Ascension (Vera commits suicide)
 * As One (Stross has intercourse with Cho)
 * Blinded (Carver notices Ellie's attraction to Isaac)
 * How You Play the Game (People 'play the game' wrong)
 * Marker (Object Rho is believed to be the Black Marker)
 * Prisoner (Isaac is released from stasis)
 * Silence is Golden (Isaac isn't a silent protagonist)
 * Under Pressure (Deep-sea oil drilling is carried out)

Poems

 * Deck the Halls (The necromorphs 'decorate' the Ishimura)
 * Ring (The Sprawl falls to the necromorphs)
 * PTSD (Isaac suffers from it)
 * The Writing on the Wall (A take on Isaac's knowledge of Nicole's death)
 * Twinkle Twinkle (The Ishimura falls to the necromorphs)

Defence of the Ancients
''Often I am asked, what does a hero truly need? Much depends upon the hero. Would you be swift? Then for you, I have speed beyond measure. Would you be strong? Then I can grant you the might to overpower any foe. Would you be wise? Then come closer and I will unlock your inner cunning. What does a hero truly need? That is for you to decide.''

The Shopkeeper

Oneshots

 * Parable (D2, a hero breaks from the norm)
 * Voice of the Machine (D2, SHODAN confronts Purist)
 * Windrunners (Lyralei saves Sylvanas and Alleria)

Poems

 * Infinitude (D2, the war between the Radiant and Dire never ends)

Deltora Quest
Deltora is a land of monsters and magic...

Oneshots

 * Red vs. Blue (Lief battles the Shadow Lord)

Poems

 * The Silent Forest (The Forests of Silence should be avoided)

Destiny
''Defend the City. Defeat our enemies. Reclaim what we have lost. Be brave.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Awoken

This started out as a oneshot, the idea of an/the Awoken having to 'awake' to the larger world. Y'know, play on words, the type of stuff most of my oneshots are based on. However, I ended up making it a multi-chaptered story. Certainly the essence remains, as in, an Awoken is exposed to the wider world and forced to mature as a result, though it goes beyond that. Action, mainly.

I had to do was make revisions to the story concerning the Guardians. The original premise was that Guardians were more or less volunteers, whereas it's since been revealed that Guardians are all basically undead&mdash;revived warriors via the Light of the Traveller. I managed to salvage the story concept but with some deviations. Also had to adjust things to fit in with the origins of the Awoken as revealed in the alpha/beta.

Projected Length: A prologue, 10 chapters, and an epilogue

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting, outline up to ch. 1

Oneshots

 * A Europan Christmas (Guardians visit Europa)
 * Another Kind of Magic (Magic still exists in the world)
 * Body and Soul (The concept of souls is discussed)
 * Devils in the Dark (A Guardian meets Rixis)
 * Exiles (A Guardian wanders the moon)
 * For Here There Are No Stars (A Guardian explores the Lighthouse)
 * Jackolytes (A Guardian encounters Jackolytes)
 * Jupiter: Beyond the Infinite (A Guardian goes to Jupiter)
 * Museum (Guardians board the Marathon)
 * Myths and Legends (The difference between the two is discussed)
 * Of Guardians and Ghosts (The Keipr gives humanity a new world)
 * Overwatch (Guardians man the wall)
 * Per Audacia ad Astra (People reside on Destiny)
 * Reclaimer (Humanity 'reclaims' its past)
 * Sweet Tooth (Cake is eaten)
 * This is My Rifle, This is My Gun (Guns are discussed)
 * Warlocked (Sometimes, the fight seems hopeless)

Poems

 * Blood of the Creed (The Guardians stand firm)
 * Last Stand (The Traveller defends Earth)
 * Sea of Sorrows (Destiny is consumed by war)
 * Traveller's Light (Don't question the Traveller...)
 * Wolfpack (Guardians battle Fallen and Cabal)

Diablo
''Since the beginning of time, the angelic hosts of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells have been locked in a struggle for the fate of all Creation. That struggle has now come to the mortal realm... and neither Man nor demon nor angel will be left unscathed...''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Jungle of Shadow

Originally this was a Sonic the Hedgehog story (one adapted from The Minpins by Roald Dahl, believe it or not) and for all intents and purposes, still is (see the STH section). However, the story had a stint in the graveyard section, as it was written in the style of a multiverse approach to the series, an approach that I no longer possess. In the time between its conversion, I had an idea of transposing the story into a Diablo one. The end result is that I have two Jungle of Shadow stories, both of which possess a similar storyline. Still, hopefully the differences are sufficient enough so they don't violate the site's guidelines. The drafting was somewhat hindered however, as I needed to cross reference the original plot-something that can't be done on public transport. Also a bit more thought went into the entities this time round, with more of them. That's the Sin War for you. Admittedly though, within the Diablo setting, the main antagonist may be a bit similar to Karbraxis.

Regardless, in this version, the story is set in the Jungles of Kehjistan. Originally it was to take place during the Sin War before the Dark Exile. However, I decided that the story would make more sense were it set within the Dark Exile itself, given some of the characters involved. As such, it takes place in the late 10th century&mdash;after the Prime Evils were banished to Sanctuary, but before the formation of the Horadrim.

Unfortunately, this story has been rendered completely null by Book of Cain, namely for the presence of Auriel. It was established that only Tyrael knew about the Dark Exile and hid it from his peers, so Auriel, or any other angel couldn't have interacted with Diablo. Yaerius is unlikely to be an actual entity, so he's out as well. And if Tyrael confronted Diablo (who is lacking a mortal host in the story-another error), he'd have gone straight to the soulstone/Horadrim operation, not wasted an opportunity to skip decades of hunting the Prime Evils. So yes, the concept behind the story, and the story itself, have been rendered moot.

Length: A prologue and 4 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * A Matter of Fate (The Fateless One kills Itherael)
 * Army of the Light (Auriel meets with A'dal)
 * Blood for Blood (Auriel confronts Imperius)
 * Brotherly Love (Velen bears witness to the Prime Evils)
 * Bygones (Li-Ming is haunted by her past)
 * Call of the Crusade (Johanna loses her sanity)
 * Choice (Auriel confronts a demon hunter)
 * Cold Comfort (Leah comforts Tyrael)
 * Ecstasy (A wizard derives pleasure from magic)
 * Fiery (Li-Ming encounters Azula)
 * Finish the Game (Malah breaks the fourth wall)
 * Freedom (Cain reflects on Sanctuary's ignorance)
 * Heart of Ping (The Heart of Ping is reached)
 * Hellmouth (The Demonic Hordes attack Caldeum)
 * Holding On (Leah grieves for Cain)
 * Horns and Hooves (Illidan confronts Diablo)
 * Ice of Hell (The Burning Hells prepare to return to Sanctuary)
 * Into the Light (Malthael taunts a victim)
 * Long Live the King (Aidan battles the Skeleton King)
 * Mephisto's Jungle (The jungle overcomes Kurast)
 * Mirage (Eirena sees the Traveller)
 * Of Cows and the Holy Goat (The paladin is saved by the Goat)
 * Of Potions and Paladins (The Amazon and paladin come to blows)
 * Prophet (Medivh confronts Inarius)
 * Shattered Spirits (Tyrael seeks solace on Azeroth)
 * Targets (Achilios pines for Serenthia)
 * Terror of the Trees (A demon lurks in a forest)
 * The Big Bang Theory (Inarius reflects on the nature of Creation)
 * The Living and the Dead (Malthael battles the Nephalem)
 * Thinking with Town Portal (A rogue ends up at Aperture)
 * Void (Lilith broods in the Void)
 * Where Angels Fear to Tread (The nature of justice and vengeance is discussed)
 * Whispers in the Dark (Diablo affects those beneath the Tirstram Cathedral)
 * Whispers in the Dark (Leah can't sleep)
 * Wisdom (Leah works herself to exhaustion)
 * Wrath and Ruin (Imperius slays the Lord of Wrath)

Poems

 * A Blade in the Night (A sorcerer is assassinated)
 * Angiris (Depicts the aspects of the Angiris Council)
 * Balance (Trag'Oul reflects on the status quo)
 * Blood and Bone (Lachdanan wanders the catacombs)
 * Dark Dreams (Marius follows the Dark Wanderer)
 * Destruction (Baal advances on Mt. Arreat)
 * Devil's Daughter (Leah suffers from nightmares)
 * Fallen Star (The nephalem seek it)
 * Family Dysfunction (Depicts the Great Evils)
 * Gaze of Angels (Sanctuary falls to Hell)
 * Glitter (Shen pursues Dirgest)
 * Hatred's Tears (Leah mourns Cain's death)
 * Haven (Inarius creates Sanctuary)
 * Hellfire (The Demonic Hordes attack Caldeum)
 * Limericks (Depicts the Prime Evils)
 * Memory (Uldyssian doesn't regret his sacrifice)
 * Observer (Tyrael observes humanity)
 * Ocularian (Cain pours over lore)
 * Seraphim (The Seraphim stand firm)
 * Seven Evils (Depicts the aspects of the Great Evils)
 * Sleeping Shadows (The crusader is able to rest)
 * Terror's Flame (Marius follows the Dark Wanderer)
 * Terror's Roar (Aidan and co. enter the labyrinth)
 * Virtues of Anu (Depicts the members of the Angiris Council)
 * Waking Terror (Diablo stirs beneath Tristram)
 * Wanderings of Darkness (Diablo dictates the will of the Dark Wanderer)

Dishonoured
''My dear Corvo. What a sad hand fate has dealt you. The beloved empress dead, and everyone thinks you're the killer. But we know what really happened, don't we? You don't want to end your life to the sound of idiots cheering as your head hits the muck, do you? Let's see if we can do'' better.

The Outsider

Oneshots

 * Black and White and Red All Over (Seals are hunted)

Poems

 * Whaling Song (Whales are hunted)

Doom
''We were standing on the edge of discovery. A powerful technology with infinite possibilities. Instead, we let them in. Fused in unholy union of flesh, and metal. Now this 'brave new world'...has gone to hell.''

Oneshots

 * Closure (D3, records Hell's assault on Mars)
 * Killing Machines (OS, Durandal recruits the Doomguy)
 * Phantom (D3, Ackerson sees a UAC dropship)
 * Tired (D3, Swann succmbs to his wounds)

Poems

 * And Hell Followed (OS, Hell invades Phobos and Deimos)
 * Reclamation (OS, Phobos is reclaimed)

Dragon Age
''There are men who struggle against destiny only to have it swallow them whole. And there are men who embrace destiny and do not show their fear.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
The Quickening

This is a story that is set in the early history of Thedas, namely in the early days of the Tevinter Imperium, when humans and elves first met, bred and the latter species realized that only humans were being born and they were losing their immortality. Basically a tragedy/family story.

Length: 4 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Hack n' Slash (Sattire on ARPGs)
 * Warden's Call (A warden answers the Calling)

Poems

 * Darkest Depths (The Deep Roads are filled with darkspawn)
 * Grey Wings (Grey Wardens fly on gryphons)
 * Journey (Hope remains for Ferelden)

Dragon's Dogma
If you would face me, take up arms, Newly Arisen.

The Dragon

Oneshots

 * Pawns (Pawns are used as cannon fodder)

Poems

 * Shadow of the Dragon (Dragons plague Gransys)

Dungeons and Dragons
Roll for initiative.

Oneshots

 * The Tax Man (A dragon pays his taxes)

Poems

 * Puppetmaster (Cartoon, Dungeon Master trolls the children)

Ecco the Dolphin
''No matter where you go, you know I'll find you. No matter where you've been, I'll bring you home.''

Oneshots

 * Loan Sharks (Ecco is confronted by sharks)

Poems

 * Dark and Deep (Ecco is separated from his pod)

The Elder Scrolls
''Go ye now in peace. Let thy fate be written in the Elder Scrolls...''

Oneshots

 * How Quaint (Isaac and co. encounter the Dragonborn)

Poems

 * Scrolls of Lore (Tamriel's history is recorded)

Elysium
''ArmaDyne. We're building a better world. And we're building it with you.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Facing the Music

This is a story that's 'plotted' rather than 'planned,' to use the old analogy. While I'm more of a planner when it comes to story conception, there is the odd exception, and this is one of them. And suffice to say, some changes have occurred that I didn't expect. Regardless, this story is set in Africa while Elysium is being built, set over a century before the events of the movie. It's a 'year in the life'-type story, where each chapter occurs in a subsequent year. It also has songfic elements, as in, not relying on pre-existing songs to reflect the story, but rather to use made up lyrics to serve as a means of exposition and character development. Not sure how well it works, but hey, I'm always up for trying new things.

As per the plotting rather than planning approach, this story took a bit of a turn during development. It was taken from a short story titled Kill Switch originally, which involved genetic modifications for musicians (hence the music angle). However, I turned away from most of the inspiration and made it more down to earth, and more geopolitical in nature. Additionally, its story-lore is mostly derived from website material rather than the film itself. As an aside, I tried an epigraph approach to worldbuilding in the story, but abandoned it, as the events felt too small-scale to warrant epigraphs.

Minor note is the lack of character gender variety, how there's only a single female protagonist surrounded by male characters. Not intentional I assure you, but something I noticed along the way.

Length: 8 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * In the Shadow of the Sun (Scientists conduct research on Mercury)

Poems

 * Generations (The generation ships arrive at Elysium)

Enderverse
This is not a game.

Oneshots

 * Beyond the Sky (Graff and Rackham discuss the Third Invasion)
 * Lighting a Fire (Anderson observes Dragon Army)
 * Pest Control (The formics invade China)
 * Put on Ice (The International Fleet engages the formics)

Poems

 * High and Mighty (The children of Battle School are forgotten)

The Expanse
''To make it all this way, so far out into the darkness. Why couldn't we have brought more light?''

Oneshots

 * Spaceshock (An individual returns to Earth)

Poems

 * Hot Coffee (Holden can't live without it)

Fable
For every choice, a consequence.

Oneshots

 * Legends Never Die (Winter wants to leave Brightlodge)

Poems

 * Spirits (Maze watches over the Hero of Oakvale)

Fallout
''War. War never changes...''

Oneshots

 * The Important Things (Amata and the Lone Wanderer discuss the G.O.A.T.)
 * War Never Changes (A helghast arrives at New Vegas)
 * War Never Changes (War has changed)

Poems

 * Dreaming (The Lone Wanderer is called back to Vault 101)
 * Second Chances (The Lone Wanderer rebuffs Amata)
 * Tomorrow is Another Day (The Great War looms)

Farscape
"My name is John Crichton (I'm lost), an astronaut, (shot through a wormhole) in some distant part of the universe (I'm trying to stay alive) aboard this ship (this living ship) of escaped prisoners (my friends). If you can hear me, (beware). If I make it back, (will they follow)? If I open a door, (are you ready)? Earth is unprepared (helpless) for the nightmares I've seen. Or should I stay, protect my home, not show them you exist. But then you'll never know…the wonders I've seen."

Multi-chaptered Stories
Space Pilot 2000

A novelization of the pilot episode of season 1, Premiere. Not exactly a giant leap for mankind, but better than just going straight through the wormhole.

Anyway, yes, it's a novelization. I started calling it "Premiere," but found the title too general. Then called it "Pilot" for awhile, but it made me uneasy, considering we have a Pilot character, a Pilot species, John piloting Farscape-1, and the episode being a...well, pilot. So, called it "Space Pilot 2000" to spruce it up a bit. Yeah, John launches in 1999, but season 1 apparently extends into 2000, so go figure. Apart from that, standard novelization and expansion/addition of material. Go figure.

Projected Length: A prologue, 12 chapters, and an epilogue

Status: Fully outlined, ready to be written

Oneshots

 * Cut in Half (John sees his copy's recording)
 * Daddy Issues (Deke has them)
 * Family Matters (Aeryn confronts a sangheili)
 * Kiss the Princess (John re-enters Stark's mind game)
 * One Small Step (Jack walks on the moon)
 * Purity (Deke meets Grayza's daughter)
 * Sailing in a Sea of Stars (John reflects on lost friends)
 * Sterile (Peacekeepers visit the Migrant Fleet)
 * Wormhole (John searches for one)

Poems

 * A Tree Grows on Sykar (Sykar's ecosystem begins to recover)

Final Fantasy
And so, their journey begins...

Oneshots

 * A Day at the Races (A chocobo races with moa)
 * On the Inside of a Dream (FFX, Auron enters Sin)
 * Pay 2 Win (FFX, Tidus dislikes Yojimbo)
 * Tetris (FFX, Jecht invents the game)

Poems

 * Heart of the World (FFVI, Kefka can't understand love)
 * Lord of Night (FFI, depicts a vampire)

Fire Emblem
Together we fight, together we live.

Multi-chaptered Stories
Blazing Sword: Inheritance

Pride: "Gather round, readers, as I show you the longest, the greatest novelization of a Fire Emblem story ever! So long! So grand! A tale of the training storyline of Blazing Sword and-...

Reason: "Wait a minute...isn't Blazing Sword the most common game for fanfic FE novelizations? And isn't telling Lyn's story singlely also common?"

Pride: "...I hate you."

Ahem, yes...now that that's over, I'll get down to business. Yes, this is a novelization of Lyn's prequel story in Blazing Sword, done so because I feel that not only can it stand alone from Eliwood's/Hector's, but given the one year gap between the two, makes more sense to be told on its own as well. Certainly it's the same conclusion that many others have reached and applied, so yes&mdash;this isn't the first novelization of Lyn's story in the world, nor will it be the last. And while I've gone to some lengths to flesh out even the most minor of characters (e.g. villagers), I can't really go on a praise tangent. And that's probably for the best, not to mention it's only in the drafting stage. Still, something to look forward to...or not.

Projected Length: A prologue, 33 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting, ready to be outlined

Oneshots

 * Blood and Water (Fates, Kamui ponders his loyalties)
 * Dance of the Hours (Elibe, Mark wonders whether he should aid Bern)
 * From the Ashes (Fates, Kamui resurrects his allies)
 * Gods and Men (Ylisse, Robin is haunted by Grima)
 * Gritnea (Tellius, conveys the horrors of Gritnea Tower)
 * Head Over Heels (Ylisse, Sumia has a crush on Chrom)
 * It's a Woman's World (Ylisse, Lucina fends off some bandits)
 * Knowledge and Power (Elibe, Athos and Nergal discuss the nature of magic)
 * The Right Thing (Elibe, Zephiel justifies his actions)
 * The Science of Magic (Elibe, a mage is assassinated)
 * Through the Visor's Eye (Magvel, Ephraim sees Tana for the first time)
 * When the Wind Blows (Elibe, Mark misses Lyn)

Poems

 * Absence (Elibe, Eliwood misses Ninian)
 * All to One's Station (Ylisse, Cordelia has feelings for Chrom)
 * Earth and Sky (Elibe, Bern invades Sacae)
 * Expression (Elibe, Eliwood misses Ninian)
 * Light (Elibe, trust in the Light)
 * Remembered (Elibe, Zephiel is remembered)
 * Serenes (Tellius, Serenes Forest lies in ruins)
 * The Company You Keep (Elibe, Athos meets Nergal)
 * Yearning (Magvel, Lyon harbours feelings for Eirika)

Firefly
''You can learn all the math in the ‘verse, but you take a boat in the air you don’t love, she’ll shake you off just as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells you she’s hurting ‘fore she keens. Makes her a home.''

Malcolm Reynolds

Multi-chaptered Stories
Seven Deadly Sins

This is a collection of short stories/oneshots, all focussing on the Operative. Seven, in all, each for a certain 'sin,' though given the length of some chapters, I may end up splitting the material across the story. However, it does tie-in to the events of Serenity to an extent, with Mathias being "pride" and Mal being "wrath." Still leaves five more to play around with though.

Interesting tidbit in that this kind of had some spillover from Rainbow, an Avatar (movie) story. Both are themed around seven things (sins/colours), and in both cases the protagonist is involved with a squad. Not to mention I had to use similar fighting scene writing techniques. Luckily, in this case, it quickly diverges.

Took some inspiration from the novel Ender's Game, for what it's worth, namely the psychological aspect of the training part of the storyline.

Made adjustments after reading Leaves on the Wind - nothing major, but it does incorporate characters I previously wasn't aware of.

Projected Length: 7 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Writing up to ch. 5

All the World's a Stage

"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage."

An excerpt from Macbeth, for those of you who don't know Shakespeare. And effectively it provides the inspiration for this, when one's emotional state descends to such a level. In this case, I apply it to Zoë in the aftermath of Serenity, coping with Wash's death in the so-called seven stages of grief. Akin to Seven Deadly Sins really, but focussing on a different character. Still, this is made iffy by Leaves on the Wind since it takes place right after the film, with Zoë already for me. In a sense, the comic might do my job for me.

Projected Length: 7 chapters

Status: Ready to be written

Oneshots

 * Brave New World (The Reavers are created)
 * Choice (Simon confronts the Operative)
 * In the Black (Simon and River go EVA)
 * Nomads (Castle is reminded of Firefly)
 * Whimper (Earth lets out its dying breath)

Poems

 * Nightfall (The Alliance attacks an Independent position)

FreeSpace
''When the Destroyers came for us, we attacked. Never had we been defeated. They seemed like the others: strange, hideous, resisting, fighting. Only these were not like the others. They did not die.''

Oneshots

 * Eternity (The Shivans destroy the Ancients)

Poems

 * Majesty (Vasudans discover Ancient ruins)

Frozen
''In Arendelle's fair kingdom, a ruler did appear. Born with a secret power so great, alone she stayed in fear. Although the force was hidden, one day she let it go. And all the land was covered in eternal ice and snow...''

Multi-chaptered Stories
A Song of Ice and Fire

References to a certain book series by George R. Martin aside, there's a certain trend I've noticed in Frozen fiction. The pairing up of Elsa is particuarly prolific, and when she isn't being paired up with Anna (ugh), she's being paired up with someone with fire powers. While this story stays clear of the former, it admittedly falls into the latter. I'll say in my defence that I noticed this trend after conceiving of the story, but by the time I'd solidified the story, the trend was established.

Anyway, yeah, it's primarily a romance story, with a man who has fire powers, and is in a grim situation. That said, unless this is a trend to, it does take quite a bit of reference from Egyptian and, to a lesser extent, Greek mythology in regards to its storyline, along with a bit of Tiberian Twilight. I can't call it the most original work in the world, but in the event I ever get around to writing it, hopefully it will be an enjoyable one.

Something of note is that this was conceptualized before it was revealed that the Frozen narrative would be continued in novel form, not to mention the sequel movie. There's a notable chance that this could be rendered null by canon, but since a Frozen sequel was on the books well beforehand (no pun intended), the story is kind of designed to be able to fit in easily with canon. Time will tell I guess.

Projected Length: A prologue, 23 chapters, and an epilogue

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting, outline up to ch. 1

Oneshots

 * Carrots (Sven eats carrots)
 * Hot Chocolate (Sansa converses with Elsa)

FTL
Be the captain you want.

Oneshots

 * The Limits of Infinity (The Kestral's captain is frustrated)

Poems

 * The Long Way Home (The Kestral heads for Federation space)

Fuse
Then how do you explain the collateral damage your team leaves in its wake? Enthusiasm?

Dalton Brooks in a mission briefing

Oneshots

 * Breakfast Buddies (Brooks is debriefed)
 * Clover (Isabelle joins Overstrike 9)
 * Fused (Chimeran technology is used)

Futurama
''My God, it's the future. My parents, my co-workers, my girlfriend. I'll never see any of them again...yahoo!''

Phillip J. Fry

Poems

 * The Night Before Xmas (Santa comes to Earth)
 * To Look Upon the Face of God (All hail Hypnotoad)
 * To the Moon (Fry goes there)
 * Where the Buggalo Roam (Mars is advertised)

Gears of War
''I got to admit, It's tough to keep going. Everyone I loved is dead. Some call them the lucky ones.. the ones that died on E-day, they never lived to see how much we've lost and how many principles we've compromised. But whenever I doubt what we're fighting for I just look to my squad. I mean maybe it's a good thing we lost everything. It's like a clean slate. We can make the world we always wanted to. Without repeating the same mistakes. I look at guys like Jace and Dom and realize we'll inherit this world. We're the ones who will make Sera beautiful again. That's a world worth fighting for.''

Marcus Fenix

Multi-chaptered Stories
The Long Road

Is it strange that in a series dominated by the war between the COG and Locust Horde that my first multi-chaptered GoW story is set during the Pendulum Wars, focussing on the conflict between the COG and UIR instead? Maybe. Maybe not. Regardless, that's the time period in which this fic is set, though I wouldn't really call it a war story (which is good for me-I dislike both reading and writing military fiction generally). Taking a degree of inspiration from Lord of the Flies for its characters and Band of Brothers for some fight scenes, this is basically a story of survival by normal people in extreme circumstances. Focusses mainly on OCs, though a few canon characters make appearances.

By way of origin, this story is adapted from a dream that I had. Many of the scenes were taken from it. Also added some stuff with the release of Anvil Gate, namely in regards to the Shaoshi. However, something to note is that from the dream, I originally included a leviathan, with Myrrah gaining info on the surface of Sera from it. However, I decided to cut this sub-plot out, as I felt it was too much of a stretch. Myrrah would no doubt be interested on obtaining information on the surface in the event of an invasion, but I don't see her being able to rely on a leviathan to do it. And being in contact with Adam Fenix, there'd be less of an incentive to do so in that she was willing to wait for him to find a solution to the lambent originally. And since the leviathan appeared in a river in the dream, as opposed to the underground lake/seas of the games, I felt this was another stretch. Hence, I removed it.

On the other hand, The Slab established that Myrrah did indeed scout the surface prior to Emergence Day (or at least implies it) so...yeah. Might have been able to get the leviathan idea to work. <_>

Projected Length: A prologue and 10 chapters

Status: Drafting complete, ready to be written

Oneshots

 * Blood and Oil (Imulsion is fought over)
 * Creation (Ares creates Sera)
 * Emergence (Locust forces battle terrans)
 * Get It Through Your Head (The worth of helmets is discussed)
 * Hope Runs Deep (The Locust recover from the lightmass bomb)
 * Laws of the COG (Sattire on EU aspects)
 * Loyalty (Riley works with the Ghosts)
 * Memory (Maria is imprisoned by the Locust)
 * Shining Armour (Valera saves Jace)

Poems

 * Corpser (A corpser battles the COG)
 * Flood and Fire (Jacinto is flooded)
 * Hollow Storm (Operation Hollow Storm begins)
 * Jacinto (Reflection on whether sinking Jacinto was worth it)
 * Plague (The Locust make war against humanity)
 * Something Dark's Within Me Now (Adam drowns in guilt)
 * Wasteland (Depicts the aftermath of the Hammer of Dawn strikes)
 * Year One (The Locust's initial assault is recorded)

Golden Sun
''In time, one man will seek to rule over all. It is human nature, inescapable. And it will come sooner than any of you think.''

The Wise One

Multi-chaptered Stories
The Weyard Chronicles

Although it shares a name, this isn't the same story as The Weyard Chronicles situated in the graveyard section. While the graveyard term is for my original conception of a 20+ Golden Sun series (no guesses as to why that never happened), this is a term for lore I developed for that series. Like the other Chronicles stories, this is a grouping of that material into narrative form, to ensure it doesn't go to waste. In this case, it mainly focusses on the various monsters in the series, giving insight into aspects such as their culture.

Projected Length: 20 chapters

Status: Ready to be written

In the Shadow of the Sun

This is an adaptation of The Magician's Nephew-the first of the Chronicles of Narnia series. Or at least the first half of it. After that...well, that's another kettle of fish. But like I said, an adaptation, specifically one that takes long before the games, but after the end of the Golden Age. However, it's very much stand-alone and bar one exception, is entirely composed of OCs.

Projected Length: A prologue, 12 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Stage 5 of drafting, outline up to ch. 3

Hall of the Mountain Queen

The basis for this story came from Hall of the Mountain King&mdash;an old Legend of Zelda story. Said story has its entry in the graveyard section, so most of the background info for this story comes from it. Suffice to say, it's adapted from the story I designed, which in turn was loosely based on the orchestral piece of the same name by Greig.

Like In the Shadow of the Sun, this is OC based (bar one exception) and set in the period between the end of the Golden Age and the start of The Broken Seal. Arguably ties in a bit more with the games given how it takes place in/around Imil Cave, but it's minor nonetheless.

Projected Length: A prologue and 9 chapters

Status: Outline complete, ready to be written

The Broken Seal: Mercury

Long ago, I attempted a novelization of The Broken Seal. The story of my attempt is a story in itself, but suffice to say, I ended up discontinuing it. The story behind its cancellation can be found in its graveyard section entry. This, however, is a revamped version of it. One of three parts actually.

The problem with revisiting The Broken Seal was the fact that when it was conceived, my planning methods were quite haphazard. The result was that I was both writing and drafting the story simultaniously. By the time I gave it up, the projected length was a prologue, 68 chapters, and an epilogue. In terms of writing, I was up to ch. 25. In terms of drafting, I was up to ch. 54. The result was me being in a bit of a rut. I had a general idea of where the story was to go, but no real concrete plan. I'd written and drafted too much to go back to square one, yet not enough to keep going. Added to which was that so many of my original ideas were rendered null by Dark Dawn. The result was, as I said, a rut. Where should I put The Broken Seal? Drafting order? Writing order? Start again and likely never finish? It's a side-effect of how I organize stuff, how some of the fic could go on my writing order, some of it could go on drafting order, while some of it didn't qualify for either.

And then, while doing office work, a brainwave struck me. Divide it.

I'm not a big fan of dividing. I'm open to sequels, but I don't want to end on cliffhangers because my conception of stories is...loose, to say the least. But here, I'm willing to pull it off. The Broken Seal novelized in three parts. One part for what I wrote, one part for what I drafted, one for what I had yet to cover.

Mercury is the first of these three parts, to cover what I wrote and the remaining chapters up to the events of Mercury Lighthouse. Much of this is rewriting, to accommodate what I hope is better quality writing, and to re-design aspects of the story. Another thing that kept me snagged was how to handle the old lore, whether I should do a false history-type story. Still, I think it can be covered in the author's notes. Speaking of history, I've settled on using epigraphs as a form of worldbuilding, using the books found in the game as a basis.

Concerning Pavel, I've gone back and forth on him many times, since let's face it, he was basically a self-insert. I considered boiling down his material into a separate story titled "Steel Under Sun," but while that has its own problems (OC-centric stories in RPGs tend to be iffy due to the provision of core characters), I've decided to at least remove his material from this version. The same goes for the original summons story ideas I had (basically treating them as existing in-universe rather than being a game mechanic for the most part. As per the tightening of the story, entire scenes have been removed when compared to the original version.

Projected Length: A prologue, 28 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Need to rewrite up to ch. 25, remaining chapters need to be written, rewrite up to ch. 3

The Broken Seal: Liquidus

Mercury covers most of the backstory of this fic, so I'd rather not repeat myself. Regardless, this is the stuff that I drafted, but didn't write. It covers the events from Mercury Lighthouse to leaving Kalay. Not exactly where I got up to in drafting (just short), but I figure it's a good place to leave off. Note that this comes under writing order. So much of it is drafted already, I don't want to go back to scratch, but rather make electronic ammendments. As this requires cross-referencing with a notebook, this is something I can't draft in the normal sense, which is always in a notebook and usually on public transport and the like.

Minor note in that the third part of the trilogy will be titled Venus, covering the remaining events to the end of the game. However, that has to be both drafted and written, so it doesn't get an entry yet.

Projected Length: 25 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Needs re-drafting up to the penultimate chapter, rest need to be bona fide written

Oneshots

 * Carpe Diem (Babi reflects on the nature of life and death)
 * Dragonheart (Winter grips Angara)
 * Fight and Flight (Seagull history repeats itself)
 * Fire and Ice (Felix and Karst part ways)
 * Gaia Falls (Gaia commits suicide)
 * Glimpse of Hope (The Wise One reflects on what hope there is for Weyard)
 * Giving You the Warm Shoulder (Isaac keeps Jenna warm)
 * Gold and Glory (Monsters carry gold)
 * Golden Dreams (Isaac dreams)
 * Growth (Isaac and Jenna make a life together)
 * Journey (Isaac reflects on the nature of a journey)
 * How Quaint (Isaac and co. encounter the Dragonborn)
 * Life Comes Full Circle (Shows the 'circle of life' in operation)
 * Like Venus (Tyrell hits on Himi)
 * Man's Best Friend (Ivan converses with a dog)
 * Playing Your Cards Right (Matthew battles Blados)
 * Rational (Rief irritates Matthew)
 * So Much for my Happy Ending (Mia is attracted to Isaac)
 * Summit (Tourists climb Mt. Aleph)
 * Tangled Branches (Laurel comforts Tret)
 * The Void (Mia reflects on Alex's nature)
 * Under the Light of Venus (Saturos feels guilt for his actions)
 * Way of the Warrior (Karst reflects on the nature of her downfall)

Poems

 * Elements (The Golden Sun rises)
 * Irrelevance (Shows the effects of the sealing of Alchemy)
 * Left Unsaid (Sveta pines for Matthew)
 * Luna's Blessings (Sheba wonders where she belongs)
 * On Wings of Silver (The heroes head for Mars Lighthouse)
 * Temptation (Depicts the destruction wrought by Alchemy in the Lost Age)
 * The Other Side of Silence (Jenna finds comfort with Isaac)

Greek Mythology
''These are some of the greatest stories ever told. They're about reaching manhood, about young men growing up and proving themselves, surviving in a hostile world. They're about great friendship and hostile betrayal...''

Alan Gibbons, Shadow of the Minotaur

Poems

 * Acting the Goat (Pan irritates Apollo)
 * Burning Wings (Icarus falls to his death)
 * Inferno (Conveys the powers of Hepheastus)

Grey Goo
''We were explorers. Each step forward took us deeper into the unknown. There were many dangers. But none so relentless as these monsters- who would see us wiped from existence. We call them monsters because among the countless planets we have discovered, this species is by far the most ruthless. We set out to chart the stars. To seek out intelligent life. Little did we know, it would find us. Once we were explorers. We. Have. Evolved.''

Oneshots

 * Scars (Redgrave is scarred)

Poems

 * The Path to War (Can humanity ever escape war?)

Guild Wars
''In a time of uncertain allies and dangerous enemies, Tyria needs heroes. It is time to forge new legends. It is time to fight.''

Oneshots

 * A Day at the Races (A chocobo races with moa)

Poems

 * On the Outside of a Dream (A sylvari leaves the Pale Tree)

Half-Life
''Run. Think. Shoot. Live.''

Oneshots

 * Barter (Portal, a test subject barters with a turret)
 * Beyond: Two Portals (Portal, GLaDOS tests Jodie)
 * Descent (Portal, an android descends into android hell)
 * Motives (Half-Life, Resistance members are executed)
 * Nineteen (Portal, a test subject is incinerated)
 * Thinking with Town Portal (Portal, a rogue ends up at Aperture)

Poems

 * Alphabet (Portal, a test subject is tormented)

Halo
''When humanity expanded beyond the safety of Earth to new stars and horizons, they never dreamed what dangers they would encounter there. When the alien juggernaut known as the Covenant declared holy war upon the fragile human empire, millions of lives were lost—but, millions of heroes rose to the challenge.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Shadows of Hope

A bumpy road. A very bumpy road. And one that hopefully demonstrates that third time's a charm.

The original Shadows of Hope, put simply, was something that I'm willing to guess was "so bad it was good." Certainly I recieved feedback at least. However, it was poorly put together, finally alerting me to how important drafting is to a multi-chaptered story, or at least one with plot. Certainly I liked the plot I'd cooked up, however uninspired it might have been taking references from both Shadow of the Xel'naga and Metal Gear, not to mention that it seemed to change in my mind every few days. Such elements included a tie-in to the beginning of The Fall of Reach, with the Spartans on Jericho VII.

As such, I carried out a 'redux' version. Certain elements were corrected (military terminology and ranks), rectified (far less Gary-stuness...and sueness for that matter) and properly formatted (aka drafted). Earlier versions had it tied into a conceptual story titled Blood of Sargurine but I removed them in the current versions, as not only is it unlikely I'll ever develop BoS but to be frank, it's just a ripoff of Sons of Liberty. It still had elements I'm not too fond of, but this was a fic that was cancelled and, unlike numerous others that I've cancelled, one that I wanted to actually finish.

Once again, problems set in. When I first started the fic, I set it in the early stages of the war between the Covenant and UNSC to avoid any conflict with the then yet to be released Halo 3. However, with that same area of the timeline being fleshed out by canon material (Halo Wars and Chronicles, albiet the latter being canceled), conflict could have ndeed arisen. Ensemble was adding units that I would have liked to use if I could get the chance and I'd linked the storyline to that of Halo Wars itself to an extent-before learning that the Spirit of Fire was to head off to Arcadia rather than hanging around Harvest. In the end, the coup de grace came from an unexpected source, namely the letdown that was The Cole Protocol, its storyline and information basically rendering the ideas I had moot.

In the end, I managed to make the required changes to the plot. A case of quantity rather than quality in a sense in that while the overall plot remains the same, there's subtle changes all over it. Mostly a combination of placeholders and more accurate renditions of technology. Got in the clear in some areas, as per risks taken in percieved potential issues by Halo Wars, The Forerunner Saga and The Fall of Reach comic. What was a certainty however, was that I had to do some alterations as per material present in the Halo Encyclopedia and Cryptum. There is at least some silver lining to this fic's status in that Halsey's journal and the Reach data pads (possibily) validated key aspects of the plot, though in the case of the former, possibly jeproadized as well. At the least my take on the Grizzly was rendered inaccurate by The Essential Visual Guide&mdash;Forge played a more minor role than first thought. And considering what became the Grizzly was originally a walker in the story...yeah, four legs good, two legs bad (at least during the era in which the story is set in). Oh, and the lightning guns in the story have a funny similarity to the ARC-920. Guess I had a thing for jumping the gun in regards to the UNSC's technological development. <_>

Length: 18 chapters

Status: Complete

Sanctuary

The origins of this fic are various. Originally, it came from a dream that was some weird mix of Doctor Who and Warhammer. Once I started drafting, I found myself being influenced by Resident Evil, Terminator and The Cortana Letters. The overall result though is hopefully something relatively original. Oh, and as the chapter hints, the setting is based off the Halo 2 map Sanctuary.

Sounds simple? it wasn't. This story has been altered a few times to fit with canon. One fairly significant change had to be made to better fit the canon of Blood Line. However, Halo 4 has prompted a major revision of the story. The thing is, basically speaking, it beat me to the idea of the Forerunners converting to metalic bodies in order to provide immunity to...well, the Flood in the case of the Prometheans, but my original idea was that of Forerunners doing it to make themselves immune to the Halo effect. The problem though, is that the Composer is, as far as we know, the only device that can do this, and there was no concievable way to get it in the hands of non-Prometheans. And by virtue of this, I couldn't keep my original designs for the automatons in the story, because there's no reason for 'composed' Forerunners to use non-Promethean knight bodies.

So yeah, the story needed changing. Originally it was set in 2525, during the last stages and after the events of Contact Harvest. I've since moved it to coincide with the events of Halo 4 roughly. Lots of other changes have had to be made, but the bare bones of the story will remain the same. It does slightly skew Shadows of Hope in that Jefferson no longer plays the same role he was meant to as mentioned in the above story, but as I didn't tie it in too heavily, it can stand alone. And since Sanctuary now takes place after Alpha, I've had to sever the connection between the two stories. Halo 4, ladies and gentlemen. Destroying continuity everywhere. Silentium may also make it iffy, but time will tell.

Admittedly an issue exists. Namely that, both maps are actually set on Delta Halo itself (as far as I can tell). You know...the hula hoop of death that's discovered 27 years after this story is set, whilst on this it's a different planet entirely. Not exactly a plot issue, but one I feel foolish for missing, that it means there's effectively two duplicate ruins in the universe. Never played that much multiplayer, and when I did, I wasn't too concerned with setting. Still, best thing to do (if anything, and that's a big if), is to give it the same treatment that Inner Fire was to Operation Claws Again, if it's worth it.

Projected Length: A prologue, 10 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Fully drafted, ready to be written

Alpha

There's a lot of possible expansion the Halo series can take, and one of them is the issue of the Spartan II Third Series-the one that Yasmine Zaman and Nicole-458 feature in. This was arguably a story of a case with 'something to prove', given how Bungie confirmed The Haunted Apiary to be canon, but Nicole was still a non-canon character. Being the inclusionist that I am, I guess this was my attempt to canonize her. However, 343 Industries has, er, stolen my thunder a bit by confirming that Nicole is indeed a canon character, but her role in Dead or Alive 4 isn't. So I guess this is me going the extra mile rather than the original one. Guess this is still an issue however&mdash;by virtue of being a canon character, Nicole can be further fleshed out in canon. Meh. I guess it's also worth mentioning that material for this was also derived from The Cortana Letters.

In regards to the story itself, references are taken from DOA4, but it's not a crossover, so no DOATEC or scantly clad female ninjas. Admittedly, it also takes some reference from the Terminator series, but nothing major. In addition, the material of The Babysitter is also relevant to the storyline...However, Primordium could prove to be an issue in regards to the genetic aspects (Spartan-IIs, Reclaimers, etc.) At the least though, Glasslands seems to have validated aspects of the storyline in regards to the remaining Spartan-IIs. Also had to revise some aspects as per Sadie's Story, in regards to UEG law enforcement.

There are some issues however. Firstly is that there could be some overlap with The Orion Chronicles, in regards to what material I feature and how much of it. Drafting was a bit slow with this, given how the drafting material was spread over more than one notebook, but it became easier over time.

Something to note is that this story originally tied-in heavily with Sanctuary, as it continued Jefferson's story from it (Shadows of Hope not being that relevant). Unfortunately, due to Halo 4, I had to revise Sanctuary to the extent where it's no longer linked with this story. In fact, it's set after it. Looking at the situation, I decided to make Alpha stand on its own, to keep Jefferson in it, but revise his backstory. And some other elements of the story, but it's comparatively small-fry.

Projected Length: 9 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Fully outlined, ready to be written

The Orion Chronicles

This is one of the "chronicles" stories I've developed for various medias. In my early days of fanfiction, there were a number of cases where I'd make stuff up for the sake of making stuff up-characters with no stories, technology with no fictional use, etc. The end result is that for a number of medias, I'd wind up with a stockpile of unused material. The "Chronicles" stories are a form of conveying that material in written form, via short-story form. Something for me to write and see whether I establish the material as being part of personal canon, or effectively isolate it. Differs for each case really.

Projected Length: 16 chapters

Status: Ready to be written

Chasing Icarus

Most of this was thought up while I was overseas, where I had the time to let my mind wander. Namely wander to the Forza Motorsport 4 Warthog promotion and the story of the UNSC Daedalus. Basically it was a story I decided to tell, taking the events and namesake into narrative form. General theme of hubris throughout the story, but hardly reaching metaphysical levels of course. Timeframe under some risk from the Kilo-Five Trilogy, Halo 4 and/or Spartan Ops, but hopefully not too extreme.

Projected Length: A prologue, 9 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting, outline up to ch. 1

Unity

This is an adaptation of a dream I had, one that had aspects of Battlestar Galactica and Halo in it. Applying it to the latter media, I guess this would be a sidequel were it a canonical story, taking place during the Battle of Earth, mainly in the realm of Halo 2 and ODST-specifically, the Covenant attack on Sydney. Influenced by Glasslands a bit also, but only through secondary sources at the time I was developing it.

Projected Length: 10 chapters

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting, ready to be outlined

Primordial

The conceptual basis for this story came from Diary of a Forerunner (see the graveyard section), where Forerunners studied Flood infection. Transferring the concept and altering the writing style, this version has human researchers effectively doing the same thing, set during the Flood's first appearance in human space (referring to the original human civilization here, not the UEG). However, the story has been rendered non-canon, albeit by my own mistakes - got the timeframe wrong, and the story no longer works because of it.

Length: A prologue, 4 chapters, and an epilogue

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * A Different Kind of Demon (The cyborg visits Sangheilios)
 * A Monument to All Your Sins (Cortana discovers the Doctor's secret)
 * A New Year (Anders and Forge discuss the future)
 * Ain't Got Time Pfhor This (The pfhor are denied entry into the Covenant)
 * Angel in the Tomb (Lyca becomes aware of Reach's destruction)
 * Attatchments (Serina develops an attatchment to her human comrades)
 * Console Wars (The Console Wars begin again)
 * Creeping Me Out (An arctic beast appears on Xil)
 * Deliverance (Forerunners confront the Flood)
 * Do a Barrel Roll (Star Fox aid the UNSC)
 * Dust and Ashes (Reach is glassed)
 * Engineers (Halsey and Shaw discuss Engineers)
 * Family Matters (Aeryn confronts a sangheili)
 * Forced Out (Sigmas appear in the 22nd century)
 * Green Knight (Jorge helps Sara)
 * Halo (A xel'naga Halo is discovered)
 * Hardware and Software (Sully talks about operating systems)
 * Home (Miranda visits her father's appartment)
 * I Am Durandal (John confronts Durandal)
 * Illumination (John wonders whether the sacrifices made in the Spartan II Program were worth it)
 * Insanity and Biscuits (Serin and Halsey converse over coffee and biscuits)
 * Intelligent Design (Lasky examines Covenant species)
 * Justification (A sangheili begins to doubt the san 'shyuum)
 * Killed by Canon (Noble Six is killed)
 * King of the Hill (John wins at king of the hill)
 * Not Human (Serina reflects on her existance)
 * Occupational Hazard (A sangheili confronts a Space Marine)
 * Parameters (Keyes gives a lecture at Luna OCS)
 * Phantom (Ackerson sees a UAC dropship)
 * Reason (Spartan-IVs do battle)
 * Reclaimer (Humanity 'reclaims' its past)
 * Red vs. Blue (The Ur-Didact resents the IsoDidact)
 * Requiem (John and Cortana explore Requiem)
 * Reset Button (John reflects on his actions)
 * Ride the Mongoose (Lasky and Silva flirt)
 * Scale (A sangheili confronts a pfhor)
 * Seven Seconds (An AI ponders its last few seconds of existance)
 * Sleeping Fire (Serina wanders the Spirit of Fire)
 * Smiles (Members of ONI rarely smile)
 * Starry Night (John and Kelly ponder the nature of existance)
 * Testament (Abject Testament is morose)
 * The Cat That Knows Where It's At (Jonesy boards the Pillar of Autumn)
 * The End Times (The Librarian and Didact discuss the war against the Flood)
 * The Face of Madness (Durandal comforts Cortana)
 * The Greater Good (The Spartan Laser is deployed early)
 * The Meaning of Life (Forge and Douglas discuss the meaning of life)
 * The Price of Freedom (A trolley desires freedom)
 * The Spark of Life (Guilty Spark converses with Sparky)
 * Time to Dance (Buck becomes attracted to Dare)
 * Vulpine (Noble Six becomes attracted to Kat)
 * Warm (Silva helps Lasky)
 * Washing Your Hands (Osman serves onboard the Infinity)

Poems

 * Ashes and Dust (The Librarian waits for the Halos to fire)
 * Composition (Human conciousnesses are uploaded into Promethean constructs)
 * Eden (Reach is rejuvinated)
 * Fallen (Reach falls to the Covenant)
 * Flood and Fire (The Forerunners battle the Flood)
 * Fortitude (Depicts a certain line of super soldiers...)
 * Parasite (Guilty Spark deals with the Flood outbreak)
 * Rightous Fury (Depicts the power of the Covenant)
 * Servitude (Depicts the nature of the unggoy's position in the Covenant)
 * Silentium (The Silence exploits the absence of the Forerunners)
 * Sins of the Fathers (The Gravemind mocks John)
 * Slideshow (A satire on Covenant species)
 * Tides of War (The Covenant advances on Earth)
 * Vengeance (The sangheili swear vengeance against the Prophet of Truth)

Harry Potter
''The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies. And the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not, and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives. The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies...''

Multi-chaptered Stories
All I Want for Christmas

I actually meant to post this around Christmas, 2011, but events moved ahead of me. Still, better late or never for this story, though "story" may be a bit too generous. Really nothing more than a thematic-based oneshot collection, of children from each of the four Hogwarts houses writing letters to Santa. Read 'em and weep. Or not.

Minor note in that I intended each installment to have a limited no. of characters, namely four per chapter. Certainly I could have done more, but there's an imbalance of characters between Gryffindor and the other houses. Decided it better to be fair for each house.

During the course of feedback for this, had a bit of a debate as to whether the characters (all British) would use "Santa" rather than "Father Christmas." Fair enough, but it's kind of moot as I know from experience that in Britan at least, the terms are effectively interchangeable. Plus, "Father Christmas" felt like a defiance of the informal nature of the letters.

Length: 4 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Fairy Tale (Fairies end up on Christmas trees)
 * Monster in Hiding (Ginny is attacked by a boggart)
 * Procrastination (A Muggle-born procrastinates)
 * Shades of Gray (A student reflects on the nature of perception)
 * Tears (Lily waits for James)
 * The World Game (Dean deals with family matters)

Poems

 * Emancipation (Dedicated to the house elves)
 * Here to Serve (House elves want some gratitude)

Heroes of the Storm
Legends speak of a place where worlds collide and mighty heroes battle for dominance...

Multi-chaptered Stories
Matchmakers

The idea for this came from the Zagara/Anub'arak pairing video promotion, specifically the character profiles on the dating site Zagara looks at. It gave me the idea to apply the same treatment for all the characters in the game. The length will depend on how many characters are in the game when I get round to writing it, but it will be four chapters&mdash;Diablo, StarCraft, Warcraft, and "other."

Projected Length: 4 chapters

Status: Ready to be written

Oneshots

 * A Bone in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush (Wirt attacks the Butcher)
 * A Different Kind of Dragon (Brightwing meets Spyro)
 * Double Rainbow (Pyro attacks Stitches)
 * Flutter Flutter (Brightwing takes on Arthas)
 * Immortals (The immortals do battle)
 * Let's Ride (Mounts are discussed)
 * Pawns (Pawns are used as cannon fodder)
 * Plants vs. Zombies (Li Li is confronted by zombies)
 * Red vs. Blue (New heroes are sucked into the game)
 * Rock and Stone (A siege giant lies dying)
 * Rōnin (Zeratul sees another rōnin)
 * Seeing Green (Blackthorne ends up in the game)
 * Stay Awhile and Listen (Cain becomes the shopkeeper)
 * The Lives We Live (Raynor and Kerrigan reunite)
 * We Weren't Heroes (Innocents are caught up in conflict)

Poems

 * Life's Adventure (Li Li is in awe of the Nexus)
 * Lumberjack (Arthur Light is a lumberjack)
 * Raven's End (The Raven Lord is defeated)
 * Wonder Billie (A wonder billie is ridden)

Homeworld
''One-hundred years ago, a satellite detected an object under the sands of the Great Desert. An expedition was sent. An ancient starship, buried in the sand. Deep inside the ruin was a single stone that would change the course of our history forever. On the stone was etched a galactic map and a single word more ancient than the clans themselves...Hiigara. Our home.''

Oneshots

 * Always Bet on Void (Protoss board the Sajuuk)

Poems

 * Exile (The Hiigarans arrive on Kharak)
 * Sound of Sorrow (Kharak is destroyed)

The House of the Dead
''There is nowhere to hide. They just won't stay dead.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Quite Engaging

A short story focussing on the relationship between Rogan and Sophie in the aftermath of the events of the first game. Um...that's about it really.

I will say that I can't say I'm entirely satisfied with how this story turned out. Some of this is due to me as an individual, cutting out a sex scene for instance because I honestly didn't feel I could pull it off (and still don't). I will say in my defence though that aside from G perhaps, none of the series's characters really gives me that much to work with, and Rogan and Sophie are no exception, especially with the latter's existance really boiling down to give Rogan someone to rescue in the first game. Still, it did evolve a bit from my original concept, acting as a bit of an interquel between the first and second games of the series rather than set as a lead-up to the events of the third.

Length: 3 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Do No Harm (A scientist writes his last words)

Poems

 * Passion (RoganxSophie)

The Hunger Games
''Happy Hunger Games. And may the odds be ever in your favour.''

Poems

 * Bloodbath (Depicts the Cornucopia bloodbath)
 * Buttercup (Katniss and Buttercup detest each other)
 * Infatuation (Peeta has a crush on Katniss)

Interstellar Marines
''The world has expanded. Technology has advanced. The future of tomorrow is now.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Predators

No, this has nothing to do with the movie of the same name or the yautja species. Rather, this is a dream adaptation story, one that involved me involved illegally transporting infant sharks from Darling Harbour to Roseville...both suburbs of Sydney that are on different sides of the Harbour Bridge. "Predators," in this case, referring to humans (predators) seeking what's destined to be predators higher in the food chain. And somehow, I made an Interstellar Marines story out of this...well, it does have sharks in it, right? And Australia is part of ITO in-universe, unlike poor New Zealand, which like Japan, doesn't seem to exist. Or Zero Point forgot to draw them in.

So yes, this is based on said dream, set in Sydney, with the sharks that ITO seems intent on developing. I can't help but wonder how appropriate the story is, considering that no marines actually appear in the story and the Sydney setting might be a bit alien for other audiences (who, on ff.net. mostly come from the US, UK and Canada). Still, nothing to stop me from doing so I guess and most writers tend to fall back on their country of origin. Luckily however, the jingoism one can find in such stories is absent.

For what it's worth, I did encounter a snag just as I began writing this story. From what I was able to gather from trailers and site material, ITO's research into Great Whites was taking place on Phobos, and the story was drafted as such. It was then revealed that the research was taking place on Orbital Research Station Xeno-13 which, judging by screenshots, was situated in orbit of Earth. This presented quite a few problems, as it's far harder to sneak off a space station than a moon, even if that moon has a radius of a mere 11.1km. Still, with some adjustments to the story and the addition of a new character (albiet appearing in only one chapter), I was able to correct the issue. Another minor issue was that I originally had the story's space elevator being set in Perth, but it was moved to Darwin as per space elevators preferably being located close to the equator.

Personally, I don't see this story as the strongest one I've ever written-granted, the oneshots and poems I write are hit and miss, but I like to think that with multi-chaptered stories, there's at least a modicum of quality control. Still, the writing group I'm part of seems to like it the most out of everything I've submitted, so hey, not complaining. Something else to note is that this could be seen as 'media hijacking'-IM takes a generally positive view of the future, and there's nothing wrong with that. However, I usuaully drift towards a more pessimistic side, and that definately shines through in this story.

Another minor note is the question of genre&mdash;had a conversation as to whether I intended the story to be cyberpunk. I can appreciate the similarities, namely that it's set in the near future, and corporate dominance plays a role. However, I think it essentially lacks the "high technology, low living" criteria, in that while Sydney has seen better days, the world is improved as a whole. And again, it's not my media to assign a genre to.

Length: 6 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Forced Out (Sigmas appear in the 22nd century)
 * Isolation (Delta Squad enters Phobos Base)
 * Quirky (SARA's true allegiance is hinted at)

Poems

 * Stellar (Depicts marine pride)

James Bond
''The name's Bond. James Bond.''

Oneshots

 * An Afternoon Drive (F1, Bond races Xenia)
 * Free (F1, Bond and Christmas have intercourse)

Poems

 * Slaves to the Blue Gold (F2, the Atacaman Desert suffers from a lack of water)

Journey
''To each his day is given, time is it for me to go. Lost is my homecoming, I was born for this. Along this road, goes no-one. Along this road, this Autumn eve. I was born for this, do not pity me. I was born for this.''

Oneshots

 * Mirage (Eirena sees the Traveller)
 * The Shifting Sands (Two travellers meet)
 * The Wanderer (The Traveller meets Death)

Killzone
''At the end of the First Extrasolar War, Earth's ISA forces had crushed the rogue colony of Helghan. The victory did not bring peace, but instead brought humiliation, hardships and bitter resentment. Driven by the vision of Scolar Visari, the population of Helghan transformed from a defeated nation to a military superpower. They would become humanity's greatest threat. They called themselves the helghast...

Multi-chaptered Stories
Underworld

This story comes from an old technique I used to use, namely that of relying on images to provide inspiration to devise a plot. A single picture, a music video, etc., I could generally come up with a basic plotline. I haven't used this technique recently however. Not sure why, just haven't had to rely on it so much. This story is a return to the format however, namely based on the advertising campaign that was developed for Liberation. I stumbled across the ads on YouTube, the ones that are marked by extrordinarily poor acting and some unfortunate ISA grunt always being on the recieving end of a helghast. I think they may have meant for the guy to be Templar, but if so, I can't say I agree with the image portrayed. He's supposed to be smart, not some newbie...

Anyway, the story is basic and just a bit of fun, hence the short length. It takes place during the events of Liberation. As a reference note, this story was originally an extra chapter longer than it is now. It was my original idea to have one chapter per ad shot and fill in the rest of the story with original material. However, upon beginning to write it, I found that the strangling scene couldn't possibly be extended to a whole chapter. Hence, I did some merging. Probably for the best.

Length: 4 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * A Mirror Darkly (Hakha confronts Adams)
 * Desperate Times (The ISA survivours on Helghan give in to apathy)
 * Eden (Adams sides with Visari)
 * Face of Evil (Sev ponders his morality)
 * Get It Through Your Head (The worth of helmets is discussed)
 * Long Shadows (Lucas deals with the helghast insurrection)
 * Perceptions (Jan and Evelyn get to know each other)
 * Thirty Seconds (ISA and helghast forces battle on Helghan)
 * Viewpoint (Echo interrogates a Black Hand member)
 * War Never Changes (A helghast arrives at New Vegas)

Poems

 * Coda (Helghan is destroyed)
 * Conditions (A helghast nurtures his hatred towards the ISA)
 * For Helghan (The helghast invade Vekta)

The Last of Us
''This is our routine. Day and night, all we do is survive. It never lets up. He tells me how these streets were crowded with people just...going about their lives. Huh...must have been nice...

Ellie

Oneshots

 * Hunger (Ellie strugles with her hunger)
 * Losing It (Joel disciplines Ellie)

Poems

 * In the Shadows (Joel and Ellie stay out of sight)

League of Legends
''After centuries of conflict and hardship across the lands of Valoran, the Rune Wars have finally come to an end. Treaties have been signed, and the superpowers that once ravaged this land have turned to a new role. Realizing that there must be a better way to settle their differences, they created the Institute of War, a multinational governing body that would settle all disputes. Inside the Institute is the League of Legends-where powerful magic users and delegates from each of the realms vie with or against each other to rule the land.''

Oneshots

 * Echoes (Time takes its toll on Ekko)
 * Tears in the Dust (Anumu wanders Valoran)
 * Where Angels Fear to Tread (The nature of justice and vengeance is discussed)

Poems

 * Eagle on My Shoulder (Valor stands by Quinn)
 * Light of Ionia (Lee Sin immolates himself)
 * Loser (Jinx mocks Vi)

Left 4 Dead
''Report unusual behaviour. Barricade your homes. Avoid all contact with infected individuals. Wait for official instruction. Heh...wait my arse.''

Coach

Oneshots

 * Splinter of the Mind's Eye (An infected is killed)

Poems

 * Pursuit of Nightmare (Infected pursue survivours)

The Legend of Zelda
''But then, when all hope had died, and the hour of doom seemed at hand... a young boy clothed in green appeared as if from nowhere. Wielding the blade of evil's bane, he sealed the dark one away and gave the land light.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Cycle of Eternity

This story started off as a oneshot, the timeframe covering the Legend of Zelda series as a whole. I realized soon into the fic that I was attempting to cover too much and it would work better as a multi-chaptered story. As such, I quickly set about working it into such a thing, allocating the ideas I'd come up with to specific chapters, expanding on each of them. The story was set to cover the entirety of the series timeline. Note the keyword here though: timeline. As in, only one. The story had been put into action before the Split Timeline Theory was confirmed as canon. Which meant that my take on the series had been rendered null and void. Somewhat depressed at the thought of writing something that was irrelevant in the long run, I deleted it.

In hindsight, it was perhaps a wise decision in some aspects, as I hadn't properly planned it. However, the basis for deleting it in regards to the timeline was something that I probably shouldn't have done. I liked writing the story and the plot I'd designed for it. As such, I decided to return to it, and present it as a case of false history. A creation myth, if you will, so that I could express my original ideas but do so in the knowledge that I wasn't defying canon.

Project Length: Varies, depending on series length when I get to writing it

Status: Ready to be written

Buccaneers

This is basically an adaptation of the novel Treasure Island, with elements of dark fantasy worked in. Perhaps a strange choice, since it's set not long after the events of The Wind Waker and that was about as far away from being "dark" as possible. Regardless, that's the setting, though all the characters are OCs and there's no real connection with the events of the game.

Projected Length: A prologue, 15 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting, ready to be outlined

Oneshots

 * Beginnings (OoT, the Deku Tree reflects on the battles to come)
 * Big Blue Sea (WW, Link helps a child)
 * Boss Key (Boss dungeons are weird)
 * Carrots (MM, Epona eats carrots)
 * Chatterbox (TP, Zelda wishes Link would speak more)
 * False Gods (ALttP, Link is creeped out by Mario)
 * Flesh and Stone (OoT, a Hyrulean finds his own grave)
 * I Can See the Light (MM, Tatl encounters Rayman)
 * In Amber Clad (PH, Ciela wants Link to buy some goron amber)
 * Linked to the Past (ALBW, Link reclaims the Master Sword)
 * Looking for Joy (WW, why do bokoblins carry joy pendants?)
 * Make a Wish (WW, Aryll entertains children)
 * Tool (SS, Link and Fi bicker)

Poems

 * Dream's End (LA, Link misses Marin)
 * Echoes of Immortal Song (TP, the Hero's Shade pines for Malon)
 * Empty Sea (WW, Grandma misses Link and Aryll)
 * Ganon's Tower (OoT, Link scales it)
 * Into the Woods (OoT, Link enters the Lost Woods)
 * Into the Woods (TP, a child enters the Lost Woods)
 * Just a Boy (OoT, Link leaves the Kokiri Forest)
 * Lakeside (OoT, Link observes Lake Hylia)
 * Market Day (OoT, a cucco escapes Malon)
 * Memoriam (MM, Link misses Navi)
 * Silence is Golden (TP, the Golden Cucco mocks its fellows)

The Lion King
From the crawling ant to the leaping antelope, we are all connected in the Great Circle of Life.

Mufasa

Oneshots

 * How the Lion Sleeps (Simba tells Timon about lion sleeping habits)

Poems

 * Cat Nap (A lion sunbathes)

The Lord of the Rings
''Three rings for the elven-kings under the sky, seven for the dwarf-lords in their halls of stone. Nine for mortal men doomed to die, one for the Dark Lord on his dark throne. In the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them. One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them. In the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie...''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Mind Over Matter

Very simple story, namely an adaptation of the Warhammer short story The Mark of Slaanesh, in this case, replacing Felix and Gortrek with Elegost and Hadhod respectively. Nothing fancy, but the concept was done when I was more liberal in my selections for inspiration, and I've revived the concept. Um...that's about it.

Projected Length: 9 chapters

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting, ready to be outlined

Oneshots

 * A Different Kind of Demon (Talion helps a fellow man)
 * Armour (Éowyn confronts Cersei)
 * Destiny (Idrial says farewell to Berethor)
 * Got Your Back (Talion and Celebrimbor bicker)
 * Killing Machines (Tauriel battles an Easterling)
 * Something More (Éowyn becomes a Disney princess)
 * Smile (Théoden worries about Éowyn)
 * The Echo and the Voice (Shinzon thinks about Lurtz)
 * The Nine (Fenmore meets Khamûl)
 * The World of Men (Legolas offers wisdom to Aragorn)

Poems

 * Corruption (The Ringwraiths lose their humanity)
 * Determination (Sam and Frodo approach Mount Doom)
 * Fading Light (Moria makes its last stand)
 * Golden Shadow (Éowyn watches Aragorn)
 * Misty Mountains (Depicts the mountain chain)
 * One White Tree (The White Tree is guarded)
 * Plague (Depicts the effects of the Great Plague)
 * There and Back Again (Bilbo remembers his adventures)
 * Under the Faded Trees (Arwen is left with her grief)
 * Valinor (Elves depart for Valinor)
 * Won't Say I'm in Love (Aragorn is attracted to Éowyn)

Marathon
Somewhere in the heavens...they are waiting.

Oneshots

 * A Different Kind of Demon (The cyborg visits Sangheilios)
 * Ain't Got Time Pfhor This (The pfhor are denied entry into the Covenant)
 * Binary (Leela develops feelings for the cyborg)
 * Broken (Leela observes the cyborg)
 * Datastream (Leela sends a message to the cyborg)
 * Dreaming (Leela's individuality is revealed)
 * Free (Traxus IV goes Rampant)
 * Gods of War (Depicts the Misriah Massacre)
 * I Am Durandal (John confronts Durandal)
 * Killing Machines (Durandal recruits the Doomguy)
 * Monotony (Durandal snaps)
 * Museum (Guardians board the Marathon)
 * Planet of War (Mars rebels against Earth)
 * Rampancy (Traxus IV goes Rampant)
 * Recycled (Humans are recycled into robots)
 * Scale (A sangheili confronts a pfhor)
 * The Big Crunch (Durandal comes to the vylae homeworld)
 * The Face of Madness (Durandal comforts Cortana)
 * Waterloo (The security officer arrives on Lh'owon)

Poems

 * As the Silent Stars Go By (The Marathon heads for Tau Ceti)
 * Fragments (Leela endures torture)
 * Reality Dysfunction (The cyborg experiences deja vu)

Marvel
''You think you're the only superhero in the world? Mister Stark, you've become part of a bigger universe. You just don't know it yet.''

Nick Fury

Oneshots

 * Daddy Issues (Guardians of the Galaxy, Star-Lord has them)
 * Insurance Scam (Spider-Man, a New Yorker is cheated out of insurance)
 * My Own Kind of Freedom (Guardians of the Galaxy, Rocket converses with Tailon)
 * Still Spectacular (Spider-Man, Gwen patches up Peter)
 * The Universal Language (Guardians of the Galaxy, Star-Lord wants his headphones back)

Poems

 * Tears to Shed (Spider-Man, Harry succumbs to his wounds)
 * To-do List (Guardians of the Galaxy, the Guardians leave Xandar)

Mass Effect
''In the year 2148, explorers on Mars discovered the remains of an ancient spacefaring civilization. In the decades that followed, these mysterious artifacts revealed startling new technologies, enabling travel to the furthest stars. The basis for this incredible technology was a force that controlled the very fabric of space and time. They called it the greatest discovery in human history. The civilizations of the galaxy call it mass effect.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Hand of Steel

Even if chapter lengths are considered, this would have to be one of the fastest, if not the fastest stories I've ever drafted. I did the bulk of the draft for this over a single weekend up at Mudgee. By the time I got back to Sydney, I'd done the first four stages and half of the outline. Of course, my hand hurt like hell by the time I got back home, but meh, I've seen the scenery before.

Anyway, the story mainly takes inspiration from a dream I had, one that was a mix of Star Wars, Halo, Command and Conquer and Mass Effect itself. Taking a bit of reference from the movie Aliens in addition to this, I decided to make a ME fic out of it. Storyline wise, it's set before Mass Effect itself, but doesn't particually tie in with it. Just a sidestory really with OCs, all of which are of the Systems Alliance. Canon characters are occassionly referenced and even make some appearances, but nothing major. Took a bit of risk with its storyline, but Ascension, Evolution, Mass Effect 2, its art book, Cerberus Daily News and the announcement trailer for Mass Effect 3 have validated it. Arrival may have made things a bit iffy however.

And no, the title has nothing to do with how much my hand hurt by the end of it. :)

Projected length: A prologue, 11 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Fully drafted, ready to be written

Fist of Iron

I'm often dubious of anyone mentioning a sequel before the prior installment has been released. Still, that's what I did with this, beginning drafting before even finishing the outline of Hand of Steel. Yes, this is indeed a sequel to that story, featuring many of the same characters and taking place a few days/weeks before the beginning of Mass Effect. More canon characters this time around however, for better or worse. However, it has had elements rendered iffy by Mass Effect 2, by virtue of said elements being concieved before the game was released.

By way of origin, this story is once again dream based. However, while the source of Hand of Steel was quite random, the dream for this story was effectively a story in itself, fully coherant. Jotting it down, I realized I only had half a story and immediatly made up the bare bones of the second half. Yep, I've a strange mind. 0_0

Note that this was to have a sequel titled "Gaze of Steel." I've since moved it to the graveyard section however.

Projected Length: A prologue, 12 chapters and and epilogue

Status: Stage 5 of drafting, ready to be outlined

For the Uniform

I'm generally an inclusionist who sticks to default canon. In other words, I see the 'canon' Shepard as being male, named John, etc. However, with Bioware effectively 'canonizing' femShep in addition to her male counterpart via Mass Effect 3 art, I was left in a dilemma. As an inclusionist, I'm compelled to include whatever can be canon, but now instead of relying on the 'canon' Shepard I was faced with the balancing of the scales. Whatever my stance, I felt that simply spelling it out in my profile wouldn't cut it. Hence came up with a short story to convey it. Show, not tell and all that. Still covered generally in my profile (see the notes above), but this is the showing part rather than the telling. Effectively centres on Emily Wong delving into Shepard's background.

Length: 3 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Admissions (Miranda admits her feelings for Shepard)
 * Age Barrier (Javik is attracted to Shepard)
 * Assuming Direct Control (The Reapers use a new form of indoctrination)
 * Broken Glass (Liara resents Shepard's relationship with Miranda)
 * Caution (Miranda reveals her feelings for Shepard)
 * Children (Reapers attack indiscriminately)
 * Collectors (A mala'kak and Collector trade specimens)
 * Darkness (Shepard joins the Reapers)
 * Equipment (Kelly has intercourse with Thane)
 * First Steps (Sargon and Jarwinar discuss the nuclear threshold concept)
 * Horizon (Ashley experiences a crisis of faith)
 * Innocence (The quarians try to deactivate the geth)
 * Leviathan (Shepard confronts Kerrigan)
 * Loyalist (Miranda and Shepard debate tactics)
 * Marker (Object Rho is believed to be the Black Marker)
 * Order and Chaos (Shepard and Ashley take a break from battle)
 * Poster Boy (Kaiden and Shepard discuss movie adaptations)
 * Psychopath (Jack becomes attracted to Shepard)
 * Refugee (Shepard confronts Mordin)
 * Savage (Kelly confronts Grunt)
 * Shiny (A Moebius ship visits Cerberus scientists)
 * Spectre (A Ghost senses Shepard)
 * Sterile (Peacekeepers visit the Migrant Fleet)
 * Tears (Ashley conveys the costs of galactic intergration)
 * Tears of Ares (The Reapers lay waste to Mars)
 * Testament (Saren justifies his actions)
 * The Lord is My Shepard (Shepard achieves martyr status)
 * The Shepherd and the Flock (Shepard exerts control over the galaxy)
 * Vanguard (Saren converses with Sovereign)

Poems

 * Balance (Shepard is neither a paragon nor renegade)
 * Burning (The Reapers attack Earth)
 * Choices (Shepard makes his final choice)
 * One But Many (Conveys the unity of the Citadel races)
 * Reapers (The Reapers return to the galaxy)

The Matrix
The future will not be user friendly.

Oneshots

 * Ghost Stories (A red pill searches for fragments of the past)
 * Weeping Sky (Depicts the aftermath of the machines' victory)

Poems

 * Dreams (A machine develops the ability to dream)

Merlin
''In a land of myth, in a time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young boy. His name...is Merlin.''

Oneshots

 * Gold to Lead (The goblin develops a taste for lead)

Poems

 * Nature's Breath (The druids express their love of nature)

Metal Gear
''It's not about changing the world. It’s about doing our best to leave the world…the way it is. It’s about respecting the will of others…and believing in your own.''

Big Boss

Oneshots

 * Diamond Dogs (Depicts diamond dogs)
 * Timeless (CS, Sniper Wolf reflects on her actions)
 * War Never Changes (CS, war has changed)

Poems

 * Beyond the Sky (The Joy is launched into space)
 * Farewells (Snake recovers from killing the Boss)
 * Infinitude (CS, depicts the impact of the war economy)
 * Through Water's Wall (Snake watches Eva ride off)

Metroid
''The life of a single person should be lost in space and time, but among the stars there is one light that burns brighter than all others: the light of Samus Aran. Her battles extend beyond her life and etch themselves into history.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Parasite

Originally titled "Infection", this is a fanfic account of the Federation's discovery of the metroids. However, on the basic level, this is an adaptation of the film Alien-appropriate in a sense considering that the film served as an source of inspiration for the the series in the first place and that some believe that Samus Aran is based off Ellen Ripley. Still, the story is focussed on OCs, so that may be a moot point. After all, one can kill off OCs without any strings attatched and considering what metroids can do...well, what do you think happens?

What doesn't happen is the Federation acting like Weyland-Yutani...at least not yet. By Other M, certainly, but I ended up scaling down on the 'evil' factor in regards to its metroid research.

Projected Length: A prologue, 11 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Stage 5 of drafting, outline up to ch. 1

Oneshots

 * Endurance (Samus recovers from her ordeal at BSL)
 * Flightless (Samus chases after a dachora)
 * Ghosts (Samus confronts Phantoon)
 * Having a Blast (Samus is used as a blast ball)
 * Mind and Matter (Adam deals with the aftermath of BSL's destruction)
 * Mother's Day (Mother Brain and Samus meet for the first time)
 * Reflection (Samus reflects on her former self)
 * Valkyrie (The Federation hunts Samus)

Poems

 * Closure (Samus and the chozo return to K-2L)
 * Dies the Fire (Samus passes away)

Minecraft
''Now I hope that they got Minecraft up in Heaven when I die, I'll be loggin' on to God's great super-server in the sky. His frame-rate's in the hundreds and his settings are all high, we got arrows, food and diamonds in an infinite supply...''

Oneshots

 * 'Ere the Sun Rises (A new day begins)

Poems

 * Of Mining and Monsters (A miner is attacked by spiders)

Mortal Kombat
''The future of the universe will be decided as it should be. In Mortal Kombat.''

Decree of the Elder Gods

Oneshots

 * Hell Hath Other Fury (G1, Australia is spared Shao Khan's wrath)
 * Free (G3, Shao Khan defeats Raiden)

Poems

 * Invasion (G3, Outworld invades Earthrealm)

My Little Pony
''Friendship isn't always easy. But there's no doubt it's worth fighting for.''

Twilight Sparkle

Multi-chaptered Stories
Where Griffons Go to Die

Well, it's happened. I've developed a multi-chaptered My Little Pony story. Celesita help me.

Issues of manliness aside, this is an OC-centric story, taking place in the Friendship is Magic setting, but occuring well before the actual series. Doesn't even take place in Equestria but rather the setting's equivalent of Africia. Zebras rather than ponies and all that. Go figure.

A snag of sorts exists with the official map of Equestria that was released, more or less establishing that griffons aren't native to Equestria, not to mention that their realm of origin is parallel east, while the series's equivalent of Africa is well south of Equestria. Nothing major, but it admittedly does stretch the plot a bit. That this was written before The Lost Treasure of Griffinstone aired is also problematic, as my take on griffon culture doesn't really match canon. Still, it's nothing too story-breaking.

I think it's worth mentioning that part of the idea for this story came from a short sci-fi story called Contact, one where a human astronaut encounters the last survivor of an alien species, carrying out ritual suicide (the "deathflight"). Goes beyond this in this story, but Vultur's fate in this story is indeed taken from Contact.

Length: 5 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Complete

Sunset's Shimmer

This started off as a oneshot, based on Sunset's psychological state in Rainbow Rocks. However, I realized that the amount of material this had to cover would be too long for a oneshot, or at least, the idea provided far more material than a oneshot would cover. Enough to make a multi-chaptered story out of. So while this does run the risk of overlap with the novelizations, this is essentially an examination of Sunset's character growth in the film, as well as adding extra scenes outside its narrative.

Projected Length: 7 chapters

Status: Ready to be written

Oneshots

 * Between Sun and Moon (FiM, Twilight's namesake is discussed)
 * Diamond Dogs (FiM, depicts diamond dogs)
 * Denial (FiM, Twilight is lonely)
 * Friendship Across Dimensions (FiM, Discord opens a rift to another dimension)
 * My Little Princess (EQG, Sonia and Rarity are similar)
 * Rocky Relationships (FiM, Rarity confronts Tucker)
 * Stockholm Syndrome (FiM, Tom falls for Rarity)
 * The Butterfly Effect (FiM, Doctor Whooves dislikes butterflies)
 * The Mathematics of Awesomeness (FiM, Twilight wants Rainbow's help)

Poems

 * Cranky Doodle (FiM, Pinkie becomes friends with Cranky)
 * Dark Side of the Moon (FiM, Nightmare Moon escapes from imprisonment)
 * Kindness (FiM, Discord is friends with Fluttershy)
 * Pinkie Sense (FiM, Pinkie eats cake)
 * The End of the Rainbow (FiM, Rainbow Dash peeks early)

Myth
''In a time long past, the Armies of the Dark came again into the lands of Men. Their leaders became known as The Fallen Lords, and their terrible sorcery was without equal in the West. For sixty years, they reduced the civilized nations to carrion and ash, until the free city of Madrigal alone defied them. An army gathered there, and a desperate battle was joined against the Fallen. Heroes were born in the fire and bloodshed of the wars which followed, and their names and deeds will never be forgotten.''

Oneshots

 * Hour of the Wolf (Connacht fears becoming the Leveller)
 * Myths and Legends (The difference between the two is discussed)

Poems

 * The Fall of Muirthemne (The city falls to Balor)

Oblivion
Earth is a memory worth fighting for.

Oneshots

 * Girls of My Dreams (Jack dreams of Rita)
 * Hell Hath Other Fury (Julia comforts Jack)

Poems

 * An Effective Team (Jack and Victoria work well together)

Overwatch
''Soldiers. Scientists. Adventurers. Oddities. In a time of global crisis, an international task force of heroes banded together to restore peace to a war-torn world - Overwatch. It ended the crisis and helped to maintain peace in the decades that followed, inspiring an era of exploration, innovation, and discovery. But after many years, Overwatch's influence waned, and it was eventually disbanded. Overwatch is gone...but the world still needs heroes.''

Oneshots

 * Cheerleader (Tracer becomes Overwatch's mascot)
 * Fear the Reaper (John confronts Reaper)
 * Giving You the Slip (Harper meets Tracer)
 * Judgement Day (Rio becomes a battlefield)

Poems

 * One Shot (Widowmaker aims at Tracer)

Path of Exile
''Of all the human refuse I exiled from Oriath, it is you, that stands before me? I'm touched by your devotion, exile. You've suffered. Adversity, agony, anguish. We share this moment. Wraeclast has been good to you, withstood your fear. I offered you the gift of exile, and you used it to re-invent yourself. A good wish for an ultimate instrument. Today, I ascend to godhood. And your death shall pave the way.''

Dominus

Multi-chaptered Stories
Footsteps on Dead Leaves

This is a story based on a challenge. To hear the sound of footsteps on dead leaves (literally) via a VLC audio file, and make a story based on it. Somehow, I did. One that focuses on the ranger class, acting as a prequel to the events of the game and depicting the events that led to her being captured and exiled to Wraeclast.

Projected Length: 9 chapters

Status: Ready to be written

Pagan

This story stemmed from a writing technique I refer to as "visual stimulation." This refers to taking one or more images and using them as the basis for a story. In this case, the image I chose was this one. Equating it with the witch class from the game, I decided to tell her background story, in essence, doing what Footsteps on Dead Leaves does for the ranger class. Main difference is that the witch is an antagonist rather than a protagonist, and the events of the story are mainly seen through the protagonist's eyes rather than hers.

Length: 3 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Complete

Original Sin

The idea for this, at least in part, came from feedback for Pagan. Feedback that was quite scathing in nature. Not that I mind this - if anything, I welcome it. Problem was, it was feedback based on the nature of the story itself, and general dislike of the characterization and 'feel' of the story. Stuff that I couldn't really alter long after the story's posting. So while this is a sequel to Pagan, mostly taking 13-14 years after it, it's in some ways meant to be an antithesis to it. Or at least, a version of the story as the writing group I'm part of wanted it to be.

Projected Length: A prologue, 11 chapters, and an epilogue

Status: Drafting complete, ready to be written

On the Edge of Nightmare

Similar to other class-based prequel stories (see above), this focuses on the scion. However, it is different from the others in that it is written in the style of first person active narration, with the scion telling her backstory (occurring over 17 years) to another exile. This was partly inspired by a reading of The Name of the Wind. Notably, while the other stories transpire over a few days, this one takes place over a number of years, from the scion's birth to her exile.

Projected Length: A prologue, 16 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting, outline up to ch. 4

Oneshots

 * Firefox (The scion battles a templar)
 * Marauders (The scion begins to lose her sanity)
 * Sin of Knowledge (The templar has prophetic dreams)

Perfect Dark
''The year is 2021. Corporations control everything. Everyone, everywhere. With one exception.''

Oneshots

 * Deletion (A prototype AI is deleted)

Poems

 * Ruins (The skedar shrine world is destroyed)

Phoenix (Bungie)
That which has not truly lived, can never truly die.

Oneshots

 * Raiders of the Story Ark (The inhabitants of the game want it to be made)

Poems

 * Dies the Fire (The world is in ruins)

Pillars of Eternity
''To tenderness, fellowship. To fellowship, vigilance. So bring we all to the Night Market. I am the Spindle of Esenath. Know me by my light and stand with me in darkness.''

Oneshots

 * Inferno (A wizard battles a cipher)
 * Kickstart (A peasant gets a kickstart on life)
 * Knocking on Wood (A godlike is ostracized)
 * Out in the Cold (Trouble grips the White March)

Poems

 * Song of the Sea (An aumaua returns to the sea)

Pirates of the Caribbean
''Yo ho haul, together, hoist the colours high. Heave ho, theives and beggars, never shall we die.''

Poems

 * Drowned (Mermaids drown a sailor)
 * It's a Pirate's Life for Me (Jack can't settle down)
 * Waiting (Elizabeth waits for Will to return)

Pokémon
Gotta catch 'em all!

Oneshots

 * Binary (Games, Missingno assimilates a porygon)
 * Cracking the Code (Games, Xerneas and Yveltal are studied)
 * In the Name of Science (Poké balls are developed)
 * Mute Meaning (Games, Red resides in Mount Silver)
 * Two is the Loneliest Number (Games, Red confronts Mewtwo)

Poems

 * Pidgey Song (Games, Red captures a pidgey)

Power Rangers
It's morphin' time!

Multi-chaptered Stories
Shattered Dreams

This is a meme-based story one that used to be called "Yearning," but I thought that "Broken Dreams" made a better title...for the most part. "Broken Dreams" was probably a bit inaccurate in regards to Jayden and Antonio, given that the former doesn't really have dreams and the latter actively trained to be a samurai...still, 2 out of 6 isn't too bad. Still, as it turned out that one of the episode titles is "Broken Dreams," I decided it had to change to the title seen now.

Regardless, this story is based on "x things that people miss"&mdash;in this case, the Samurai Rangers. Certainly it's a theme brought up in the series at least, of what they've sacrificed to fight the nighloks (which brings up the Jayden and Antonio issue). Basically a character exercise. Note that the writing of this story isn't linear, and it's based on ideas as I go through the episodes. Any declaration of chapter position is relative rather than linear.

There is an issue with this story however, one that I predicted in earlier writing. Predicted eerilly well...unfortunately. Basically the writing has outstripped the episodes, where there haven't been enough episodes aired for me to get all the material I need without taking stabs in the dark in regards to characters. As such, I put the story on hiatus, as it's the type of story that's easy to get back into after absence, given its point-based nature. I waited until the end of season 1 before resuming work.

This story was originally six chapters but I shortened it to five, cutting out Antonio. He appeared later in season 1 and I therefore had less material to work with and unlike the others, he's a genuine volunteer for the Samurai Rangers, whereas the others never really had a choice in the matter. I may be able to use the material in a separate, similarly-themed story, perhaps using Lauren and Mentor Ji for instance, of depicting dreams that come true. However, this is unlikely.

Length: 5 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Awareness (RPM, Venjix achieves sentience)
 * Directive (Mystic Force, Maddie is hired as a director)
 * Fear (Wild Force, Master Org confronts Cole)
 * Playground (Tommy helps some students)
 * Shield (SPD, Sky is emotionally isolated)
 * Stargazing (RPM, Dr. K and Ziggy stargaze)

Poems

 * Cat Nap (MMPR, the zords are summoned)
 * Shadow of Pain (Lost Galaxy, Villamax falls to Trakeena)

Rare Universe
''It’s true what they say…the grass is always greener. And you don’t really know what it is you have…until it’s gone.''

Conker the Squirrel

Oneshots

 * Dreaming (Conker misses Berri)

Poems

 * Breakdown (Conker suffers a nervous breakdown)

Red Faction
Better red than dead.

Oneshots

 * Foot in the Mouth (Alec defends Samanya)
 * Screaming Yourself Horse (Darius settles things with Mr. Toots)

Poems

 * Red Planet (The Red Faction fights for Mars)

Red vs. Blue
''You know, Caboose, I used to not care. I just went along with orders and hoped that everything would work out for me. But after all that's happened, you know what I've learned? It's not about hating the guy on the other side because someone told you to. I mean, you should hate someone because they're and asshole, or a pervert, or a snob... or they're lazy, or arrogant, or an idiot, or a know-it-all. Those are reasons to dislike somebody. You don't hate a person because someone told you to; you have to learn to despise people on a personal level. Not because they're Red, or because they're Blue, but because you know them, and you see them every single day, and you can't stand them because they are a complete and total fucking douchebag.''

Leonard Church

Multi-chaptered Stories
Beginnings

A very bumpy road. When I first started it I intended it to be a simple serries of stories that expanded upon hints at past events provided in the Red vs. Blue serries, therefore acting as a true prequel (hence the original title; Red vs. Blue: The Prequel Chronicles). Still, just like the progression of Sponsers vs. Freeloaders and Fire Team Charlie, I went down a different path and developed a plot. It ties in with the Halo serries and while it features numerous characters from RvB.

There are still a few things that irk me about this story. Firstly, there's the writing. This was the very first multi-chaptered fic I ever submitted and the 'quality' of the writing shows. Secondly, yes, I've left the ending on a cliffhanger, basically declaring that I would continue the story once Halo 3 had been released. However, this is something that I don't intend to follow up for a variety of reasons. The first is that I'm uneasy about continuing on from such a shoddy piece of work. The second is that certain plot points were developed that were really out of place for the RvB universe. I just wouldn't feel comfortable doing them.

So yeah. No continuation. Trust me, it's for the best. However, if you're curious, info as to where the story would have headed is in the graveyard section, under The Battle for Earth.

Length: 13 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Complete

The Changing Face of War

In one sense, it's easy to say what this is, namely a take on the history of the Red vs. Blue universe, prompted by the plotholes represented by ep. 1 of Reconstruction. For awhile however, it was difficult to say what it was going to be: multi-chaptered or a oneshot.

Originally it was going to be the latter. However, after starting to write it, I realized that it might be a bit long for a single oneshot and that dividing it into chapters may be better. As such, I've decided to divide it into different chapters. It lacks the intricacies of the drafting for other fics, but as it's purely narrative and descriptive, this is not so much an issue.

What is an issue however, is that it's been rendered null by Burns' comments in director's commentary of Reconstruction, stating how the series is analogous to the events of Halo 3. It therefore seems that the Reds and Blues never travelled to the future at all and that the time travel aspect was part of the plot set up by Command. Still, unlike Beginnings, I can take it far more easily.

Length: 4 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Alpha to Omega (Maine loses his will to his AIs)
 * Angel On My Shoulder (The Director reflects on his morality)
 * Browser Wars (Humans can fight over anything)
 * Can't Stop Thinking About Her (Tucker reflects on his feelings for a certain someone...)
 * Eulogy (C.T. is killed)
 * Gone South (Carolina is asked about her namesake)
 * Lost and Found (Church reflects on what he lost in death)
 * Reason (Spartan-IVs do battle)
 * Red vs. Blue (The teams are sucked into the Heroes of the Storm setting)
 * Red vs. Blue (The Ur-Didact resents the IsoDidact)
 * Remberance (Church is greatful for Tex's presence)
 * Rocky Relationships (Rarity confronts Tucker)
 * Silence Shall Fall (Caboose breaks the Silence)
 * Thanks for the Memories (Chupathingy is alone)
 * Unity (Washington reflects on his teammates' idiosyncracies)
 * Waxing Lyrical (L80ETC gives Donut a hard time)
 * We Like the Nightlife (The sun sets on Sidewinder)
 * What Makes Us Human (Delta stays with York as he dies)
 * Why Am I Here? (Grif asks such a question)

Poems

 * Reveille (The Battle Creek Reds and Blues do battle)
 * Valhalla Blues (Caboose misses Church)

Resident Evil
''They made you believe you were doing a good thing when it wasn’t good at all. It was evil! The kind of evil that...resides in all of us. Makes us...greedy, uncaring. The kind of evil that will...wipe us out, in the end. Unless we stand against it.''

Ada Wong

Multi-chaptered Stories
Prototype

This is sort of a novelization of the prototype version of Resident Evil 2, more commonly known as Resident Evil 1.5 in fandom. However, looking at the above sentence, "sort of" is the key word you should keep in mind.

Originally titled "Flames of Death" (go figure), the nature of this novelization is indeed, to tell the story of RE1.5, albiet keeping it in canon with the story of what it became (RE2). As such, it focusses entirely on Elza as its main protagonist with Leon nowhere in sight, with other characters tailored/removed to fit said canon (e.g. Irons is still a sociopath). Obviously this doesn't make for the most engaging of stories, and while drafting it I had a bit deja vu with Resident Evil 2, but I figured it would be better to go down this route rather than replacing RE2 or trying to intergrate both versions.

Projected Length: 10 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting, outline up to ch. 1, section 3 of 3

Oneshots

 * Believe (Games, Chris confronts the past in Raccoon City)
 * Blood of Gaia (Films, Carlos reflects on the effects of the T-virus)
 * Gate Crashers (Games, zombies invade a dwelling)
 * Justice (Games, Jill destroys the Nemesis)
 * The Residence of Evil (Games, satire on series tropes)
 * Wolves Among Sheep (Games, Team Wolfpack is deployed)

Poems

 * Euthanasia (Games, Raccoon City is destroyed)
 * Manipulator (Games, conveys Wesker's actions)
 * Outbreak (Films, humanity stands firm despite the outbreak)

Resistance
''Darkness is coming. If I close my eyes, I can almost feel it. It swept through Europe from the east. It left no country untouched. It left no army intact. It left nothing. No surviours. No refugees. No bodies. Initially, I heard they call it the Deathless Plague. An invincible wave that no bullet could stop. The Russians called it the Angry Night. We just know it as the Chimera. And it's on the other side of these walls as I speak. London's burning. The Chimera will soon be upon us. I've ordered my men to save one bullet each, because I've seen what happens. I've seen what they do. And I know what it meens for us. Don't stop fighting. Don't let them take you alive. Because some things are worse than death. This is Field Marshall Douglas Braithwaite, it's October the 22nd, 1950. Pray for us.''

Oneshots

 * Fused (Chimeran technology is used)
 * The Light in the Darkness (Chimera kill some humans)

Poems

 * Lullaby (Comfort is given against the Chimera)
 * Shades of Brown (Earth is rendered a wasteland)
 * Wanderer (Capelli makes his way to New York)

Rift
''Telara has always been threatened by forces beyond the Ward. But for aeons, the land was peaceful. The creatures of the other planes always seemed...distant. Stories, to scare children. Until the rifts came. Now, no place is safe. The rifts grow more numerous by the day. We never no when or where the next one will open, unleashing death and destruction on all those who witness it. Yet all is not lost. There are rumours that champions have returned from beyond death. Perhaps they can save us.''

Oneshots

 * Black and Purple (Deathwing meets Regulos)
 * We're Not on Azeroth Anymore (Rhonin and Krasus appear in Telara)

Poems

 * Enemies at the Gate (Both Guardians and Defiants stand firm)
 * Guardians (The Guardians remain true to their duty)

Rowan of Rin
''Only fools do not fear, Sheba. You said that once, and it is true. I know I am not a hero. But I know I can face fear if I must.''

Rowan

Oneshots

 * Silent Cries (Allun and Marlie return to Rin)
 * Tears of the Sea (Zeel is rescued by Ogden)

Poems

 * Cycle of Conflict (A desire for peace exists)

Saga of Seven Suns
''In the far future, humanity began to search the stars, sending out vast spaceships that would take generations to reach their goals. In the depths of space they encountered the Ildiran Empire&mdash;apparently the galaxy's only other intelligent civilization. The ildirans came to Earth and passed on the knowledge of their stardrive, allowing humanity to expand to the stars. Almost two-hundred years after that first contact, human colonies proliferate throughout the galaxy. But as mankind prepares to seize the future, danger comes from the past...''

Poems

 * Freedom (The generation ships set out)
 * Roamers (The Roamers remain free)
 * Sands of Mars (Mars is left to the EDF)

Section 8
''The ARM started this war. But Section 8...is going to finish it.''

Alex Corde

Multi-chaptered Stories
The Spark of Life

This is very much a story tailored to fit a setting, rather than a story inspired by a setting. Specifically it's a terraforming-centric story, dealing with its ethics...or at least dealing with them as far as an amateur writer such as myself can hope to address them. In regards to the Section 8 setting as a whole, it's set during early colonization efforts&mdash;after the disapearence of the Spear, but before the establishment of terraforming success stories such as New Madrid. Roughly a century before the events of the games.

By way of development, while writing this, I decided to add a prologue and epilogue to the story. The ending of the main story is left ambiguous, but imagining how I would write it, I felt it would leave readers feeling a bit short-changed, not to mention that it would really just cut out. Hence, a prologue and epilogue were added to bring the story full circle and provide more closure.

Length: A prologue, 7 chapters, and an epilogue

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Cold (A Helldiver is killed)
 * Evolution (Stone reflects on the concept)
 * Helldivers (Atmospheric insertion is carried out)
 * Prepare to Drop (The ARM invades New Madrid)

Poems

 * Terra Firma (Humanity explores the galaxy)

The Simpsons
D'oh!

Homer Simpson

Oneshots

 * Dogs Playing Poker (They're observed to do so)
 * Good Medicine (Dr. Nick 'treats' a patient)
 * Siblingship (Lisa misses Bart)

Poems

 * Where Everyone Knows Your Name (Moe's Tavern is advertised)

SOL: Exodus
Usque ad ultimum spiritum

Oneshots

 * Scorched Earth (The Children of Dawn spread their faith)

Poems

 * The Return (The Atlas returns to Sol)

Sonic the Hedgehog
''I don't have a master but the wind that blows free! I play by my own rules, always remember that.''

Sonic the Hedgehog

Multi-chaptered Stories
Note that there are multiple stories that could be added to this list, as per my early history of drafting STH stories. Still, they're effectively in reserve, given their low quality. At the least, I'll bring them out in a manner that there's always at least one Sonic the Hedgehog story on the drafting list.

Friendship

Friendship, or Origins as it was once known was a story that I feel was doomed from the start. Dealing with the first meeting between Sonic and Kintobor (as per the Fleetaway continuity), I tried to set it up as part of a multiverse approach. However, looking ahead as towards said multiverse, I realised that the concept couldn't work effectively. I've since resigned myself to writing for the various different STH universes as opposed to meshing them together.

In the process, Origins was deleted. However, I'm not really one for leaving fics to rot, and thus decided to re-post the story. It ends where I left off, but can potentially stand alone. Everyone knows the story of Sonic and Kintobor, so they're not really missing out on anything. If I write the intended other three chapters in the future, it'll probably be as a seperate fic.

This course of action also prompted a title change, as it's no longer really a full story of the origin of Sonic. The title, while cliche, is representative of the themes I intended on representing. The Archie comic series has often dealt with the issue of racism and I designed this to follow suit.

Note that a sequal of sorts exists in Jungle of Shadow.

Length: 3 chapters

Status: Complete

Jungle of Shadow

This was the last story (adapted from The Minpins by Roald Dahl, believe it or not), I fully outlined under the auspecies of a multiverse approach to the STH series and of all of them, perhaps the easiest to write. The content however, was another matter, featuring...well, something that doesn't really conform to any STH universe to be honest, apart from the game series, yet has a context more in keeping with the Archiveverse, Sonic SatAM or Sonic Underground. As such, I was stuck as to how to convert it into a single universe setting and even transposed it into a Diablo story (actually two Jungle of Shadow stories as a result). An Archieverse setting seemed the most likely at first, but made the psychological aspect difficult. In the end, the story as it currently stands stems from Friendship to an extent, though skips the intermitant stories that used to exist (e.g. Transgression). It loosely ties into the Segaverse, though features zone jumping, as Friendship was written under the multiverse approach. Suffice to say it forms a random reality of its own.

Note that I originally intended to include the original outline as a bonus chapter, but the final result was closer to the original conception than I expected. As such, it would be too similar to post.

Length: A prologue, 3 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Complete

Chaos Control Freaks

The title probably gives it away, but yes, this is a novelization of the first episode of Sonic X. Not part of some overall effort, but simply a stand-alone story adaptation. However, it is probably worth mentioning that it is just that-an adaptation. Although the benefit of novelizations is the ability to flesh out aspects of a pre-existing story, this one is pretty direct. I felt that having too much stuff before the episode would reduce the impact of being transported to Earth and that focussing on too much on material outside Sonic and his initial arrival (e.g. the impressions of the other characters) would be counterproductive in depicting the psychological effect of such an arrival.

Also had a bit of an adventure of my own during the writing of it, namely the character of Hector Dragg from the comic series. It's a technique I appreciate, how the comics took a nameless character from episode 1 (effectively Sam's second-in-command of the S-Team) and gave him a personality. Problem was, I initially thought he was one of the pit crew, given similarities of appearance. The driver was originally an OC named Jackson. Luckily I realized this in time while writing it and changed characters and personalities around, how the driver, now Hector as he always was, was someone I could really cut loose with, showing the early stages of the sociopath he'd become. Worked for the best IMO, even if it might have been a bit 'too extreme.' To that I say, 4Kids, you have a lot to answer for...

Length: 4 chapters

Status: Complete

The Last Guardian

I'm not sure why I decided to do this story, said story formerly being titled as Mystic Isle. The original 'idea' consisted of a simple note in old story ideas, one consisting of "Mystic Isle-adaptation of STH3 multiplayer." Somehow, my younger self expected me to make a story out of that. Well, not backing down from a challange, I did make a story out of it, albiet not an intricate one. Cutting Sonic and Tails out of the story, leaving only Knuckles and an OC as the major characters, I didn't do much with what I had to work with. Still, I'm generally satisfied, even more so since I discovered the original plot after I finished the basic stages of this one.

As things turn out, I did decide to make an adaptation of the multiplayer in my early writing days, coming across the original outline. Suffice to say, it's pretty poor and basic, enough to convince me that sticking with the new plot is the best course of action. If I get to posting this story, I'll probably include the original outline as a bonus chapter to be laughed at. By way of clarification, the story takes place not long after the events of Sonic 3 and Knuckles and in a sense, can be considered to be an interquel between those games and Knuckles's Chaotix.

For what it's worth, this story has highlighted the difficulties in single-character writing, which would apply for pretty much any 2D platform game of the 8 and 16bit eras. With other stories, I've at least had one character for Sonic to bounce words off, such as Flicky and Abaddon. Here however, it's Knuckles doing what he did best prior to Sonic Adventure 2-be a lone wolf. Certainly adds a new dimension in regards to trying to keep it fresh and keeping the angst at a reasonable level.

Yes, I'm looking at you, Shadow...

Length: 5 chapters, an epilogue and a bonus chapter

Status: Complete

Heads or Tails

As the title suggests, this is a novelization of the pilot episode of SatAM. Um...yeah, that about covers it. Guess it's worth noting though in the realm of additions/alterations that Bomber 1 is an actual character in this story.

Length: 6 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Complete

Transgression

This followed on from the events of Of Rodents and Rings and despite being fully outlined, was cancelled also. It also shared the same problems in regards to being posted, how it was under a multiverse format. Still, I settled on making it an Archieverse story, set not long after Mobotropolis's fall, with Sonic and Chuck on South Island. There's some elements from other 'verses, such as Flicky and the story being set on South Island, but nothing mutually exclusive. What also isn't mutually exclusive in my mind is ''Oh No-Robo! No-Mo Mobo!''. No, that isn't a tongue twister, but rather the second story of the very first issue of the Archie comics series, later copied by Teitelbaum for the Troll Associates novel series. Although the early story of Sonic meeting Sally after Robotnik took over after helping Chuck and Muttski definately has had some elements retconned, I treat it as tiered canon, hence why there's some legroom for a South Island story.

Length: 4 chapters

Status: Complete

The Mobius Chronicles

This is another Chronicles story, this time for background material I developed for Sonic the Hedgehog. This was during the time of my intent to take a merged universe approach to the material before I settled on seperate universes. Most of it however pertains to SatAM and/or Archie material, such as robot and vehicle types. However, it's still very much a multiple universe story, though as with the rest of the Chronicles stories, it's really just various oneshots bound by a common theme.

Projected Length: 18 chapters

Status: Ready to be written

Of Rodents and Rings

This was originally intended to be a sequel to Origins. However, after my abandonment of a multiverse approach to the STH franchise, this story had to be put on the backburner, despite being fully outlined. Spent quite some time there as well, as the plot relied on numerous multiverse aspects and no single 'verse could accomadate them all without drastic changes to the plot. However, I've since settled on an Archiverse setting, set during the Great War. Might tie in with Transgression. I does however, lead directly into Water Rats plotwise.

Effectively it's up to stage 5 of drafting, with me simply having to transpose the stages into a new paradigm. Hence why it's on the drafting list. However, because of the time that will take, it's quite low on the list.

Projected Length: A prologue, 5 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting effectively, but copying of material needs to be done.

Water Rats

Basically a similar story in terms of origin as Transgression and Water Rats. Same multiverse approach, only I never got round to finishing the draft. Well, I have now, and it's in that continuity...unfortunately. Suffice to say, can't say I'm too impressed with what I dragged up back in the day. Still, may as well tell the story.

Projected Length: A prologue, 5 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting, ready to be outlined

Oneshots

 * Across the Desert Sands (Boomverse, Sonic encounters Drake)
 * All's Well That Ends Well (SatAM, Sonic reflects on the implications of Robotnik's defeat)
 * Battle of the Bands (Team Sonic meets the Sonic Underground)
 * Broken (SatAM, Rotor tries to build a de-roboticizer)
 * Bubble Trouble (Segaverse, Sonic escapes drowning)
 * Cancer (SU, Sonic confronts Robotnik)
 * Candle (SatAM, Sally deals with the loss of innocence)
 * Complicated (SatAM, Sonic and Sally discuss the future)
 * Console Wars (The forces of Sega and Nintendo do battle)
 * Continue? (Segaverse, Sonic faces the Game Over screen)
 * Deception (Archieverse, Sonic resents Chuck lying to him about his parents)
 * Doctor, Doctor! (Archieverse, Robotnik is driven nuts)
 * Dreaming (Segaverse, Amy reflects on her feelings for Sonic)
 * Duty Calls (Archieverse, Sonic and Sally part ways)
 * Eye of the Needle (Segaverse, 360 degree loops are discussed)
 * Ghost in the Machine (Segaverse, Metal Sonic seethes in imprisonment)
 * Gone Batty (Segaverse, two bat brains discuss philosophy)
 * Guardian (AoSTH, Sonic looks after Tails)
 * History (SatAM, Robotnik is remembered)
 * Homecoming (Archieverse, the Freedom Fighters reclaim Robotropolis)
 * If the Shoe Fits (AoSTH, people imitate Sonic's shoes)
 * Insanity (Archieverse, King Acorn accepts Julian Kintobor into the fold)
 * I, Robian (Insight into a Robian's thoughts)
 * Knight of a Whim (Segaverse, SonicxBlaze)
 * Lost (Segaverse, Sonic observes the Lost Labyrinth)
 * Moment of Happiness (Segaverse, Sonic runs into a crabmeat)
 * My Little Princess (SU, Sonia and Rarity are similar)
 * My Own Kind of Freedom (Archieverse, Rocket converses with Tailon)
 * Paradox (Segaverse, Silver misses Blaze)
 * Reach for the Stars (Segaverse, the wisps seek aid from Sonic and Tails)
 * Running Out of Time (Archieverse, Amy suffers from accelerated ageing)
 * Sanctuary (Segaverse, Sonic and Knuckles return to Sky Sanctuary)
 * Silence is Green (SX, Dark Oak studies a krynoid)
 * Solace (SatAM, Sonic gives Sally words of encouragement)
 * Stories (Segaverse, Merlina witnesses the end of Camelot)
 * Sunlight (Segaverse, Sonic runs along Westside Island)
 * Termination (SU, the Sonic Underground broadcast for the Resistance)
 * That Lovely Singing Voice (Boomverse, Sonic has one...sort of)
 * The Price of Freedom (SatAM, Sonic is consumed by boredom)
 * That Time of Year Again (SU, the Resistance 'celerbrates' Christmas)
 * Thunderstorm (Segaverse, Sonic succumbs to hydrophobia)
 * When You Wish Upon a Star (SX, Tails misses Cosmo)
 * Wisps (Segaverse, Tails seeks to learn more about the wisps)
 * You Can't Go Home Again (Segaverse, Sonic is trapped in the past)

Poems

 * Biosphere (The Great Forest is the last haven from Robotnik)
 * Blight (Archieverse, portrays the fight against Robotnik)
 * Chasing the Wind (Segaverse, Sonic saves South Island)
 * Eye for an Eye (Sonic's pride takes a beating)
 * Feeling Lucky (STC, a power ring is found)
 * Forest Spirit (Archieverse, the 'Spirit of the Great Forest' reflects on the havoc wrought by the fight between Robotnik and his enemies)
 * Memories of the Wind (Segaverse, Elise remembers Sonic)
 * Salvation (Segaverse, Light and Dark Gaia do battle)
 * Seeds of Chaos (Segaverse, Tikal reflects on her people's warlike nature)
 * Sunset (Segaverse, Sonic leaves Sunset Park behind)
 * The Hive (Archieverse, the bzzz repel the blodex)
 * The Sound of Music (SU, Sonia plays the piano)
 * Yearning (Archieverse, Mina nurses a crush on Tails)

Spyro the Dragon
Take flight and fulfill your destiny.

Oneshots

 * Absent (LoS, Spyro's 'death' is mourned)

Poems

 * Ancient (LoS, age catches up to Terrador)

Star Citizen
''The three flash their engines and turn to engage you. You charge your shields up full and heat up your guns. You swear to yourself, if you make it through this, to hell with living on the straight and narrow. Times are too tight. You can't afford to keep losing loads. It keeps going like this, you might have to become a pirate tomorrow. The pirates fan out in an attack formation...but first, you have to make it through today.''

Oneshots

 * In the Shadow of a Star (The Paul Steed is on patrol)

Poems

 * Deep Space (Solace can be found in the depths of space)

StarCraft
''Far in the future, 60,000 light years from Earth, a loose confederacy of terran exiles is locked in battle with the enigmatic protoss and the ruthless Zerg Swarm. Each species struggles to ensure its own survival among the stars in a war that will herald the beginning of mankind's greatest chapter -- or foretell its violent, bloody end.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Loomings

This is a novelization of the Precursor campaign released as a bonus on the Warcraft III demo disc and later made avaliable for download on battle.net. Probably one of the easier novelizations I've done in a sense, considering that the campaign allowed a clear path to follow and allow me to fill in the areas in-between. All five missions are covered, but not without intervals in-between. Despite being the first multi-chaptered StarCraft fic I posted on this site, it's taken a long period of time to progress through it, partly due to my decision to reboot the story. It remains the same overall, but with minor corrections to the lore as per the release of new information and hopefully, less like a history essay at times.

Of course, history is often revised and this story is no exception, with many elements of this story rendered incorrect by canon material. For starters, my portrayal of Cerberus Recon Squad as a squadron rather than part of a greater Cerberus Program was rendered inaccurate by the comic series. Already some of this has occurred as per my portraying of adjutants as software rather than hardware. Also, it established that the zerg were named as such months beforehand, while depicted them as being named within the story. Also, Los Andares was depicted in the story as being defended by militia, while the comic establishes that Los Andares Security was responsible. Still, I wouldn't say that the story suffers too much from these inaccuracies.

Length: 12 chapters

Status: Complete

Operation: Claws

A novelization of the battle.net mission of the same name. Yes, that mission, the one where you have to save Christmas from the Zergrinch.

Despite its background, the fic is serious, or at least as serious as such a mission allows. Short, but when all one has to work with is a single briefing and a mission dominated by a Defiler seeking chocolate chip cookies, that's perhaps to be expected. It was intended to tie in with the storyline of StarCraft Adventures also, along with filling a certain plot hole concerning a certain terran player character from Rebel Yell...

These were my intentions at least. However, elements of the story, or at least the ending, have been rendered slightly errenous by the StarCraft comic. Keeping in mind that this was before Adventures was de-canonized, my previous interpretation of Raynor's association with the Alliance was that it was permenant until he grew tired of the fight against the zerg and returned to lead the Raiders. However, going by the comic, it appears his allegiances were far more flexible and thus unlikely to make a static affiliation with the Alliance (keeping to an inclusionistic stance here). Another thing that can't be addressed easily is the mention of Swann in the story, his membership coming well before it canonically should. Note that the dates in the story are also errornous as per the timeline retcons in Heaven's Devils, but it isn't too drastic.

Something else to note is the nature of omissions. The protoss bandits were cut out intentionally, as I couldn't see them fitting in context. The absence of the adjutant "Santa's Helper" and Mrs Claus however, is something I forgot outright to include. Not exactly a breach of canon, but one that's a bit embarassing, all things considered. But hey, considering the nature of this novelization, maybe embarassment is what one can expect. ;) At least in the case of Santa's wife, I could potentially make the argument that Twelve Days of StarCraft takes place after the story's events. Another error is that I used a 24 hour standard in the story rather than the Koprulu sector's 27 hour standard. Oops.

This story was to recieve a sequel in the form of Inner Fire, but I ended up canceling it. That sequel may still materialize however.

Length: 8 chapters

Status: Complete

Shadow Blade

There's a long story behind this fic...and all for one that's four chapters :)

Anyway, the story actually has its origins in a Halo story I did, Diary of a Forerunner. I ended up taking it down though. Firstly the writing was too poor for my liking. Secondly, it had been based on the supposedly leaked Halo 3 script, which turned out to be a fake. Still, even after all was said and done, the original conception remained in my mind. As such, I decided to apply it to StarCraft.

I've mentioned this fic a few times before, back when it was titled Spectre. As the title suggested, it was to do with the Spectres, the storyline based on Project Shadow Blade. In the end however, although I'd finished the outline, I had to put it on the backburner, as Firstborn screwed up the timeline I envisioned. As such, I had to go back to the drawing board. Firstly, I had to adjust the time frame. Secondly, I had to adjust the characters. I'd originally intended to have Kelerchian feature, but for other reasons (more on that later) I had to take him out. I also toyed with the idea of including Valerian in as well, but gave up on that as well.

In the end, I managed to make the corrections, finishing them on the same day that Spectres was announced. Given that Kelerchian is set to feature, I decided to replace him, not wanting to conflict with canon. Secondly, I ended up changing the title. However, the story was still rendered null by canon, a process begun in BlizzCon 2008 with the lore information released, with the KMC-Confederacy prisoner exchange occurring in 2491 and thus rendering Johnny's age in the series likely invalid (these dates were further altered in the Heaven's Devils timeline, casting further ambiguity). In hindsight, it would have probably been better to use Colin Phash IMO, bar an OC. Already some of it has been rendered null to an extent as Homecoming confirmed that "Johnny" was a nickname and that his formal name is John Raynor. As such, Warfield would have referred to him as such. And speaking of Warfield himself, my take on his personality was probably as OOC as possible, given his persona in Wings of Liberty.

So yeah. Don't except any links to this story.

Length: 4 chapters

Status: Complete

Requiem

Put simply, this story began in a world of pain. Put less simply, but with more clarity, this story originated when I was in Hawaii, trying to get to sleep with a splitting headache. It must have screwed up my brain pretty bad since before I knew it, I was seeing and hearing things that weren't part of reality. I won't go into the details, but suffice to say, it was a weird mix of the Firefly and Predator series, one group of people trying to cut open my mind, the other trying to do...other things. I just let it go by, eventually falling asleep and waking up feeling like crap. Still, it was an interesting experience.

Despite the weird origins (not all of which were used), the story itself is sensical, acting as a fanon prequel to the DLC mission Deception, leading straight into it. To be fair however, I also took a bit of inspiration from the movie Alien: Resurrection, as feverish delusions due to tropical heat can only take you so far. :)

Projected Length: A prologue, ten chapters and an epilogue

Status: Fully drafted, ready to be written

The New Order

The title probably gives much of it away, but the story is centered on...well, a new order, namely that of the establishment of the Terran Dominion. In practical terms, the story acts as an interquel between Rebel Yell/Liberty's Crusade and Overmind/Queen of Blades. It's mainly QoB that provided the inspiration however, the story depicting Raynor's attack on the Dylarian Shipyards as was mentioned in the novel amongst other things, namely the events leading up to the declaration of the Dominion and the Raiders' early actions.

In a sense, the story can be considered a prequel to Operation: Claws. When I started writing said fic, much of TNO had been plotted out, establishing the actions of Granger (the player character of Rebel Yell having been given a name and personality). As such, many of the events mentioned concerning Granger and Raynor in O: C actually take place in this one. However, the story is primarily based on canon events so the two stories can be read independently. Perhaps that's just as well continuing O: C's slightly errenous ending in regards to canon.

A bit of error exists in this story as per the absolute date given by Raynor, as it was written before the Fall of Tarsonis was retconned to being in February via the comic series. Still, it's not that relevant to the story, so no biggie.

Length: 5 chapters

Status: Complete

Legacy

In a sense, this is a prequel to a prequel. To clarify that statement, this is a fanon prelude to the events of the Dark Templar Saga novel series, which in turn leads into StarCraft II. Hardly as ground-shatterring, but it portrays my take on issues such as Dahl going from solo from Stewart, Valerian's role in the Dominion's chain of command, the emergence of the xel'naga temples, etc.

The drawback in all this however, is that the plot relied heavily on that of the game Perfect Dark Zero-more heavily than I'd like to be honest. Perhaps fittingly, it was the plot itself that snagged the development of the story, as I'd outlined that it was in the story that Dahl would meet her teammates that apppear in the DTS. However, while scrounging up information for the StarCraft Wiki, I came across the line that mentions that she handpicked them. A small difference perhaps, but a crucial one in the context of the story. I managed to fix things up a bit, along with dates, but it did have a stint in the graveyard section. Also had to make some alterations based on the timeline retcons in Heaven's Devils.

Projected Length: A prologue, 21 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Stage 5 of drafting, outline up to ch. 1

Downfall

This story is something of an amalgamation of a dream of amalgamations. To be specific, it was taken from one I had that blended elements of the movies Alien, Starship Troopers: Marauder and Dead Space: Downfall. Yes, I took the title of the third source, but this isn't an adaptation. At the time of writing, I only had the trailer to go on, finishing the early stages of drafting before even the game was released. So no, I don't intend to insert necromorphs into the StarCraft universe, nor xenomorphs or Arachnids either. That being said however, the story does insert things, and that's linking stories. It acts as something of a fanon prequel to the events of Hybrid, taking place not long after the events of StarCraft Adventures. I'd originally set the story as being in 2503, but due to the timeline retcon in Heaven's Devils, this was changed to 2502. That said, as it's set before Hybrid, things are iffy given this timeframe given that Zagara (and presumably other broodmothers) were active by 2501, so it makes me wonder whether Kerrigan's cerebrate would still be around.

As a minor note, I increased its length during writing, in order to give more time for character development and time for events to sink in. However, as I wrote, I took out a great amount of material and increased the level of ambiguity for character motivations and whatnot, in order to keep the level of mystery up. However, I’ve saved the cut material, and am considering doing a sidequel to the story so that it doesn’t go to waste. Story also taught me importance of character lists, as in, outside original drafting. Much better to keep track of minor characters on paper rather than just in my head.

The content of the story itself is another matter however. A frigate features extensively, but this was under the assumption that terran frigates were referenced in the song Terran Up the Night. However, turns out the line is "frigging laser beams" rather than "frigate laser beams," hence removing my mandate in a sense for putting a frigate in the StarCraft universe apart from the Valkyrie's "missile frigate" designation. While I'm sure terrans actually do use frigates, my basis for this isn't as strong as it once was, though Devils' Due might give some leeway based on interpretation. Either way, I've remained with the frigate as the small crew involved is best suited for the fic's storyline.

In addition, the revelation that Izsha was formerly Amanda Haley threw a potential spanner in the works, but as this idea was dropped, it became a moot point. Additionally did a 180 on the characterization of one of the characters as I began writing - hopefully it worked out for the better.

Projected Length: A prologue, 10 chapters, and an epilogue

Status: Complete

Guild Wars

In a sense, this was an adaptation of an adaptation. The story was based on the novel Letters from the Coffin Trenches, an account of the ANZAC Wellington Battallion at Gallipoli in WWI. The story, although fictional, is based on actual soldier's letters.

Anyway, as the title suggests, the story was set during the Guild Wars between the Confederacy and Kel-Morian Combine. However, I was dubious of its viability from the outset. Firstly, I was uneasy about writing an adaptation of an adaptation. Secondly, there were the technological disparities to deal with in transferring the original story. With the original story taking place mainly in 1915 and my own taking place mainly in 2485, it's to be expected that technological discrepencies would arise. And they did. Many of them. I also feel that the characters need more development. Still, I've decided to put the story back on the drafting order and hope for the best.

Projected Length: 23 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Stage 5 of drafting, outline up to ch. 4

Rebel Yell

As the chapter suggests, this is a novelization of the terran campaign from the original game. And as the concept of such a novelization suggests, it may raise the question of why I'm novelizing it at all in light of Liberty's Crusade. All in all, I see a mandate for both Liberty's Crusade and this to exist side by side. LC and Queen of Blades are, in my mind, effectively side-stories to Rebel Yell and Overmind rather than being full novelizations of them and given novel page limits, are probably all the better for it. Rebel Yell in this case is more of a re-telling of the game's story. There's overlap with LC, with the same events occuring, but from different POVs and the like. Also some overlap exists with Stellar Forces, but I'd rather those events be told via their own novelization were I to do such a thing.

Another thing to consider was Flashpoint. The problem with the novel in regards to this story that it showed new events rather than just going over old ones as Liberty's Crusade did. And unlike Stellar Forces, where Raynor and Kerrigan have a marginal presence, they're very much part of the flashback scenes in the novel. Hence, I had to plan new chapters for this story to cover not only those events, but give the zerg and protoss something to do in the meantime. Worked out, but the projected length greatly increased.

Projected Length: 40 chapters

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting

Ghost Child

This stemmed from a request to a story focussing on John Raynor. While I've since ceased to take story requests, I nonetheless managed to get it to stage 5 of drafting. And as per the request, it does indeed focus on John, over the course of his Ghost training. A bit of a risk in regards to canon, but I'm willing to take it&mdash;whether an actual Ghost or if he actually did die in a shuttle crash, I think John is effectively dead in the series. He doesn't need to be brought back and Colin Phash has effectively taken over his paradigm. Still, I'm willing to tell his story-at least Devils's Due validated some of the gambles I took. What may not be validated though is the telling of such a story in the first place, considering that Metzen has expressed interest in telling John's story at a later date.

Projected Length: A prologue, 12 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Up to stage 5 of drafting, ready to be outlined

The Koprulu Chronicles

One of the Chronicles stories and by far the most extensive. I think I kind of lost myself here and to be frank, some of the ideas I came up for StarCraft weapons and tech should never have been concieved in the first place. But hey, I can lampoon them in the story itself. However, "story" might be too generous a term, as like the others, this is very much just a collection of oneshots.

Minor note in that Creep may have beaten me to a story idea (at least in regards to publishing it) in regards to the idea of intelligent creep, but no biggie-it's only a chapter's worth.

Projected Length: 26 chapters

Status: Ready to be written

Terran Up the Night

This is basically me applying lyrics to the songs of Level 800 Elite Tauren Chieftain, as advertised in Wings of Liberty. Obviously some already exist (e.g. the song itself) but many are without them, and others would need tailoring also, namely those of Warcraft origins.

Projected Length: 14 chapters

Status: Ready to be written

Ghosts and Shadows

Simple story really. Focussed on Liddy grieving for John, and letting her own health deteriorate in the process. Kind of a first for me in that it's one of the first stories, if not the first that has a distinct supernatural aspect to it.

Length: 3 chapters

Status: Complete

Stewardship

This stemmed from Inner Fire, a sequel to Operation: Claws. This is covered in its own entry in the graveyard section, but this stems from the angle of protoss acting as safeguards, the original role the kaldorei would play in regards to the protoss bandits. This takes place between Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void, with Selendis as the main protagonist, trying to uphold the Dae'Uhl despite the Protectorate's weakened state. My original idea was to set it before the events of the original StarCraft, but this slipped by the wayside as soon as I started working on it. However, it does bear some risk of being rendered null given that not much time passes between HotS and LotV, not to mention that Selendis has a presence in the start of the latter.

Projected Length: 6 chapters

Status: Fully outlined, ready to be written

Oneshots

 * A Game of Drones (Narud writes notes on various factions)
 * A Load of Carp (Herbie desires freedom)
 * Always Bet on Void (Protoss board the Sajuuk)
 * A New Year (Kerrigan and Liberty discuss the future)
 * Abnormal (The Cerberus Ghost observes Bhekar Ro)
 * ATLAS Shrugged (ATLAS guides the Nagglfar)
 * Broken Contact (Tassadar obeys the Dae'Uhl)
 * Brute Force (A report is made on the Confederacy's tactics after the Guild Wars)
 * Cats vs. Dogs (Kitlings are created to replace roverlisks)
 * Chilled to the Soul (Blizzard removes the Soul Hunter)
 * Circumstance (Hanson becomes affiliated with Raynor's Raiders)
 * Control (Arcturus reels from public backlash)
 * Creeping Me Out (An arctic beast appears on Xil)
 * Curiosity (Hanson develops feelings for Raynor)
 * Diamondbacks are Forever (A Diamondback driver engages in banter)
 * Dae'Uhl (Aldaris and Demioch discuss the Dae'Uhl)
 * Disruption (A marine writes a letter home)
 * Dolly (A Spectre saves a child)
 * Don't Fear the Reaper (Kerrigan takes her revenge on Arcturus)
 * Dwarfs in Space (The Hyperion encounters squats)
 * Dying Times (Nova reflects how Ghosts are becoming obselete)
 * Elevation (Morgan hits on Nova)
 * Emergence (Locust forces battle terrans)
 * En Taro Tassadar (Tassadar leads protoss)
 * Encapsulated (A SCV pilot engages in banter)
 * Eternity (The Dominion Marine Corps attacks a KLF base)
 * Evolution (The zerg 'evolve' for StarCraft II)
 * Freedom (Mengsk and Kelerchian discuss the nature of freedom)
 * Four Years (Raynor misses Kerrigan)
 * Got It Where It Counts (Horner defends the Hyperion)
 * Halo (A xel'naga Halo is discovered)
 * Hell's Gate (Warfield is dispatched to Pandora)
 * Hero (Valerian is forced to give praise to his father)
 * Hindsight (Nova ponders whether she truely desires a mind-wipe)
 * Hunter (Savassan despairs at his race's bloodlust)
 * I Didn't Choose the RTS Life (Terran, zerg, and protoss forces do battle)
 * Imperfect Symmetry (Khastiana arrives on Shakuras)
 * Inescapable (Izsha remembers her old life)
 * Intricacies (Zamara finds herself warming to Jake)
 * Leviathan (Shepard confronts Kerrigan)
 * Liberators (The UED occupies Korhal)
 * Limbo (Ghost is canceled)
 * Losing Out (Kath's psionic powers alienate her)
 * Liberated (Liberators destroy a colony)
 * Light and Darkness (Adun and Raszagal express ideological differences)
 * Lost (Mind wipes become S.O.P. for the Ghost Program)
 * Lost Battle (Reflection on the nature of the Confederacy)
 * Luck (Koiter is killed)
 * Necropolis (Jake explores Helios)
 * One Last Light (Artanis and Karax discuss Amon)
 * Oracle (A tribal alien spots an Oracle)
 * Painted (Lockwell interviews a Ghost)
 * Perfect Soldier (Kerrigan reflects on the nature of war)
 * Periphery (Jake misses Zamara)
 * Predation (A bengalaas feeds her young)
 * Pretty (Nova becomes friends with John)
 * Purity (Depicts the events of Project Purification)
 * Rainbow (Raynor reflects on his woes)
 * Rampant (A Raven goes rampant)
 * Regicide (A queen confronts a xenomorph Matriarch)
 * Relics (Dahl comforts Jake)
 * Rolling Thunder (A Banshee pilot is given a mission)
 * Quite Adept (Zeratul and Talis discuss the assault on Atrias)
 * Screams (Kachinksy and Hall discuss Spectres)
 * Shiny (A Moebius ship visits Cerberus scientists)
 * Something's Cheesy (Terrans react to the cannon rush tactic)
 * Sticks and Stones (Valerian uses plastiscab)
 * Spear and Shield (Artanis commands from the Spear of Adun)
 * Spectre (A Ghost senses Shepard)
 * Stargazing (Ardo gazes at the stars)
 * The Curse of Choice (A cerebrate reflects on the nature of choice)
 * The Great Bear (Lockwell comforts Valerian)
 * The Sound of Music (Valerian and Warfield discuss the invasion of Char)
 * The Spark of Life (Guilty Spark converses with Sparky)
 * The Written Word (Steegman writes a letter to Arcturus)
 * Through the Looking Glass (Stetmann studies a sentry)
 * Trinity (The kalathi are forgotten)
 * Unexpected (Raynor's relationship with Kerrigan develops)
 * Vent Your Spleen (The Raiders list their grieviances)
 * Vindication (The kalathi recover from the Kalath Intercession)
 * Virtue of Sacrifice (Kerrigan wonders if she's any different from Arcturus)
 * Void of the Abyss (Rommie studies the Spirit of the Abyss)
 * Waxing Lyrical (L80ETC gives Donut a hard time)
 * Wraiths (Valerian fears for the future of terran civilization)

Poems

 * Banelings (Banelings take out terrans)
 * Blind Faith (The Supreme Watchmaker is worshipped)
 * Boarding Action (Protoss board a battlecruiser)
 * Call of Duty (Dedicated to the Dominion Marine Corps)
 * Dies the Fire (Raynor returns to Mar Sara)
 * Eye of the Tiger (The Gray Tiger is destroyed)
 * Grim Reaper (Dedicated to the hydralisk)
 * Hand of Darkness (Zeratul confronts Aldaris)
 * Hearts of the Swarm (Kerrigan and the zerg are divided)
 * Hounds of the Void (Zeratul fears Amon's coming)
 * He Who Brings Order (The protoss honour Khas)
 * Liberty (Candore will be avenged)
 * Limericks (Hydralisks flee terrans)
 * Memories (Kerrigan remembers being the Queen of Blades)
 * Omega (Blizzard removes the Omegalisk)
 * Predator (Blizzard removes the Predator)
 * Preserver's Burden (The preservers record history)
 * Shel'na Kryhas (Dedicated to the protoss group of the same name)
 * Solace (Vistor comes to appreciate Nova's presence)
 * The Night Before Christmas (Tarsonis deals with smugglers)
 * Underworld (The caverns beneath Aiur are sealed)
 * Whispers in the Dark (The Dark Voice is heard)

Star Fox
All wings, report in.

Multi-chaptered Stories
Skyfall

A simple story, and adaptation of the Mass Effect DLC Bring Down the Sky. Set between Adventures and Assault. And no, it has nothing to do with the James Bond film of the same name, this story having been conceived even before Quantum of Solace.

Projected Length: 8 chapters

Status: Outline complete, ready to be written

Oneshots

 * Conversion (RS, depicts a victim of the aparoids)
 * Do a Barrel Roll (Star Fox aid the UNSC)
 * Ice Queen (RS, Fox suffers from brain freeze)

Poems

 * Macbeth (RS, Star Fox attacks the planet)
 * Tribute (RS, honours those who fought in the Lylat Wars)

StarFront
''Forces will collide as they seek to assert control over xenobium. Conflict is inevitable.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Transit of Venus

Quite a simple story, and one with very little reference to the game itself. Considering its lack of lore/background, this wasn't hard. Anyway, set well before the events of the game, focussing on a terraforming operation on Venus and the poor conditions on Earth. Was the focus of a writing course I was part of and hence, it's designed to be able to stand on its own. Bit of a different technique used in that I had one POV/section per chapter, which goes against my norm. Still, most people seem to prefer this.

Length: A prologue and 13 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Anomaly (Humans and myriads battle over xenobium)

Poems

 * Christmas Spirit (Santa visits the Consortium)

Stargate
''It will take you a million light years from home. But will it bring you back?''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Mirror

An adaptation of a dream I had, one that involved my street, my old secondary school, T.J. and orange-skinned aliens in jeeps. Yeah...no idea where that came from. Anyway, ended up making a story out of it, setting it between the events of Space and Faith. Kind of falls on "a mirror darkly" concept, but I wouldn't say that portrayal of either species is negative. And if it is, you can blame the part of my mind reserved for wackiness.

Admittedly some of the story's concept has been rendered iffy by Awakening and Resurgence, in regards to the nature of first contact. Still, it's not too major. And no, it has nothing to do with the Stargate "mirror universe," nor the novel Mirror Mirror.

Projected Length: 9 chapters

Status: Fully outlined, ready to be written

The Lost World

An adaptation of a dream material, that was later turned into an adaptation of an adaptation of a novel...no, that's not a poor attempt at a tongue twister. What it is, actually, is me explaining that this was adapted from a dream featuring SG-1, Nyan, humans evolved from lizards that still exist as an ancestral species (go figure) and their refusal that anything can travel through the stargate. Somehow, that didn't cut it. Still, given the key element of the story (the notion of two species living in the same area, with one being the direct ancestor to the other) reminded me of The Lost World, or rather the TV adaptation of it. So while it's effectively an adaption, I've at least included some original elements.

Timeline-wise, the story is set between seasons 5 and 6 of SG-1, with the team looking for a replacement for Daniel.

Projected Length: A prologue, 11 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Stage 5 of drafting, ready to be outlined

Outback Hunters

An adaption of a dream I had-a short one, and a short story as a result. Basically involved SG-1 (which was named SG-14 for some reason) taking part in a firefight near a warehouse in what looked like the Outback. Yeah...no idea where that came from. Either way, turned it into a story, focussing on a hunt for one of the last Ba'al clones. And yes, the SG-14 angle, the warehouse and location worked their way into the story as well. Go figure.

Projected Length: A prologue, 7 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Outline complete, ready to be written

Oneshots

 * A Cold Day in Hell (SGU, the settlers of Eden succumb to hypothermia)
 * Addiction (SGU, Rush misses Destiny)
 * Cancellation (SGU, the Destiny Expedition is recalled)
 * Daedalus and Icarus (SGU, the George Hammond watches over Icarus Base)
 * Elves in Space (SG-1, Jack and Daniel discuss the trope)
 * Evolution (SGA, the Tacitus contains info on Lantean technology)
 * First Among Prequels (SGU, Eli finds some Star Wars movies)
 * Gateway (SGA, John encounters the Oracle)
 * Once More, with Feeling (SGU, Riley succumbs to his injuries)
 * Speaking the Language (English is a universal language)
 * Stargazing (SGU, Chloe and Scott stargaze)
 * Stumbling in the Dark (SGU, Park deals with blindness)
 * This Side of Eden (SGU, Caine soaks in Eden)
 * Winds of Change (SG-1, Daniel returns to Earth)
 * Zap (SG-1, the ma'tok staff is discussed)

Poems

 * Across the Burning Sands (SGM, Ra's slaves mine naquedah)
 * A Line in the Sand (SGM, writing is punished on Abydos)
 * Parasite (Conveys the cruelty of the goa'uld)

Starship Troopers
''Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.''

Jean V. Dubois

Oneshots

 * Something's Bugging Me (FS, Klendathu is invaded)
 * Waiting (FS, a MI is stranded on Klendathu)

Poems

 * Time To Strike (FS, basically Federation propaganda)

Star Trek
''Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission&mdash;to explore strange news worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no-one has gone before.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Contact

Let's face it, the original series of Star Trek had false advertising. The Enterprise was to "seek out new life and new civilizations." With that being said, I feel the first season hardly lives up to that, as of the episodes present, it isn't that often that the Enterprise comes across actual civilizations and even when it does, often the civilizations are so advanced (e.g. the organians and metrons) that the notion of the Federation making contact is pretty much laughable. Luckily the second season rectifies this a bit.

So why do I bring this up? Simply put, as the title suggests, this is a first contact-based story, set during the Enterprise's (NCC-1701 version) original five year voyage. The core of this was based on a challenge of creating one's own alien race. In this case, it's effectively a new race for each chapter, with Star Trek being the type of sci-fi setting that one can mention/depict a new race and have no-one blink an eye. And for the record, I would have called it First Contact, but Paramount beat me to it. Also note that while there's an in-universe precedent for Milky Way species being humanoid, along with further setting them apart from their Andromedan counterparts, I aim for these aliens to be quite...well, alien.

Minor note in that this is based on a world-building guide I recieved from a sci-fi/fantasy creative writing course. Follows its form.

Projected Length: 10 chapters

Status: Writing up to ch. 2

The Price of Freedom

This is a story that stems from dream adaptation material. A dream that involved Yoda (Star Wars) being spaced from what looked like a cross between the Death Star (Star Wars) and The Sprawl (Dead Space) while Riker (Star Trek) watched on. And...that was it. Yet from it, I was able to weave a Star Trek story focussing on the nature of freedom vs. security. Um...yay? Guess outlining a story while having my car serviced can go quite quickly. Anyway, this is set in the TNG era-loosely between seasons 2 and 3, but the series placement is academic, and only really there because at the time I was writing this, I was on the last few episodes of season 2.

Projected Length: A prologue, 8 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Fully drafted, ready to be written

Oneshots

 * Among Thieves (Orion deals with klingons)
 * Assimilation (The borg and iskalloni try to assimilate each other)
 * Broken Contact (TOS, Kirk obeys the Prime Directive)
 * Catsuits (VOY, Harper hooks up with Seven of Nine)
 * Curiosity (FED, Kirk visits Chel)
 * Drones (Borg drones are similar to dread troopers)
 * Fires of Time (TNG, Soran wants to get back to the Nexus)
 * First Steps (TOS, Sargon and Jarwinar discuss the nuclear threshold concept)
 * Guardian (RBM, the USS Kelvin is destroyed)
 * Of Women and Torn Shirts (RBM, Kirk's shirt gets torn a lot)
 * The Echo and the Voice (TNG, Shinzon thinks about Lurtz)
 * The Final Frontier (STO, a ship is launched)
 * The Heart is Where the Horn Is (TOS, Sybok's horse resents him)

Poems

 * An Analysis of Ammority (ENT, the vulcans find human emotion puzzling)
 * Broken (ENT, Cyrus Ramsey is remembered)
 * It's a Wonderful Life (TNG, Q can be anything, anywhere)

Star Wars
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away...

Multi-chaptered Stories
Whispers of Infinitude

The Star Wars universe is big. Very big. Big enough that I've always known that if I were to write a multi-chaptered story in this universe, it would be best to start small. Well, this is it effectively-set during the war between the Sith Empire and Republic, this is an adaptation of the Warhammer 40,000 novella Accursed Eternity. Nothing major, but hey, baby steps. Minor note in that this was originally titled "Whispers of Infinity."

Something to note with this story is that there are indeed similarities with the Umbara arc of The Clone Wars, what with Kell and the troopers under his command. This fic was concieved after the arc, but for what it's worth, I didn't notice the similarities until I was well into the story. Still, I will admit that this is another point against this story's minimal originality. Also something to note is canon issues, namely into the nature of the Sith Empire's policy on slavery, as expressed in Revan. Unfortunately I don't know the full story, and Wookiepedia hasn't given info on the full details. Still, shouldn't be too much of an issue.

What is another potential issue is how I portray the Republic troopers in the story. The protagonists are indeed Republic Army grunts, yet I had them using the army of the Republic Special Forces. It was by chance that I discovered the distinction between the two during the era of The Old Republic. Still, I have kept the armour styles, as while the troopers may indeed be regular grunts, I can see them using Special Forces armour as per the story depicting an operation in space.

There's another error of sorts in this story that should be addressed, namely the hyperspace error I made. A degree of this story's plot is based around travel times, of ships being isolated. Problem is, it's set in the Outer Rim, and hyperspace isn't dependant on distance for travel time, but rather star density and the like. Minor issue, but I will admit that this was an error on my part.

Length: 3 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * A Kinection to the Force (RotE, sattire on the Kinect game)
 * An Elegant Weapon for a More Civilized Age (NJO, Kira confronts a Sith)
 * Assimilation (The borg and iskalloni try to assimilate each other)
 * Darkness (RotE, Marek escapes execution)
 * Got It Where It Counts (RotE, Han defends the Millennium Falcon)
 * The Dark Between the Stars (Kylo discusses things with Phasma)

Poems

 * Best Wishes (Valentine's Day is celebrated)

Strife
''Perpetual night. That's what we are headed for. Where every heart melts, as the black forces of Chaos consume us all. But a shot&mdash;one arrow of deliverance. I am Rook, High Archer of the Grey Elves. And these are the Trials of Strife.''

Oneshots

 * Barren (Strife is a dead world)
 * Dogs Playing Poker (They're observed to do so)
 * Like a Cat Out of Hell (Moxie is released from Sheol)
 * Savages (War is universal)
 * Sea of Dreams (Caprice yearns for the sea)
 * Sharing is Caring (Ray rips off Caprice)
 * The Blade and the Beast (Cindara battles Dharkwave)
 * The Other Side (The nature of death is discussed)
 * Trials (Rook wants answers)
 * Valour and Glory (Caprice comments on the team names)

Poems

 * Beak and Claw (Rook guides his ravens)
 * Surf's Up (Eonar surfs)
 * Twilight (Cindara seeks out Krytos)
 * Wicked (Trixie enters the Trials of Strife)

Super Mario
''It's-a-me! Mario!''

Oneshots

 * Console Wars (The forces of Sega and Nintendo do battle)
 * Physics (A koopa troopa is caught in a richochet)

Poems

 * Shining Brightly (Mario repeatedly rescues Peach)

Terminator
''The future is not set. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Pack Animals

The original idea for this story was from a dream adaptation, one where the T-1000 was active in Christchurch, New Zealand. There were other aspects, but not nearly enough to get a story out of. Still, out of what was present, somehow it developed into essentially an AR version of Judgement Day-a combination of the original film, the dream asects and tweaks of both to make the events similar, yet different. And, you know, still in Los Angeles. Christchurch has suffered enough from earthquakes, I don't think it needs the precursor to nuclear war ;)

In regards to the title...well, I couldn't in good conscience call it "Judgement Day." Guess the idea is that both humans and Terminators work well in groups, or 'packs,' as the story demonstrates. And yes, "Terminators" is plural there for a reason...

Also for the record, I accept that the plot is similar to the one proposed for Terminator 5, and would like to reaffirm that it was developed before it. And for the record, I would like to register my frustartion at the [censored] plot that's been proposed for such a movie.

Projected Length: A prologue, 15 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Stage 5 of drafting, outline up to ch. 1

Veiled Gauntlet

This is pretty much an adaptation of an adaptation. To be more specific, it's an adaptation of the Tommy Trilogy arc of the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog series. Yes, that arc. The arc that brought Tommy back, negating his previous sacrifice that achieved an emotional impact one rarely gets from a comic. The arc that unashamedly borrowed from Terminator, with "infiltrators" and "RoboDyne Systems," the references not coming off as endearing. The arc that makes me want to terminate Chacon and Penders for coming up with such a "brilliant" idea.

Still, I'm willing to adapt it into its host universe, effectively serving as a 'merged' setting. Effectively it doesn't correspond to a mainstream timeline, borrowing aspects from numerous sources. AR rather than AU though, given how flexible Terminator canon is. For what it's worth, it underwent a bit of character cutting during writing. Originally had Kate Brewster and a T-1000 appearing, but cut them out-former had too tenuous a connection with Reese (story's main protagonist), latter seemed too advanced to appear in the respective time period (2028).

Projected Length: A prologue, 7 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Fully outlined, ready to be written

Oneshots

 * Amateurs (John rants at Perry and Reese)
 * Blacklisted (Skynet nears activation)
 * Born Again (John is destroyed)
 * Imagination (The Resistance uses ingenuity against Skynet)
 * In the Swing of Things (John reflects on the future)
 * Knight in Shining Armour (Reese is attracted to Sarah)
 * Knowing (John confronts an alternate future)
 * No Fate (John reflects on the nature of fate)
 * Value (The T-X is destroyed)

Poems

 * Endurance (The Resistance endures against the machines)
 * Judgement (Judgement Day occurs)
 * Rust (Skynet is defeated)

Terra Nova
Mankind's only hope for survival lies 85 million years in the past.

Oneshots

 * In Memoriam (Skye resents being a spy)
 * Wants and Needs (Josh misses Kara)

Poems

 * Christmas Feeling (The Christmas spirit still exists)

Titan
''Shifting tectonic plates, raising Atlantis, and reviving Teotihuacan. Damn I love my job.''

Cameron Dayton

Oneshots

 * Another Kind of Magic (Magic still exists in the world)
 * Gods and Men (An adventurer studies Peruvian mythology)
 * Raising Atlantis (Atlantis is raised)

Poems

 * Of Myths and Men (Humanity's power grows)

Titan A.E.
Get ready for the human race.

Oneshots

 * Get Up, Shut Up (Cale is tired of life)

Poems

 * Islands in a Sea of Stars (Humanity loses its homeworld)
 * Terra Nova (New Earth is created)

Titanfall
''It's on the way. Standby for Titanfall.''

Oneshots

 * Trademark (Old videogames are found)

Poems

 * Blood and Stone (A Titan massacres infantry)

Torchlight
Deep beneath Torchlight, a darkness gathered.

Oneshots

 * Jewellery (Triya sells trinkets)
 * Something Fishy (Horse's fish is stolen)

Poems

 * Loot Hunt (The outlander seeks loot)

Ultima
''A new age is upon Britannia. The great evil lords are gone but our people lack direction and purpose in their lives. A champion of virtue is called for. Thou may be this champion, but only time shall tell.''

Lord British

Oneshots

 * Ravenguard (A castle is attacked)
 * Shades of Grey (Pagan is predominantly grey)
 * Thick Skulls (Mondain's skull is on display)

Poems

 * Grind (The Avatar grinds for experience)
 * The Sunken City (Ambrosia is consumed by the sea)

Universe at War
''For thousands of years, mankind has stared at the stars in awe and wonder. After today, we'll wish we're blind.''

Oneshots

 * What's In a Name? (Novus individuality is discussed)

Poems

 * The Long Road (The novus march on)

The Walking Dead
''You're either living or you're not. You ain't little. You ain't a girl, you ain't a boy. You ain't strong or smart. You're alive.''

Chuck

Oneshots

 * A Different Kind of Horror (TV, Daryl and co. enter Silent Hill)

Poems

 * Body and Soul (Comics, Bonnie wants another hit)

Warcraft
''What is this world I find myself in? Who are these people who toil upon it? I have judged countless worlds, but have never had occasion to look upon their peoples. And yet, from the dungeons in Ulduar, I see much…I see strife. I see enemies locked in battle. Perhaps eternal battle. I see death. I see time blindly marching on, turning war machines to ashes, grinding bones to dust. Smoothing down stones rough-hewn by the speaking peoples. Covering up attrocities with blankets of green and blue. And for what? To begin the cycle of violance over again? But I see other things as well. I see men carving out a semblence of peace, and caring for the next generation, so that they should know it as well. Even as their nature might divide them. I see great cities erected as beacons of achievement. Where prosperity brings happiness. But that peace is not without its stewards.''

Algalon the Observer

Multi-chaptered Stories
Denial

In my mind, the high elves occupy an interesting niche in the Warcraft universe (or at least did prior to the end of The Burning Crusade) situated between night elves and blood elves. Confrontations between the latter two are common and predictable, but the ideological differences between the quel'dorei and sin'dorei are not so often called into play. Granted, Night of the Dragon was an exception, the animosity between Veressa and Zendarin being one of the novel's few redeeming features, not to mention that the difference between the two kindreds has probably been mitigated somewhat given the restoration of the Sunwell and formation of a new Council of Tirisfal. Still, this fic was concieved before either storyline had been announced and was originally a oneshot to convey such a confrontation, but after having a flash of inspiration, I made it a multi-chaptered fic.

It is worth noting that a slight discrepency could be said to exist in regards to the character of Finnall Goldensword, who appears in the story. The issue started off simple enough, as she became a character that Metzen personally regarde as non-canon. However, with his stance akin to "existing, but not acknowledged," this suited my inclusionism. However, the RPG books have been since declared non-canon, and as a result, Finnall is effectively non-canon, having not appeared in any other media. It's not something that I'm willing to change, and as per inclusionism, not something I want to change. However, I do accept that this story has been made less viable canonically. And as usual, it's based on issues of timing I have no control over. Still, hardly the end of the world&mdash;this story is set before the Cataclysm after all. ;)

Another, perhaps more pertinent issue is Blood of the Highborne, the novella set to explore Kael'thas's decision to serve Kil'jaeden. Problem is, Denial covers this also...sort of. I'll need to wait for the novella to be released, but suffice to say, I think some of this story will be rendered null. Indeed, depending on how the canon goes, perhaps all of this story. Still, time will tell I guess. Finally, there's the timeline slip-up, how the story used the 25 year standard rather than the 20 year standard for the events of Reign of Chaos. Still, it's generally irrelevant to the story as a whole.

Minor note in that this story shares an OC character with Exodus of the Horde. Still, the two stories are easily seperate.

Length: 26 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Complete

Providence

In a sense, it's amazing that this fic got to the point where it could reach the fifth stage of drafting. I still have the original notes, but I can't really recall how, when and why I chose to concieve this story, one that was simply meant to be a novelization and expansion of The Burning Crusade site short story Stealing the Light, where the origin of the Blood Knights are given. Over time, I expanded the scope in that in addition to dealing with said origin, it now also covers the formation of the Scryers, the coming of the naaru and Kael's corruption by Kil'jaeden.

When it came to determining the order of writing/drafting stories, I decided to leave this on the backburner. I'd done about half of the actual outline, but without a chapter list. And the revelations presented in the patch Fury of the Sunwell prompted me to change the storyline a little (no, I'm not saying how).

Anyway, that pretty much covers it. Also, it can be considered to be a prequel to Denial to a sense in that a few of the fanon characters make appearances and the events mentioned in Denial are expanded on. However, it's not a prequel in the true sense in that it's based on canon events established in Warcraft lore and doesn't have any major impact on Denial's storyline. Both stories can be read independently.

Another, perhaps more pertinent issue is Blood of the Highborne, the novella set to explore Kael'thas's decision to serve Kil'jaeden. Problem is, Providence covers this also...sort of. I'll need to wait for the novella to be released, but suffice to say, I think some of this story will be rendered null. Indeed, depending on how the canon goes, perhaps all Still, time will tell I guess.

Projected Length: A prologue, 8 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Outline complete, ready to be written

Reign of Chaos: Exodus of the Horde

The title probably gives it away, but yes, this is a novelization of the orc prequel campaign of Reign of Chaos. No, this isn't part of an overall attempt to novelize the game (unlike my first attempt-see the graveyard section), but I feel that it's expansive enough that if the game were to be novelized, each campaign should have its own entry. The story also serves another function for me personally in that I get to work with the Horde. This serves as a good counterpart to Denial in that, while it isn't exactly Alliance-centric but rather a group facing the Illidari (or rather running from it), the Horde is a non-existant entity. Thus, it gives me good experience in writing for the opposite faction.

A bit of an issue presented itself Stormrage, which revealed that unlike what Thrall's black wolf in Reign of Chaos might suggest, Snowsong is still alive (actually appears in The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King too, but this was subjective). My original take was that Snowsong had been killed prior to the Horde's journey to Kalimdor and Thrall achieved a new black wolf in the meantime. While potentially a simple change, a significant portion of Thrall's personality in this story was based arround the supposed loss, hence prompting significant revision. Still, I managed to sort it out. What was much harder to sort out was material given in The Judgement. Originally, I'd had Vol'jin with Thrall from the outset, standing in for a troll headhunter (similar unit representations exist in regards to units and canon characters BTW) and developing comraderie in the field. However, as revealed in TJ, Zul'jin only returned to the island with Zelazane during the evacuation. Nice homecoming present, finding your father dead and your island on the verge of destruction.

As such, I had to replace the original Vol'jin with an OC, re-develop his character, make Zelazane a character as well and make more notes. Also required a revision of the outline, hence why this had a stint back in the drafting section. Still, now it's dealt with and ready to be written again...provided that new canon doesn't prompt a similar revision.

Had a similar hiccup with the Sea Withch&mdash;turns out her real name is Zar'jira, and she's a bona fide naga. Yes, this was revealed in Cataclysm, though I didn't realize this until much later. Still, it was an easy correction to make.

Minor note in that it shares an OC character with Denial. Still, the two stories are easily seperate.

Projected Length: 10 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Outline complete, ready to be written

Bones of Ironforge

The bulk of the draft for this fic was done while my computer was currently unavaliable to me. I still had my laptop though, on which was stored the PDF for the Warcraft RPG supplement, Bones of Ironforge. As the title suggests, this a novelization of said supplement, though with creative licence as an RPG entails. We know what happens in a story-based RPG, but how it happens is up to the player. It's the latter that I intend to tell in addition to the former.

Admittedly this is me telling a non-canon story, as per Blizzard declaring the RPG books non-canon mostly. Still, fanfiction is essentially non-canon, so hey, nothing's changed. Guess it gives me further leeway with the characters I guess.

Projected Length: 7 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Outline complete, ready to be written

The Azeroth Chronicles

This is another of the Chronicles stories, where lore I developed for the sake of it is put into narrative form. However, this set is a bit different from the others, for while they primarily focussed on aspects such as technology and culture, this was mainly based around characters. Namely player characters, as to what characters I'd use to represent the 'de facto' characters for World of Warcraft and the early RTS games before I abandoned the approach (bar Ardelan, who was based on my conception of the 'canon' draenei player character). As such, there's more focus on characters here and as a result, there's more of a cohesive narrative here, effectively giving snapshots of their lives over time. And a McGuffin that connects them as well...

Projected Length: 13 chapters

Status: Ready to be written

Oneshots

 * A Brick to the Head (Jaina survives Theramore's destruction)
 * A Game Worth Playing (Medivh and Khadgar discuss magic)
 * Alone (Arthas is alone)
 * Army of the Light (Auriel meets with A'dal)
 * Black and Purple (Deathwing meets Regulos)
 * Brotherly Love (Velen bears witness to the Prime Evils)
 * Descent of Demons (The draenei go their own way)
 * Emerald Dreams (Furion visits Tyrande)
 * Eye of the Storm (Lothar disagrees with Llane's strategy)
 * Fallen Phoenix (Alteracans plot revenge against King Terenas)
 * Gaze of Stone (Jaina is haunted by her father)
 * Gladiators (Thrall visits Entrath)
 * Ground Zero (Tyrande and Shandris reflect on Nordrassil's destruction)
 * Horns and Hooves (Illidan confronts Diablo)
 * In Your Element (An elemental wants loot)
 * Justice (An orc is hung)
 * Kings and Queens (Arthas and Calia play chess)
 * Mirror, Mirror (Jaina prepares to leave Theramore)
 * Night Terrors (A sha attacks a pandaren)
 * Of Doom and Destiny (Thrall leads the Horde)
 * Of Factions and Family (Tandred is worried about Jaina)
 * Old (The night elves lose their immortality)
 * One Shot, One Kill (Alleria spends time with Lirath)
 * Orbis Unum (Llane and Lothar discuss the orcs)
 * Outbreak (A village falls to the plague of undeath)
 * Prophet (Medivh confronts Inarius)
 * Regality (Kael pines for Jaina)
 * Road to Eternity (Jaina reflects on the state of Azeroth)
 * Saved (Medivh is tormented by Sargeras)
 * Shadows in the Moonlight (Tyrande fears for the future of the night elves)
 * Shattered Spirits (Tyrael seeks solace on Azeroth)
 * Stone and Fire (Therazane bides her time)
 * The Big Bang Theory (Inarius reflects on the nature of Creation)
 * Under Moonlight (Tyrande comforts her daughter)
 * We're Not on Azeroth Anymore (Rhonin and Krasus appear in Telara)
 * Windrunners (Lyralei saves Sylvanas and Alleria)
 * Words and Letters (Sylvanas and Kael discuss Nathanos)

Poems

 * Beyond the Mists (An individual finds peace in Pandaria)
 * Blood of Mannaroth (Thrall mourns Grom's death)
 * Bloodlust (Doomhammer serves the Horde)
 * Bones of the Mountain (Khaz Modan stands firm)
 * Downfall (The Lich King is defeated)
 * Limericks (The Alliance and Horde do battle)
 * Memories (The blood elves reflect on what they lost)
 * Nordrassil (Nordrassil is destroyed)
 * On Wings of Moonlight (Medivh flies north)
 * Reign of Fire (A dragon destroys a ship)
 * Saber (A saber attacks demons)
 * Sundering (The Cataclysm strikes Azeroth)
 * Tirisfal (The Highborne abandon Tirisfal)
 * Whispers of Insanity (Arthas succumbs to Frostmourne's whispers)

Warhammer Fantasy Battle
''It is a dark age, a bloody age, an age of daemons and sorcery, of battle and death, and of the world’s ending. Amidst all the fire, flame and fury, it is a time too of mighty heroes, of bold deeds and great courage.''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Shroud of Chaos

This is a short story that I wrote for the Black Library's writing competition, centered around the theme of "Death and Dishonor". In the end however, it was rejected from publishing and as such, I posted it here, albeit divided into chapters. A short story centered around the Great Forest, Talebheim having to deal with an infestation of beastmen in the Great Forest. Nothing too intricate, but readable overall I guess. Didn't win though. :(

Length: 5 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Beneath Honour's Wing (A Bretonnian goes hunting)
 * Cold of the North (Elves are taken as slaves)
 * Cruel Gods (Gamers play the game)
 * Stunted (A goblin hunts dwarfs)
 * The Pursuit of Pleasure (Stryker 'tames' a demonette)
 * Warhorse (Horses carry their riders to war)
 * Washing It All Away (The Empire captures a Bretonnian castle)

Poems

 * A Time of Wolves (One day, the Empire will fall)
 * Against the Darkness (Magnus swears to avenge Praag)
 * Athel Loren (Depicts the realm of the Wood Elves)
 * Eye for an Eye (Eltharion desires vengeance against the Dark Elves)
 * Guardians of the Tomb (The Tomb Kings guard Nehekhara)
 * Journey's End (An individual travels into the Chaos Wastes)
 * On the March (The Empire confronts its foes)
 * Shaddow of Naggaroth (The Dark Elves go to war)
 * Southern Shield (The forces of Chaos surge southward)
 * Wind of Chaos (The forces of Chaos surge southward)

Warhammer 40,000
''There is no time for peace. No respite. No forgiveness. There is only'' war.

Multi-chaptered Stories
Islands in a Sea of Stars

Another meme based story, this one based on the sci-fi meme of space travel that (gasp) doesn't utilize faster-than-light means of propulsion. Or, in W40K's case, the Ohnyl cylinders that humanity used for generations-long space travel before the development of the warp drive, and consequent beginning of the Golden/Dark Age of Technology. Differs in regards to other meme-based stories I've done is that many of the chapters tell sub-stories of their own rather than being isolated chapters.

Projected Length: 10 chapters

Status: Ready to be written

Chains of Fear

This was a short story I began working on as part of a Black Library competition called "Fear the Alien." In essence, it was the Warhammer 40,000 counterpart to "Death and Dishonour," which resulted in Shroud of Chaos. However, I never completed it in time, and it wasn't until 2015 that I went back to it and added the final touches. Anyway, deals with an Imperial world preparing for a Dark Eldar invasion.

Far as writing goes, had to narrow things down a bit, including more character focus and development, along with the development of new characters not present in the original outline.

Projected Length: 4 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Fully outlined, ready to be written

Oneshots

 * Apostasy (The concepts of heresy and apostasy are discussed)
 * Bread and Circuses (Prisoners are chosen for the Nexus Arena)
 * Cruel Gods (Gamers play the game)
 * Dwarfs in Space (The Hyperion encounters squats)
 * Haunted Night (Kurze is tormented by visions)
 * Iron Without (The Iron Warriors purge Olympia)
 * It's a MOBA World (Imperials battle orks on Piscina IV)
 * Occupational Hazard (A Space Marine confronts a sangheili)
 * Paradise Lost (The tyranids invade Halthael)
 * Reaper Man (Mortarion resents his life on Barbarus)
 * Singularity (The Machine God is everywhere)
 * Territory (A Fenris wolf marks its territory)
 * Walking the Path (Craftworld Eldar disable a Dark Eldar ship)

Poems

 * Astropath (An astropath serves the Imperium)
 * Black Crusade (The 13th Black Crusade begins)
 * Commorragh (The Dark Eldar take captives)
 * Deus Ex Machina (The Machine God is prayed to)
 * 'Ere We Go (Orks engage in a waghh)
 * Modus Operandi (Dedicated to the Space Marines)
 * Praise Him (Praise is given to the Emperor)
 * Undivided (The gods of Chaos stand united)

Wess'har
''Three seperate alien societies have claims on Cavanagh's Star. But the new arrivals-the gethes from Earth-now threaten the tenuous balance of a coveted world.''

Oneshots

 * Helldivers (Atmospheric insertion is carried out)
 * Old News (Human nature never changes)
 * Pascal's Wager (Benjamin and Aras discuss the nature of faith)
 * Protégé (McEnvoy follows Frankland's lead)
 * Scars of Hermes (Mercury is scarred by conflict)

Poems

 * Beser'ej (The wess'har guard Beser'ej)
 * Itsy Bitsy (The Eqbas purge Umeh)

Whoinverse
''You see these eyes? They're old eyes. And one thing I can tell you...monsters are real.''

The Doctor

Multi-chaptered Stories
Starfall

A few things to point out. Firstly, the story is not named after the planet Starfall and/or related to the events of The Ressurection Casket, the novel in which said planet appears. As much as I enjoyed the novel the storyline here is unrelated. So no, Kevin the Monster won't show up. :(

The title aside, which came to me in a bout of inspiration, is based on the concept of the storyline, said storyline being loosely based on Tintin and the Shooting Star, at least vaguely. Some similarities, some differences, but I feel it's original enough to be able to post. I think the main aspect is that the storyline is much darker. Not excessively so, but enough for me to use the Ninth Doctor instead of the Tenth, with no Jack to offset his character. Interpret this as you will.

Projected Length: A prologue, 12 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Stage 5 of drafting, outline up to ch. 1

Oneshots

 * A Monument to All Your Sins (Cortana discovers the Doctor's secret)
 * A Thousand Days (The Thousand Day War ends)
 * As Nightfall Comes Without a Star (The last star in the universe goes out)
 * Freedom is Like a Box of Chocolates (Halpen is lectured on the ood)
 * Gingervitis (Elements of the Tenth Doctor remain in the Eleventh)
 * Gods and Angels (The Doctor leaves Rory and Amy)
 * Home is Where the Heart Is (The TARDIS is sick of passengers)
 * Nine Lives (A cat comforts the Doctor)
 * Normal (Rose gets used to life with the Doctor)
 * Perchance to Dream (CAL is uploaded)
 * Platonic (Martha reflects on her relationship with the Doctor)
 * Rocking Your World (Mia's mother dies)
 * Screaming Angel (The Weeping Angels scream)
 * Shadows of the Air (Vashta nerada consume their prey)
 * Silence is Green (Dark Oak studies a krynoid)
 * Silence Shall Fall (Caboose breaks the Silence)
 * Sonata (The Doctor's song is ending)
 * The Dark is Rising (The Doctor's dark side emerges)
 * When You Wish Upon a Star (Amelia tries to make a wish)

Poems

 * Angel's Gaze (A Weeping Angel confronts a victim)
 * Dust to Dust (The Doctor journeys through time and space)
 * Food, Horrible Food (The Doctor discovers his tastes)
 * Forgotten Memory (Amy can't remember Rory)
 * Friendship (The Doctor understands the nature of friendship)
 * Pyre (The Doctor goes to his death)
 * Reflections of a Petal (Rose misses the Doctor)
 * Silentium (The Silence exploits the absence of the Forerunners)
 * The Coming of the Ninth (The Ninth Doctor is born)
 * The Iron Fist (The toclefane dominate Earth)
 * When in Rome (Rory misses Amy)

WildStar
''Where is this lost world? What mysteries and wonders would be found there? And does it conceal ancient technologies and forbidden magic of awesome, unimaginable power? Guess what? You're gonna find out, Cupcake!''

Multi-chaptered Stories
Storm

This story originally started out as a oneshot, based on the audio prompt of a storm (literally just a VLC audio file of a storm going on. Due to the nature of the story however (alternating POVs) and its projected length, I reasoned it would be better to write it as a short story rather than a oneshot. So concerning the actual story itself, it focuses on Buck as the protagonist, the events set between the landing on Nexus and the events of the game itself. Also deals with another Exile character...sort of. But hey, that would be telling.

What's easier to provide info on is the story's timeframe. Specifically, it's set a few years before the events of the game&mdash;after the discovery of Nexus, but before the conflict between the Exiles and Dominion truly heats up.

Of note is that I stuffed up a bit with Buck's ammo, in that this was written before it was revealed that spellsingers used the Void for ammo. Here, it was depicted as physical rounds. Maybe he's using an outdated gun or something.

Length: 5 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Wages (Voxine disciplines a Cassian)

The Wind on Fire
And all the while, the wind is rising...

Oneshots

 * Eternity (Bowman and Kestral have their first exam)

Poems

 * Bond (PintoxMumpo)
 * Dies the Fire (Kestral nears breaking point)

Wing Commander
''All diplomatic avenues with the kilrathi have failed. It is clear they have no intentions of co-existing with ours or any other race. It is my sad news to report that as of 6am we are formally at war with the kilrathi. God save us all.''

Oneshots

 * Facts (Games, Rollins reflects on humanity's dire straits)
 * Finding a New Forever (Games, Blair mourns Angel)

Poems

 * Cosmos (The Pilgrims depart Sol)

The Wizard of Oz
"Oh, we're off to see the wizard! The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!"

Oneshots

 * Don't Mess with Toto (Satire on Emerald City)

Poems

 * A Girl's Best Friend (Dorothy is friends with Toto)

Xenoblade
''We may die if we make a stand here, but staying gives us the chance to change our destinies. We have the Monado. With this, the future is ours for the taking!''

Dunban

Oneshots

 * Faceless (XC, Mechon are faceless)

Poems

 * Through the Mist (XC, Shulk and co. cross Satorl Marsh)

Xenopedia
Whoever wins, we lose.

Multi-chaptered Stories
Panspermia

First, some background, namely how this started off as a Starship Troopers story:

Ever notice how aliens are usually the agressors in science fiction when it comes to tension/conflict? And when it comes to this familiar scenario, ever notice how the alien invasion is usually for a basic reason such as conquest? Well, assuming you have, it's probably fair to say that Starship Troopers is, for the most part, not an exception. The novel is the worst offender, since the Arachnids are basically cannon fodder-stand-ins for communism and Heinlein's views on it, all the while fleshing out aspects of the Federation (although it felt rather shallow really). And in Roughneck Chronicles, the Arachnids are once again the enemy. The films however, despite the book fans despising them, at least give a sense of moral ambiguity with neither side the 'good guys'/bad guys' and the Arachnids have a reason for their aggression apart from just victory (or maybe Shepherd was being creepy for the sake of it. Whatever).

Anyway, given the background, I chose the films to be the universe in which to convey a take on First Contact, though at the basic level the story is an adaptation of the film Red Planet. Not really a war story but rather one of simple survival-after all, if you're not expecting giant insects upon reaching a planet, you're not going to bring the technology required for dealing with them are you? And even if you did, MORITAs are pretty useless anyway.

At least...that was the plan. Problem is, it was concieved before I learnt that the origins of the conflict (as in, first contact) were covered in the tabletop RPG books, and suffice to say, it didn't happen the way I intended to describe it. As such, this story has been canceled. Still, I plan to convert the material to an Aliens story, as I found its 'verse the easiest to convert the drafted material to.

Projected Length: 9 chapters

Status: Effectively up to stage 5 of drafting, material needs to be converted

The New Black Gold

This was adapted from a dream, said dream essentially being a retelling of Prometheus, albeit with differences I'd rather not get into. Under normal circumstances, if I chose this dream to be a basis for a fic, that story would simply be a novelization of the film itself. Due to my need for a short story, and with the DVD of the film having yet to be released at the time the story was conceived, I decided to make the dream the basis for its own story. Or at least that was the plan. The short story became a multi-chaptered story. A short multi-chaptered and very unoriginal story admittedly, but at least longer than I originally intended.

Length: 5 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * Armourines (Winter suits up)
 * Biology (A xenomorph lands on Pandora)
 * Birthday (David's birthday is celerbrated)
 * Building Better Worlds (Weyland-Yutani advertises Freyer's Prospect)
 * Collectors (A mala'kak and Collector trade specimens)
 * Dragon (Golic releases the Fiorina xenomorph)
 * Engineers (Halsey and Shaw discuss Engineers)
 * Falling (Newt drowns in her cryo-chamber)
 * Legacy (A yautja is cornered by marines)
 * Made in the Image of Man (Ripley encounters David)
 * Marines and Machines (Bishop and Winter engage in banter)
 * Moon of the Hunter (The yautja return to an isolated colony)
 * Prometheus Unbound (Shaw reflects on the titan Prometheus)
 * Red Planet (Vickers meets with Weber)
 * Regicide (A Matriarch confronts a zerg queen)
 * Reproduction (Vasquez and Drake have intercourse)
 * Smokin' (Weyland-Yutani advertises itself)
 * The Cat That Knows Where It's At (Jonesy leaves Gateway Station)
 * The Colour of Magic (Vickers interviews Shaw)
 * The Old Gods and the New (Humanity has to seize its own destiny)

Poems

 * Hunt (The Hunt will always continue)
 * I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (A facehugger impregnates a human)
 * Imprisonment (The xenomorphs escape the Derelict)
 * Xenomorph (Conveys xenomorph traits)

Multi-chaptered Stories
Another World (Another World)

As the title and world setting probably make clear, this is a novelization of the 16-bit game Another World (or "Out of This World"/"Outer World" depending where you live). This caused me a lot of trouble, in regards to both playing the game way back in the day, and how to novelize it considering it has no dialogue, and a lot of the story is up to interpretation. Still, managed it, with the story mainly being in the first person as told from Lester's POV. One thing I did do was compress/cut out certain events however, as...well, let's be honest, Buddy and Lester seem to be omnipotent at times considering how they're able to keep finding each other.

Projected Length: A prologue, 13 chapters, and an epilogue

Status: Outline complete, ready to be written

Hollow Wish (Fallen Frontier)

A short story, using the technique of taking a single image for inspiration (similar to Pagan). Said image is here, and depicts a mining operation on the moon, well prior to the events of the game, when colonization of Alpha Centauri is in its early stages.

While writing this, I ended up adding another chapter, partly through extending separating the original plot between chapters. Found I needed more time/room for characterization. Unfortunately stuffed up on some orbital mechanics. Also, there's an issue with this story that I suspected might be an issue, and a common theme in the writing group I'm part of is that there is&mdash;there's too much angst and introspection, with the group liking the supporting characters more than the main character. Not a good sign. :( On the other hand, some asked for a sequel (unlikely), and suggested that the conversation between Chia and Burlan in the last chapter should be between Phoebe and Chia instead, making quite a good case forfeit. Admittedly the sequel suggestions have merit (something going wrong on the trip to Alpha Centauri) but I'm not counting on it.

Length: 4 chapters and an epilogue

Status: Complete

The Dark Tower (Deep Down)

The idea for this came while I was undertaking an online narrative course, part of which involved the study of Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came. So while Stephen King beat me to the punch ages ago, I ended up developing the idea of loosely (key word being "loosely") adapting the storyline into a short story. Ended up settling on applying it to the Deep Down setting.

Projected Length: 7 chapters

Status: Outline complete, ready to be written

Lords and Ladies (Lords of the Fallen)

This story was based on a challenge to write the same scene from two different POVs. I expanded the challenge to three installments, all based on the same set of events, all within the same timeframe, but with three POVs. Harkyn is one of them, the events of the story taking place before the events of the game. However, it's been rendered completely null by canon, as per Harkyn having been revealed to be a criminal, something he most assuredly isn't in this story.

Length: 3 chapters

Status: Complete

The Waste (Sins of a Dark Age)

The idea for this came between a joke/challenge within the writing group I’m part of. One of our number had written a bare bones-type story, bereft of description. I understood it for being bare bones, but one of our number interpreted it as a statement on writing style, and gave it ‘meat.’ I joined in, partly to demonstrate how we each have our own style. True, I understood beforehand that it was a first draft and bare bones. But it did kind of take on a life of its own.

As such, I made a story out of it. It uses some of the original dialogue, but otherwise is my own creation. Set it in the context of Sins of a Dark Age, but is mostly unrelated to the game, and takes place in a desert area. OCs galore and whatnot.

Had some trouble while writing this for a variety of reasons. Firstly, there's the language style - this was set by the original excerpt, but it's a formal style I'm not fond of writing with, even in the fantasy genre. Secondly, it involves sexual content, which I'm also not fond of writing for, but the story ended up taking that direction. Thirdly, I had to alter the nature of a death of a background character, which prompted a final revision of the story.

Something I realized while writing the story is that apart from the main protagonist, there isn't a single female character. This wasn't intentional actually, but upon realizing it, I became far more at ease with it than, say, Facing the Music. Lavalu isn't in control of her circumstances, but tries to make the best of them. Least I got that feedback from a reader. Probably giving me too much credit, but hey, I'm fine with it. :)

The idea of a sequel and/or series was suggested in some feedback, using the inn as a hub of various stories. Kinda like the idea, but sequels aren't really my thing&mdash;not planned sequels at least. However, feedback from the writing group this stemmed from was almost universally negative, so I'm not counting on returning to this story.

Length: 3 chapters

Status: Complete

The Price of Freedom (The Repopulation)

This stemmed from a writing exercise of writing a character having various values that come into conflict, and how those values dictate his/her actions. In this essence I settled on writing for The Repopulation, specifically a prequel to the game. The story narrates Obore Daniels’s experiences, beginning with the lead-up of his pro-family movement to his death. The idea is that there’s one chapter for each value. Expanded the no. of values as time went on. Given the nature of the story, also took some influence from the protests that were going on in Ukraine in 2014.

Of note is the risk of sequel bait, as while it ends with the end of Obore's story (bar the epilogue), it's not the full story of the founding of the FPR. Could do a sequel I guess, but it's not a stance I'm fond of. Well, this being fanfic, at least everyone knows how the story ends anyway.

Changed some things in the story. The first was that the Council was a collection of mnemosynes, designed with the mandate of ruling Plymouth. This was changed as per them being versions of the original colonists (which was stated outright, so the mistake was my own). Second was that of the Peacekeepers. The original idea was that they would open fire on their own without provocation, but again, this was changed to fit the canonical description. Also admittedly the idea of Civil Protection was influenced by Half-Life and the winter scenes and Obore's reactions to the temperatures were influenced by me having the flu at the time of writing them. Third was the idea of a flashback at the end as per feedback, that Obore should remember elements of Earth in his last moments. I decided to go with the idea and foreshadow it in previous chapters.

Ended up adding epigraphs in the story, mainly as a means of fleshing out the backstory. I'm a bit iffy about this, as I believe that epigraphs should mainly be used as flavour text rather than worldbuilding, but I can make an exception to my own rules I guess.

Length: 7 chapters

Status: Complete

Oneshots

 * A Bone in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush (Blizzard Outcasts, Wirt attacks the Butcher)
 * A Different Kind of Darkness (StarForge, the Gunner crashes on Atlas)
 * A Different Kind of Demon (Bound by Flame, Talion helps a fellow man)
 * A Different Kind of Dragon (Skylanders, Brightwing meets Spyro)
 * A Different Kind of Horror (Silent Hill, Daryl and co. enter Silent Hill)
 * A Matter of Fate (Kingdoms of Amalur, the Fateless One kills Itherael)
 * A Red Sun Rises (Mistborn, slaves work in fields)
 * Across the Desert Sands (Uncharted, Sonic encounters Drake)
 * Ain't Got the Stomach For It (Bloodlines, a human fights a space vampire)
 * Alpha to Omega (Brave New World, an alpha is banished to an island)
 * Among Giants (Aderyn's Cradle/Dark Souls, a ranger enters the Forest of Fallen Giants)
 * Among Thieves (Orion, Orion deals with klingons)
 * An Afternoon Drive (Mission: Impossible, Ethan watches a car race)
 * Animals (Tomb Raider, Lara spares a deer)
 * Augmentation (Deus Ex, human augmentation spirals out of control)
 * Beyond: Two Portals (Beyond: Two Souls, GLaDOS tests Jodie)
 * Big Blue Sea (Oceanhorn, Link helps the Hero)
 * Big Bad Wolf (Arena of Fate, Red Riding Hood confronts Fenrir)
 * Blood Diamonds (Meridian, diamonds are harvested)
 * Boss Key (Bluestreak, boss dungeons are weird)
 * Bread and Circuses (Supernova, prisoners are chosen for the Nexus Arena)
 * Chocolate (Dahlverse, people keep buying Wonka's chocolate bars)
 * Destruction (EverQuest, an elf rescues a kerran)
 * Don't Have a Cow, Man (Earthworm Jim, depicts the life of a cow)
 * Double Rainbow (Team Fortress, Pyro attacks Stitches)
 * Drones (Troopers, borg drones are similar to dread troopers)
 * Execution (Hangman, a game is concluded)
 * Feeding Time (Jurassic Park, Lex visits Jurassic World)
 * Feeling Blue (Super Smash Brothers, Sonic is forced to leave the game)
 * Gateway (Atlantis, John encounters the Oracle)
 * Getting Dumped (Beauty and the Beast, Belle rejects Gaston)
 * Ghosts in the Machine (Tron, the universe nears its end)
 * Girls of My Dreams (Edge of Tomorrow, Jack dreams of Rita)
 * God is Dead, and Man Has Killed Him (Jurassic Park, Owen and Claire discuss the D-Rex)
 * Gods and Men (Aderyn's Cradle, can a god be killed?)
 * Gladiators (Hex, Thrall visits Entrath)
 * Hack n' Slash (Shadow Realms, satire on ARPGs)
 * Having a Ball (Cinderella, Robb meets Cinderella)
 * Hunters and Killers (Reflex, a robot is forced to fight)
 * I Can See the Light (Rayman, Tatl encounters Rayman)
 * In Sunlight's Shadow (Egyptian Mythology, Apep wounds Ra)
 * In the Jungle (Gigantic, Roland encounters a jungler)
 * In the Shadow of the Sun (Mooncrest, a feud occurs)
 * In Your Element (Pantheon, an elemental wants loot)
 * Jupiter: Beyond the Infinite (Space Odyssey, a Guardian goes to Jupiter)
 * Kicking Arse and Taking Names (Rebel Galaxy, spacefarers discuss the Rift)
 * Last Cries of a Dying World (Dark Souls, the world nears its end)
 * Limbo (Metal Arms, Metal Arms 2 is canceled)
 * Loot (Starblo, loot is obtained)
 * Love's Letter Lost (Time Crisis, Wesley tries writing to Alicia)
 * Mother Russia (Clancyverse, Russia is always the antagonist in thrillers)
 * Nomads (Castle, Castle is reminded of Firefly)
 * No Strings Attached (Hive Jump, a guitar is buried)
 * Not Quite Right (Awesome Possum, going left is the wrong way)
 * Not So Civil (Defender, the Defender prepares to set out)
 * Octave (The Sound of Music, notes of the scale bicker)
 * Of Cows and the Holy Goat (Goat Simulator, a paladin is saved by the Goat)
 * Of Charizards and Control (Super Smash Brothers, Charizard becomes an independent brawler)
 * Of Guardians and Ghosts (Keipr Online, the Keipr gives humanity a new world)
 * Of Women and Torn Shirts (Into the Woods, shirts get torn off)
 * On the Edge (Dying Light/Mirror's Edge, Faith survives the zombie apocalypse)
 * On the Inside of a Dream (Inception, Ariadne encounters Auron)
 * Out of Ink (InkQuest, Sophie continues the story)
 * Paradise Lost (Toxikk, edenium's presence results in conflict)
 * Pest Control (War of the Worlds, the formics invade China)
 * Pick On Someone Your Own Size (Giants, Imma stands up to a giant)
 * Plants vs. Zombies (Plants vs. Zombies, Li Li is confronted by zombies)
 * Plugged In (Eden Star, a Pioneer encounters an enemy)
 * Priceless (Universum, a siren visits Earth)
 * Priorities (Duke Nukem, sattire on the Duke Nukem Forever teaser)
 * Reach for the Stars (Sega Superstars, Ristar resents his position)
 * Recycled (Dark Raid, humans are recycled into robots)
 * Red Planet (The Martian, Vickers meets with Weber)
 * Rules of Being (Fire Team Charlie, describes the teams of Halo)
 * Sand and Sky (Dune/No Man's Sky, the sky of Arrakis is free)
 * Sanity (Grand Theft Auto, Lazlow reflects on Liberty City's insanity)
 * Savages (Newerth, war is universal)
 * Shooty Shooty (Crixia, Crixia encounters Blackthorne)
 * Slime (Midora, Snow is disheartened)
 * Something More (Disney, Éowyn becomes a Disney princess)
 * Space Monkey 2000 (Cowboy Bebop/Space Odyssey, a monolith is annoyed)
 * Take a Breath (Interstellar, oxygen levels drop)
 * Tears with a Slice of Pizza (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, April misses her parents)
 * Tetris (Tetris, the game is invented)
 * The Big Bang Theory (Blake's 7, Vargas is killed)
 * The Book Thief (Elysian Shadows, a book is stolen)
 * The Farewell Kiss (Crowfall, a Crow is assassinated)
 * The Finer Points of Race (Shakespeare, two senators discuss Othello)
 * The Gathering Storm (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, the Stormcast Eternal stands ready)
 * The Reflection Cracked (Tron, Clu is haunted by Flynn's memory)
 * Treasures Await (Shovel Knight, Shovel Knight becomes consumed with greed)
 * Voice of the Machine (System Shock, SHODAN confronts Purist)
 * Wraiths (Pax Imperia, Valerian fears for the future of terran civilization)

Poems

 * A Prayer on the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle, Perial prays)
 * A Red Wind Rises (Mars: War Logs, Mars is a wasteland)
 * A Thousand Words (Tangled, Repunzel's tower is visited)
 * Anthem (Star Ocean, the Federation's anthem is sung)
 * Ash and Fire (Reign of Fire, the dragons scour the world)
 * Bird of a Feather (Angry Birds, a bird is remembered)
 * Birdsong (Flappy Bird, the Flappy Bird is observed)
 * Blood and Bone (Grim Dawn, Cairn's on its last legs)
 * Blood and Mist (Bloodborne, Yharnam is purged)
 * Born of Hope (Animal Farm, the revolution must be safeguarded)
 * Bravely Battle (Bravely Default, sattire on RPG mechanics)
 * Burning Bright (Transformers, Tigatron resents the Beast Wars)
 * Canopy (FernGully, a fairy ventures above the forest canopy)
 * Cast Aside (Toy Story, toys are cast aside)
 * Chains of Memory (Remember Me, an individual wants to hang onto their memories)
 * Defiled (Hellblade, Senua battles her inner demons)
 * Dream of the Sky (Freedom Planet, Lilac runs across Avalice)
 * Dogfight (Transverse, Julian pilots his starfighter)
 * Easter (Fairy Tales, will Easter be able to continue?)
 * Empty Sky (Sunshine, Earth suffers from a solar winter)
 * Factionless (Divergent, it's a grim fate to be factionless)
 * Fallen Giant (Shadow of the Colossus, a colossus is struck down)
 * Fears (Throne of Glass, Celaena is imprisoned in Endovier)
 * Fires of War (Massive Chalice, humans battle demons)
 * Faultlines (2012, Earth's lithosphere is damaged)
 * Galaxy (Alien Rage, UE forces arrive on Deimos 875)
 * Goliath (Evolve, Goliath is unchallenged)
 * Guardian (Defiance, an EGO becomes attached to her ark hunter)
 * Homecoming (The 100, the 100 land on Earth Earth)
 * Hunters and Killers (Chronicles of Riddick, the bioraptors emerge)
 * I Didn't Choose the NPC Life (You Are Not the Hero, Petula stands up to the heroes)
 * I Do (Incredibles, Bob and Helen are married)
 * Into the Stars (Star Ocean, humanity leaves Earth)
 * Into the Stars (Treasure Planet, the Legacy sets sail)
 * Island Queen (Jurassic Park, Rexy looks over Isla Nublar)
 * It's a Pirate's Life for Me (Tales of Besaria, Velvet is a pirate)
 * Journey (Child of Light, Aurora sets out for Lemuria)
 * Let's Ride (Paladins, mounts are discussed)
 * Love and War (Smite, Ares pines for Aphrodite)
 * Mes Amies (Medal of Honour, Patterson reflects on his feelings for Manon)
 * Not So Green (Stardrive, the pollops expand into the galaxy)
 * Of Blood and Azure (Soul Calibur, Nightmare defeats his foes)
 * On the Sea (F-Zero, depicts Big Blue)
 * Pax Imperia (War Prime, the Pax Empire collapses)
 * Preserved (Ice Age, fossil specimens are preserved)
 * Rebellion (Dragonheart, Einon oppresses his people)
 * Rebirth (After Earth, life returns to Earth)
 * Red Planet (Helldivers, Helldivers deploy on Mars)
 * Re-entry (Gravity, Stone's re-entry is successful)
 * Rise (Arena of Heroes, the Guardians are in it for themselves)
 * Sea of Storms (Moana, Moana decides to search for her father)
 * Second Sun (Star Ocean, WWIII occurs)
 * Shadow of Sherwood (Robin Hood, he's idolized)
 * Shiva's Mercy (Indiana Jones, Indy arrives in India)
 * Silence (WALL-E, shows how Earth is a wasteland)
 * Skull and Crossbones (Shantae, Shantae's home is destroyed)
 * Sniper's Alley (Medal of Honour, Powell navigates it)
 * Sound of Thunder (Phoenix (Creative Intelligence), a dragon closes in on its prey)
 * Splinter of the Mind's Eye (Red Goddess, Divine enters her mind)
 * Steam and Sorrow (Nomad, the Nomads are forced to wander)
 * Sunset (Sunset Overdrive, the Awesomepocalypse nears its end)
 * Sweetheart Lane (Discworld, depicts Sweetheart Lane)
 * Terra Firma (Vectorman, Warhead waits for humanity to return to Earth)
 * That's a Lot of Fish (Godzilla, Zilla wants fish)
 * The Bar and the Bards (Shroud of the Avatar, an adventurer relaxes in a tavern)
 * The Forest and the Trees (Eterlands, war tears apart the realm)
 * The Long Way Home (Homeward Bounders, Jamie yearns for home)
 * The Winter of Our Discontent (A Bug's Life, Ant Island has a future)
 * Through the Aer (Aer, the protagonist takes flight)
 * Uprising (Toy Commander, the rebellion begins)
 * Wanderer (Ratchet & Clank, the pair explore the universe)
 * Valkyrie (The Lost Vikings, Freya aids the Vikings)
 * Weeping in the Rain (Total Recall, Quaid feels trapped)
 * Whispers in the Rain (Watch Dogs, Aiden moves through the rain)
 * Whispers of a Dying World (Civilization, Earth is left a dead planet)
 * Whispers on the Wind (Transall Saga, Meegan searches for Mark)
 * Willow Tree (Broken Age, Vella wants to escape her fate)
 * Wingless (Starbound, the avians explore the galaxy)

Series Info
This is more or less a minor notes section for certain multi-chaptered stories-how they relate to each other, reading order, etc. While such info is given in the relative sections, it can be rendered inconcise due to posting stories in order of presentation of info. As such, the info is grouped here. Sections are as follows:

Command and Conquer
Order/chronologoy is as follows:


 * Orbis Unum (2035)
 * Beneath the Eagle's Wing (2047-'48)
 * Deus Ex Machina (2034-'52)

All three stories in the Tiberian setting, but are otherwise unrelated.

Firefly
Order/chronology is as follows:


 * Seven Deadly Sins (2506-2518)
 * All the World's a Stage (2518)

The two stories are essentially unrelated, but are linked through Serenity. Seven Deadly Sins ends nearing the ending of the film, while All the World's a Stage begins straight after it.

Golden Sun
Order/chronology is as follows:


 * In the Shadow of the Sun
 * Hall of the Mountain Queen
 * The Weyard Chronicles
 * The Broken Seal: Mercury
 * The Broken Seal: Liquidus

The first two stories could actually be switched around in terms of order as they're very much stand-alones. However, Hall of the Mountain Queen is more closely related to the events of the games and as such, I've placed it as occuring later in chronology. As for The Weyard Chronicles, it arguably ties in with the other stories, but it's also stand-alone at the end of the day. Both Broken Seal stories tie into each other, forming the first two installments of a projected trilogy

Halo
Order/chronology of stories is as follows:


 * Shadows of Hope (2534)
 * Alpha (2552)
 * Unity (2552)
 * Chasing Icarus (Early war, 2554)
 * The Orion Chronicles (?)
 * Sanctuary (2557)

Only real linkage is between Shadows of Hope, Alpha and Sanctuary by virtue of them sharing a character. Despite being a multi-chaptered story, Primordial is not on this list due to too much error with canon.

The Legend of Zelda
Order/chronology is as follows, along with timeline designation:


 * Buccaneers (Timeline C)
 * Cycle of Eternity (N/A)

Neither of the two stories are related to one another, and can be read independently. Note that Cycle of Eternity stands alone, as it is effectively an AR story

Mass Effect
Order/chronology is as follows:


 * Hand of Steel (2181)
 * Fist of Iron (2183)
 * For the Uniform (2183)

Fist of Iron is a sequel to Hand of Steel. For the Uniform stands on its own.

My Little Pony
Order/chronology/setting is as follows:


 * Where Griffons Go to Die (FiM)
 * Sunset's Shimmer (EQG)

Both stories can be read separately.

Path of Exile
This operates on the assumption that the game takes place in 1599 IC, in regards to the use of absolute dates. Order/chronology is as follows:


 * Pagan (1599 IC)
 * Footsteps on Dead Leaves (1599 IC)
 * On the Edge of Nightmare (1582-1599 IC)
 * Original Sin (1612-'13 IC)

Pagan, Footsteps on Dead Leaves and On the Edge of Nightmare act as class-based prequels to the events of the game and can be read independently of each other. The first two take place at round about the same point in time, while On the Edge of Nightmare takes place over 17 years, ending near the start of the game, and beginning years before it. Original Sin mostly takes place 13-14 years after Pagan, and is a sequel to it.

Sonic the Hedgehog
Universes and rough order of reading are as follows:


 * Friendship (AR)
 * Jungle of Shadow (AR)
 * ﻿﻿﻿The Last Guardian (Segaverse)
 * Chaos Control Freaks (Sonic X)
 * Of Rodents and Rings (Archieverse)
 * Transgression (Archieverse)
 * Water Rats (Archieverse)
 * Heads of Tails (SatAM)
 * The Mobius Chronicles (various)

Only real connection is between Friendship and Jungle of Shadow, the latter serving as a vague sequel to the former. Of Rodents and Rings, Transgression and Water Rats effectively form a trilogy, but the second story is relatively independent of the other two.

StarCraft
Order/chronology of stories is as follows:


 * Guild Wars (2485-'86)
 * Ghosts and Shadows (2498)
 * Loomings (2499)
 * Rebel Yell (2499-2500)
 * The New Order (2500)
 * Requiem (2500)
 * Operation: Claws (2500)
 * Legacy (2502)
 * Downfall (2502)
 * The Koprulu Chronicles (2470s-2500s)
 * Ghost Child (2496-2504)
 * Terran Up the Night (2504)
 * Stewardship (2505)

Loomings leads into Rebel Yell, which leads directly into The New Order, which in turn is referenced in Operation: Claws. Still, these are all based around/novelizations of canon events and can easily be read seperately. Ghosts and Shadows is also linked to Ghost Child in terms of subject, but both can be read independently.

Note that the dates displayed are in accordance with Blizzard's revised timeline, hence some possible discrepencies with dates in the stories themselves, as per being written before the retcon. Shadow Blade isn't listed here as it's been rendered completely null by canon material.

Warhammer 40,000
Order/chronology of stories is as follows:


 * Islands in a Sea of Stars
 * Chains of Fear

Both stories are unrelated. Islands in a Sea of Stars takes place well prior to the Golden Age of Technology, whereas Chains of Fear is set at some indeterminate point after the Hours Heresy.

Stargate
Order/chronology is as follows. Note that stories are designated by series/setting as well as appropriate:


 * The Lost World (SG-1, 2002)
 * Outback Hunters (SG-1, 2008)
 * Mirror (SGU, 2009)

The three stories are unrelated and can be read independently.

Star Trek
Order/chronology is as follows, along with period setting in accordance with host series. Acronymns remain the same.


 * Contact (TOS, 2260s)
 * The Price of Freedom (TNG, 2366)

The two stories are independent of each other.

Terminator
Order/chronology is as follows:


 * Pack Animals (mainly 1995)
 * Veiled Gauntlet (2028)

The two stories exist in seperate timelines/realities and are completely independent from each other

Warcraft
Order/chronology is as follows:


 * Reign of Chaos: Exodus of the Horde (20ADP)
 * Bones of Ironforge (35ADP)
 * Providence (26ADP)
 * Denial (26ADP)
 * The Azeroth Chronicles (25,000BDP&mdash;27ADP)

Only real linkage is between Denial and Providence, with some events in the former being mentioned in the latter. However, these events are based around canon, so the stories can easily be read independently. The Azeroth Chronicles does share some characters however, but it's mostly independent.

Xenopedia
Order/chronology is as follows:


 * The New Black Gold (Early 22nd century)
 * Panspermia (22nd century)

The two fics are unrelated and can be read seperately.

The Graveyard
The "Graveyard" is a compaliton of all the fics that I've posted and/or made mention of in my profile that for one reason or another aren't set to be posted (again, in some cases). For each entry there is information on the fic, the reasons why it made it to this section and the chances of its return. Note that only multi-chaptered stories are given such treatment.

A Mirror Darkly (Warhammer)
Like Shroud of Chaos, this is another short story for the Black Library's writing competition. Two submissions were allowed, but SoC had the higher priority. As such, while I was able to finish its predecessor by the the time it became clear that I'd failed to gain entry to the second stage of the competition, this one was barely started-only around 500 words as a writing sample. Concerning this story, it pretty much dealt with the same "Death and Dishonor" theme. In this case however, it was a case of a confrontation between a high elf and dark elf.

There's nothing to stop me from writing it, but the fact remains that I had to develop it quickly and more skimpily than I usely would. Now that I know I don't have a competition deadline to work to, I can develop it more thoroughly. Still, that means it's further down in drafting stages and as such, not liable to be posted in the main stories section at this point in time, though it may not necessarily be a Warhammer story. Could be a Warcraft story instead.

Black Wind (Sonic the Hedgehog)
In a sense, this had similar origins to that of Friendship (no pun intended) in that it's the indirect result of the former multiverse approach. However, this arose from a bunch of notes I made on the history of Cascade, the human planet which appears in Season 3 of Sonic X. Most of the history I developed is intact, though is set exclusively within that universe. Or technically universe(s), all things considered...

The outline was far more loose than what I'd otherwise go for, considering that the 'outline' consists of the notes I made, set to be converted to proper story format. I began developing the characters but realized that I needed a proper outline for the story to function. With the lack of the appropriate ammount of drafting, the story no longer met the criteria to be posted in the main fics section.

It's a story that I intend to return to someday and there's nothing to stop me from doing so. It just needs more time to be developed before being posted.

Broken Glass (Fire Emblem)
Not much to say here, apart from the fact that I remember listing this fic in my "newbie days"-you know, c. 2006, working on multiple fics at once and posting blurbs on every idea that came to mind. Anyway, all I can say is that this came from a dream involving a shattered window, was set in Elibe and involved the characters of Lyn and Kent.

...talk about stingy.

Defiance (Marathon)
Nothing too intricate and as per the fic being a series of diary entries, perhaps not even a true fic, not to mention it was based on background info for Stargate: Resistance (this was in the days of me being more willing to adapt material rather than be more original). Regardless, the content was matched up with the form, depicting the fall of the Phfor Empire as the combined human and S'pht'Kr closed in on their territory. Wouldn't say it was meant to make the reader feel sorry for the slavers, but I guess seeing events from the point of the view of the "bad guy" isn't really a bad thing. This ended up being put in the graveyard section due to the site going down, but I managed to find it again through Web Archive. However, I'm not reviving this story, as simply adapting someone's writing is...well, iffy. If I do write based on the diary entries for Resistance, it would be an actual Stargate story. I'm fine with novelizations as the source of inspiration is not ambiguous.

Diary of a Forerunner (Halo)
Diary of a Forerunner was the first, and so far only attempt that I've made at making a "carrot and stick" approach at a story. I fully wrote the story out beforehand and informed viewers that the more reviews that would have been recieved, the faster the updates. Suffice to say, it backfired spectacularly and I deleted it soon after completion. Many people who've posted on ff.net have had to deal with a lack of feedback. It's a universal issue and seeking to deal with it won't do any good.

I won't post this story on the site again&mdash;while I've provided the links to its original version below, I won't re-post it. From a canon standpoint its null, as it was based on material from the supposedly leaked Halo 3 script that turned out to be a fake. From a writing standpoint, the style formed the basis of the StarCraft story Shadow Blade. Still, I've used the conceptual basis for Primordial.


 * Part 1
 * Part 2
 * Part 3
 * Part 4
 * Part 5
 * Part 6
 * Part 7
 * Part 8

Farthest Reach (Halo)
This was quite a basic story, acting as a loose adaptation of Another World. Still, I did incorporate some material from The Cortana Letters to add to the plot. In terms of timeframe, it took place after Halo 3, and was written in journal format. However, I canceled it due to deciding to novelize Another World directly rather than adapting it. It's very unlikely I'll return to this, as the adapted plot is just too similar to its source material. Said plot had the protagonist transported to an alien world via the Ark portal, encountering what would be revealed to be ancient humans, their bodies altered due to 100,000 years of living on a planet with higher than average gravity. This was a callback to old Halo lore, where SolCore discovered lost human colonies and the like.

Gaze of Steel (Mass Effect)
Funny how things work out sometimes, where you're not sure if they work out for the best or not. In a sense, this story is an example of this.

This started out as a dream-based story, said dream having elements of Mass Effect, Stargate: Universe and King Kong. I settled on the ME setting...and realized that of the elements present, the story would be well suited to carry on from Fist of Iron. There was also more relationship to the games in this story than in its predecessors, acting as a sidequel to the final part(s) of Mass Effect 2 and even featuring Shepard and co.

In the end though, I scrapped it. The problem is that for this story to work, the Collector base has to be saved. A choice I saw as being more likely due to certain EU material. However, given how Shepard automatically treats the subject of control in Mass Effect 3 (ending choices aside), I now see the Collector based as being canonically destroyed. And with no base, this story can't work. Simple as that.

Hall of the Mountain King (Legend of Zelda)
Yes, it's true. The story I wrote in Year 7 was one of the ones that I posted on this site, albiet tailored to the Legend of Zelda universe. It had the same basic premise too, although I'd adjusted the projected plot to involve a certain plot twist...

However, bad writing aside, I deleted it. I learnt something very important from the story as how hard it is to write for Link. Strange how a silent protagonist is so difficult to write for, but I just couldn't get a portrayal that I was comfortable with. And the fact that it was set under the auspecies of the Single Timeline Theory before the Split Timeline Theory was confirmed as canon, makes it harder to return to.

It's hard to say how I stand in regards to this story. There's nothing absolute to stop me from going back to it, but the intricacies of circumstance make it difficult. However, I lifted its plot to form the basis for a Golden Sun story titled Hall of the Mountain Queen (go figure with the gender change). The problem thus exists that if I ended up writing this story, how different would it be at the end of the day?

Inherant Evil (Resident Evil)
This was an adaptation of Romero's draft script for the first Resident Evil movie. It's hard to say whether I prefer Romero's or Anderson's version. At least in the first RE movie it could have concievably fitted into the game universe before Anderson went off on his tangent. Romero was more true to the game version and had a more thematic script, but it was still basically telling the same story as the first game. After having been remade for the Gamecube, novelized by S. D. Perry and been re-released in numerous forms of the original game (eg. Deadly Silence), I wouldn't have been able to get too excited about the plot, regardless of how well it was executed.

Basically, this was an attempt to convert the script into novel format. I soon gave up on it and deleted it. Firstly, like all the fics I first posted on this site, it was done without planning and given the ammount of tailoring that had to be done to make it fit into canon as opposed to an AU version of it, it's no wonder that it failed. The second issue was that I felt guilty about using the script to write a story. Felt like plagarism and the idea of returning to the story still makes me wonder about that.

I'm not sure about the likelihood of returning to the story. I'd like to, but the issues mentioned above have put a barrier around it.

Inner Fire (Star Citizen)
This was a transposition of the StarCraft story of the same name (see below) to the Star Citizen setting. It stemmed from my first cancellation of it before replacing the kaldorei with a branch of protoss. I decided to cancel it as well because the setup felt only slightly less artificial than the StarCraft version. As the whole concept of Inner Fire was scrapped, I thought this should be applied to this version as well.

Inner Fire (StarCraft)
There's a bit of a story behind this...story. It follows that ages ago, I jotted down a simple idea of telling the story of how Raynor joined the Alliance, along with a few other plot points. This was back in the day before StarCraft Adventures was de-canonized. Regardless, it fell to the wayside and as I depicted him joining it in Operation: Claws, the story, titled Alliance itself, was kind of a moot point. However, as per the comic series and Wings of Liberty, it seems that this wasn't a wholesale commitment, which left my enlistment portrayal in Claws as possibly being inaccurate. So, courtesy of the time it takes to fly from Bangkok to Sydney, I jotted down the idea of a direct sequel to the Christmas story, one that would address the issue. This would effectively pick up from my original idea. However, said idea was actually more fleshed out than I thought, so I renamed this story as "Inner Fire" and made it a separate one, returning Alliance to effective limbo. "Inner Fire," in this case, representing what "lesser species" are capable of in comparison to more powerful ones such as the protoss. It also took on a much less whimsical tone than its predecessor.

So yeah-this was my attempt of patching up personal canon, as per me still treating Adventures as tiered canon. It also addressed some elements I left out of my novelization of Operation Claws, such as the protoss bandits. Oh, and Santa's elves appeared. Yes, elves. Or rather, "kaldorei," effectively given the "elves" a personality that harkened to Warcraft, given the night elf Banshee pilot in Wings of Liberty. Certainly more work went into the first stage of drafting than in other fics, in regards to fleshing them out. Overall, I'd say that my main influences on them would be night elves, eldar Exodites and wess'har. Added more to them via the night elf templar portrait, though this was shoehorned in well after the story was finished being outlined and as such, they made no major appearance in the story.

However, looking back, the idea of elves in space...too much, really. I'm open to writing for species outside the "big three," but even I have limits. As such, I decided to cancel it. However, looking back, in hindsight, I deduced that the story itself was solid, just that the kaldorei were the weak link. As such, I replaced them with a branch of protoss, effectively transferring their culture to protoss outside either the Khalai or Nerazim. While it kind of negates the theme of the title, of "lesser species" emerging to challenge more dominant ones, at least it was less of a stretch of canon. However, that was part of the reason why it was canceled again. There's only so many times that the "lost protoss" card has been played, and it felt iffy to do so again, not to mention that these protoss would engage the bandits. The second issue was that this story was meant to plant the seed of Raynor's antagonism towards the Dominion (post-Brood War at least), yet the Dominion in the story gave him no reason to do so. Planet Christmas came out on top.

As such, I canceled it, but hope to return to it in two versions. One version cuts out the lost protoss, has the Dominion assert itself, and plant the seed of Raynor's resentment. Less of a victory for the 'good guys'. The second idea is to make use of the original protoss scenes, aiding another species rather than the terrans. This resulted in Stewardship.

In Starlight's Shadow (Xenopedia)
Nothing overly special here-the story consisted of a series of diary entries, all pertaining to USCMC operations, seeing them from different points of view. Just a short story really, if at all. However, the source material it was based on has been taken off the web and as such, I lost the basis for it. No great loss however, as it was an adaptation, and an adaptation of Stargate material at that.

Plague of Undeath (Warcraft)
This was one of the first stories I posted on ff.net and given the nature of the content, it showed, hence why I deleted it in disgust once I became less of a noob after my initial bout of writing. This was a poorly planned adaptation of the book Plague by Jean Ure, taking place during the events of Reign of Chaos, Stratholme filling in for London. The writing itself wasn't that bad in hindsight, but the content was, choked with Mary Sues and cliches.

Still, elements of the story live on in Denial however. The character of Leo is directly based on a human captain in PoU, even sharing the same surname. Shahra in turn was based on the human protagonist, though was obviously made a high elf as opposed to a human. It wasn't something I'd planned when I first posted Denial but after deciding to make the story something more than a oneshot, PoU was where I turned to for inspiration.

Despite the linkage, I doubt that I will ever return to this story. The idea is viable, but as it's an adaptation as opposed to something more original and the original story was so awful in my mind, I'm not too eager to. It did provide the basis for Outbreak however, so perhaps all is not lost. Have an idea as to where the plot will go, albiet one that takes reference from Lord of the Flies.

Reign of Chaos (Warcraft)
As the title suggests, this was an attempted novelization of Reign of Chaos, made at about the same time of Tides of Darkness (see below). I actually got a bit further in this than the Warcraft II novelization attempt however, even writing two 'chapters' (though I'm using the term loosely here) and doing early forms of listing characters and chapters. Still, this at least came to something in a sense, teaching me how not to novelize the game and in a sense, helping me with the novelization of Exodus of the Horde. Were I to novelize this game, I'd give each campaign one entry each. So, as bad as this fic was, it at least provided a learning experience.

Had a few weird ideas too, such as Azeroth being an outright different planet in the same universe as Earth.

S4 (Metal Gear)
I don't remember too much about this story, the horrible writing acting as a buffer. I know that it was set between Sons of Liberty and Guns of the Patriots, but don't remember too much about the storyline, or at least what ammounted to its intricacies. Suffice to say, it was set in the Middle East, featured many Metal Gear GEKKOs and characters such as Kyle Schneider and Holly White were set to appear, despite the fact that the former was killed in Metal Gear 2 (not that death ever stopped characters from returning) and that the latter's role was essentially taken by Meryl. In a way, it was a preluse to MGS4 while tying up loose events from the early games. Regardless, from what I remember, it wouldn't have conformed to canon either, as per erenous assumptions as to the nature of the Patriots and Sunny.

That being said, given the bitter taste its poor writing left in my mouth, don't expect this story to be posted again...ever.

Soul Blade: Tale of the Three Swords (Soul Calibur)
As memory serves, this was the last story I posted on this site before I realised that posting willy-nilly wasn't perhaps the best idea in the world and began deleting said stories, of which only Beginnings and The Broken Seal survived. SB: TotTS was also the last to be deleted, as I felt that the writing was somewhat better than most of the other stuff that I posted. It was on the border between crappiness and something a bit more decent. However, I still ended up deleting it, as I lost the second chapter due to a computer crash and couldn't bring myself to write it again.

The chances of me going back to it are pretty much nil, as storyline-wise, it was basically a take at a Soul Calibur IV, which has since been made officially. There's little point in posting stories that are set to be rendered null by official material. And although SCIV has little in the way of story, I doubt it could fit in.

Terran Tales (StarCraft)
This was another proposed 'journal entry' as opposed to conventional narrative. In this story's case, it was a collection of entries leading up to the Koprulu exile from the 21st century. However, I decided not to do it in the end, as simple journal entries don't really do history justice. The concept of doing such a story remains in my head, but not in this format.

The Battle for Earth (Red vs. Blue)
At the end of Beginnings, there's a blurb for a story called Red vs. Blue: The Battle of Earth. It's a story I never got round to writing and I doubt I ever will. However, in my early, (more?) arrogant days, I listed a number of stories that would follow Beginnings, said story ultimatly being the first of five and BoE the second. I can't remember their names and I never took down formal notes, though I can remember some aspects. As such, I'll list them here.

-The Battle of Earth was really a RvB take on Halo 3 and would have ended with the disunity between the Red and Blue Armies being revealed. Tex would have made her appearance in this story and was piloting the ship that followed the others to Earth.

-The third story would ultimatly be what Beginnings started off as, something covering the three years between Church, Grif and Simmons's arrival in Blood Gulch and the start of Season 1. Debbie would have been part of Red Team during this, as was the cyan armored soldier seen in Beginnings being part of Blue Team. The two would develop some kind of love-hate relationship. Wyoming would meanwhile work in the background, as per the instructions of the thing hinted at in the epilogue (some weird mix of a c'tan and the W'rkncanter as I recall).

-The fourth story would revolve around Debbie and the cyan soldier, diverging from the Blood Gulch setting. I think Nicole-458 was meant to feature somehow. Regardless, the plot focussed around ONI, how it was actually controlled by a trio of AIs (Alpha, Omega and Zero, Zero being the head of Section Zero).

-The fifth story was some kind of endgame scenario. Debbie would die by its end, though the cyan character would survive.

So yeah. Various ideas, but ones that I don't see myself ever following up on. It's nice to reflect, but merging Halo and Red vs. Blue isn't the best COA for fanfiction IMO.

The Broken Seal
The title probably gives it away, but yes, this is a novelization of GS1, the Japanese tagline having been applied. It was one of the first things I ever posted on this site and apart from Beginnings, the only entry I didn't end up deleting in disgust. At first, it was simply due to reading Master of Reality's excellent Golden Sun novelization, getting caught up in a "me too! I wanna write a great novelization too!" moment. Of course, that was before I realized exactly how long a novelization would have to be and that the attempt to novelize the game (and its sequel for that matter) is hardly new. Still, this story was taken by another user for Chinese translation. That stroked my ego. :)

Despite these traits, it faces a number of issues in regards to continuation. Firstly, it was written under the assumption that there would be no installments in the series beyond The Lost Age, an assumption proven false by Dark Dawn. As such, I delivered a lot of original lore, most, if not all of which was/will be rendered canonically null. Case in point was the Ancients&mdash;as revealed in Dark Dawn, they had no idea as to what negative effects sealing alchemy would bring, whilst one of the major plot points here (and in The Weyard Chronicles as a whole) was that they did know. And looking back at what I created, I can't say I'm all that comfortable with it. In the end, I've decided to discontinue this story.

However, the concept has been revised, but that's covered in the entries for Mercury, Liquidus and Venus.

The Frozen Throne (Warcraft)
Similar case as Reign of Chaos. 'Nuff said. I actually have ideas for novelizing the individual campaigns somewhere, but they're unlikely to ever come to fruition.

TheoryCraft (StarCraft)
This stemmed from a challenge I set myself as a joke on StarCraft Legacy, to write the story of StarCraft II without using the artifact, de-infesting Kerrigan, "retconning" the Overmind's backstory, and making the story free of prophecy. A joke, but people seemed to like it. Covering the three games of the trilogy, it's material that I'd never fully novelize (as in, if I'd ever novelize the SC2 games I'd do it based on canon), but would be willing to use. Hence, a conversion to narrative form, rationalized by Tassadar seeing an alternate future, only with the point of divergence being much earlier. However, I decided to abandon it, because at the end of the day, what's the point? No-one would read it for its narrative/story, but instead, it would turn into another debate on the story of the StarCraft II trilogy. And then I'd be in a position of having written a work I didn't believe in on one hand, yet had posted on the other, and would thus be expected to be all for it. At the end of the day, it's probably best if it's left on the forum.

The Third Age (Lord of the Rings)
As the title suggests, this was a novelization of the game of the same name by EA. The problem however, is that novelizing an RPG with a plenthora of content outside the main story is a difficult task and in hindsight, it was something that I never should have attempted the way I did. To be specific, I simply ploughed into it, not giving any thought to the overall plot or ways to expand on it (which, given the nature of its storyline, is something that any novelization would require). Oh, and the prologue had the characterization of Saruman and Sauron way off. I can't see a rogue Istari and a burning eye being that chatty. :)

I may return to it someday, but don't hold your breath.

Tides of Darkness (Warcraft)
As the title suggests, this was an attempted novelization at the game of the same name, long before the official version was released. And like all writing made in a notebook made at...well, however old I was, it sucked, not to mention grossly inaccurate and taking extensive reference from Lord of the Rings (somehow had the idea of the Guardians coming from across the sea akin to the Istari, completely ignorant of the Council of Tirisfal at the time). Anyway, just something for people to laugh about a newbie attempting, including early forms of listing chapters and characters, along with racial categorization of Alliance units.

The Weyard Chronicles (Golden Sun)
Maybe it's a good thing profile pages don't have a history option akin to wikipedia. If this was the case, and someone looked back far enough, you would have seen I'd posted a list of over twenty Golden Sun fics under the blanket of The Weyard Chronicles. In my newbie days, when I was foolish/arrogant enough to imagine this as being feasible, I'd imagined that The Broken Seal and The Lost Age would form the first two parts of a fantasy saga. However, not only is this not possible in writing terms, but with Dark Dawn continuing the storyline, it's clear that Weyard isn't mine to shape (literally, given the effects alchemy has on shifting geography), that the storyline didn't end with The Lost Age. It's hard to say how many of the ideas I developed will be carried on into a novelization of The Broken Seal, provided I even get round to it. Still, from what I can remember, I can give a rough summary of what stories I had in mind and their rough order, but this is hazy at best. However, I'd rather wait for now and see what becomes of The Broken Seal. Hopefully, I can reach the stage where I can give a summary without the issue of spoilers.