Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Demeter - Antagonist

Age: Immortal
Sex: Female
Sexuality: Bisexual
Speech: Proper, old.
Values: Family, the Earth, need for control
Personality: Strict to the point of being overbearing, punishes heavily when people don't listen, difficult to talk to, believes she knows what's best for everyone. 

Persephone - Protagonist

Age: 18
Sex: Female
Sexuality: Straight
Speech: Slightly casual around her mother, very casual around others.
Values: Community, respect for the Earth, love for family, prefers nonviolence
Personality: Determined, stubborn, not entirely truthful in order to get her way - something she'd picked up because of an overbearing mother - , clever.

Monday, September 28, 2015

Inciting Incident

The inciting incident occurs when Hades kidnaps Persephone in broad daylight and drags her down to Hell.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Silhouette Lineup

Hades:
Praying Mantis

Persephone:
Laser Beam

Demeter:
Mother Bear

Zeus:
Wise Bull Elephant

Rhea:
Helium Balloon

Body Types


Debate

The primary debate I am tackling with this story is whether it's better to take on an enormous goal and become independent, even though there will be hardship and suffering, or if it's better to follow and feel safe, remaining dependent on something.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

The Abduction of Persephone

Classic short myth:
Hades, god of the Underworld, seeks out a wife to make his queen and eyes Persephone, Demeter's daughter. When he approached Zeus about it, Zeus did not oppose their marriage, but he did warn that Demeter would never consent to having her daughter live in the underworld. Hades then resolved to abduct her, appearing in a chariot one day while Persephone was out in the fields. He whisked her off to the underworld, leaving Demeter in an absolute rage. Demeter brought ruin upon plantlife and livestock on the surface, demanding that Hades return Persephone at once.
Zeus only intervened when he realized that if Demeter were to continue, mankind would die on the Earth, and no one would remain to make sacrifices to the gods. He sent down Hermes to collect Persephone from Hades, but Hades had already played his trick; Persephone had starved herself from the moment she arrived in the underworld, and Hades offered her pomegranate seeds to appease that hunger before she left, of which she had six seeds. Because she consumed food from the underworld, she was condemned to stay there for one month of the year per seed.
Rhea, mother to Demeter, Zeus, and Hades, proposed a deal: Persephone was to remain in the underworld with Zeus for half a year and return to Demeter for the other half, which Demeter reluctantly accepted. Back in the underworld, Persephone became feared by many, and kept Hades in check.

Friday, September 18, 2015

Setting - Celtic

The Earth should be less modern, more medieval. I want to take inspiration from Celtic dress and armor, while the environment should be green with rolling hills, and the people are dress in heavy capes and clothing.

Influences - Twilight Princess

Inhabitants of Hell should feel alien, which is where I draw influence from Twilight Princess. Mostly in armor design, with a bit of monster design, which I would incorporate into Cerberus and various unnamed beasts in the environment.


Influences - Dishonored


In terms of color and environment, this is how I want Hell to feel. Dark, unlit, with blues and mechanical-feeling environments, though not necessarily steampunk. I want Hell to feel manmade, while the Earth feels natural.