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[[ The Minion Presents: Boss Marksman's Tumblr ask blog ]]
I Am But Shadow; I Am But Minion
Eroh said this…digital diary blog thing would be therapeutic. I bet him ten gold coins it wasn’t. Now, I’m broke. I am Boss Kill R Marksman, true ruler of the Minions and the Saothairlands. This is my ask blog.
Welcome to the official ask blog and library of Boss Kill R Marksman, the antagonist of the forthcoming The Minion series by upcoming fantasy/paranormal author Robyn Lloyd!
This tumblr is set slightly before Marksman went villainous. However, there’s a time loop, where you can ask him anything from any point in his life, before and after this. So, go ahead. Give him a poke!
He might bite, fyi.
(For clarity’s sake: Marksman and company do indeed swear with “beep” and “beeping”! Feel free to insert your own explicit or just hear it as “beep”.)
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Planet Iehduno
Pronunciation: “I-eh-dun-oh” or “Ee-eh-dun-oh”
--- Total population: ~1,850,000 known
--- Size: ~2,100 sq. miles
--- Rotation: A day’s cycle is 36 hours, roughly 12 hours per moon
--- Moons: Three small
- Golden in the morning to mid-day.
- Pink from mid-day to evening.
- Silver from evening to morning.
- Each are close enough that they can all be seen within one day’s cycle.
--- Suns: Two small
- One bright during the day.
- A black sun at night, which mixes with the silver of the evening moon to illuminate.
REGION I: Dara (Armor)
Home of: the Humans
--- Population: ~405,000
--- Common languages:
- Darain
- Collective (common between races)
--- Religion: Monotheistic
- Sona, the Human god of all and rich life (not necessarily monetary).
--- Best known for:
- Gold
- Enslaving the Saothairlands
- Architecture (glass, stone)
--- Least known for:
- Playing fair
Dara's capitol, Avalon. It doesn't matter what they do, they're always so beeping flashy. I will admit, though -- their main castle on an island is cool.
The viaduct and pass between the Saothairlands and Dara. Unless you want to meet the harsh desert and even harsher creatures that happen to frequent this stretch of land, this passage is your best bet for survival -- speaking from experience, here.
REGION II: Dākuwarutsu (Dark waltz)
Home of: the Vys
--- Population: ~235,000
--- Common languages:
- Unspoken (they feel actions speak louder than words, though Vys do speak rarely, and reading between the lines informs more than the surface)
- Collective (common between races)
--- Religion: Monotheistic
- Zen’in Lov, Vys god/goddess of all-knowing hunt
--- Best known for:
- Assassins/hired guns/guards/sentries/hunters and trackers
- Technology so far ahead of everyone else’s, it should be illegal
- Agriculture (botanical and any-weather-efficient crops)
- Art
--- Least known for:
- Openness
- Betrayal
- Accepting Alium (hybrids of two or more of the four main cultures, they really just do not like Alium)
A little peek into Vysian territory. Don't be fooled -- while this place is the epitome of natural beauty, the land is just as deadly as its settlers.
REGION III: Bunúsach (essence)
Home of: the Din
--- Population: ~590,000
--- Common languages:
- Nádúr (nature)
- Collective (common between races)
--- Religion: Polytheistic-ish
- Din serve one main goddess, Banrí, and acknowledge lower deities that aren’t worshipped, just revered.
- Some Din are deities or partial deities that serve Banrí.
- One Din deity is Amharc, deity patron of Oracles.
--- Best known for:
- Healing/Healing magic
- Openness
- Birthing 85% of the world’s Alium population
- 1,542 avian species
- 400 different herb species
- Trees
- Being the best allies
- Being the cleverest enemies
- Parties
--- Least known for:
- Having a least-known-for
The Din Region is the one other place besides mine I could sit and stare at all day long. Maybe it's sentiment and influence from Din allies, but just look at this place...
400 types of herbs and counting. The Din are both ambitious and suspicious -- it's no wonder they're always so happy.
REGION IV: The Saothairlands (labor lands)
Home of: the Saothair, later renamed Minions
--- Population: ~520,000
--- Common languages:
- Saothair
- Collective (common between races)
--- Religion: Polytheistic
- The two most common are Máchi, Saothair god of battle, longevity, and healthy crops, often worshipped by armies.
- Brògan, Saothair goddess of true aim/shots and meditation, often worshipped by archers and similar vocations.
--- Best known for:
- Mining (what we did for quite a while as slaves)
- Blacksmithing (especially armor and weapons)
- Indoor plumbing
- Farming (livestock and crops)
--- Least known for:
- Fashion (minus our stunning jewelry smithing)
- Finesse
- Pretty faces
Mt. Darkhead and its foothills, right into the low and high plains of Bogmoor. Truly lovely landmarks of the Saothairlands. See? Even this guy likes them.
REGION V: An all-Regional agreement of “The forbidden zone”, “the forbidden Region”, or “Region Unknown”
Home of: Unknown
--- Population: Unknown
--- Common languages:
- Unknown
--- Religion: Unknown
--- Best known for:
- Being beeping creepy
- Being tempting
- Being full of rumors, including a legend about Alium escaping there to safety.
--- Least known for:
- Everything else
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Welcome to the Persons of Interest Section in my library. Here, you’ll find others I consider noteworthy, be they awesome, bums, or just too beeping annoying to ignore.
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Asha
What can I say, except how I loathe her. And, yet, my heart sings with the lies I gladly sunk into, just to be treated as an equal for once. Asha… A snake Din, she really does live up to the term “snake-like” in all meanings of the word. I do wonder at times what she’s up to.
(You can read about Asha in the short story The Game: An Intro for Marksman)
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Princess Alivia
Perhaps my greatest irritation to ever breathe, this 12th-generation heiress is no pushover. I’ve worked for a few years now to take the final Saothair territory back from her, and yet this child finds a way to stop me EVERY. FREAKING. TIME. She’s as fierce a fighter as a Saothair and as clever as a Vys, wrapped in a package of Din ruthlessness and Human cunning.
I would call her a worthy opponent, but at this point I just want my land back. I’m too beeping tired and old for this beep.
It doesn’t help that Kry is so madly in love with her, he practically hands every battle to her. As much as it would hurt him…I need to get rid of her…
(You can read about Alivia in the short story The Minion)
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Elder Eroh
My mentor, most trusted advisor, and best friend. One of the last survivors of the world war purge that enslaved my people, which he was a young male during. Known for his sharp tongue, boisterous laugh, warm heart, and stupendous archery skills. (Name is a bit clichéd. This is because his parents worshiped Brògan, a Saothair god of archers, just as he does.)
(You can read about Eroh in the short story The Game: An Intro for Marksman)
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[image coming soon – the little jackrabbit won’t cooperate]
Spy Errond
A Vys and spy that’s been working for me behind the scenes for years now. He knows nearly as many secrets about me and the Saothair inner workings as Kry or Eroh. Normally, I trust others roughly 5% of the time and wouldn’t share secrets, but…Errond and I have a strange bond, soldered haphazardly together by Kiri… My Kiri…
(You can read about Errond in the short story The Minion)
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Sentry Kiri No
A Vys sentry I crossed the wrong paths with when I was tricked into stealing a Vysian artifact. As she hunted me, something else hunted us that threw us into a whirlwind of deadly adventures. We began as enemies and came out as lovers. I was blessed and cursed with a few years of happiness with her as my wife, until her fear of her people harming me for her betrayal led her to run. An assassin did indeed find her…
I miss her more every day and…between you and me…I fear myself slipping each second worse for it. One can only grow so cold, yet still keep passion for his people.
(You can read about Kiri soon!)
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Kry For-Me Slaine
My current general and impressively so. Not only was he the youngest in all ranks he’s stepped into, he bested every one of my records – and I’m the one that invented our current militia and its standards! Kry is the adopted son of two of my advisers, so he’s been around the palace a long time, learning its ins and outs. The only thing against him, it seems, is his human appearance.
(You can read about Kry in the short story The Minion and Paths That Bind: A MINIon)
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Óchi
A rare, blind Oracle Alium, half-Din and half-Minion, she’s Kry’s best friend. If attitude could be personified, this girl is it. She makes me seem Saint-like. But, while she chafes me to no end, her visions are an asset I’d gladly bear the hell of her mouthiness for.
Not sure what it is that I attract so many headstrong females into my midst.
(You can read about Óchi in the short story The Minion and Paths That Bind: A MINIon)
Copydeck of the original I-Am-But-Shadow-Minion (what turned into "The Minion Presents: Boss Marksman's Tumblr ask blog" and this page).