07-09-2017, 05:39 PM
(07-06-2017, 09:31 PM)Viktor Wrote: I like your story so far, I got goosebumps reading it at some points. I think some of the characters have a lot of potential for inner conflict. Bern for example seems be very unconventional in using new military techniques, but is so convinced by traditions, that he goes to a meeting that everyone warns him of. I think telling that he dies must be pretty hard, since everyone knows it's gonna happen but it still has to be interresting. I think Berns intentions are really interresting here, because he just tries to be a fair and good ruler.
Thanks Viktor! Well the thing with Bern is that a) he tends to think the best of people, generally, and b) he knows Skold is a die-hard traditionalist so he simply can't imagine that Skold would even dream of violating the ancient rules of surrender. Skold on the other hand is an opportunist. His thinking goes along the lines of "Bern isn't playing by the rules anymore, so why should I?" So, ironically, by adopting new technologies and styles of warfare, the well-meaning jarl Bern sealed his own fate.
(07-06-2017, 09:31 PM)Viktor Wrote: Ravnir could also have some inner conflicts. One the one hand she seems to have negative assicioations regarding Huldar considering she was always an outsider, but I could imagine she also feels massive guilt fleeing Huldar after her father gets killed. I could imagine seeing her mature trough this after the quick changes that turn her into an adult very quickly could be quite interresting.
Yes, definitely. Ravnir is the runt of the litter and no one really thinks she can accomplish much. No one except Thunni, who sees the strength in her.
(07-06-2017, 09:31 PM)Viktor Wrote: I liked the Huldar theme, while I think you're right regarding the "size" of the sound, might be too small. If Hulda has a theme I could imagine it would be cool when it has two very distinctive versions from each other, one before and one after the military techniques introduced by Thunni. One more rural sounding like this with deep drums and pedal tons in fifhts and one more militaric sounding.
Great idea about altering musical themes depending on whether it's before/after the technical revolution introduced by Thunni's arrival! That is definitely something to explore, so thanks for the suggestion. Maybe a sort of hybrid between the Ulvheim and Khai themes to show that things have changed, that the influence of this one foreigner has suddenly turned the tides of war and changed the history of Ulvheim forever.
BTW, Halda = mountain stronghold of Bern's clan. Ulvheim = the northern kingdom where everything takes place. Just so there's no confusion
(07-06-2017, 09:31 PM)Viktor Wrote: I like the idea of having a poppy outro tune and I liked the song, about how many songs do you want to do in the end of that? Ten chapters already seems like quit a bunch and the story seems to just have started at that point
Anyway, I like what you got so far and good luck.
Ravnir's Saga will probably have around 30 tracks. I know it sounds like a lot but WoR has 18 and weighs in on around 50 minutes, the longest track being 6:26 and the shortest only 41 seconds. So a guesstimate for the final product would be around 1.5 hours of music.
