Torvia: The Breaking of the Spine

Behind the river Kama, inside the Great Spine Mountains, there is a valley. Relatively small to the vast heights of the mountains, this valley contains the ancient Drônlen people, those akin to the dragons that live within the Spine.The Drônlen hold this valley and in turn the valley protects them. The Drônlen were a very proud and protective people, not letting strangers in too kindly onto their sacred lands.

Though young in age, the Overseer’s son, Araleth knew all the ins and outs of the mountains that surrounded the valley. At glance, one would not suspect him to be of royal blood as Araleth and his twin sister Ono would explore the large caves and jagged peaks that resided within the grand mountains.

It was his 12th birthday the day they found a single strand of white distinctly embedded in Araleth’s pitch black bed of hair. This was early for a Drônlen as they usually reach maturity around age 25. Two years later is when Ono's long curly red strand fell right in front of her face signifying her Alm.

Around their maturity, a Drônlen’s hair will start replacing itself with either straight locks void of any colour or with wild ginger curls. Those with the curls are regarded as Almrônd, as they carry a piece of Alm within them and may harness it in extensive training. The Alm being a “fire” within a person. This Alm is what is found within the dragons, it is what gives them their fire and their power. This training eventually allows them to harness the power of the dragons. On the other side are the Len, those with white locks do not have this power and never will.

Although there are no social repercussions for being Almrônd or Len, Araleth felt the weight of his status. Being Len meant living half the life Ono would as Almrônd live around 300 years to Len's 150. This also meant he would not be next in line for Overseer. The fact he was not Overseer did not bother him but the thought of leaving his sister alone with that title did. This fact did not weigh so heavily until they were both 25 and their hair, and in turn their fate, were fully noticeable.

Ono started her training quickly after her 15th birthday once two full chunks of curls framed around her face. Araleth always thought he would be Almrônd. All those years playing with the small dragons in the caves and dancing around the fires at the nightly rituals felt so close to him, he felt like that was where he was meant to be but alas the wretched hair that sat upon his head signaled a different truth. He would often sneak to watch Ono in her training and would emulate the things she would do in secret.

Title: Torvia: The Breaking of the Spine

Genre: Fantasy

Age Range: YA-Adult

Word Count: TBA, couple chapters down already.

My project is hopefully a new fantasy world one can dive into and insert themselevs. The first book will be an adventure of Araleth in fidning his sister Ono, captured by dark King Sammon. This story will parallel to the story of Reagan, a barbarian warrior of the Bhrana tribe who has been blessed with wings made of light but bound to a peculiar chain around her ankle made of unbreakable metal. How will their story intertwine? Who is the dark King and why does he want Ono? Who are the ravage warriors whose eyes glow red and mouths leak of crimson liquid? Who else will they meet along the way? All will be answered. There will be many different main characters so that people from many backgrounds may be able to relate to. In this world of Torvia there are many races of creatures from calssicsd such as eleves, mages, humans to other new ones like Dronlen, and Bhrana. I am currently a History student and about to go into a grad program. I love everything fanatsy and spend free time emulating fantasy stories with real life medieval history. I have books and books bound full of lore for this world of Torvia and want to see it all put together.