Answering 25 questions about my story

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I remixed! With my answers! Wow Eleta posted something I didn't know it was possible — 1: What story will you be using to answer these questions? How would you quickly describe the storyline? Threeheart is a very old story that I've been attempting to write (for real this time). Basically, thirty years before my story takes place, the kingdom at the center of my main island completely collapsed, as monsters started becomeing more common and very aggressive. Most of the people who survived escaped to neighboring kingdoms, where due to magical shenanigans they are unable to return home. People born outside of the kingdom can enter it though, and many research and recovery missions have been made, many organized by the Vientish Society for Growing Knowledge. One of these missions went awry, and two people on that mission, Krys and Spider, end up meeting the last person still living in the kingdom, Clover. They try and return home with Clover, and face many trials along the way, mostly orchestrated by a strange and mysterious Traveler who does anything to ruin their plans. 2: What inspired your story? This story is Very loosely based on a very old wings of fire fanfic I wrote with my friend in sixth grade. The only things left of that fanfic are some of the character names and the vague alignments of the various kingdoms. In terms of inspirations for the modern version, I'd say the closest inspiration is the webcomic Aurora and the fantasy novel Priory of the Orange tree. Clover also talks about various classic novels they've read, most of which are based on real classic novels. 3: Does it take place on Earth or in a made up land? In what time? As one can guess, it takes place on a fantasy island created by five sea-serpent gods. Obviously, since it's a fantasy land it doesn't have a real life parallel time period, but I'd say it has start-of-the-industrial-revolution vibes. 4: What’s a favorite place in your story and the events that happen there? I really love writing chapters of Clover hanging out in their abandoned castle talking about books I made up. It's relaxing and it's easy to show character details. 5: Who is your protagonist? What is their mission? My three protagonists are Clover, who wants to see more of the kingdom as they've spend their whole life in a castle being a coward and reading books all day. Spider is a young witch and sorcerer (two very different branches of magic) who mostly just wants to get home and not die, but also wants to find cool plants and animals in the Lost Kingdom to use in her spells. Krys is a slightly older lady whose parents were refugees of the original disaster, and mostly wants to get home. She also wants to find artifacts of her family history. 6: Who is the most underrated character in your story and why? I mean the only people who've read the story is me but I have a soft spot for the villain, but I suck at writing him because he is so weird. 7: What two characters have the most interesting relationship (good or bad)? Clover and Spider have a really interesting dynamic because they conflict with each other in fun ways. Spider is inherently distrusting of most people and therefore clashes with Clover a lot, and even though Clover has a very through mind-reading ability, it doesn't mean they Understand Spider. What's funny is both these guys are similar in other ways, mostly their deep curiosity about the world. 8: What are the conflicts of the story? Do you have villains? The conflicts are mostly monsters popping out of the woodwork to attack our main characters. Our villain, The Traveler, is a creepy figure who might look like a normal sorcerer at a glance, except for the fact that he doesn't breathe or blink, and the monsters follow his beck and call. 9: Which character is the most misunderstood? Nobody has any idea of what the Traveler is and why he's like that, mostly because the reason is so weird.