King-Priest

I have always been fascinated by the idea of contrasting dualities within characters. The ultimate evil, come to manifest the greatest good. I suppose everybody loves stories of redemption. And yet we (I) also have this morbid fascination with stories of destruction: Stories in which golden protagonists fall ever deeper into the dark side.

The King-Priest is centered around those themes. It is the tale of the finest of men, made to inflict the most hideous of deeds. It explores conflicting loyalties: Duty, morality and faith, each pulling in different directions at times, on the central character.

Unlike the Memory of the Sun project, King-Priest is neither brief, nor is there a resolution in my mind that I need to sit down and write. It is a vast, sprawling world, with powerful themes, played out across the canvas of aeons, not seasons. It may be possible that this project will manifest itself in one long chronicle.

Or alternately, I might translate this into a series of short, self sufficient works at various points in the timeline.

The final decision being somewhat further down the road, some material’s already done and you can now find it in the index below:

Index:

• Part 1:   Genesis