This is TOTALLY off topic but, I'm excited to see whose characters are picked for voting. EEEEE!

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Enjoy my entry.

Name: Darkshroud

Physical Appearance: Tall and mysterious. Beady, shadowy eyes that appear as if they are horrible black holes, pale white skin.

Backround: Originally called Steven, he was raised in a castle as a prince, but became too greedy. His parents eventually started giving him anything he asked for. A jealous paige boy eventually tricked him into getting lost in the woods. He was raised by a band of wolves who named him Darkshroud, the wolf word for "Lost in the Woods". They had the ability to transform into a band of human thieves. These wolves brought him anything he wanted, and trained him to be a powerful warrior. Leaving Darkshroud in the woods had not turned him into a better person, but a greedy powerful thief.

Lair: His lair is a cave in the middle of the forest. It is littererd with his stolen hoard of weapons and treasure.

Goal: Darkshroud's goal is to kidnap Fable Thatcher and keep her as a slave in his lair. He wants to force her to create things for him, via her writing powers, so he doesn't have to steal things anymore. His ultimate goal is to have Fable create an army of undead soldiers that will help him take over the realms and claim their treaasures.

Attitude towards Hero: Darkshroud is not very fond of Fable, but treats her gently, because if he kills her, he will not have anyone to create his army. 

How he is stronger than the hero: Darkshroud is stronger than Fable because he has a band of powerful wolves and a cave of weapons at his dispossal. H is also a master burglar.

How he is weak and vulnerable: He will not in any means harm Fable, or he will lose his chance at world domination. This will make it easier for her if they ever fight.

Why he is in conflict with fable: Because h wants to kidnap her, one way or another.

Crowd Sorcery Sentences: Darkshroud scanned the horizon of his vast hoard of treasure. He had every treasure in the land, but he still knew he was missing something. A girl with sea blue eyes and a magic power.

Kinkra, the leader of the wolf pack, strolled up to him in human fom wearing a red hat. "Greetings, my lord." he said, bowing low to take off his cap. When he found there was no cap there, he looked up in alarm. The cap was resting on Darkshroud' s lap.

"How did you," stammered Kinkra

Darkshroud chuckled. "You've taught me well, old friend," he said, "But too well."

The Villain's name is Tenebris. He looks like a man but with black markings all over him. He was born millions of years ago as a member of the shadow tribe, a tribe of beings who wish to turn the world into darkness. But the light tribe defeated the shadow tribe and imprisoned them within the shadows. But Tenebris escaped. . . .

His lair lies within an abandoned battlefield where he built his castle. The villian's goal is to release the shadow tribe from their imprisonement. Tenebris considers the hero a weakling and a nuisance.  

The villain is stronger than the hero because he has the ability to control and create shadows. The villain is weak to light and love because he is a shadow being and he has never been loved. The main character and Tenebris are in conflict because the hero wishes to keep the light after Tenebris attacked the hero's family.

Crowd Sorcery Sentence: He seems to be an ordinary man, but look a little closer and you will see he is a living shadow.  

1. Thorn

2. Pointy teeth, arched back, wavy green hair, red eyes.

3. Thorn was once a pretty young lady, but one day she did something wrong, and was cursed by a forest giant to resemble one of the thorn bushes in his forest. The giant left behind a bit of some prophecy, and Thorn used it to track down Fable.

4. Thorn was banished from her town (either because of her curse, or her flaw. Mabye both.) and now lives in the mountains, away from the town and the forest.

5. The villain wants revenge on her town and the Forest giant, probably through Fable.

6. Thorn treats Fable like her slave, and is somewhat happy when she cooperates.

7. When cursed, Thorn harnesed the power to summon thorn vines.

8. Thorn is like a blackberry bush. Tough thorny outside, soft berry inside. Once you get past her worst, she's weak.

9.Naturally, Fable doesn't like any evil person who has anything to do with the prophecy. And she isn't going to let her town (and possibly herself) be destroyed, especially if Thorn might destroy even more afterwords!

10. Thorn gazed out beyond her mountain home, to the town by the forest. She locked her eyes on the town. The one house in the middle of it. Without moving her eyes, Thorn made strange, slow motions with her hands. The mountain she was perched on rumbled, cracked, and split, letting loose a huge vine. The vine had thorns on the bottom and sides of it, but none on the top. Thorn started walking out upon this vine. Even though the vine disappeared in the distance, Thorn knew where she was going. She was going to find that girl. 

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   1. 1. Name

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   Dessin Reeves

    

   1. 2. Physical appearance

    

   Dessin is an incredibly short man, and a pudgy one to boot. He always wears heeled boots to counter his small stature. His dark hair is slicked back and he has piercing green eyes.   

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   2. 3. Background

   Dessin Reeves had always loved art, but despite his devotion, he was incredibly unsuccessul and he had lived a difficult life. During his miserable years, he meets Caroline, a kind-hearted woman who appreciated his work more than anyone, and they fall in love. However, her father disapproved and withdrew all finiancial support to his daughter. Unable to afford help, Dessin's fiancee falls ill and dies before they can marry. The day after her tragic death, Dessin suddenly gains the ability to make anything he draws or paints real. With this power, he rises high in society and becomes wealthier than the king. 

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   2. 4. Lair (Hut? Castle? Cave? Ship?)

    

   Before he gained his fortune, Dessin lived in an apartment on the outskirts of town. Upon discovering his powers, he drew a magnificent castle in a large forest clearing. Dessin does all of his artwork in the basement, hidden from the public eye.  

   
   

   1. 5. What is the villain’s goal?

    

   Dessin wants to obtain Fable's ability. With her capabilities as well as his own, his power will be limitless and he can achieve his crazed vision of a better world. However, Dessin's true desire is to rewrite his past where he marries Caroline and raises a family with her.

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   2. 6. Attitude toward hero

    

   He shows incredible interest towards Fable Thatcher, and is eager after discovering what she can do. Dessin is desperate to control her and do whatever it takes to get the life that he always wanted.

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   2. 7. How is the villain stronger than the hero?

    

   Unlike Fable, Dessin has complete control of his artistic powers. He can create anything he sees in his mind's eye, as long as he as a pencil and sketchbook, and this makes him very confident. Dessin refuses to give up until he has want he wants.

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   2. 8. How is the villain weak or vulnerable?

    

   Dessin is bound to Fable's writing, as much as everyone else is. This makes him determind to control her and her power, and he becomes so obsessed with achieving his dream that he becomes blind to the suffering he causes others in the extreme measures he takes.

   His powers make him very bold, and he occasionally overestimates himself and makes mistakes.

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   2. 9. Why are the main character and the villain in conflict with each other?

    

   Dessin will do anything in his power to get what he wants from Fable, even if it means hurting her and others. His idea of a prefect world is terrifying, and Fable and her friends must save everyone from his vision.

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   2. 10. Your Crowd Sorcery Sentence(s)

   
   

   The halls of Castle Douleur echoed with heavy footfalls. Dessin Reeves heaved himself up the final steps back into the great hall, stopping to catch his breath before continuing. His sketchbook and pencil dangled from one hand, the other wiping sweat from his brow.

   The air hummed, and reality shifted. Dark lines traced new designs on the walls and swaths of color filled in once empty spaces.

   Dessin gazed at his masterpiece. 12 portraits of his dear fiancée graced the cold stone, adding some life to the dreary hall. They recorded happier times, when their love was new and all had seemed right. Had the world been kinder, she still would have lived.

   His task done, Dessin sat down at his desk with a whoosh of displaced air. Before him lay countless plans for his new future, detailed down to even where the tables for the wedding would sit.

   Everything waited for the proper power to bring it to life.

   He pondered the clutter for only a moment before he stood and swept everything to the floor with a shout of utter rage. Even the best plans were all for naught if Fable refused to cooperate. He needed her power, how could the girl not see it?

   The artist sat back down and buried his face in his hands, drawing in a long, shuddering breath. Dessin slowly rose once more, his mind already forming dozens of plans and contingencies. No matter. He must find a way to use Fable’s power at any cost.

   His final promise to Caroline would not be in vain.

    

My origional entry got posted with a lot of extra code, here it is without the extra code.

1. Name: Gorf (frog backwards)
2. Physical appearance: Gorf has this uncanny resemblance to
the frogs at the pond by “lost prince castle”. Of course he has normal,
human shaped arms and legs and a human-like head. He also looks a little
like the lost prince, although it’s hard to tell under the mud and
weeds that cake his clothes, skin and face.        3. Background: Gorf the frog was just minding his business, when a young
witch who was training to be an old witch called out to a handsome
prince who was strolling by with his girlfriend. The witch switched
Gorf’s body with the prince’s. Now, Gorf swims and splashes around in
the pond as if he is still a frog. The prince confuses the other frogs
by going on about how he is actually a prince. The people seem to have
forgotten that the prince really existed as a human, and they refer to
the story as a legend and use it to scare small children. “You better
eat all of your vegetables or the lost prince will get you!”
4. Lair: Gorf lives in the swamp near “lost prince castle”.

5. What is the villain’s goal?: Gorf’s greatest wish is to be a frog
again, so that he can jump far again, splash around happily and eat
flies with pleasure, instead of misery. He would stop at nothing to
achieve his goal.
6. Attitude toward hero: Confused at her human ways, jealous that he doesn’t have her powers

         7. How is the villain stronger than the hero?: He  understands swimming
strokes that humans don’t know about, and has very strong legs from all
of the hopping he  did, which enables him run long distance

         8. How is the villain weak or vulnerable?: Gort has almost no
understanding for human customs, which can get him into tricky
situations. Although he knows how to talk, because the prince knew how,
he often chooses the wrong words and gets others angry or annoyed at the
wrong times.

        9. Why are the main character and the villain in conflict with each
other?: Gorf wants Fable Thatcher to write that he is a frog, so he can
be a frog again and forget about revenge and craziness and his longing
to be a frog.

10: Your Crowd Sorcery Sentence(s): Fable Thatcher had never really
been afraid of Gorf. She stayed clear of him for sure, he was some crazy
weirdo, but he never seemed dangerous. But now Gorf wanted her to test
her powers in a way that she was scared to do. He asked reasonably, with
a kind voice, although she had seen something behind his neutral
expression. Years of anger and sadness boiling together, something even
Fable Thatcher, the worlds greatest writer could not describe. It
terrified her, and she knew that if she made a mistake trying to help
him, he would never forget. But she didn’t want to help, she was too
afraid of what her powers would do.stances and run
very quickly. He also can understand frog’s languages, which can teach
him more about Fable Thatcher, who the frogs enjoy gossiping about.

@ Soph and Sophia B.:

I'm afraid the deadline for the villain was yesterday on the 7th.  

Sidekicks can still be submitted.

Admin

So excited for the voting! Even if my little Lilith (pg 6) doesn't win, it's been an honor participating in the story!

PLEASE READ THIS! IMPORTANT NOTICE!

MANY OF YOU HAVE SAID THAT FABLE HAS PARENTS. IN FABLE'S DESCRIPTION, SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHO HER PARENTS ARE.  HER PARENTS CAN BE DEAD OR OTHERWORDLY BEINGS (like mine) BUT SHE DOES NOT KNOW HER PARENTS. IT SAYS SO IN FABLE'S DESCRIPTION.

Sorry for the bold caps lock, admin! 

Admin, it's July 11 right now (sorry just saying because I know there is a delay from when I post it and when it gets up). When are we going to be able to vote?

Arianne, today is July 9. Voting is scheduled to begin by or on this Friday, which is July 11. So many Villians were submitted just this past weekend. We've been reading furiously to meet them all, then select our favorites for the voting. It's not an easy job to do that because there are so many great characters! 

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