We have quite a few stories in the pipeline for Book II and some of them are easier then others. However, one of the stories that I have been looking forward to the most has got to be “Dawn of the Nance.”
The idea is broken into three tiny skits that tell a little about a creature living in darkness and feeding off the souls and flesh of others. What’s not to love?
Our two main bad guys (or girls) will be Dawn and Nance…actually they are both the same character. One (Dawn) became so cruel and ugly on the inside that she literally pushed out her physical appearance and became what she really was (the Nance). From that point on Dawn basically became a “Siren” calling all passing travelers into her pit of hate.
My favorite part to the story is that everyone sees Dawn for her beauty and it ends up costing them their lives. However, the only one to “see” her for what she truly is…is the one Cropone (Yaunt) who can’t see at all. Irony…I think so! Anyway, I'm getting a kick out of it, haha.
Anthony is working on a short called “What happened to Flight 82?” which a bunch of flight squadron soldiers get separated on a mission, each branching into a new story in the book. One of the soldiers, Coffey, will lead to a Dawn of the Nance storie. This one will be a bit different to handle because both Anthony and myself will have our hands digging into it. We’re not too sure how we will do it but most likely we will each have about a 50% roll in designing and drawing the story.
Anyway, I just figured I would go ahead and post a little bit of what I got. It’s still rough but you will get the point.
-Jesse
1...DAWN of the NANCE
Rumor has it that there is a creature so cruel and malevolent that simply approaching it would wipe your existence clean from this world.
It is called the Nance and it is living proof the misery indeed loves company. It devours anyone and anything that it can lour into its reach.
It does not feed to satisfy hunger but rather trying to fill an endless pit of anger, trying to make all others as miserable as itself.
But not to worry because after all…it’s just rumor.
2...DAWN of the NANCE “A New Dawn”
The Nance, thought once to be a Cropone, was known as Dawn. She possessed an overwhelming beauty that was able to get her what she wanted when she wanted it.
But her beauty was only skin deep, for what was beneath, was truly foul and repulsive
She in fact became so cruel and ugly on the inside that she could no longer keep a grasp on her physical appearance.
Her true self, became the Nance and isolated itself in the cold confines of a cave while Dawn, a representation of her former beauty, was forced to roam the nearby area. Neither of which were who they use to be. The Nance, being the ugly face of hatred and Dawn having nothing remaining but her beauty
The Nance, so feared and repulsive, sent out such a bad vibe that most would avoid the area totally on gut instinct. However Dawn, who possesses more beauty than the eye can even acknowledge, had no trouble leading more than enough victims to Nance’s cave.
3... DAWN of the NANCE “Dawn and the DEAD”
One by one, farmers, workers, lost soldiers, children and stragglers of all sorts found themselves in Nance’s grasp.
It seemed there was no denying the temptation their eyes delivered once settling on Dawn.
Most of the time we do not wait to see past the thin shell of ones appearance. Beauty is skin deep, and unfortunately, “skin deep” is all Dawn needs.
