The Accord

mmkay, so heres mah attempt at explaining the magical side in detail of course. They are known formally as the Accord: an alliance of descendants of the "first-born", the very first humans that exhibited magical talents and abilities. they base their whole structure and way of life on the traditions of the original human kingdom, a monarchy system based upon two central tenants of Honor and Dignity. their "kingdom" is based in a section of the yet to be named (yuss, i REALLY need a good namer) land which (A Setting post should really come before this, but ehh, ill do that next/later (why yes, i do put things off a lot and use brackets a lot, so ehh) XD) is utterly devoid of resources other than rocks, gems, flora and fauna. this lack of any significant metal source forces them to be very, creative in their utilization of the few resources they have.
Now, as their an alliance of magically skilled people, how would they best use stones and gems? Enchanting of course! They craft elegant and dynamic creatures out of stone, implanting a specially charged and cut Crystal core which is then used as an "engine" of sorts which keeps the whole enchanted structure moving without need of outside assistance. This enchanting isn't just limited to creatures of course, with entire buildings being enchanted, allowing them to be self heating or floating or even self cleaning, if you have the skills and the Gem required to fulfill such an enchant. this leads their cities to be bright, vibrant and full of light, even after dark, for all the gems and enchants glitter and glow with strange, dancing lights that can only be described as "magical" (hahaha, i can hear the cries of "lame" already, but unless you've got a mind-reader and can see what i picture it as, then it would be best to let me continue :D). anyways, their a very Aristocratic and class based society, which leads to a lot of persecution of "lower" people and creatures, such as Dragons (which, we shall be hearing about a lot more often from hence forth :D).

well thats all i can think of at the moment, again its getting late here, i might update this post with more info about them, but my brains kerfuzzled atm so XD
Thanks and hope to see you more!
~Jayson

This is where it all begins

well, ive got no idea to start this, how to introduce myself or anything related to formalities or how teh heck this is all supposed to work, so i think ill just start crashing head first into the story and worry bout formalities later.

This story is, in a nutshell, a fantasy/sci-fi more-than-likely-to-be-novel that, at the start at least, is based off the popular Magic vs. steam punk technology world. an insane amount of inspiration for the steam punk side of things is comming from a game called Rise Of Legends, wherein there's a faction known as the Vinci who are basically a merger with the industrial revolution and futuristic vehicles and designs such as walkers, clock work robots and giant (that's an understatement) artillery cannons (if your wondering about what im talking about, this should make things easier but note: none of the other factions except the machinery orientated one are being used as inspiration: link ). The magical faction is a lot harder to summarise and will be explained in detail further along in these posts.

so thats the basic factions out of the way, there's a lot more to it than just magic vs. technology but im not too keen on going into depth at this stage. I haven't named this story yet so ehh, ill get to that later as well. at the moment, im too tired to bother with much (2am here >.>) so yea, hopefully posting updates and whats it abouts on my story here will bear some fruit in helping me write the story better. though i do realise that some people may, if my story is good enough (hahaha, im trying not to kid myself that could be the case) steal my ideas which would tick me off a fair bit, but lets not think about that. instead, lets hope that things go well and i start writing more diligently.

Thanks all, hope to see you in other posts!
~Jayson

my intro