Welcome to the nineteenth century. Don't really like Victorian England? If so, you're not alone: Arthur isn't too keen on arsenic dyes and fashion either. to deathly pallor. Perhaps that is why he agrees, one way or another, to take part in his father's expedition.
Not too long ago James Cook (such an important uncle who plied the world's oceans on his ship HMS Resolution) opened the shores of mysterious New Zealand for the British. That's where we're heading: to the wildlands dominated by the gigantic Reds. sequoias and ferns, stretching for thousands of kilometers hot ocean beaches and mighty glaciers in the pristine beauty of the Southern Alps, and in the depths of the mainland, volcanoes, geysers, lights flickering in the night and ancient legends await us.
GREEN STONE
BOOK 1: COLOR OF WATER
Genre: young adult (historical fantasy novel, slash)
Number of pages: ~200
Age limit: 18+
Release year: 2019
Release format: book (samizdat)
Edition options:
Softcover book (b/w)
Hardcover book (b/w + color section)
GREEN STONE
BOOK 1: COLOR OF WATER
Genre: young adult (historical fantasy novel, slash)
Number of pages: ~200
Age limit: 18+
Release year: 2019
Release format: book (samizdat)
Edition options:
Softcover book (b/w)
Hardcover book (b/w + color section)
THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY...
PROTAGONISTS
ARTHUR
Arthur is a young doctor by training with a soft spot for legends of knights and adventure. He spent almost all his childhood with his Irish grandmother, apparently from her having received freckles, free thinking and the habit of solving problems with alternative methods. Balanced, curious, friendly, extremely stubborn.
Age: 20
Nationality: British
Hair color: blond
Eye color: green
KAI
Kaihautu, though born the son of the leader, should not have received power by right of inheritance He wasn't even prepared for this. But fate decreed otherwise, and now it is on his shoulders that one of the largest tribes of the island. What can we say about the arrived invaders. But Kai has a strong character, a sharp mind and a sense of the moment. Does that mean we have a chance?
Age: nineteen
Nationality: Maori
hair color: brunette
Eye color: brown
OTHER CHARACTERS
But the story is not only about Kai and Arthur. No, really x)) Of course, among the mountains and forests, on the ocean shores, there are still many bright faces scattered. We will recognize many, but we will not talk about all of them here. Do not forget about the associates of Arthur. Read the book, scroll through the gallery of illustrations and concepts.
HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE WORLD BOOKS
You know, it happens that at the very beginning or at the end of the film they write: "Based on true events." So in our case, something like this is the place to be. The world of "Green Stone" is not only characters, their adventures and romantic adventures. The plot itself branches off from real historical events that became the prototype and inspiration for the story.
Of course, it is worth remembering that the book - overwhelmingly fantastic fiction. But many things in the story are not taken from the ceiling at all: we studied dates, languages, the structure of ships, leafed through encyclopedias and reference books about local plants and birds, we walked kilometers of New Zealand roads with our own feet, jumped into the ocean, climbed volcanoes and even climbed into a geyser to now be able to convey to you the sensations through the text practically "first hand".
For example, Touhou and Kai's mountain climbing costumes are based on museum pieces. - These are the clothes of Maori researchers from the exposition at the foot of Aoraki (Mount Cook. mount Cook). The background photo was taken by us in the same place. This and similar illustrations become part of the additional material section.
“Richard, here the clouds are very low above the ground. There is a lot of thunderstorm water in the sky, it sags like gray velvet over the mountains. When they go to the mountains, they put on armor. Imagine, they go into battle with their chests bare, and into the mountains - in armor. They look like Greek gods, Richard. Those statues in the London Museum... The professor wouldn't approve if I looked at the statues like that. They like it. They laugh back."
“Arthur, the fifteenth of December, somewhere beyond the edge of the world.
THE LANGUAGE BARRIER
The book is written in three languages.
I was always surprised that in most works, characters of different cultures / races / and so on immediately understand each other. Do they have built-in translators?
The heroes of the "Green Stone" do not understand each other literally throughout the book. Yes, no one magically recognizes a foreign language. Moreover, the reader may also be left in the dark. Because Arthur (British) speaks English, and Kai, respectively, the Maori language. And only when they begin (intuitively or intentionally) to understand some words from a foreign language, these words become Russian for the reader in the text.
At the end of the book there is a dictionary-translator where you can find out the meaning of each "foreign" remark. It is best to read it, of course, after the story itself.
ILLUSTRATIONS
By clicking on any picture, it will open in a larger size. Everything here is without a rating, with a rating is in VK and on Patreon (links in the site header). You can also find more sketches and workflows there. I hope you will reach the sunny mood and the spirit of adventure =)
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