RoChu Game- Update (11/24/2013)

Last Status (10/16/2013): Outlining- word count 35,748
Current Status: Outlining- word count 48,027

Found an American author that writes historical romances set in ancient China. THANK GOD!!!!! Her style is exactly what I need for this story. It's even set in the Tang dynasty!

I've been reading her "The Dragon and the Pearl" and the way she describes the hero and heroine is almost how I imagine Ivan and Yao's interactions. I am taking everything I can out of that book and adding it to my resources!!!

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Currently working on developing a RoChu dating visual novel game. Here's the premise of the story:

In a world similar to ours, the Empire of Xiang'An have dominated most of the East and North. The kingdom known as Yveiva has been under it's rule for well over 150 years, but the people of Yveiva held no bitterness towards their overlords. The Empire of Xiang'An placed no hard rule and asked very little of them. At the very fringe of the Empire, most lived their lives forgetting Yveiva had lost its sovereignty long ago...until a letter came from the capital. It was a missive directly from the Emperor, requesting the Kingdom of Yveiva to send him a tribute, a woman to enter his seraglio. After much debate, it was decided a daughter from a minor prince would be sent- Yekatrina, Ivan's beloved sister.

Worried for her safety, Ivan traveled with her, in hopes of seeing her safely married before journeying back home. Months turned into years and after traveling thousands of miles on the orders of an Emperor they never met, they finally reached the capital and found a horrifying truth.

For years, the Emperor forced woman to enter his harem to only later execute them the next day. It came to the point where Xiang'An had no more women of high birth to offer him. So, they reached further and further out into the empire for new sacrifices until they reached the very borders of Yveiva.

Furious and unable to leave his sister to die, Ivan defies the Emperor and challenges him. Yao, bored and tired of the palace life, found amusement in Ivan's defiance. As a distraction to the tedious court, he agrees to free Ivan and his sister if he can solve 5 riddles. Should Ivan fail at any point, then it's off with both their heads.

Ivan uses his wits to help him solve the riddles and navigate the cesspit of Xiang'An court, but the more he gets to know the palace residents, the more he's dragged down by their secrets until he could no longer tell which was the worst fate: dying by Yao's hand or leaving his side.

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Game Progress- 0%

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-Game Outline: In-progress. Currently at 48,027 words (11/24/2013)
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Fanfic Status-All on hold until further notice

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Wishes from the Heart
Tea Time for Two
Silence is Golden
Confessions
(did I miss any WIP fics?)