Before I go on, I'd like to inform you that Kaija turned 2 today. Yay. I got her a pikachu-doll because every time I take out my DS she starts playing with the little pikacharm that hangs from the corner. She seems to like it, but it could just be a temporary thing because she just got it. It's funny how all the things we get are super cool when we get them and then after a few weeks or even days we just go "meh" and ditch them. I live in the hope that she'll like it in the future as well and maybe turn into a pokemon fan and then treasure her first pokemon toy or something. I can dream!!
So, dragons. I talked with Oona about the story idea, and she was quite critical and got me thinking about a lot of things. Like if there are dragons in the other countries, how can an army of ~50-70 dragon riders possibly win. Also why does the King want a war, why is it such a big secret that would the King want to get rid of Pin, just 'cause she found out? Why is she surprised at the possibility of war, when she did join the army? Why are there dragon riders?? And I have realized that I have not thought this through. So I have now thought it through. Well, I say through...
Okay, so, the dragons form a psychic link with their riders, yeah? That's their way of communicating. The dragons communicate like this amongst each other, but because of humans' lesser psychic abilities the link with a human must be initiated by the dragon. That is to say the dragon chooses the rider. A dragon may have links with several people and "talk" to them at the same time, but the humans can't hear each other's thoughts. And one human can have a link with several dragons (assuming they reached out), but it is very draining mentally, so it is usually they stick to just one unless it's something that must be told directly. The humans can also "train" their minds, like the strain that the link creates gets easier the more you do it.
Think of it like this. There is a telepathic field surrounding any given dragon. The older/powerful it is the larger the field. This field automatically connects to the dragons who are within the range of the field. For a normal connection the dragon needs to physically be in the range of the other dragon, but it is possible to kinda "spread out" and reach to the edges of the connection, where they can make the connection with someone who's own telepathic field overlaps with theirs. That however is kinda draining to the dragon, so they don't really do that often. Now, all the dragons tap into the same telepathic link, so the more there are dragons, the larger the field gets. So one dragon can speak with another dragon who is so far that the telepathic field wouldn't normally reach if there are other dragons in between. Cool huh? And the dragons can enable a human to tap into that link too, but because the human mind isn't built for telepathic communication they can only talk with the dragon that reached out to them. And with great effort with the dragons within the field of the dragon that reached out.
Now, this is what turns out to be the downfall of the dragons, because the King finds a way to hack into that telepathic field and brainwash them. Usually, in a normal link, the mentally strongest (has the strongest will) is the one that calls the shots. It can be either the human or the dragon in the dragon/rider pairs, though the army tries to teach the riders to strengthen their will to ensure the rider is the one in charge. But the when the King hacks into the field it throws everything off-balance and the King is in charge of all the links. That is why the dragons in the other countries are incapable of defending their homes.
I would like to note that the link between a dragon and a human is not permanent. It can be broken by will (though it is hard for the weaker), or it can automatically snap under pressure caused by distance or violently passing out (due to excruciating pain) or simply by the other (usually the human) no longer having the strength to keep it up properly.
So that answers the question of how, but not the why. I was thinking that maybe, in addition to there being several kingdoms, there are actually also several realms. Like in Thor (I know you've seen it) there is Asgard (the place the gods live), Midgard (which is earth etc), Jotunheim (with the frost giants) and six other realms all linked to each other. So the Kingom Without a Name As Of Yet is in one of the realms, and there are other kingdoms in other ones. One of them can be our world, the earth and all that, and one can be White Island. I was thinking that White Island could be at the center of it, because the Queen being so chill with the Stars and the Queen of Moons and the Queen of S...uns? Stars? I can't remember. Point is, I assume she's like a big deal if she's besties with the two most powerful creatures of the world. So the point of the invasion isn't to invade the other countries, it's to find something (I'm working on that) that gains him access to White Island and the power there or something. Cause he's a greedy bastard. This part is still under development a bit.
Why no one expects a war is probably because they've been in peace for so long and the countries are in good terms together and no one can think of any reason why anyone would want to start a war. But the King knows something, it's like a "do it now or wait 500 years" type of deal and he's been waiting so long and then he makes his move and shit goes down. I still need to come up with a reason the army is behind him in this, but it's still a rough draft so I'll get there. One day. I'm running out of time here, uhhh..... Idk, I'll talk more about this later, probably. Byee~
Pie out.
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