Day 1

Meet my protagonist: Vier.   He's a wraith that lives beyond the edge of time.   He's been observing humanity for some time, and has realized that their galactic empire will eventually collapse as humanity tries to 'conquer' itself.   His solution?   Introduce a common foe to unite the humans against.   But humanity exterminated the last of its sentient opposition, creatures such as demons and vampires, in the Dark Ages.   So Vier must travel back to the Dark Ages, a vastly different version from the real Dark Ages, and ensure that the creatures of darkness aren't driven to extinction.

The first chapter introduces Edric Sable, a Crusader of the Church of a Divine, a warrior tasked with slaying the devils and demons that lurk in the night.   He's a pious, righteous, and powerful individual, who we'll learn more about as we go.

And this is the progress of my first day!   Oh yes, the book is called "An Odyssey of Shadows".   I'm really glad I had the idea regarding Vier last night, and now I've been developing it.   I'm slightly worried about being cliched, using vampires and such, but given a NaNoWriMo novel is all about word count, that's something I can worry about later.   Even if this never sees the light of publishing day, I think it will be fun to write, and different enough from Aspect that the two shouldn't interfere with each other.   I can only hope.

2171 words out of my first day also means that I'm already ahead of my 1667 words per day average required to reach 50,000 by the end of the month.   Let's hope I can keep that up!