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MOC Castle page (last updated 8/18/00)

This is my first attempt at a MOC page, so it's going to take me a while to really get this going.  Right now, my structure bricks are in storage except for my BURPs and my trees, so as yet all buildings and scenes are still in the planning stage.  Maps will be involved, and we all know what kind of timeframe we're talking about when maps are mentioned.  The characters I am developing, however, have been pretty much fleshed-out beforehand.  They are mostly from a fantasy novel I wrote when I was younger. 

The hero/king is Malcolm Thorne, king of the nation-state Folswyrc. His chief general is Calyn Warkellen, an outlander exiled from her own land, and it is really around her that the story unfolds. The other main character is Elsur, a Mage-turned-Warlock and Malcolm's chief foe in a Great War engulfing the world they inhabit. His armies are headed by the wraith of Tavic Marr. My novel takes place after the Great War, when Elsur has been put down and Malcolm uses the ensuing instability following the war to effect, by both honorable and underhanded methods, a unification of the nation states that are known as Folslyn.   

I wrote my novel as a political thriller rather than a traditional fantasy with elves, orcs, trolls, and magic.  However, political intrigue doesn't translate too well to LEGO®--at least not as well as traditional fantasy, so the LEGO® world I'm planning now will have plenty of elves, orcs, trolls, and magic. 

 

Malcolm Thorne
KING OF FOLSWYRC
Malcolm was 18 years old when he took his throne upon the death of his father, Stewart.  It was with some controversy that he took his ruler's oath, as it was widely known at the time of his father's assassination that Stewart fully intended to look over his eldest son in favor of his next eldest male heir, Michael.  But Michael was short by several months of his age of consent at the time of Stewart's death and his father had not been able to legally block Malcolm's birthright.  The outbreak of the Great War with Stewart's assassination necessitated Malcolm's ascension, approved by the lords of Folslyn, though grudgingly by most.  At the time, Folswyrc was the largest of the Fols city-states and thus the seamless transition of the monarchy of Folswyrc was necessary if Folslyn would survive Elsur's challenge.

 
Malcolm elements:
  • classic smiley head
  • Fright Knights plate armor torso
  • black legs, black arms with black hands
  • European armor (painted black)
  • customized helm/crown: lower half of black bullet helmet, top half of gold chrome crown, white dragon feather
  • chrome silver sword
  • grey dragon shield (blue dragon on yellow field)
  • black axe
  • black lance, blue and yellow pennants
  • cape (iron-on decal)

Malcolm's horse elements:

  • black horse
  • red  dragon trappings
  • red horse hood

 

 

Wraith Lord
Tavic Marr - ELSUR'S GENERAL
The Wraith Lord was summoned by the warlock Elsur to command his armies in the Great War he began against the states of Folslyn.  While its original identity is unknown to all but the master who called it from the spirit world, the crown it wears on its ghostly head just above its eerily glowering red eyes has led many to believe that it was a warrior-king  in its worldly life.  A cunning and ruthless tactician and general that has shown itself willing to sacrifice its soldiers for the sake of victory on the battlefield, the Wraith Lord is also a formidable fighter in its own right.  It has destroyed all of the warriors who have dared challenge it in hand-to-hand combat. The winged horse it rides was made for it by Elsur using the same unholy magic used to summon the warrior-spirit.  
Wraith Lord elements:
  • modified black ghost head (painted red eyes)
  • Fright Knights plate armor torso
  • black legs, black arms with black hands
  • modified  black UFO armor
  • Qui-Gon Jinn cape
  • custom helm/crown: lower half of gray crossbowmen  helmet (painted black), top half of gold chrome crown (dyed for rust color), red plume
  • chrome silver sword (dyed black)
  • grey Fright Knights shield with sticker (working design)
  • large axe with pike (dyed black)
  • black spear

Wraith Lord's horse elements:

  • black horse customized with black 1x1 top clips glued to hold wings
  • customized red saddle
  • red dragon wings
  • red horse hood

 

 

Calyn Warkellen and Jon Ballard
MALCOLM'S CHIEF GENERAL and her JUNIOR OFFICER
Calyn Warkellen elements:
  • modified Rock Raider female head (removed headset printing)
  • Witch's torso
  • black legs
  • cape (iron-on decal)
  • Dragon Master helmet with white dragon feathers
  • Dragon Master oval shield
  • primary weapon, black halberd
  • black horse with blue dragon horse trappings

Jon Ballard elements:

  • Rock Raider head
  • black plate armor torso with black arms
  • black legs with red hips
  • Dragon Master helmet
  • Dragon Master oval shield
  • primary weapon, long sword
  • brown horse with blue saddle

 

My current project is "Mount BURP" (working title).  It's a mountain built mostly from dark gray BURPs, tan plates, and gray and black bricks.  It's being built on 4 large gray baseplates and will feature a cave for a dragon on the west side as well as 2 outposts built into it on its north and south sides.  Its east side will be mostly flat, because abutting the mountain to the east and partially built into it will be Malcolm's castle.  Right now, I am aiming for something at least 2.5 feet tall and 2.5 feet square.  Surrounding the dragon cave to the west of the mountain will be a dense wood, called "Ruin Forest."  The Ruin will be the home of an elfin folk, the Alariel.  

How I love bulk ordering!  Even the little pines, if you put enough of them down, will make a nice forest.  Now that the larger pines, the fruit trees, and they cypress trees (!!!) are available in bulk, too, I've got all the greenery I need to make a fantastic forest.  I made the entire forest uneven by mixing my large pines in with the small ones randomly, and by building the forest on green bricks and mega-bricks (such as those in the now easily and cheaply found 6097s) anywhere from 0 to 4 brick-lengths high.  This fits in with my story, as the forest is now fairly impossible to navigate except on foot, and resembles a maze to a certain extent.  I'll probably play a little bit more later with the forest maze idea.  The river (the blue base plates) will be shaped by some more green plates I'm using as river banks (they also will hold all the baseplates together).  I'm not sure how much further I'll extend this platform beyond the river, but across the river I plan on putting the first few Alariel settlements.  That's a way off, though.  I'm still working on the mountain.  After I finish the mountain, I will start on Malcolm's castle.

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