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# Spellblade Plot # Spellblade Plot
https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/articles/snowflake-method/
## One Sentence ## One Sentence
A woman realizes the gap between two opposites and their place in the middle. A woman realizes the gap between two opposites and their place in the middle.
## One Paragraph ## One Paragraph
Alicia is a student at the Zhalram School of Bladecraft, one of two schools
owned by a shadowy organization that oversees the Zhalrami army recruiting
process. Alicia is troubled in her schooling and attempts (and fails) to hide
her natural talent for magic; she tries to use her magic skills to assist her
team in the battle drills but gets caught. Alicia gets monitored more closely
and comes out to Tistus about her magical powers, Tistus is concerned for Alicia
but accepts her and they work together to make the suspicion go away.
- Cover the setting
- Introduce the bladecraft school
- Introduce spellcraft and frame it as an "other"
- Introduce Alicia's powers
- Get caught by Tistus
- Use powers on the field
- Gets caught
- Teachers deliberate and propose a magical vivisection, something that would
purge someone of their magical powers
- Alicia argues she didn't ask for this
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Alicia gets expelled and then roams
around the marketplace she talks with a spiritualist named Kala and ends up
getting roped into their underground school of mixed arts.
## Slightly Longer
Alicia is a student at the Zhalram school of Bladecraft, she is on the Red Team Alicia is a student at the Zhalram school of Bladecraft, she is on the Red Team
and works with her teammates to get through various battle drills. Unbeknownst and works with her teammates to get through various battle drills. Unbeknownst
to most people, Alicia has a talent for spellcraft as well (a large taboo for to most people, Alicia has a talent for spellcraft as well (a large taboo for
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others, but slips up and is discovered. The school elders have discussions about others, but slips up and is discovered. The school elders have discussions about
this and then decide to put Alicia under academic probation. Alicia roams around this and then decide to put Alicia under academic probation. Alicia roams around
the merchant district of Zhalram and happens across a spiritualist that offers the merchant district of Zhalram and happens across a spiritualist that offers
Alicia a magical locus that is shaped like a sword. Alicia a magical locus that is shaped like a sword and hints at the bladecraft
and spellcraft schools being operated by the same person. Alicia experiments
with it and then hides it in her room.
## Old Chapter Checklist ## Old Chapter Checklist