what is two sides of the same coin?
wo Sides of The Same Coin is a story about, well, coins! They live on an island named Feivcent (FEE-VA-SENT). The island was once dominated by cats, and coins were not sentient like they are now. During the time of the cats dominance, a cat named Pepper created a crystal that gave life: life to the coins. At first, the coins were civil with the cats, and were allowed to make their own society seperate from the cats. However, the coins, led by Resilence, became greedy, and took over more and more land. A great war began between the cats and the coins, which the coins won. The creator of the crystal, Pepper, was never seen after the war ended and was presumed dead. The coins took over the island, sorting themselves into three kingdoms, Colosomonie, Starbarken, and Lightimore. Resilience became the first king of Colosomonie, and since his disappearance, his bloodline has ruled Colosomonie ever since. The curent King, King Cadet, is the great-great-great grandson of Resilience.
Who are our main characters?
King Cadet (he/him, trans omnisexual)
King Cadet is the current King of a country called Colosmonie. He rules alongside his wife, Queen Rhyme. King Cadet is known for being compassionate and friendly, but also, he’s very unsure of himself.. constantly, and struggles with self esteem issues. But with encouragement from his wife, he’s getting better. He’s rather forgiving and pretty relaxed when it comes to rules. He is well liked as King. Due to a lonely childhood of being cramped up in the castle, he is horrible at interacting with others, but loves interacting with his citizens.
Compassion (She/He/They/It, Aro/Ace)
daughter of King Cadet and Queen Rhyme. She is quiet and reserved, much like her father. From a young age, she knew something was wrong. Why did everyone act so weird around her? As she grew older, she grew desperate for answers to this question, and snooped in places she shouldn’t… which ultimately led her to finding out an awful secret: the circumstances regarding her birth.
Holly (they/it, agender lesbian)
Holly is an ordinary coin who comes from the outskirts of the city. When the invasion starts, they are separated from their family and forced to defend themselves in a city crawling with coins mind controlled by Ethereal. Holly manages to survive on their own for a while, until they are nearly caught by a mind controlled coin. However, they are saved by Confidence and taken to the hideout of the rebellion. There they meet the other rebels, Spring, Crescent, Ambition, and Celeste. They begin forming a plan, which takes months for them to do. Eventually, the come up with a solid plan. They storm the castle and take down Ethereal, Ambition being the one who struck the final blow, though dying in the process. And finally, the kingdom is brought back into peace… for now.
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what is the overall plot?
Many generations after the war, two young siblings who are descended from the first king of Colosomonie live. two young siblings live. the oldest sibling, Ethereal, knows that one day she will become Queen, but is disinterested altogether in the concept of even becoming Queen. After tragedy strikes and Ethereal is forced to become Queen, the very night before her coronation, she ran away, but not before gravely injuring her younger brother, Cadet. He nearly dies from his injuries, but survives, and is forced into the position of King. At first, he is very nervous about his role, but slowly adapts and becomes a respected ruler.
As it turns out, Ethereal is in the neighboring kingdom, disguising herself with magic. But when her magic fails, she is forced to reveal herself to the Queen of the kingdom. The Queen begins taunting Cadet about having his sister, and Cadet, feeling backed into a corner, declares war. The war is long, and in the end, Ethereal dies and no one wins the war.
Many years later, King Cadet's daughter Compassion is trying to find out who she is, and she will do anything to figure it out. But once she does, she realizes that some things are best kept under wraps, and is horrified at what she finds out. Soon, she begins to get visited by the ghost of Ethereal, who makes her a deal: if she frees Ethereal, Ethereal will tell her every single secret about their family. However, this proves too good to be true when Ethereal is freed, as she wrecks havoc upon the kingdom, taking over the citizens minds and taking over the kingdom.
In the wake of the invasion, a young coin from a small community on the outskirts of the capital is separated from their family, and manages to hide before they are found out. They are found and taken in by Confidence, and taken to his hideout, where he and multiple other coins who managed to escape the grasp of Ethereal are hiding. The small group of coins form the rebellion against Ethereal, and come up with a plan to defeat her. The group includes Spring, the royal gardener, Crescent, a former castle guard, Ambition, the former king and Cadet's father, Confidence, also the former king and Cadet's grandfather, and Celeste, Crescent's daughter. Together, they defeat Ethereal, and all seems right with the world... for now.
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what is the spinoff story?
LAST RESORT
Many years after the events of Two Sides of The Same Coin, strange things begin happening to coins all over the island; not only are coins randomly disappearing, they are also acting strangely. When they King of Colosomonie, King Cadet recieves a message, he chooses three young coins from across the kingdom to go investigate and see what is going on. Trout, a young musician from the sea side town Golden Shores, Shimmer, the young great-granddaughter of the revered scientist Ruby, and Reece, a journalist from the small village of Anrioam, just north of the border with Starbarken. The three are called to the Capital City of Renimora and given a mission from the king himself: Find out what is happening and fix it. The three quickly discover that the issue is with the underground crystal that is keeping the coins alive. But now begs the question, where is it located? No coin had ever seen it in person before. So now, their mission is to find the crystal and find out what's going on with the ancient, magical crystal.
WHO ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS?
TROUT (he/him, pansexual)
Trout comes from the seaside town Golden Shores, southwest of the capital city of Renimora. He is a "traveling musician" so he says... but really, he just stays in Golden Shores, performing on the docks for fisherman. He is quiet and always has his head in the clouds. When he isn't playing the guitar on the docks, he's at the library. He is very interested in history, especially when it comes to the war between cats and coins. Maybe that's why his highness chose him for the task- he is known for getting things done, after all.
SHIMMER (They/She, Abrosexual)
Growing up in a research center near the Ruined City of Travlador, a once glorious city that was destroyed by the coins when they took over the island, all Shimmer has known is studying cat culture and cat kind. They are fun loving and mischievous, always running amuck through the ruins of Travlador, fascinated by the things that lay beneath the rubble. She has always wanted more in life, but their parents always told them that they'd be allowed to leave when they were old enough. So when they received a message from the King to report to the capital immediately, they sprung at the opportunity.
REECE (She/He, Aromantic)
The oldest of the coins sent on the mission, Reece has a no bs attitude. He is serious and quiet, prefering to keep on with the mission then getting to know the other two. He comes from the quiet villiage of Anrioam, a village not known for much. Reece has made it her mission to make Anrioam a well known, and even respected, village.