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[quote="STORYTELLER"]Hi, I have considered writing a short story/novel based on Soma and would appreciate any thoughts and comments before going too far with it. Obviously I am trying to avoid copyright infringement but I am also very keen to receive comments/criticisms and thoughts as to how easy it is to read, the content, the "interest" factor and all the other normal considerations someone critiquing may consider .... The working title is simply "Solis". I added "The adventure of Soma" purely to draw attention to the basis of the story but that will be dropped later. "Solis" is also the name of the town which you would otherwise know as TYT (Thousand year town). Chapter one is complete but I have only taken a first section to avoid a lengthy "trawl". Thanks in advance for any help, comments and criticisms. The Storyteller.[/quote]

[quote="STORYTELLER"][b]Chapter 1 - Alarm[/b] The huge bulk loped up the stony track swaying from side to side visibly staggering. It lurched backwards and forwards making a howling noise that sounded like a low pitched muffled werewolf scream. The Volkar could not be described as a subtle creature. With a height of more than twenty feet and a fat girth gained from eating far too many grey wolves (and humans if it could catch them) it was easy to see it coming from any vantage point. The Volkar’s skin colour was an unmistakable olive green marbling. Torn rags were wrapped around its legs, body and oversized head. Anyone with even a smidgen of awareness would know this was a Volkar and would know it was searching for prey. The guards at the gates of Solis spotted it a good 400 yards before it could reach the town and raised the alarm. This was no ordinary alarm. It was a call to arms to defend the town. Even though the Volkar was a slow, bulky creature and an easy target, it was an incredibly dangerous enemy. This green monster was capable of significant physical destruction. Not only that but it heaved out blast waves of mana energy damaging anyone and anything within a short radius of its hideous bulk. As the alarm continued to sound, everyone reacted. The whole town was amok with people. Some people were running to their clan huts for weapons and armour. Some people were running for cover. Some people were running to the gate to intercept the hideous green threat. This was not the first time a Volkar had attacked the town; the scorched, ruined ground outside the gate bore the stains of previous attacks. Now the ground was to be stained again. The great Solis gates swung open with an urgent clanking sound as the heavy iron supports caught the uneven stony ground. Within seconds, the first wave of defence poured out. Heavily armoured, thick set men and women wielding great swords, great axes and other hand to hand combat weapons sprung forth. These were warriors strong and experienced, well versed in melee combat. This was the first tier defence and they were going to need every ounce of their strength, stamina and experience. As they ran out, their armour and clan motifs looked like a wave of glittering steel bathed in deep blue effervescing colours. Everyone one of them rushing to the same stained area of ground, the site of the last Volkar attack, only 100 yards from the town gate. Fox was leading the wave of warriors. Fox was the leader of the Destroyers clan, a fearsome clan revered throughout the town of Solis. Fox had fought many battles, fought and won with brute strength and was considered to be one of the strongest, if not the strongest warrior in the town. His weapon of choice was a spear. This was no ordinary spear but one that had been developed and improved as Fox’s own versatility with the weapon had improved. Its long and eloquent shaft was topped with fine steel and a red mineral. A red mineral that was so hard wearing and so razor sharp it made the deadly weapon into a ferocious killing machine. It was going to be needed too, the Volkar was difficult to kill and one spear alone was never going to bring it down. All the time, the Volkar was still heading straight for the gates. Cont .....[/quote]

[quote="CHARGE"]Foxtrck, is that you? Good read, looking forward to more.[/quote]

[quote="STORYTELLER"]Not Fox (sorry), I just used the name as a previously notable character in game (original Soma). Actually, I was wondering (question for one of the GMs) .... Is there a copyright issue with the publication of any material in respect of Soma? Ie. Do I actually need to change names and references to avoid a copyright infringement? Thanks[/quote]

[quote="CHARGE"]Fair enough, just if I remember rightly Foxtrck was leader of Destroyers guild and a spear user back in Esoma. I could be worse ing though, my memory is fussy.[/quote]

[quote="JAHEIRA"][quote="STORYTELLER"]Not Fox (sorry), I just used the name as a previously notable character in game (original Soma). Actually, I was wondering (question for one of the GMs) .... Is there a copyright issue with the publication of any material in respect of Soma? Ie. Do I actually need to change names and references to avoid a copyright infringement? Thanks[/quote] without being a GM , this is a PRIVATE SERVER that doesn't have the rights to host myth of soma like any other private server , do the team that have the rights to the English soma care ? id say not, as they abandoned soma along time ago now, and there right to soma probly run out also, the Korean company seem to care even less as they abandon soma long before the English server closed, if the English server had help from the creators of the game to fix some of the major issues, it might have been still around to this day, (seen as private servers have kept soma alive) as for the story, it seems fine, its easy enough to read, I just dislike the name fox that you use, it seems out of place [/quote]