Peace, Justice and Liberty

I've thought of erecting 2 or 3 towers that represents peace, justice and liberty, or just justice and liberty, as a symbol to the nation (albeit a farcial one). And the fall of the towers will trigger a rebellion of the people and also the crackdown of the government on suspicious persons.




This could be nice too:

Houri Theme Song (Or rather, Image song)

Sidenote: Michael Jackson rehearsed this song 2 days before his death. Conspiracy theorists linked his "murder" to his intention of creating a mass rebellion against the world order.

This is the video of his rehearsal before his death:



At the end of the rehearsal, there's an eerie smile. As if there's some sort of accomplishment on his side.

Updates 09/08/09

Updates

1. Prologue is ready (might be subject to revision).  Link is under Houri (The story).
2. Protagonist to be named as Remington von Steiner (might be subject to revision too as the surname sounds german. Edit: Revised)  Shotened form is Rem.
   
3. Profiles of Rem, Rem's father and mother is here (click link).
   

Considerations for the character design of Houri

After some thinking, I felt that the character Houri resembles much of that of Kuromitsu, from the manga Kurozuka.

This is from my character description of Houri:

....for one who saw her in person would certainly be mesmerised by her alluring beauty second to none. Her silky raven hair glistened with radiance, her large eyes gleamed of ebony, and her fair complexion blended into the white mist. Water trickled down from her slender neck and rolled along her supple breasts, further gliding down to a well-formed navel. Yet her defining beauty wasn’t due to her perfect woman-body proportions alone. There was a mysterious aura of coldness that surrounded her....

Background info on characters

1. Main protagonist (the son) Remington von Steiner

• 19 years old who studies in a Technology Institution.
• Joins the Paranormal Studies and Investigations Society (PSI-society) as a fulfillment of his club activity credit hours.
• Reason of joining the club: as an obligation to his father who founded the society.
• Disbelieves in paranormal due to his disapproval of his father's delusion in the paranormal.
• believes that the paranormal are actually a conspiracy act of the government to cover up certain scandals and atrocities.
  
• Intends to actually debunk the myth of paranormal through the club (irony)
• Works part-time as a research assistant in the Institute (to avoid any dependency on his father whom he disapproves).
• Working in a research lab also to use scientific discovery to explain paranormal activities.

2. Main Protagonist (father)

• 40 years old private investigator for paranormal cases
• Strongly believes in paranormal and treat paranormal as part and parcel of life.
• Reason for choice of job: to study paranormal activities and learn more about them.
• Due to nature of his company, earns very little close to none. therefore earning disrespect from his son die to his obsession.
• Tries all avenues to repair relationship with his son.

3. Supporting Character (the mother/ the wife)

• also 40 years old, came from the same club as the father.
• Strongly believes in paranormal but in a different way: the paranormal are being covered up by the government so as to use it to maintain power in the society.
• Intends to infiltrate the government machinery to find out the truth regarding paranormal activities.
• Job: prominent newscaster and journalist of the Government media.
• Was being mind-controlled when found out about her intentions by the government. The side effect from the mind control was that she turned hostile against her own family.

The magic concept

4 types of magic:

1. Alchemy

The art to disassemble and reconstruct objects at will.

2. Death magic

The magic that is used to inflict damage on objects and living beings.

3. Life magic

The magic that is used to heal/protect/buff an object or a living being.

4. Summoning magic

The magic that is used to summon objects/avatars from another world.