My name is Magnauctor. I've spent my adulthood crossing a desert on just a donkey. I have travelled for miles praying for survival. So far it has worked. All I am really looking for is safety, to see if there is a great land in this barrain wasteland.

I was given the gift of Magnauctising, the ability to do things by writing. I would be out of this mess if I had ink and parchment. But I don't.

"Eugh...haaaw!" My donkey gasps in fatigue. He is tired but I am determined. You accomplish nothing by giving up. I had to train for seven years before perfecting my art. My god I was good. The best in Rome. But too good. Granscritor had always loathed me just because I was better at Magnautising. He managed to banish me into the horrid land.

I gasped in amazement. In the distance I could see a crystal steeple which spiralled and ended with a gold star. This spiral was so high the star dared to play with the real ones in the night sky. My donkey trudged on putting all his strength into every step. Now I could see more buildings. They were beautiful and ever so creative. They were genius works of art.

I fell to the floor suddenly. I coughed up the golden sand and stared back on my journey. The donkeys footsteps stretched for miles but ended in this very spot where my donkey had died a noble death. If it was not for him I would not have made it to this paradise

"Oh My gosh!" someone screamed from the mighty metropolis "a traveller in desperte need of hospitality."

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All the characters are named after the writer writing for them. What the name is is what you get.

Magnauctor
Short brown hair and blue eyes. Small curly beard. Quite tall and mildly skinny build. Very wise Roman Scholar who only possesses Toga's as clothing. Wears sandles or nothing. Can be snobby and too proud of his skills
Powers: Can do anything by writing it except kill, make food and water or break the laws of physics. This is called Magnauctising.

Zilla "The Zilla-Girl"
Extraordinarily tall, taller then all other humans. Appears like an enlarged human, narrow and leggy in build. As she has gotten older, she has lived more of her life in the wild, away from much society and has become clever from her experiences.
Powers: Great strength to match her size, though she can be clumsy

Xian-blessed by the moon (Lune is moon in french)
Golden hair, white glowing skin, and deep blue eyes.
Powers: Her skin glows in the night, likes to wander alone because she fears humans. Has healing and water-control powers

Moonwalker
She is charged with the guidance and companionship of Xion, at least until the moon turns crimson
Powers: Shapeshifting (main preference is to be a wraith who walks the moonlight)

Spook ("Of The Night", if you want the full title)
Appears as a silhouette most of the time, with no discernible features to be seen.
Power: Can look inside people's minds and take on the form of their darkest fears (can do this to more that one person at once, by appearing differently to each of them when manifested)

updated Dec 17 '10 by Magnauctor