Romance of the Abyssal Kingdom

Description:
"Romance of the Abyssal Kingdom(s)" is a shitty manga currently in development.

It will feature 100 chapters, with every 2nd one being filler. A 7 page one-shot series titled "The Towering Tales of Jeffery" was announced to be released somewhere in late 2020.

The story takes place in Abyss centering around the country of {Valyriss}. The {Ayto Kingdom} has a difficult economy where crime is often the main source of income for many of its citizens. Due to this fact, illegal activities tend to be overlooked by the nobility, which many of its members also use as revenue. Magic is rare and difficult to control in Abyss. Few people are ever able to master the arcane powers. Even basic spells, such as flame manipulation, can take years to learn and use effectively unless one has the inherent potential to become a skilled mage. As the central protagonist, our story revolves mainly around Keiren Ayto as well as the politics of the world and adventures of the heroes.

The project has been abandoned four times so far. On the fourth attempt the world building was almost complete, but the person reviving the project didn't agree with the support writers who didn't take anything seriously and didn't actually care about making anything, so they fired everyone else.

The Story So Far...
The countries of Calradia, despite being so similar they might as well be the same, are always warring with eachother.

Calradia is a rough, spiritually balkanized land, united by the Great King of Valyriss, 300 years ago. The Great King is a controversial figure, who betrayed his long-term ally during the Great War, King of Halradia, in order to seize the rare technology of Magic which Halradia had kept secret for a long time in order to unite the land of Calradia and put an end to the war.

Halradia is an isolationist, xenophobic, elitist country, that is also the only source of magic in Calradia. As they are the only country that manages to advance scientifically, Halradians believe themselves to be above other countries and their peoples. For them, other Calradians are merely barbarians who do nothing but fight over petty matters. However, a long time ago, The Great Valyrian king helped Halradia in their darkest time.

During the war, Halradia had run out of Salium, an essential resource for alchemy, and could not keep up their protective wall to repel invaders. At that time, Valyriss saved them with their superior military. It was later discovered that the land of Valyriss was abundant in Salium, which made Halradia and Valyriss allies and mutual trading partners. Halradian people are asocial,Even though Calradia has been united for 300 years, it is a land of constant tension and figthing The nobles are corrupt and disloyal to the court, surviving on bribes, and constantly causing trouble. Many of Calradia's people live a life of crime, and those who do not, eventually turn to it.

The Prince and Princess lead luxurious lives, naive and sheltered. The 250(300?) years of peace had dulled their kingdom, their family, and their warriors, and the Valyrian rule had destabilized. One day, descendant of the old Halradian king, sparked a rebellion, and started a civil war. He burned the Royal Palace, and set fire to the Capital. The Prince was taken prisoner by the Halradian prince, and the Princess had been saved from the fires by an eunuch. The eunuch had decided that the capital was too dangerous for the Princess, and sent her to live with his brother on the countryside, who was a minor nobleman and lived off the land. The Halradian prince had put a bounty on her head, but soon gave up and declared her dead(lost?). [The usurper doesn't care enough/never really forgets/keeps her in the back of her mind/whatever fits]

The Princess could no longer be a princess. She had to give up her identity, and disappear. But the eunuch's brother was a sharp man, and accused the Princess of being the lost heiress. The Princess convinced the unwilling nobleman of her ambitions, and when they were not working, the nobleman spent time teaching her magic and self-defense.

Characters:
The current cast consists of 16 temporary characters:

Keiren Ayto [Sai ]

Dolente Hunt [Dave ]

Nimuel Welga [Nietz ]

Aristet Signum Dreda [Tristea ]

Ke Ano [Thor ]

Jeffrey Barnaby [Jo ]

Ivica Ayto [Raven ]

Vieux Fanten [Wad ]

Dominic Solaris [Kom ]

Otac Ayto

Tatsu [Tatsumaki bot ]

NSB [NotSoBot ]

Marty [Marty ]

Yawruf [Lou ]

Nautomat [Nazi-Bot ]

Pains

Credits:
It was originally a joke made by Nietz.

Written by Sai and Raven. Will probably be illustrated by Raven.

Opening by Jo