Jack Field Assignment 1:
In forest Moonshadow Bellatrix Moon, an independent and sometimes selfish young girl, and her sister Zaylee survive on their wits until an unprovoked attack reveals that Bellatrix has strange new abilities and forces her on a treacherous journey to rescue her sister from Greentown, where with the help of some new found allies she must face down the dark lord Zyron Crane, and destroy the dream machine.
Assignment 2:
Zyron Crane rules all of Greentown. He is intelligent, haughty, controlling and devious. He believes that power is everything and loves control but like all dictators he claims he wants to bring lasting prosperity to the community and will do almost anything to show the people that this is his plan and that he alone can fix all of their problems. He will not tolerate those who do not share his vision particularly those who are different, like the altered, the people who were forever changed after ‘the greening’ he blames them for all of the problems in Greentown. He is a tyrant and a bully but ultimately he is a coward whose is secretly hiding the fact that he is an altered himself. He has authority, strength, resolve and determination but is using theses for all of the wrong reasons. Through his magic and mad science, he was instrumental in creating many of the ‘altered’ that now inhabit Greentown. Now he wants to harness all of this power again for his the dream machine, a machine that will help him “dream to life”. All of this will be done by harnessing the power of children’s imaginations and dreams, which when combined with some fairy magic and his own abilities he will be able to create his dreamtime creature which will finally do away with all of the altered and allow him to control everyone and everything that happens in Greentown and all of the Shadowlands. There is nothing he will not stop at to get what he wants, torture , kidnap, even murder. He is willing to risk the lives of children to achieve his goal. He will lie cheat and betray to get what he wants all the while claims that all he wants is to make the world better for everyone.
Assignment 3:
Bellatrix Moon.
After the Greening.
Bellatrix Moon and the Dream Machine.
Assignment 4: Comparables:
The Wizards of Once – Cressida Cowell. This has some similarities with its strange creatures and mismatched characters who have to come together to help fight dangerous forces that threaten everyone’s lives.
Frostheart - Jamie Littler. This has similarities with a protagonist who is an outlier and has strange new magical abilities. But an attack on where he lives sends him on an adventurous journey where he travels with an eclectic gang, makes new friends and allies and learns about his abilities along the way.
Assignment 5:
Primary Conflict: An independent and sometimes selfish girl who discovers she has strange new abilities has her world turned upside down when an unprovoked attack on her home forces her to choose between saving herself or rescuing a family member from a dark tyrant.
Core Wound: Bellatrix is caring but very independent and this at times leads her to think that she can do everything and does not need the help of others for anything, even her inventive but difficult younger sister.
Assignment 6:
The heroine of the story is a young girl called Bellatrix Moon. She is self-sufficient and independent and lives in Moonshadow forest with her sister. They have a slightly fractious relationship and are on the margins of the society where they live. Bellatrix ends up on a mission to Greentown to help rescue her sister.
Bellatrix tries to do everything on her own and she does not want the help of others. She believes that she will only be let down by them. The belief that ‘I’m better off on my own” is the demon that haunts her. She believes that she is able to do everything by herself but after she arrives in Greentown, she soon finds out that this is not the case, she absolutely needs the help of others if she is to survive at all in this treacherous place.
Bellatrix starts to learn about the importance of family, in whatever form it may be. She begins to realize that she cannot do everything on her own, but she still has a tendency to get in her own way. This at times is her almost fatal flaw and even though she gains allies and friends that help her navigate through Greentown there are times when she still tries to do everything on her own and things don’t always go to plan because of this. It is not until near the end that she realizes that she does need the help of others and that it is ok to ask for help and family is very important no matter what form it takes.
Assignment 7: Setting 1:
Moonshadow Forest. This is the location for the opening part of the story. At first glance it seems like typical forest, but many things have changed in the entire land after “the greening” and Moonshadow is no exception. The entire Shadowlands have changed forever since the greening. Moonshadow is now a completely overgrown forest where almost no daylight hits. It is a place where plants have mutated with animals and some humans have mutated with plants and animals, and it seem as though almost anything can come alive and move. Plants, trees, flowerflies, vinesnakes, jeeper creeper vines, viperflies and many more. It is a forest where everyone who lives there has to be on alert all of the time, on their guard from potential threats which seem to be everywhere. This is also the reason that most of the inhabitants of Moonshadow live up high in a place called Treetop Town, where it is safer from the perils of Moonshadow, until they have to venture down to the forest floor in search of food which is very scarce.
Setting 2:
Greentown. This is where most of the story takes place. It is a kingdom city that is the centre of this dystopian setting. It is the most dangerous location in all of the Shadowlands. Greentown is a maze of narrow winding streets and laneways. The streets are completely over grown with flora or every kind particularly ivy that creeps everywhere and long scraggly vines that solemnly hang down from almost every surface in the city. The outer areas of Greentown are filled with an array of strange characters of all kinds with altered mixing among humans and fairies. It is not a safe place especially out in the further reaches of the city. The closer you get to the centre the wealthier it becomes until finally right at the centre of it all is the Green Tower, the fortress of Zyron Crane and base for all of the power and wealth in Greentown. This is where Bellatrix must go and along the way there, she will come across enemies and allies. Greentown is where many of the altered live now and although they are often mistreated and abused by ordinary people and blamed for all of the problems in the Shadowlands they still survive, many of them underground or in the shadows, stonemen, treepeople, shapeshifters, fairies, even scarecrows. It is a bold and dangerous place that Bellatrix must navigate her way through, and she will need the help of all of her new friends if she is to survive this dangerous city.
Jack Field Assignment 1: In forest Moonshadow Bellatrix Moon, an independent and sometimes selfish young girl, and her sister Zaylee survive on their wits until an unprovoked attack reveals that Bellatrix has strange new abilities and forces her on a treacherous journey to rescue her sister from Greentown, where with the help of some new found allies she must face down the dark lord Zyron Crane, and destroy the dream machine. Assignment 2: Zyron Crane rules all of Greentown. He is intelligent, haughty, controlling and devious. He believes that power is everything and loves control but like all dictators he claims he wants to bring lasting prosperity to the community and will do almost anything to show the people that this is his plan and that he alone can fix all of their problems. He will not tolerate those who do not share his vision particularly those who are different, like the altered, the people who were forever changed after ‘the greening’ he blames them for all of the problems in Greentown. He is a tyrant and a bully but ultimately he is a coward whose is secretly hiding the fact that he is an altered himself. He has authority, strength, resolve and determination but is using theses for all of the wrong reasons. Through his magic and mad science, he was instrumental in creating many of the ‘altered’ that now inhabit Greentown. Now he wants to harness all of this power again for his the dream machine, a machine that will help him “dream to life”. All of this will be done by harnessing the power of children’s imaginations and dreams, which when combined with some fairy magic and his own abilities he will be able to create his dreamtime creature which will finally do away with all of the altered and allow him to control everyone and everything that happens in Greentown and all of the Shadowlands. There is nothing he will not stop at to get what he wants, torture , kidnap, even murder. He is willing to risk the lives of children to achieve his goal. He will lie cheat and betray to get what he wants all the while claims that all he wants is to make the world better for everyone. Assignment 3: Bellatrix Moon. After the Greening. Bellatrix Moon and the Dream Machine. Assignment 4: Comparables: The Wizards of Once – Cressida Cowell. This has some similarities with its strange creatures and mismatched characters who have to come together to help fight dangerous forces that threaten everyone’s lives. Frostheart - Jamie Littler. This has similarities with a protagonist who is an outlier and has strange new magical abilities. But an attack on where he lives sends him on an adventurous journey where he travels with an eclectic gang, makes new friends and allies and learns about his abilities along the way. Assignment 5: Primary Conflict: An independent and sometimes selfish girl who discovers she has strange new abilities has her world turned upside down when an unprovoked attack on her home forces her to choose between saving herself or rescuing a family member from a dark tyrant. Core Wound: Bellatrix is caring but very independent and this at times leads her to think that she can do everything and does not need the help of others for anything, even her inventive but difficult younger sister. Assignment 6: The heroine of the story is a young girl called Bellatrix Moon. She is self-sufficient and independent and lives in Moonshadow forest with her sister. They have a slightly fractious relationship and are on the margins of the society where they live. Bellatrix ends up on a mission to Greentown to help rescue her sister. Bellatrix tries to do everything on her own and she does not want the help of others. She believes that she will only be let down by them. The belief that ‘I’m better off on my own” is the demon that haunts her. She believes that she is able to do everything by herself but after she arrives in Greentown, she soon finds out that this is not the case, she absolutely needs the help of others if she is to survive at all in this treacherous place. Bellatrix starts to learn about the importance of family, in whatever form it may be. She begins to realize that she cannot do everything on her own, but she still has a tendency to get in her own way. This at times is her almost fatal flaw and even though she gains allies and friends that help her navigate through Greentown there are times when she still tries to do everything on her own and things don’t always go to plan because of this. It is not until near the end that she realizes that she does need the help of others and that it is ok to ask for help and family is very important no matter what form it takes. Assignment 7: Setting 1: Moonshadow Forest. This is the location for the opening part of the story. At first glance it seems like typical forest, but many things have changed in the entire land after “the greening” and Moonshadow is no exception. The entire Shadowlands have changed forever since the greening. Moonshadow is now a completely overgrown forest where almost no daylight hits. It is a place where plants have mutated with animals and some humans have mutated with plants and animals, and it seem as though almost anything can come alive and move. Plants, trees, flowerflies, vinesnakes, jeeper creeper vines, viperflies and many more. It is a forest where everyone who lives there has to be on alert all of the time, on their guard from potential threats which seem to be everywhere. This is also the reason that most of the inhabitants of Moonshadow live up high in a place called Treetop Town, where it is safer from the perils of Moonshadow, until they have to venture down to the forest floor in search of food which is very scarce. Setting 2: Greentown. This is where most of the story takes place. It is a kingdom city that is the centre of this dystopian setting. It is the most dangerous location in all of the Shadowlands. Greentown is a maze of narrow winding streets and laneways. The streets are completely over grown with flora or every kind particularly ivy that creeps everywhere and long scraggly vines that solemnly hang down from almost every surface in the city. The outer areas of Greentown are filled with an array of strange characters of all kinds with altered mixing among humans and fairies. It is not a safe place especially out in the further reaches of the city. The closer you get to the centre the wealthier it becomes until finally right at the centre of it all is the Green Tower, the fortress of Zyron Crane and base for all of the power and wealth in Greentown. This is where Bellatrix must go and along the way there, she will come across enemies and allies. Greentown is where many of the altered live now and although they are often mistreated and abused by ordinary people and blamed for all of the problems in the Shadowlands they still survive, many of them underground or in the shadows, stonemen, treepeople, shapeshifters, fairies, even scarecrows. It is a bold and dangerous place that Bellatrix must navigate her way through, and she will need the help of all of her new friends if she is to survive this dangerous city.