Breakers is a original graphic novel series i am working on with my writing partner Andrew Reaves and the Super Talented Artist Rey Arzeno . Rey is working on the 1st few pages of sequential art now, I have relocated to the Bay Area to spend some time working on getting the marketing going. I have already met some terrific people and the comic book community seems to be thriving out here so I'm feeling very motivated. We hope to have something online first, Soon.
Thanks for checking it out.

"Breakers" is the first part of the epic tale of Gundred, a Shasca Warrior. The pride of a noble warrior clan of Sea Folk, one of various races known as the Lo-meenosch-ki, Gundred's race protects the magnificent undersea coral city, Aquus, from the vengeful, reptilian River People..

Exiled for a crime of passion and betrayed by those he trusted most, Gundred pursues the whispered rumors of a surface-world called 'Land,' and the legends of his people's lost ability to change shape and walk under the sun...Allied with members of a secret order, on his quest for godhood he must turn to his worst enemies and make a horrifying bargain.....

In this story we focus on 4 types of the Lo-meenosch-kee. it's possible they may be more.

The races and traditional roles of the Sea-People are as follows:

Shasca—whose totem is the shark; they are traditionally the warriors/soldiers. Often energetic and aggressive, their body shape suits them for underwater combat

Belu—whose totem is the whale; they are traditionally the guardians of the temples and holy places. Often solitary, they’re suited to long, lonely posts at far-off shrines or other holy places. Often artists and poets, sometimes philosophers.

Orphs—whose totem is the dolphin/porpoise; they are traditionally the Priests, Teachers and Thinkers. Insofar as progressive science exists in this world, they would often fulfill the role of scientist/(teacher)

Trumm—whose totem is the All-Fish. The Trumm are the crossbreeds of pureblood races, themselves able to procreate. They are the most numerous of the sea-people and those that most closely resemble the traditional notion of a Mermaid or Merman; i.e., scales. They are privately, considered the “commoners” of Aquuian society amongst the elite of the other races. The Trumm perform the various other tasks that aren’t undertaken by the other races. They work with their hands often, and are more naturally curious, tending to visit the surface more than the other races. They are usually innovative problem solvers, hard workers and skilled craftsmen

The Lomeenoschki possess subtle, inherent magical/telekinetic capabilities, as natural to them as swimming, More on that later.

Some Character Bios:

Gundred— ...is a Shasca warrior, a Mer-shark, the son of a prominent member of the ruling Council of Aquus, and next in line to take a place on the Council. He's been betrothed to Joicida from childhood, an arranged marriage which will benefit both noble families. His comfortable life in Aquus is turned completely inside-out by his discovery of the existence of land, and humans, and the forbidden knowledge of the Lo-meenosch-ki's lost ability to shape-shift and walk on land. With his band of fellow seekers, his quest to reclaim this lost power will take him from the darkest depths of the oceans into the very presence of the gods...

Body type: Oceanic White tip shark


Nashya— ….a Trumm, or crossbreed of pureblood races. Trumm are seen by most Lo-meenoschki as the commoners of Aquuian society. She is the daughter of a glow-worm farmer and her family are descendants of a hidden cult in Aquuis which still pays homage to the shunned Earth-Father. When Nashya became old enough to be trusted with the secret, her father began to teach her of the Earth Father, and to revere him as well as the Sea Mother. She was taught all the remaining knowledge of land and the sun and Earth Father. At maturity, she was taken by members of the cult on a secret journey, across the Wastes and beyond, to land, where she learned of Man, and the lost power to change shape. Finally, she was introduced to the legend of Isiid’s power, and the hope that one day the secret would be found that would enable all of Aquus to recover their lost heritage

Body type: Classic Mermaid


Aszrabah- King of the sea side clan of the Riverpeople called the Obrim. He rules over their kingdom Sheol, a dark murky cavern which lies in the mouth of a dormant underwater volcano. The Riverpeople are bipedal, their limbs gangly and elongated, they have webbed feet and hands instead of fins, long, snakelike tails, their skin is hard and thick like a crocodiles’ and their faces resemble angler-fish--empty yellow eyes suited only for dim light, and a huge mouth full of needle sharp teeth. Aszrabah’s features are almost human. Since the Obrim are obsessed with becoming human, his resemblance to their ideal of perfection has gained him the throne. His position and appearance has made him vain and he has adopted many traits of human world. And spending some time on land they have also adapted many of these customs to their society.

Body type: ???


Isiid – The luminous, godlike child of the Seamother and Earthfather. Isiid, which means ‘change,’ was born in a state of flux, her body constantly shifting through various hybrids of Mer-creatures. Isiid is the avatar through which Gundred hopes to gain the power to change shape.

Body type: ???


Joicida (Davethra)—Betrothed to Gundred, she is also Shasca nobility. Steeped in the religious tradition of the Temple of the Sea-Mother, her marriage to Gundred will place her in a pivotal position within the Aquuian ruling class. But it is possible that her affections lie elsewhere…

Body type: Black tipped reef shark


Ayevan—…is Belu, or mer-whale. Belu are traditionally the guardians of temples and holy places, and are often artists and poets. Ayevan is the last of a sect that closely guarded an ancient secret, and is the youngest member of Gundred’s madeszganute, or “Destiny-seekers.”

Body type: Blue Whale

Mirris—...is a female shasca, not nobility, but no less a proud warrior. She is at the top of her legion as a fighter and master of weapons and underwater combat. Long infatuated with Gundred, her feelings for him create tension after she is selected as a member of the madeszganute...

Body type: Tiger Shark


Sian-- ...is shasca nobility, and Gundred's first cousin. Not a warrior, like Gundred, but a politician, Sian has been groomed from childhood for a place on the High Council. His aspirations for Aquus are dramatic and far reaching, but his ascension to that role is pre-empted by Gundred's betrothal to Joicida. Now forced to wait decades before he can take a place on the Council, his jealousy and bitterness towards Gundred compel him to take drastic action...

Body type: Great White Shark


Fy’yod—is Orph, or mer-dolphin. Orphs are the priests and teachers of Aquuian society, largely in control of religious and historical influence. Fy’yod is Gundred’s elderly tutor and mentor and has greatly impacted his development as a free-thinking individual.

Body type: Spotted Dolphin

Nannic – is Shasca, and Gundred's father, a prominent member of the ruling High Council of Aquus. He is fervently opposed to the work of the Priesthood to undermine the current social structure of Aquus but his influence among the Council is quickly waning due to the Temple's secret campaign against him.

Body type: Oceanic White-tipped Shark


Doctor Percival Hawkins- Is human, a young English doctor who has set off aboard the Bristol Factor to establish a practice in the New World. En route, his ship his hijacked and destroyed by the pirates of the Red Tide. Spared by the bloodthirsty privateers in exchange for medical servitude, he languishes aboard the ship, waiting and praying for a chance to escape, or death, whichever comes first. By chance, or Divine orchestration, he encounters Gundred and Nashya several times and finds his destiny inextricably intertwined with theirs.


Seamother & Earthfather—are the god and goddess of creation. In the beginning Sea-Mother and the Earth-Father, each alone in the cosmos. They discovered each other, and, falling in love, awakened each other to the powers of creation inside them…Jointly, they formed The World, the Sea-Mother formed the oceans and the Earth-Father, the land. But each creation had some small amount of the other in it…. their passion for each other spilled over and into their firstborn child, Isiid. Later, Earth-father spurned Sea-mother’s love and she turned her head from him. To this day, the Sea-Folk no longer acknowledge his existence.

Body type: ???


Prologue:

...the sinking sun paints the waves amber as the breakers surge over my feet… my feet, and suck away my footprints behind me, leaving the sand clean and smooth. I'm remembering. Everything. What has left me here in this quiet twilight where my thoughts can settle softly like silt to the bottom of a lake.

...I remember blue...

...that envelopes me, above me, below me, suspended in it, nurtured by it, endless. I remember sparkling city spires and glittering sheets of bubbles rising from them like prayers towards heaven. Vast, undulating fields of sea-grass, swaying in slow, rhythmic worship until fading into the distance, into the blue haze.

I remember hard, dark shapes swirling and flitting around a cold white light, far below in those frigid depths.... Our songs, echo-less and mournful, reaching across the vastness, bemoaning a lost gift...Hideous, scaly fingers reaching for me out of the darkness, then dead yellow eyes and twisted grins full of dagger
teeth...Screams, cut short; churning water and the currents pulling our blood into crimson silken scarves...Aquus, laid waste, and the River People, hunched amidst the ruins, gnawing the bones of the Lo-meenosch-kee, and lifting their serpentine heads to wail in triumph....


Eager to hear your thoughts

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