Ark Story Idea: Turok IV

[JosephFireseed]

Ark Story Idea: Turok IV

Ark Survival Evolved Story

Turok IV

Now, first I'd like to mention that as work in progress, both this story, and the finished game, none of these ideas are set in stone. And many of them in fact have changed significantly over the past year as newer and more expansive updates have been released that added many unforeseen elements to be adapted into the story. A few over arcing themes and ideas will remain. Or so I'd like for them to, but again if events prove otherwise, I'm not against mutating the ideas and tweaking the story to fit. That being said, there are also specific pieces of the story I wish to incorporate but either I have not found a meaningful way to include them yet. Or I have not thought of a way to even begin expressing them yet. One example of the former would be a desire to add an unknown entity who communicates with the main character briefly through the wrist Gems. An example of the latter would be an idea I have to introduce multiple different "alien" species. The gems seem to reference a specimen number and type. Human setient. I imagine sometime down the road of development a subset of character types will be introduced. Some better at night. Others better in water. Cold. Heat. Immune to Poison. Smaller and quicker. Big and strong. If they do, it introduces great story potential as well, with a great many specific details left to be revealed when or if they release content of that nature. Another important point to mention to anyone wanting to suggestion additions and details, any content contained in the game as of the latest update become Gospel Cannon. No questions. Even if new details within updates completely demolish huge portions of the story. Examples include all Explorer Note details. Artifacts. Obelisks. Portals. Boss Summons. Cross Ark travel and trade. The Scorched Earth and it's ruins.

 

So from my understanding as best as I can gather from the explorer notes there are a few major themes that I really want to make central to the narrative

1)The Arks are self contain environments floating in space

2) No seasons and self replenishing ecosystems

3)Holographic day and night cycles

4)Humans from all over the planet and more importantly all throughout time

5)The wrist Gems allow communication despite language barriers.

 

And the list of details I have so far introduced myself that may or may not be proven false in the future include

1) Bush people who have survived for generations on the Ark and do not possess Gems due to natural birth.

2)Cryogenics and Duplicating. Not cloning. But Duplicating.  Details upon request to explain the differences I devised and have yet to flesh out.

3)A entire back story spanning 100s of years possibly thousands involving Earth organizations attempting to locate the lost people throughout history. I say 1000s of years because there are Roman soldiers living in the Ark. So either on our end or the other end someone or something has been doing this for a long time.

4)The story of a Turok, either tied into the original comics from long ago. Or else tied into the video game series or lore. I have yet to decide. And I most certainly welcome input.

 

Now with the disclaimer oht of the way. I'm at a bit of a loss as to how I should lay my story out to share. If any are even interested. I have a stack of rough notes. One of the very early drafts. It involves convoluted explanations about time travel and cryogenic and theoretical abductions which I alluded to a short while ago. But these are of course my details and not the WildCard Gospel I spoke of earlier which trumps anything I or we may decide to add. So I think I'm gonna compile a small skeleton draft of everything I have that I like and the loose order it's in. Then I'll post that. Then if anyone desires further explanation on anything I will expound on those details on an as needed basis perhaps.

[rpicardi1]

You should check out my series of connected stories starting from Trapped in the Bermuda Triangle up to the last one, Naked and Afraid. I use many of those ideas you are referring to including a search for a tribe of lost Incas, a mention of Turok from The Adventure Continues and a strange relationship that forms with the wild wyverns and humans on Scorched Earth.

[JosephFireseed]

I had read small bits and pieces but not much. Admittedly, I didn't read much of it that lead to see many similarities. But again I didn't delve in too much. It seemed too convoluted in its presentation. Which is what is kind of creating a barrier for me. The idea I'm going for is more straightforward. It's a narrative and world that could theoretically be made as a single player game campaign. It needs a beginning a middle and an end. And the Turok is meant to be unisexual. Kinda like Danielle and Joseph Joshuas brother and sister. And things like Incas aren't canon. So I can't add those types of elements safely. I'm gonna go and take a more thorough read through your stuff. Let me know the work you're most proud of. I'll start there for a jumping off point. That's for the feedback my friend. I live in Alberta Canada 

[JosephFireseed]

Oh and the Wyvern/Scorched Earth has lots of potential. I've made a small build for myself in the collosseum. It has got to be single handedly the most Lore worthy piece of architecture in the game. A Gryffon pit or something of the sort. Giant shackles and chains. A viewing sections for royalty. I believe the actual Ark Story stuff from Wildcard might include this collosseum in its past glory. Led by Raia. Or some other war lord. And you fight in his pit. Just like Turok fought in the Campaigners collosseum in one of the Turok novels. Which again allows me ways to tie my story even more into the Turok universe. So I am interested in your Wyvern story. And maybe if you don't mind I can throw a few of my own ideas your way and see what ya might think.

[rpicardi1]

A segment of The Adventure Continues where my character visits the Nomad's camp.

 

“Tell us why this alpha wyvern is so angry with you that she wants to incinerate this place?” I ask sternly.

“It was forty years ago,” Nomad answers nervously. “Emperor Nero of Sin City wanted an Alpha Wyvern to do battle in the Arena for selecting a brave warrior to marry his daughter. He hired my brother to go capture one.”

“When my brother ask me to help, I refused to do so telling him that he was inviting a disaster if he ever captured one.”

“As he knew where there was one living in the mountains by the Dune Sea, he staked a parasaur there as bait. It contained a tranquilizer hidden under its hide. A Red Alpha came in for an easy meal and fell unconscious shortly afterwards.”

“I watched from a distance as his team loaded her into a wagon and took her into the Arena.”

“When the Beast Master placed the shackle on her leg in the Arena, she woke up screaming in anger and killed him. She struggles to get loose, finally breaking the chain that secured her to the gate of the pit.”

“Then, all hell broke loose.”

“She climbed into the grandstand facing the viewing booth as the spectators below fled in panic. Nero's guards attacked her with crossbows and lances. Using a fire attack, she incinerated Nero, his guards, and the other elites that were in the viewing booth, then flew off. During the confusion, I was able to take the key chain off the dead Beast Master and escape.”

“A violent earthquake shook the land. The sky turned black as the ground split open separating the Western Peaks from the Sand Sea. Lava bombs rained from the sky. My brother and I managed to escape the destruction that quickly followed. A day later, I went to my brother's camp to find that it had been burned to the ground. There were wyvern tracks with signs that a heavy chain was dragging on the ground. I can only conclude that the Red Alpha had got her revenge on him.”

[rpicardi1]

The wyvern story has seen a lot of changes since the posting in the revised edition. A small example when The Red Alpha, who so hates the humans for what they did to her years ago in the Arena, shows up over the survivor's campsite.

Flying back to the base, we spot a white wyvern, with reddish brown trim on its wings, with a chain dangling from its leg flying close to the base. “It's Red Alpha!” shouts Electra in a panic. “Lets get out of here, please! I've got to hide, somewhere, anywhere!”

“Electra! Get it together!” I yell at her. “Our friends need you more then ever. We need to distract her so Michael and his friends can take her down.”

“Something is not right,” Michael tells us as he flies close by. “Red Alpha is flying alone. She has not made any attempt to attack the base. She's flying slowly, back and forth, like she can't decide what she wants to do. Through my spotting scope, I see blood on her leg by the chain shackle. She looks like she is in a lot of pain. She appears to be badly hurt.”

“I'm sorry I had to yell at you,” as I apologize to a stunned Electra. “Do you think that the other wyverns have rebelled against her?”

“I don't know,” Electra answers.

“How did she get that chain on her leg?” I ask.

“She never told us,” Electra answers.

“Lets go find out,” I answer.

We fly alongside the Red Alpha who appears to be more frightened of us then Electra is of her. She looks at Electra and I, studying us, not knowing what she should do. Then, she finally speaks to us. “Help me, please,” she says shaking in fear and crying from the pain.

[JosephFireseed]

I hadn't read those parts. Interesting vibe going tho. You kind of remind me of me. My notes are written in a similar fashion. Sometimes the perspective changes. Sometimes I written desrpition like I'm narrating out loud. But it's helped me get the ideas down. So I appreciate knowing that one way or the other this may be kind of difficult to present but not impossible.  You've encourage me to just kinda write my thoughts done and present them as is and it'll help sort out some details. First mention, I'm not criticizing, far from it, I see many interesting ideas you've incorporated that can be expanded upon. But that being said, quite a bit of the stuff is either a)ignoring the source materiel or b) not paying any homage to it. Which is something I'm want to focus my entire build upon. The one glaring detail that sticks out to me the talking Dragon. A very interesting idea. Adds an entire mystical element that include intelligent and anciently old Rock Golems. Which I'm thinking I might take the intelligent Golem idea I just thought of and see if I can incorporate 1 or 2 ancient and informative Golems into my narrative. Maybe a resonance with the frequency of the Obelisk has synced up with metal deposits sluffed off the obelisk over generations. And a few can act as conduits or something. Hmm. I'm inspired now. But I'm not sure if it's breaking my Wildcard Gospel rule. I think it could be argued that many talking creatures isn't part of the story. But I think it could be possible that some might. If not simply through an Implant experiment at the very least.

[JosephFireseed]

Also. Is Nero original or is he Nerva? The Roman soldier? If so, nice surprise incinerating him so suddenly!

[rpicardi1]

7 hours ago, JosephFireseed said:

Also. Is Nero original or is he Nerva? The Roman soldier? If so, nice surprise incinerating him so suddenly!

He is original, although one could expand upon him as a separate story of Nerva's rise to power followed by that power corrupting him and the elites. Incinerating him set the stage of the history of the Red Alpha Wyvern and why she so hated the humans.

If you look up stories with dragons, many of them could communicate with humans. Less so with the wyverns, their two legged cousins. This fits the Ark scenario where you cannot tame the adults

Before Red Alpha was captured, Nero had sent a large expedition of his Beast Hunters with a military escort to head to the Western Mountains to find and capture the Manticore, the statue over the viewing booth of the arena. They never returned.

I have posted the updates of The Red Alpha and The Nomad since so much content was expanded upon the past three months. That is not unusual given that my stories start out as outlines getting added to and expanded as I continue writing them.

Land of the Lost, my latest writing, is based upon a WW2 senario and will have no connection to the other stories. It follows along two single players games that I have tested out as I write up the story. The two players, a Navy fighter pilot and a Japanese Zero Pilot, will eventually find each other.

The implant is that communication device that allows the characters access to a lot of aids, crafting, storage, information about other creatures, controlling tames, and the mythical connection to the wyverns.

BTY, My Avatar is the custom color mapped frost wyvern in the story. He is referred to in the story as Halsey or Avatar. He and Nicky are the creation of The Keepers of the Ark to complete an experiment they started with my story character and the juvenile lightning wyvern Electra.

This is the actual in game Red Alpha along with my game character riding on Electra.

[Barradismo]

Thats a good story and i rly think that ARK must have a Official story behind the game

[JosephFireseed]

Hey thanks Barradismo! A friend and I started trying to piece together a story that could actually be experienced through what we have been given to work with. And as the explorer notes were released I was given so many more clues as to what's really happening. And at one point I really felt that the Ark and the Scorched Earth were gonna be the maps we play on in single player. But that they would be cleaned up and presented as towns and villages instead of desolate ruins. I imagined missions and content that you pkay through that mimics the explorer notes. Like joining Rockwell as he negotiate peace between tribes. Meeting him and checking oht Rockwell Manor that he describes. The painted shark clan. The adventures of Helena and Athena. Helping her compete her Dossiers. So once I started thinking like that, it's when I developed this one story. With 2 time periods.  And some creative twists to add Turok. Because once upon a time I really felt like this game could very easily have been a code name for a new Turok game made in an open world setting. It I don't think Disney has relinquished the rights yet. Or rather Buena Vista studios. Which disney owns now. But yeah. Tonight hopefully I'll be posting a quick character outline. And tomorrow I begin writing down a proper version of the main Characters, or rather (small bit of foreshadowing and spoiler here) the first main character that would be played. You'll find out tomorrow