JINX

*This is about the origins of the story. For the demons called JINX, see JINX Demon. For the type of magic, see JINX Magic.*

***JINX*** is an original story created by magic\_windsock. The initial idea for the plot came about in August of 2018, but would not begin development until October of that same year.

## Origins

"Originally, the idea sprung into my head around August 2018 after an old group of friends and I played the King’s Game, based on the one seen in the anime adaptation of *Persona 4*. The idea I had in mind was a series of characters who accidentally cursed the game into becoming reality, and they had to escape a distorted world in which they were being held. While in that world, they could use elemental magic that corresponded to their own identities. These powers were meant to be called JINX, and they were powered by cognitive waves induced by superstition or other mental activity.

October 2018 was when I wanted to put this concept into motion. It was at this time when I started 10th Grade and was in a game design class through the first semester. The game I made was a two-player action RPG where a duo of placeholder characters fought off rogue demons in a strange void, and used powers inherited by those demons upon entering the world. One character, Prism, used psychic attacks while the other, Honor, used divine attacks. When all the demons were defeated, the characters rejoiced in the real world. However, this weak concept was not enough for me.

Going back to the drawing board, two new characters emerged: Nora and Breen, the latter of whom was a *Pokémon* OC I had made in 8th Grade. Alongside them was Prism, and he was used as a placeholder protagonist until a proper one was created. The original story of *JINX* followed these three kids living in a town called Trinity Oceanfront on an unnamed island in the Maritimes. One day, they found out a dimensional anomaly had appeared in a crater beyond a distant mountain range. They then went to explore it, but got caught in a rift themselves and gained otherworldly powers from demons. The story would span between their home world and the demons' world, with the climax taking place at the Trinity Lighthouse. At that point, I had only created the prologue and ending, and the story concluded with Prism fighting the main antagonist who did not exist yet.

In December 2018, Oliver was born and promoted to *JINX'*s protagonist, while Prism became the new placeholder antagonist. For Prism's role, he would got possessed by a demon who emerged from a rift near Trinity, and shared powers that were near identical to Oliver's. The story was supposed to end with Oliver and Prism clashing atop Trinity Lighthouse, and nothing beyond those two events were ever conceived. A month later in January 2019, I dreamt that it was springtime in my hometown, and I excitedly ran towards a hill by my house. This hill was covered in red and yellow pinwheels, and the sky looked greyish-blue. All it took was that dream to make me reconsider the setting of *JINX*, and ultimately decide that it would seldom feature the real world.

Upon having this dream, none of the characters I had made at that point fit its aesthetic, so I got to work and created a character who would embody that dream-like, youthful joy: Stella. Her lore was that she had somehow fallen into another world, also known as the Amygdala, and her age could not synchronize with the flow of time. Now the question was, "Why would Stella be in the Amygdala, and is it just one brain that she’s a part of?"

And with that, Allen came into existence, and the Amygdala separated into four distinctive mini-worlds, all of which were meant to represent the inner thoughts of Oli, Nora, Breen, and Stella. The reason why Stella ended up in the Amygdala was because of Allen, who had forcefully awoken to his JINX powers ten years prior to the events of the story, accidentally warping Stella away. When Oliver, Nora, and Breen stumbled into the Amygdala through a Ouija board, Allen became possessed by the new greater antagonist, Stition, and sole one of the two daggers Oliver was given, causing him to goes berserk. Allen willingly allowed Stition to possess him in exchange for vision, Stella was found by the others, and the four heroes set out to find Allen.

Later on, I changed Breen's name to Clay to emphasize his elemental alignment with earth and fire. And with new developments in the plot, it was time for more characters. Between the spring and summer of 2019, Niami and Louise were made. Niami's basis was Oliver Tree, as seen in "SCOOTER BOYZ" by Cherdleys, and served to add more depth to Oliver's backstory. Louise, on the other hand, came into existence from a homeroom doodle depicting a small plushy figure.

The production of *JINX* continued to expand for months, and 2020 saw many developments within the story. Most notably, Coral and Cassietta were created to build upon Clay's backstory, plus I began working on the story's first draft on Google Docs."

Oliver
Nora
Clay
Stella
Niami
Louise
Coral
File:Chiaro portrait.pngChiaro
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File:Cassietta portrait.pngCassietta
File:Tanz portrait.pngTanz
File:Loon Molly portrait.pngLoon Molly
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