Most likely choose one character in the beginning, and go from their point of view. Different overall story, but same things happening. Maybe two of the characters can have a brief interaction and the POV's will show their side of how it went. I've gotten the main idea and have began outlining the story but ya, it will take a while.

I like the idea of him seeing the soldiers and then enlisting. Originally he was going to be a prisoner forced into it, but I like the 'he wants to join cause he saw others in it' idea better. If you wouldn't mind I might use it. Same with the girl using magic for revenge. Thanks for the ideas, this helps a lot.

Maybe, but the originally idea would still be there's a corrupt regent, suggesting supplies wouldn't be sent. While there would be a few revolts for sure, they'd be shut down and there'd be a public display of execution to make a point. This was actually part of the original plot. This was also why the future prince left, to leave with those loyal to him in hope of getting rid of the regent. He'd come to one of the villages where the prince and soldier would meet, so he could give help to those not being supplied by the regent. I'll probably make it from only one of their POV's though. Multiple perspectives might be too complicated like you said, but I can still have the basic plot without changing much. However, you did just give me a good idea. I was stuck on a certain plot area and you just gave me an idea to add in. Thanks. The 'fantasy part' would be the underworld invasion, and maybe I'll add in a few creatures to make it interesting. There's different races, like elves and some I made up, but not a real emphasis on using magic such as spells. I'll definitely make sure to add in some arrogant/douchey soldiers though. Thanks.

Different countries would have different values on how their society works. Some might not allow many freedoms to women or minorities, however the one I'm writing about does allow more freedoms for them. I agree I might be thinking too much for a CYOA, but I've already been thinking about it and made it so nothings too overwhelming or hard to write about, although I am thinking about narrowing it down to one character now, maybe I'll just have the others as supporting ones. However, I have worked on this site before and published a few stories but I lost that account by accident so I'm starting from scratch. I've also already started writing the story, just not on on this site yet. I'll get to that eventually, but for now I'm just looking for some ideas, as I've mostly got the story complete. Thanks for you're input.

Well this character was going to start from a poor back round, and while he is a soldier I was going to focus more on him getting to know the lower class citizens better, rather than just battles. Whether that be through his posts in villages and helping rebuild a destroyed settlement, I have a few ideas in mind. Since he'd be off in these settlements, he'd have to live the way the poor do. If they had little food, then he'd get little too. If they didn't have shelter neither would he, and so on. I do see your points though, thanks. I'll take it into consideration.

Glad I could help :D

Alright, so my story is based around multiple things going off at once, however I've balanced them so nothing is too overwhelming or hard to follow. Anyways, here's the basic plot:

There is a continent home to multiple countries and cultures. While each group is independent, each with their own government and kingdom, the high place of power is in Aragon. This kingdom is the strongest and a main place for trade. At the point of the story, the king has just died, and his heir is too young to take place. A regent is set in place, but he is corrupt and cares for nothing but greed. The other countries set alliances with each other and three treaties are assumed: The countries protecting the kingdom, and two others who want to take over. As all of this is going on, portals randomly appear around the world and creatures from the underworld start appearing. There's already one major war going on, and this just adds to the chaos. Originally, I was going to have one point of view, but I wanted to illustrate what war was like for all types of classes. While it is fantasy, I want it to be realistically based as much as possible. If I were to remove all the fantasy, it would still be a good story (That wasn't based on the medieval-fantasy cliche). The government is based on Anglo-Saxon/Viking ideologies to an extent, and the land is based on multiple groups. Tried making it diverse as possible. Anyways, without giving away to much, heres the POV's:

The prince: The son of the dead ruler, he tries to retake the thrown from the regent with the help of those loyal to him. This POV is to show how war impacts the upperclass.

The Soldier: He started out a prisoner when the war began, but was drafted into the war. This POV is to show how war impacts the lower class.

I want another POV to show how war impacts the middle class. I want this POV to a girl, since the other two are guys. Maybe she's a spy for another country or an agent for whoever summoned the portals. Just tossing around some ideas. (Also all of these people will be tied in somehow and important to the story. It's not just a bunch of random view for no reason).

I was wondering if anyone had helpful ideas for a middle class POV, or maybe lesser known, interesting people groups to base the people after (As an example, the ruler is the king. I'd like another word for king since that seems to be to widely used, but it's all I got for now. Each village has an ealdormen, who is in charge of reporting back to the king). Simple Ideas like that. Thanks!

I have a couple ideas. I'll list them below.

The Benandanti:

This is more of a hypothetical idea, since therer isn't really any proof the benandanti came to London. However, with a bit of added details i think this could work well. The benandanti were members of an agrarian visionary tradition in the Friuli district of Northeastern Italy during the 16th and 17th centuries. They claimed they could leave their bodies when they went to sleep, and during this time they could leave their bodies and fight/talk to spirits. During the years 1575 to 1675, many of the benandanti were accused of witch craft (As this was when the witch trials were going on) and put to death by the Roman Inquisition, however it has been noted that this period was rather historically 'boring' as the benandanti weren't killed as much since the Inquisition wasn't as interested in them, however groups were still tried and convicted of witchcraft. An interesting idea could be a group of benandanti escape to England on the run from inquisitors, in the year 1666. Maybe the benandanti come to London in secret (As, historically speaking, there isn't really any proof benandanti came to London). An idea could be the protagonist accidently finds the meeting. As the benandanti were seen as a cult, this could go along well. The protagonist could overhear a conversation of burning the city down, as to free spirits trapped under cursed land, or maybe 'cleaning the land of sin', and so the protagonist tries to warn people but no one listens. Maybe the benandanti hurt/kill people he's close to, to get him to keep quiet, and so the problem becomes personal. Eventually, it can all escalate to the protagonist battling the cult leader as all of London is engulfed in flames. (This idea could easily be replaced with some other extremist group or cult around the 1660s as well, just thought the benandanti would be interesting subjects).

The Second Anglo-Dutch war:

 The Second Anglo-Dutch war went on between 1665 to 1667, between the English and Dutch Republic for control of the seas and trade. Since this war is a large conspiracy as for why the fire began, you'll already have a bunch of ideas to mess around with if you wanted to look it up a bit more. Basically, this war was mostly naval. A common theory is that it was started by the dutch. Reports came of people seening men throwing fireballs, or custom grenades, at certain buildings when the fire started. This eventually turned into mob violence, where people would attack any dutch or Frenchmen they saw in London. Maybe your protagonist is actually a bad guy, and he's the one who threw grenades and started the fires. Another idea is maybe the protagonist sees his father or brother getting beat up by a mob, so he goes on a mission to find the real culprits. Maybe these villains actually are Dutch, or maybe it was started by a naval officer who used to have a lot of power in the government, but lost his position and became a ship captain instead. The captain started the fire only to get revenge on the house of his superiors that denoted him, but accidently set everything on fire, or maybe he purposely set all of London on fire instead. The protagonist eventually faces off with the captain/whoever started the fire.

I'm a big history nerd, so if you didn't like these ideas I'd be happy to suggest other ones as well. If you did like them, and have any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer. Thanks, hope these helped.

(I also just realized this thread was from 20 days ago. Hopefully I'm still on time to help.)

I'm writing a fantasy style kind of book, and I was wondering if anybody had any ideas on how, hypothetically speaking, enchantments would work in real life? Like I understand certain things like a sword that sets things on fire, or like when sting from lotr lights up when enemies are nearby, but I'm kind of stuck on how other "enchantments" would work or what they would be. Any help is appreciated, thanks!