Featured Definition: Manglificate:(MANG-lif-AH-kate) verb. To garblerate or otherwise screw-upitize a word by adding unnecessary prefixes, suffixes, and/or syllables. Origin: Davin Sunrider's demented sense of humor.

Now that I've established myself as a man who doesn't take himself too seriously, here's some more about me, if you're interested:

I also have a DeviantArt account, under the name DavinSunrider988, and while I only have a couple drawings of my own up, Silverwolf05 has graciously agreed to draw characters from several of my stories, and so has Desteni, so all of these great pics are on my Favorites list. Lupanari(Howling-Wolf on DA) has done some pics of the airships from 4th Piece, also. To see them, click on the 'Homepage' link to get to my DA profile. The art based on my stories is grouped together in 'Story-Related'.

Personal Info: I'm 21 years old, I live in Nevada, and I am an unashamed Sci-Fi and Fantasy geek. What, you couldn't tell that from the mere fact that I'm here? ;)

And, just in case you were interested(and even if you're not) I also tend to listen to a lot of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, particularly Symphonic Metal like Within Temptation, Nightwish, Delain, and Kamelot. My other favorite bands are Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble(greatest guitarist of all time, hands down), U2(I have every album), Collective Soul, Nine Inch Nails, and Black Sabbath. This is by no means a complete representation of my music collection; I have over 350 albums (almost 4000 songs) on my laptop, ranging from New Age and Classical to Metal and Industrial. I have extremely wide taste, and will readily listen to just about anything except Pop(the teenybopper kind), Country, and Rap/Hip-Hop. Nothing against them, but they just don't appeal to me at all.

General Disclaimer, Of Special Interest For Litigious Types: The intellectual properties in my stories that were created and are copyrighted by individuals other than myself belong solely to said individuals. I make no attempt to profit in any way from my stories that are published on this site, but all original material belongs to me.

There, I think that about covers all the legal mumbo-jumbo. Translation: I write fanfiction, meaning that somebody else came up with the general basis for my stories, but I came up with the stories themselves, including the plot and any original characters and settings. Please don't sue me; I'm a college student and therefore have no money for you to take. ;)

About My Style: And no, I don't mean what I wear. I'm definitely not someone to take fashion advice from, but that's beside the point. I tend to tell stories from many different points of view. So, part of the chapter might be about what the main character and his or her allies are doing, and another might be about someone who doesn't seem to have anything to do with the main narrative, but be assured, it all ties together eventually. My stories are also fairly complex, filled with foreshadowing and sneaky plot twists, and with many different points of view, there are many details to keep track of. I write this way because I try to write stories that I would want to read even if I hadn't written them, and these are the kinds of stories I enjoy. There are still a few things I'm working on, but I like to think I'm pretty good. You can always get better, though.

About My Stories: Here you can find info on all my little tales(or not-so-little, in the case of my epic, 'The Fourth Piece') including a bit of background info on where I got the idea for the story in the first place. I like to have two or three projects running at the same time so I have something else to work on when I get stuck on one of my stories, which fellow writers know happens all too easily sometimes. This sometimes means updates are infrequent, but I usually average two or three postings a month, depending on how much free time I have.

Legend of Zelda:

(Important note: All of my 'Legend of Zelda' stories, excluding the humorous oneshots, take place in one narrative universe, kind of like the Expanded Universe in Star Wars. My narrative universe is slightly different than official canon for the series, so I suggest you look at the Timeline in 'Missing Pieces' for the history of my version of Hyrule. I decided on this because it gives me a little extra creative freedom, though I am going to remain relatively faithful to accepted canon to keep my stories accessible to those who aren't die-hard fans. ;) )

The Fourth Piece:(Complete) My first epic, a sequel to 'Twilight Princess'. The idea for this story started as I was playing the game, around the City in the Sky dungeon, and I said to myself: "How in the world did these little chicken-things build this great big city when they have NO HANDS?" Unless they have incredible magic powers and are really, really smart(unlikely) they can't have been the builders of this place and the other traces of Oocca civilization you come across in the game. There were other factors in the game that didn't make sense to me,(such as Zant going Fruit Loops when you fight him) so I started putting together ideas for a story that would explain my questions in a satisfactory manner and be entertaining, also. I also discovered as I was developing the outline that established game characters could only go so far, and I needed Original Characters(or OCs, for short), and lots of them, to fill out the story. I needed to come up with a challenge worthy of a Hero, and I wanted to fill out the Zelda universe a little, too. Hopefully, the result is enjoyable and not confusing, and worthy of the Zelda name. It's far and away my most successful story to date, and I'm pretty happy with it overall. The talented Silverwolf05 has done an excellent cover art piece for this story, which you can see here.

Hero's Origin:(Complete) A short companion story to 4th Piece, it gives Link from that game a background, instead of him just being in Ordon with relatively no explanation. It's mostly about Link's family, and their struggles before and after he's born. Since Link is all alone in Ordon, this obviously doesn't have a happy ending, but it's a story I wanted to tell. In most Zelda games, the Hero has at least one relative mentioned, be it the only briefly-referred-to mother from 'Ocarina of Time', the grandmother and sister in 'Wind Waker' and the uncle from 'A Link to the Past', or someone in almost all of the games. But, in 'Twilight Princess', he's just there in Ordon, the lone Hylian in a village of humans, with no explanation and no mention of any relatives at all. I thought that was kind of strange, so that's when the ideas for this story really started coming together. I was originally just going to summarize it in 4th Piece somewhere, but since the ideas I came up with were too interesting to sum up, I made a separate story. It does tie into 4th Piece, so if you read that story, I'd suggest giving this one a read, too.

The Hero of Lightning:(Complete) Those who have read 'The Fourth Piece' and 'Hero's Origin' already know the basic outline of this story, since I refer to it in both stories, but I came up with too many ideas to leave this alone. This is an original story set in the Zelda universe, and is not based on any games. It's set three hundred years before 'Twilight Princess', and tells the story of a Hero who saved the Princess Zelda of his time from an assassination attempt and his quest to uncover who is behind the plot. Along the way, he must find and master the Staff of Lightning, a powerful ancient artifact. It also features some rather heavy foreshadowing for 'The Secret War', and is thus an essential part of my narrative universe's history.

The Legend of Zelda: The Secret War: My current Zelda project, a sequel to 'The Fourth Piece', Part Three of a trilogy. Three-quarters of the way through writing it, I realized, somewhat to my chagrin, that I introduced more plot lines in 'The Fourth Piece' than could really be concluded in that story without making it much too long and complicated, so I've sort of been forced to make a sequel. The plan is for a loose 'trilogy' with 'Twilight Princess' being Part One, 'The Fourth Piece' Part Two, and 'The Secret War' Part Three, combining plot elements from the first two while still being its own adventure. This story began to develop in earnest as I was writing the last chapters of 'The Fourth Piece', and I worked on the outline and the first few chapters for several months afterward while I wrote 'The Hero of Lightning', but it's finally up and running. I'm shooting for one update a week, so this story should progress fairly quickly. I have some very exciting ideas for the plot, so I hope you all enjoy it!

Missing Pieces: A oneshot collection based on 'The Fourth Piece', similar to the 'Tales from...' books in Star Wars. 4th Piece is massive, but I could have included a lot more in it. Several things are only briefly touched on that could use the full story treatment, and so that's what I intend to do with this collection. It's meant to flesh out some of the backstory of a few of the characters, as well as some general information on the war. The war in 4th Piece encompasses nearly the entire world, so there are dozens of untold stories out there. Most importantly, submissions are very welcome. If you enjoyed 4th Piece, 'Hero of Lightning', and 'Hero's Origin', and would like to write a story set in their universe, let me know and I'll provide whatever information you need. I'll be acting mostly as the editor of this collection, but I will of course be writing several of the entries myself. I look forward to seeing what others come up with.

What Kind of Hero Are You, Anyway?: A silly little oneshot based on one of my favorite scenes from 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail', where Link is mocked mercilessly by Dennis the Manure Hauler. Basically, the idea is that since so many of the NPCs are so nice and helpful to the Hero, it'd be funny to see one really tear into him for no apparent reason. As with most of my oneshots, I wrote it in one afternoon because I was bored and the idea popped into my head. Ideas are currently formulating for a sequel modeled after the French Guard scene, so keep your eyes open for that.

The Ten Commandments of Writing Zelda Fiction: Another random idea, I wrote this in an overblown pseudo-archaic style for humorous effect, hoping it would stick with people. Basically, it's a set of guidelines to make sure your Zelda fic is worth reading, though with a bit of rewording it could really apply to any fandom.

Metroid:

Solitude: A Metroid story set just after 'Metroid Prime' and featuring a bit of soul-searching on Samus' part. My version of Samus is fairly thoughtful, as she spends quite a bit of time alone, and part of the story will be devoted to the Hunter's thoughts on other sentients and her image as a fearsome bounty hunter. As Samus is ensnared in the lives of of two disreputable outlaws who have stolen one of her ships, she wonders why she spends so much time alone as she helps them untangle the twisted web of deception in which they've caught themselves. As this story doesn't lend itself to epic length, this is likely to be about ten chapters altogether, with the possibility of sequels. It's a rewrite of the first story I published on this site, which, let's face it, while not terrible, wasn't that great, either. I've got it all plotted out now, so it should be better this time. My Star Wars stories and 'The Secret War' have devoured my creativity at the moment, so this is on hiatus until further notice.

Star Wars:

(Thanks to the Great Bearded One, George Lucas, for making a universe so interesting that I couldn't resist telling my own stories set in it. Even if I do think Han shot first. ;) )

The Hunt: A oneshot preview of 'Ageless', a fic you can see more about in the 'Upcoming' section. Basically, a Jedi Knight who escaped Order 66 tries to avoid Darth Vader on a jungle moon and discovers a terrible secret in the process. I wrote it in one afternoon because I got bored, and because my main Star Wars OC demanded to finally appear in an actual story.

Shared Traits: A silly take on the 'I am your father' scene from ESB, including amusing T-shirt references and a punchline I'm rather proud of.

One Missed Strike, Part I: (Complete) An AU Star Wars story, this tells the story of Eps. IV: A New Hope, as if one small thing had gone different in the duel on Mustafar: Obi-Wan missed the final strike of the duel, and thus Darth Vader was never injured, and therefore never went into the trademark suit, so everyone knows full well that he's Anakin Skywalker. The idea hit me one afternoon while I was doing something completely unrelated, springing almost fully formed into my head, and I became so interested in it that I had to finish it as quickly as I could. I have plans for two sequels to round out the trilogy and two short bridging fics to span the gap between parts.

One Missed Strike: Tales From the Rebellion: (Complete) Continuing from OMS: Part I, this is a series of four oneshots covering some of the events between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. They are: 1) 'I Found Him', in which Darth Vader visits his wife's tomb to tell her that he's found their son, 2) 'Brothers and Sisters', in which two sets of siblings try to carry out their missions, unaware of just how close their family members really are, 3) 'Starkiller', the origin story for Lord Vader's apprentice Darth Nova, showing how he ascended to Sith Lord, and 4) 'The Emperor's Hand', the backstory for this AU's Mara Jade.

One Missed Strike, Part II: (Complete) The 'One Missed Strike' version of 'The Empire Strikes Back', this story features, to name just a couple of its twists, Mara Jade accompanying Han and Leia to Bespin, as well as the Imperial assault on Hoth commanded by Grand Admiral Thrawn. This took me a lot longer to write than I would have liked, but now it's done. Enjoy!

One Missed Strike: Tales From the Empire: Continuing from OMS: Part II, this is a series of four oneshots covering events between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Story 1, 'Traitor's Trial', has been posted. Still to come are: 2) 'Misdirection', 3) 'Allies of Convenience', and 4) 'Death, Lies, and Treachery'. Summaries of these upcoming stories are in the Author's Note of Story 1.

'Tales of' series:

Alternate Circumstances: A sheer craziness parody of Tales of Symphonia. I used it as a stress reliever when I got writer's block on my other stuff. It is absurd, random, and quite frankly, pointless, but I had a whole lot of fun writing it. The storyline of Tales of Symphonia lends itself rather well to parody, since that game didn't take itself too seriously to begin with. The chapters are pretty short, but I packed them with bad puns, random idiocy and comic violence from the characters, and more sarcastic remarks than I know what to do with. I attempted to stay somewhat faithful to the storyline of the game, but since I haven't played ToS in a long time, it's all from memory, so forgive any errors I made that are obvious. I wrote most of the story a while ago on another site, but that's explained in the introduction. If you don't like random, Pythonesque, oddball humor, then this story isn't for you. This is on permanent hiatus, since I don't really think I'm ever going to write any more of it. What's there is funny, though, especially the first few chapters.

Upcoming Stories: Most of these are short, likely under ten chapters or so, but the bottom one is a massive epic, and whenever I get around to writing it, it'll probably take me a while. All are pretty well outlined at this point, so whenever I get enough time to work in earnest on them, progress will be quick.

Know Your Limitations: A Legend of Zelda oneshot based on the Black Knight scene in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail', in which Link encounters a Darknut that just doesn't know when to give up.

One Missed Strike, Part III: ROTJ AU. The Rebellion prepares to launch a desperate last offensive against Emperor Skywalker's Empire. But, Darth Vader has an objective of his own, a secret he's kept for over twenty years...

One Missed Strike: Tales From the New Republic: In the aftermath of the final battle with the Empire, the survivors of the Galactic Civil War must rebuild their galaxy as they settle into the next phase of their lives.

One Missed Strike: The New Jedi Order: Grand Admiral Thrawn vs. the Yuuzhan Vong. That's all the plot hints you get for now. ;)

Survivor's Guilt: A 'Terminator' story, in which a man who went to live in the desert for three years on a spiritual quest returns to civilization, only to find that Judgment Day has come, and everyone and everything he knew is gone, burned away in the nuclear fire. In their place is a nightmarish world he must adapt to or perish. On the run from crazed, rogue survivors and the relentless machines, he must find the remnants of humanity, to join them in the war for survival. A gritty, in-depth, hopefully thought-provoking tale of what it means to have everything you know ripped away from you in the most horrifying way imaginable, and what a man might do in the face of that situation. Still in the planning stages; this won't be posted for a while.

Star Wars: Ageless: The life story of an Old Republic Jedi Knight named Davin Sunrider, about how he's played a small but pivotal role in the Star Wars galaxy through much of its chronicled history. It will span from before 'The Phantom Menace' to the Dark Times between Eps. III and IV, possibly further. This is not a self-insertion fic! I've been kicking this story around in one form or another for the last six years, and the name Davin Sunrider has been attached to it through all its incarnations. I liked the name so much that I've used it quite a bit on the internet as a screen name, and I've decided to finally buckle down and organize the ideas into an actual story. I have most of an outline worked out finally, so all that remains is wrestling enough time out of my schedule to actually write it. Good luck with that, right? ;)

Other Stuff: I am always willing to answer questions about my stories, so if there's something you want to ask me, feel free to drop me a PM; I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can, though I am often busy with school and work.

Art Stuff: Silverwolf05 has kindly agreed to create some art for me, and has posted pictures of many of the characters from my stories, as well as a truly epic battle scene from 4th Piece and also cover art for that story, for which I am extremely grateful. While you're there, check out her other pictures, especially those based on her fic, 'The Immortal's Heart', which is really good. Desteni has also drawn some character sketches, so I recommend checking out her gallery, as well. Everything based on my stories is grouped together in one folder in the Favorites section of my DeviantArt account, so like it says at the top of the page, click the the 'Homepage' link to find it.

Happy writing to you!