Okay here's the main outline of the story so far. This is as close as I can get to a finalized version. I'll go into more detail later. This is just the opening up of the story. Oh, and I'm still using fake names.
Mary and Jim, western bandits, are infamous for their countless robberies, murders, and leaving every town they plunder in ruins. A price so large was placed on their heads that nearly every bounty hunter in the western world was in searc of them. During their days of robbery they gave birth to a boy and named him Fred. While nurturing their child they went into hiding and became careless. Eventually a bounty hunter named Bubba captured the two and was greatly rewarded for doing so. Mary and Jim were sentenced to death and their child was removed from them and given to farmers in a small village named Whatever. Distraught and in rage at the removal of their child Mary and Jim fought their way out of jail and fought themselves all the way up to the King of the Western world who they smited. Mary and Jim became supreme rulers of the Western world. During their flight to power they gained much support from other bandits and escaped convicts. No one dare opposed their army. Sixteen years go by and Fred is now a strong, intelligent, and much liked citizen of Whatever village. He is known for his intense kindness and is all around a great person but he believes that his adopted farmer parents are his real parents. He has no idea that he is the son of Mary and Jim. But one day soldiers from the Western World army come to Whatever village and murder his adopted parents and Fred along with other villagers are torn from their home and are transfered to a nearby prison village called Something. Fred is placed in a prison with a theif about his age named Mike and an elderly man who calls himself Ralph. Ralph recognizes Fred as Mary and Jim's son but does not reveal this too him just yet. Mike is an incrediably witty theif who knows his way around the Western world and is a skilled fighter. The three secretly plan their escape. Finally the three make their way out of the prison and Fred swears he will return to rescue his fellow villagers. The three companions travel to a city called Blahblah in order to find out why they and other villages are being attacked by the Western Empire. They find the city in ruins and they discover a rebellion group that has formed against the empire. They decide to join the rebellion group.
Note: All names are
fake. I need people to think up better ones.
Okay this is what I have so far but there are other things in the story that will need to be added.
-A main female character (possibly a romance between her and Fred)
-Ralph, the elderly fellow who Fred met in jail, is actually Bubba, the bounty hunter who captured Mary and Jim. He will eventually reveal to Fred his true ancestory.
-Mike will in some way betray Fred in the story. (I've yet to think about how)
-Fred will slowly turn from a nice farmer into a bloodthirsty warrior of the rebellion. Remember that he is very intelligent.
Things to be taken into account.
-How will the rebellion group react when they find out that Fred is really the Mary and Jim's son?
-How will Fred react when he finds that he is the son of the forces that he has been fighting?
-Why is Bubba/Ralph in jail?
Thats all I have for now. Any suggestion would be warmely welcomed.