forum Title help(also maybe some advice on an ending)?

Started March 29, 2020 by @dumba$$extraordinaire

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So I'm starting a story. I'm already four chapters in, and have most of my plot planned out. Basically, it's a about a prince named Orion. He's the youngest son of the King and Queen of a made up nation called Brohnan, on a made up continent. His older brother, Rowan, is set to be king, so Orion occupies himself with training to be a knight. There are seven rich countries that help out the other 17 smaller countries, Brohnan is one of them. One of these small, poor countries, suddenly attacks another one of the big seven nations, seemingly unprovoked. So, these seven nations meet up at Brohnan Castle to talk about what to do. They decide on going in to just keep an eye on things. Orion gets sent with them, as the final step in his knight training. But riots begin to break out, and eventually, one of them gets out of hand, and all the rioters are either killed or injured by the Brohnan army. This sparks the smaller nation to declare war on Brohnan. Orion is suddenly thrust into the soldier position at just 15. He also eventually finds out that the big seven countries are essentially colonizers, who take resources and force countries to assimilate(cough Britain cough).
The problem is, I'm not totally sure how to end it after Orion finds out that he's been lied to, and that his country and family are actually the bad guy. So any suggestions would be appreciated.
Also, I don't have a good title. Currently, it's titled Orion and the Funky Bunch on Wattpad, and while that's funny, I'm not sure it fits the tone of the story. Suggestions would be appreciated here as well. Thank you!

Well, it depends on the way you perceive the story. Do you want a happy, fulfilling ending or an ending that leaves the reader feeling hollow and empty? I know the latter is usually advised against, but stories like the outsiders left me feeling like that and its still my favourite book, so it really depends on how you execute it. Anything can be done and an impression can be made on an audience, you first must know the impression you want to make.

I think maybe somewhere in the middle. Maybe Orion has to choose between telling his family he knows and risk getting kicked out of the knighthood, or feeling like a terrible person all his life because he just let it slide.

How would you want the audience to feel about that?

I like feeling good after reading a book, even if it wasn't the ending I was expecting. So I'd want the audience to leave happy. So I think I'd make him choose telling the family, since that's the valiant thing to do.

yes okay, that's good.
Now, do you want him to face trauma like being banished but coming out on top or would you like some sort of heartfelt, families important ending like coming together and fixing the corrupt powers?

I really like his brother, and I doubt he’d let his brother just be banished… maybe Rowan would hold that over the king and queen, like they wouldn’t get their heir if they kicked their younger son out. So maybe he gets kicked out of the castle, but he gets to remain in the knighthood. It still hurts him, but he doesn’t lose his entire life.

thats good, i like that

Ok, good. Thank you so much for your help!

Anytime! :)