Four young lives meet at a spring festival. A secret beneath the palace draws them into a royal conspiracy, while a mysterious machine begins to swallow the light.
Created by Kari Piirainen
Mountain traders arrive with their yaks. Fishermen bring their catch upriver. In the capital, people and their animal companions, the skibiris, gather for the spring festival. Drawing on Nordic and Asian mythologies, Emolina begins with the lives that fill its streets, forests and waterways.
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Above ground, the capital prepares for the spring festival and King Urbanus’s sixtieth birthday. Below, ancient machines rest in the vaults. Here, Ihanus and Avalina overhear a secret that turns the celebration into a race to save the king.
Pohli sets out from the Monsi mountains with a yak laden with goods for the festival. When wolves close in along the road, quick thinking keeps him alive. The resourcefulness he brings from home will soon matter to more than his own journey.
In the coastal town of Piskator, Ihanus loads seafood onto riverboats bound for the capital. The festival means trade for the fishermen. For him, it means seeing Ava again, the girl he knew before a shipwreck carried her into another life.
In the forests of Venator, hunters share the warmth of a fire while their tamed wolves rest nearby. As the long winter approaches, these bonds between people and animals help sustain forest life. Soon, a stolen machine will bring a very different kind of darkness to the village.
Ava and Ihanus are caught in a storm when their fishing boat strikes the shoals. Separated in the wreck, they emerge into different worlds. Ava is found on the shore by King Urbanus and taken to the royal court. Ihanus remains tied to the sea and the friend he has lost.
A friendship broken by the sea.
A secret beneath the palace.
After a shipwreck, Ava is adopted by the royal family and becomes Princess Avalina. Her childhood friend Ihanus returns to the capital for the spring festival. Beneath the celebrations, their reunion uncovers a plot against the king.
Told through Ihanus’s eyes, the story brings Avalina together with mountain trader Pohli and quick-witted Samel. As the four friends search for a way out, a stolen machine of unknown origin stirs in the forest. The Star Eater was meant to conceal a village. Its awakening sets other ancient machines in motion.
The first story treatment is complete.
Four young friends cross paths with a king and queen whose private conflicts put the whole realm at risk.
Fifteen-year-old Pohli brings goods from Monsi to the spring festival on his yak. A wolf attack tests his ingenuity before he even reaches the city. Once he befriends Avalina, Ihanus and Samel, that same practical courage makes him someone they can rely on.
Approaching his sixtieth birthday, King Urbanus prepares to celebrate with his people. He once rescued Ava from the shore and welcomed her into his family. Now the danger closest to him lies within his own court, and his daughter must act before the festivities are over.
Fourteen-year-old Ihanus carries the story’s point of view. A shipwreck separated him from Ava; the spring festival gives them a chance to meet again. What begins as a reunion leads him beneath the palace and into a secret neither of them can ignore.
Rescued after the shipwreck, thirteen-year-old Ava is adopted by Urbanus and Serefina and given a new name. Palace life cannot erase her connection to Ihanus or her longing for Piskator. When she discovers the danger to her adoptive father, she takes the controls of an air-carriage and acts.
Fourteen-year-old Samel helps his merchant parents prepare for the festival. His sharp observations unsettle Queen Serefina and catch Avalina’s attention. In the vaults beneath the city, he joins a friendship that will carry all four young people far beyond the market stalls.
Queen Serefina shares the throne with Urbanus, but her ambitions reach beyond it. Behind the royal celebrations, her alliance with the chief machinist connects a family betrayal to the mysterious machines beneath the city. Avalina and Ihanus hear more than they were meant to.
Food, creatures, landmarks and old mysteries. Look closer at the small things that make Emolina its own world.
Select any of the four illustrated pages to enlarge it. Use “A closer look” at the top to browse all artworks and captions. Original 2D artwork by Eeva Tötterström.
Tales from Emolina is an original fantasy IP created by Kari Piirainen for teen and adult audiences. Its existing story and visual material provide a starting point for the next phase of development.
Complete. A narrative foundation for discussing the first adaptation and its development needs.
Maps, six character studies, environments and illustrated lore establish places and people to build upon.
A moving introduction to Emolina. Watch the trailer and a short glimpse into its world.
The first adaptation will be shaped with a development partner. A game, television series and microdrama offer different ways into the same world. The next step is to choose the right first project together.
From the palace vaults to a forest village, the treatment offers places to explore, mysterious machines to discover and four young friends with different strengths.
The development questionWhat is the core player experience? What focused prototype would demonstrate it?
A shipwreck, a reunion and a conspiracy at the spring festival give the first treatment a sequence of personal and political turning points to adapt.
The development questionHow should the story unfold across episodes, and which production approach serves it?
A princess caught between two lives. Friends who overhear a deadly secret. These intimate conflicts could provide a focused starting point for short episodes.
The development questionWhich part of the story works in short episodes? What would a pilot need to establish?
Choose the format → Define the scope → Build the development plan
Budget follows the selected format and production scope.
For investment and development enquiries, or to discuss the first story treatment, contact the creator.
karip@goatlabs.fiKari Piirainen · Creator & Project Lead
