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Rockwell’s Reign
Chapter 8 (Deathhide’s perspective)
It had been a day since the human attacked us. We decided to go towards Rockwell’s innards, but why? Mutagen grows there and if we are to get stronger and be able to survive while attempting to ignore Rockwell’s control, we would have to get it and become stronger. This could terribly wrong or great, but we had a long journey ahead of us. Just now we had reached a desert, and this was a wyvern desert.
“Careful, I recall this being a wyvern desert.” I said to the human
“I’ve only heard wyverns from stories as a child, but never have I seen one.” She replied. I heard something off in the distance, it was a lightning wyvern. Could this be the one with the king of wyverns? In some places, giant creatures roam freely, but only limited to its biome. Yet, even after death they still come back, as if you had never encountered it.
“There might be a wyvern trench up ahead, I remember visiting this place.” Venom said.
“It shouldn’t be dangerous as long as we aren’t noticed.” Rust replied.
“Are we even in shape to fight off a single wyvern? I think not!” Venom said. This was only going to lead into an argument.
“Enough. We need to keep together. If all of us are here, we can kill a wyvern.” Bone said, ending the potential argument. Up ahead was a wyvern, eating something. It had frills, which meant it was a poison wyvern. The Wyvern finished, flying off.
Eventually, we got out of the desert biome. A volcano lay ahead, this was not a good place to be. Many of the apex predators lived here, ranging from Magmasaurs to rexes.
(Chapter 7 was getting long so I split it into two parts)
Rockwell’s Reign: Chapter 7 Part 2
- The Nazgûl
“I thought you were going to attack me. I heard you talking about hunting humans.” This was mostly true. She decided that if the Bonehounds were going to help her defeat the monster in her dreams, they probably shouldn’t know that she accidentally shot her arrow both times.
“That’s the other strange thing. How can you hear us and we hear you?”
“I don’t know. I’ve been trying to figure that out myself.”
“What is your name human?”
“Erin. Erin Rockwell.” After Erin said this, a disturbed look crossed Bone’s face. She wondered why.
“What are you doing here, Erin Rockwell?”
“Well, to keep it simple, I’ve been having a strange dream with a weird monster. I decided I wanted to find it and kill it. I figured I needed some help so I came looking for you guys after I found the camp yesterday.”
“What did the monster look like?” Bone asked. Erin thought it strange that he wanted to know, but she answered nonetheless.
“It was a very disfigured face of a human I think and it was covered in the corrupted substance that a lot of the animals have been covered in.”
“And you want us to help you defeat it?”
“Well I hoped so. Honestly I thought going after you guys and finding the monster would clear up a bunch of things.”
“Well, I may be able to help answer some of your questions. The monster in your dreams is Rockwell. You may know him as Sir Edmund Rockwell judging by your last name. He created us and can tap into other creatures minds because of the element, or corruption as you call it that is in all of us. You, being of his family tree, seem to have that same ability, yet not as powerful as you are not corrupted yourself. If we want to stand against him, we must plan carefully. Currently, none of us are in shape to fight. We must rest and heal. We will go find food. You should stay hear and rest.”
At this, the Bonehounds ran off. Erin crawled into a small hole. She was shocked to hear that the monster was her Uncle Edmund. She refused to believe it. Fatigued from not sleeping the night before and fighting the Bonehounds, she fell asleep. For the first time, she saw her uncle in the face of the monster. When she woke up, she cried.
Oblivion
Episode six: Eat Tail
It had been weeks since crew returned to their base and began to incubate the egg. They hadn’t even left the base, to intent on waiting for the egg to hatch, and eventually, it did. One of the biologists who had been tasked with checking on the egg on a daily basis walked into the incubation room, and met a mysterious sight.
“What the hell happened here?” He asked himself as he looked around. The incubator had been completely destroyed and the egg inside had been reduced to a broken egg shell. He looked around, trying to find who did this. But then an idea came to him: perhaps the egg had hatched, and the baby had destroyed the incubator in an attempt to get out. Suddenly, there was a screech, a horrible screech, like someone scraping their fingernails across a blackboard, but much louder. An immense creature appeared, at least five metres long, and pushed the man towards the wall. The creature raised its scorpion like tail and stabbed the man through the mouth, pinning him to the wall. The creature stared at his lifeless corpse, and pulled its tail out of his mouth, causing his body to slump to the floor. It turned to the door, and walked out into the base...
I almost sacrificed my shadowmane for a voidwyrm and a X velonisaur but my game crashed so my tames were gone except vine my shadowmane but my velonisaur went ghostmode so I lost it 😢 and I was stuck in ghostmode so I flew to the barrier and died in ghostmode I have ghostmoded in the center and it is beautiful beyond the barrier but i somehow died past the barrier in gen part 2 and whenever I went on the ground I fell through the ground so the game crashing was good cause my shadowmane was safe
U know what I don’t need likes I am going to do pt 1!
Never to be free: pt 1
Shade was starving. It had been five years since he had been taken from home. All there was to eat was… rotting flesh. Disgusting.
“You… get back to work!” A summoner screeched. How Shade wished he could tear the ugly thing to pieces! But he went on dragging the cart of… of… well Shade wasn’t sure what it was. It was a liquid something. And a solid sort of darkish blue tablet. Shade hated the smell of the stuff. It smelled… dark. Strange. Unfamiliar. Like evil. Shade wished Moon was here with him. She would make things so much easier, more hopeful. But Moon was gone. Dead.
Sorry for the short chapter. Also an FYI I cannot get genesis one or two so I have no idea what the creatures are like except for their pictures.
Tina originals
I had a shadowmane named brownie ( he was brown) he was tamed lvl 110 and I defeated every alpha boss riding him then my friends joined the ark so I helped them and gave them all my 2500ish hours of ark knowledge then i went afk then…they killed me and nearly brownie with a giga but he managed to survive then after I removed then A TROODON KILLED BROWNIE SAVING ME AND dung my raptor lvl 312 AHHHHHHH WHY rip -tc
Rockwell’s Reign (Lamprey)
Chapter 2
A pack of four Bonehounds were feasting on two sarcosuchus, which were probably mates since they were both there when the bonehounds had killed both of them. The leader of the pack, Skull, begin to speak.
“I’ve really been thinking, and I think of figured something out.” Bone said, awaiting the others responses.
“And what could that be?” A darker-colored bonehound said, who was known as Deathhide.
“Our entire purpose is to kill survivors, yet all of them keep respawning. We have never made progress, and because of that, would if we disobeyed Rockwell and did something.. different?” Skull suggested to his pack.
“Disobey Rockwell? Are you insane?” Said Rust, a confident she that had skin the color of rust.
“If we disobeyed Rockwell, he’d skin us in an instant!” Said Venom, a quite strong bonehound. Deathhide stayed silent, attentively watching the responses, as usual.
“I know it sounds absolutely insane, but we could do anything instead of constantly traveling with no den to rest in!” Skull said. The group argued for a bit, until they eventually came to an agreement: if they were to disobey Rockwell and do whatever they wanted to, they had to expand their pack and let in different creatures.
“Bringing in non-bonehounds into our pack is dangerous, and therefor shouldn’t be be done!” Said Deathhide, in an annoyed tone.
“Deathhide, you are to do as your leader tells you.” Skull said, keeping a calm tone.
“Alright, fine. But what are we to let in, where are we to go?” Said Deathhide. The group decided it was best to travel around, and find different things.
(Sorry for a short chapter, this was just to set up characters and stuff.)
Sarah "oh no outlaw" she said when I was about to get my but kicked by a giga I seen my life flash b4 my eyes then out of no where a flash and my shaddowmane was right in front of the giga then I passed out I came to in bed with Sarah looking after me and bolt asleep next to me I asked what happened and Sarah said "after you passed out bolt took on the giga with all his strength using his flash attack and kicking his arse after he killed the giga he brought us back here" thanks bolt your a awesome creature
Right, here’s a description of the creature in Oblivion:
It is five metres long, with a body shaped similar to a megatherium’s, but with black scales instead of fur. It’s head is similar to a shadowmane’s (check the genesis 2 trailer), but black with glowing red eyes. It’s mouth is full of jagged teeth, and it has a long, scorpion like tail. Hope this was helpful, please can you leave down name suggestions for the creature, having a name for it would make writing a lot easier.
-Apex
Hey shadowmane!
Can’t wait for your next story! Just took the time to read your wyvern story! I hope you get encouragement instead of hate. I have given you a like, but it seems as though the haters out there are dislikeing your comment. Don’t worry about them. But anyway hope your story comes out soon!
Tina. Write back soon please!
The Rise of A Shadowmane Kingdom
Chapter 1
The young shadowmane sighed, clawing at her sleeping mother. She growled and jumped on her brother, wanting attention.
` What is wrong with you? ` Jaguar growled softly, and playfully scratched at her.
`Just being myself! ` Saber roared playfully as her mother woke up.
` You all should rest. The human is moving everyone, it'll be our turn next. ` Kat purred, guiding them inside the tek house their owner had built them.
The tek walls crumbled, as a sudden fight began.
` Get out of here! ` Kat ran off, teleporting away and brutally biting the attacking spinos. Saber and Jaguar ran, escaping to the other side of the dam.
` Is this mother's old home? ` Saber asked Jaguar, her eyes adjusting to the sudden red and pink colours. Jasper, their owner, led them to a tek base he had built. All the creatures rushed inside.
Next chapters will be in Shadowmane.
-RandomSake (May change to ShadowLord)
Hi Tina! I am so glad that you like the story. It is really encouraging. Sadly, Lamprey kept forgetting so he told me he was going to stop his part of it. I was originally going to cancel it, but if you really enjoyed it and want me to continue it, I will happily do so. I also don’t want to take away space from your story in Shadowmane. I also have a story that I will pick up again in insect swarm. Also, if you have any ideas for the plot of this story, I will gladly listen to them and use them since I have no ideas as of right now.
I am so glad that you are going to be writing and I hope it goes well. I am excited to read it and will be happy to provide feedback or tips. I love helping people and it is never a bother if you ask for help. I saw your request for any tips and am happy to give a couple big ones right now and maybe a couple more along the way. Again, no matter what I say you do not have to do it and I am not criticizing your story. I have helped people before and that’s what they thought I was doing, so I would like to mention that right now. Can’t wait to see how your story comes along!
Tip 1: This is a tip I give to every new fanfictioner that asks for tips. Your story is your own, which means, you have full control of what goes in and what doesn’t. You don’t have to meet the wants of others. What you think while you are writing comes out in it. If you are frantically writing something for someone else, it will be a frantic story with many mistakes. If you write something that you want to write, not that someone else will want to read, your story will be a beautiful piece of art. I always write how I like to write, and I always thought there were no true fans, but here I am writing to one. They are out there. Don’t worry about it.
Tip 2: Punctuation is key. Now when I say this, I don’t mean you need to have perfect grammar and punctuation. If you understand what each punctuation mark does, you can use them wherever in your story. It does not have to be grammatically correct. Put commas where you want pauses, not when it is always correct. Put the necessary punctuation in to make your story read how you want it to. A couple big things to make notice of is you don’t want to use all caps. An exclamation point does more than you think. All caps is for loud booming voices and things on a computer screen such as diagnostics. Same with the actual numbers. It looks better if you say one rather than 1. The 1 stands out and people will be drawn to it. It also takes the flow from the sentence. When someone new speaks, always make a new paragraph. It makes it easier to read. And all the dialogues don’t need to end with so and so said or replied. If it is a two way conversation, make sure the first speaker is noted, and through in a so and so said occasionally. The new paragraphs you put in will do the rest. Lastly, if your character is saying something, it also does not have to follow any grammar rules. I like to say what the character says in my head. Then I write it with whatever missing letters and commas. It makes their speech sound like them, no monotone.
Sorry for the long post. I hope these tips helped and will be happy to give more. I will give as much support as I can and am excited to see where your story goes.
#FF4L (hashtag fan-fiction for life)
- The Nazgûl