/u/Avalon_88's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] A red dragon and a fire giant uncharacteristically call truce and share a lair in the heart of a volcano. Lately, the fire giant's been smithing a bit hard, going well into the night. The clanging is keeping the dragon up and it decides that it might be time to rediscuss the roommate agreement.
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[WP] You were born of a sacrilegious union. Your green dragon mom never figured the knight she seduced while masquerading as a noblewoman was a silver dragon in disguise. You'd no idea either, born a human orphan. When your dragon blood awoke, so did the dangers which all your heritage entails.
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[WP] Those with draconic lineage tend to get cool stuff. Dragon scales, dragon fangs, dragon claws and even dragon breath. But what you gained was something different. You got dragon longevity. You're practically immune to death by aging and you only grow more powerful as the years go on.
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[WP] A depressed former hitman from the criminal underworld runs a dive bar frequented by similarly depressing middle-aged men. He's starting to suspect his clientele are all retired hit men with troubled pasts to hide, and that they are beginning to realize this too.
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[WP] A mercenary spy finds himself out of work when his group is disbanded. Distressed at not knowing how to integrate with civilian life and society, he is oblivious to the skills he developed faking mundane jobs.
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[WP] A woman runs an orphanage for the orphaned children of superheroes and supervillains. The woman doesn't have superpowers but has cared for and protected these kids believing they will be heroes someday while she never can be. The kids want her to know that she's their hero.
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[WP] You were summoned to another world to save them from the demon lord. Unfortunately, you don't have special powers nor did you receive any. Fortunately, everything in this world is so weak even a human infant crawling about would be the equivalent of the apocalypse for them.
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[WP] The knight grasped the blade in his hands tightly. The roar of dragons hot on his heels as he ran. "You know, when they told me to save the princess of swords from the dragon's castle. I expected an actual princess and one dragon." "Oh shut up" replied the sword.
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[WP] The hero and the dark lord are destined to be reborn and do battle across the ages for all eternity. They will always find and kill each other, reborn as strangers, sometimes friends, sometimes siblings. This time they were reborn as lovers, and neither wants to admit they remember the truth.
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[WP]A time-traveling megalomaniac has a vendetta against you, but every attempt to erase you from the timeline has failed. They think you have no powers and you'd like to keep it that way. The last time someone found out about your omniscience, you had to reset the multiverse.
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