/u/lordhelmos's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] A thief with a heart of gold, a bloodstained warrior walking a path of atonement, a demon raised by humans, and necromancer trying to use the dark arts for good deeds. Infamous, hated, outcasts. They approach the next town, answering the calls for aid that fall on deaf ears.
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[WP] Your clan exiles you for failing the warrior trials. You must defeat a fearsome dragon to be allowed to return. Amused by your challenge, the dragon fights you as a human. She lifts her blade away from your neck for the 3rd time. "You've died enough times today, come back tomorrow to die more."
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[WP] "Destroy them all!" the summoner shouts. The demon immediately turn and cleaves it's 'master' in half. "I really hate those types." Its glowing eyes dart to you. "What the hell do you want?"
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[WP] In your world, summoned creatures are common. The order controls summoned creatures with powerful bindings. Those binded have no willpower and are puppets to their masters. You travel with an immensely powerful summon, but she is free. The order wants her, but they need to get through you first
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[WP] It has been some time since your father passed. You enter his workshop, now a cold void where the ethereal dust had long settled. His work was still in motion, 9 heavily spheres above 9 infernal rings with a blue sphere in the middle. You sit in his old chair and ponder on what do with earth.
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[WP] You are a hero who challenged the Lord of Darkness and failed. You wake up in an apothecary within the darklands. One of the Lord's generals enters the room. "His Lordship has granted you permission to roam these lands. Should you find us evil after one year, he will accept another duel."
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[WP] A small remote village relies on an ecosystem of monsters for its well being. The dragon runs the mountain forge, the lich and its undead hordes till the fields at night... every now and then a hero comes along and disturbs the peace.
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[WP] You are a slime monster living among humans. You can easily disguise your outward appearance to look like one of them but you still need an internal skeleton to maintain your form. You can feel the bones inside yourself starting to dissolve... but there's plenty of time to get new ones.
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[WP] You are of a small tribe. A few years ago, a dragon took residence in the icy mountains above and kept to itself. During the coldest winter, when all the crops died to frost, the dragon brought slain cows to your village. You have just learned that slayers are headed up the mountain.
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[WP] You have the ability to walk through mirrors. They lead to a limbo where all of the mirrors of the world converge like a nexus. You can choose to emerge from any other mirror in the world. One day, in Limbo, you find a mirror that doesn't lead back to the world you know.
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