/u/lordhelmos's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You are a spirit of the Fae and wield powerful magic that is drawn from the soul of the world. As ages moved on, greenery and trees died out -being replaced by mechanized plates and industrial reactors. Your magic faded but one day returned different. The world's soul didn't die, it changed.
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[WP] Your expedition has discovered an ancient city. There are brass automatons milling about, curating the city and keeping it clean. At the city edge, you find a factory used to build the automatons. In the factory waste bins, you find bloody clothes leftover from your missing scouts.
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[WP] At night, the creatures that prey on man emerge. Taking pity on mankind, the God of Fire granted man the gift of his flame to ward these beasts. Over years man did terrible things with fire. The God had enough. The screaming witch was half burned when all the flames of the world died.
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[WP] You've always dreamed of being a knight. After a tournament you've been selected to serve as a squire. The problem is the knight you serve is a drunkard, lout, and person of weak honor. When forced to scout the dragon's lair, the creature you find within is far more regal than your master.
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[WP] They have come up with all sorts of crazy names for you due to your appearance and powers. They draw up outlandish prophecies every time you come and send chosen heroes to defeat you. They always think you have some kind of dark plan. The truth is, you really just come to Earth on vacation.
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[WP] The singularity has happened and a machine sentience was born. Describe the day all of humanity was defeated in a single hour.
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[WP] The creations made by your peers have surpassed all of the great filters and ascended long ago. As each one leaves the universe grows colder, darker, and more empty. With a cosmic sigh, you restart the simulation once again. Your humans need to pass and your running out of time.
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[WP] Following the zombie apocalypse, the Polar Express sets out on a mission to find survivors and bring them to the safety of the North Pole.
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[WP] In the daytime you are a seemingly normal adventurer. At night and in your dreams, you are the lord of an entire realm of demons. Your shadow is the portal that allows you to bring subjects and items from the demon world you rule at night into the mortal world you live in during the day.
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[WP] You are a 1960s navy diver. You are in a metal suit leagues underwater and are working to reclaim enemy intelligence from a wreck. A mermaid like creature approaches you with curiosity but then is suddenly attacked by a large predator. You pull your diving knife. No one gets left behind.
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