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Frizan Free From This Backwater Hellsite

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Fun fact, this prompt was inspired by the movie Pay It Forward

There's always someone out there that needs help. Fortunately, there always seems to be someone out there willing to lend a hand. Of course, often times the problem of payment arises...after all, time, like money, is precious. Who can really be expected to give their blood, sweat and tears for naught but thanks?

Sometimes, though, those people can arrive, and they are a flame in a cold world. There simply are some people who would give everything for nothing, and then more. "But Frizan", you shout from your desk of pens and paper, "the stories of these people are oft told already! Why tread trodden ground?"

And I would answer, "But how often do these stories of selflessness end with the hero being bestowed with glory, gold, and an attractive partner to boot? It was not their intention, indeed, but they were still rewarded!"

Winter is upon us, and with it comes the dark and the cold. Gather 'round the hearth, and share your tales of the strong and the humble, those who wanted nothing, needed nothing, and asked for nothing, but gave every fiber of their being. Those who accepted only the barest of thanks in return, if that. As the chilling winds breach our cloaks, our platemail and our blackened leathers, it is a time to warm the body...and the heart.



Contest Rules

1. If you guessed "characters cannot be compensated in any material way", you win! ...what do you mean "what did I win"? Didn't you read the prompt?

2. Take the time to show the struggles of those in need. Paint a picture as to why your character/party/force of heartwarming goodness is required. Maybe your characters have crucial skills those they are helping lack? Or perhaps they have simply lost the will to go on and fight for a better day.

3. We've focused on motives before, now hit on those emotions! Go for gold, and write scenes that would soften the heart of my feared beloved GM Glaciercold himself. I want TEARS, people! And BIG ones too!

4(optional). When your character/party/force of heartwarming goodness eventually leaves, spend a brief paragraph or two detailing what happens to those they have helped. Did their lives turn around? Any lessons learned? Maybe even put a moral or two in there!

5. Please title your entries!

6. There will be a total word cap of four thousand for this prompt.

Grounds for disqualification

1. Plagiarism.

2. Your entry having no clear connection to the prompt.

3. Gratuitous violence or gore.

4. We probably won't be experiencing any of this due to the nature of the prompt, but I gotta cover all bases. No explicit sex scenes. Fade to black is fine.



The deadline is going to be a bit further along than usual due to the holidays coming up. I am obviously open to requests for extensions as well. Please submit your entry here in the Prompt and Entries thread by Friday, November 30th. Direct all questions and feedback to my PM box or the associated Discussion thread, and I will gladly answer them.

Please hold off all votes and critiques until the proper thread has been erected for this prompt.
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SleepingSilence OC, Plz No Stealz.

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