Creative Prompts

Exercices d'écriture et amorces de récits pour stimuler l'imagination.

Image 1 — This is PRF - a punk dystopian comic featuring fairies
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This is PRF - a punk dystopian comic featuring fairies

I’ve been working on this comic set in a post-nuclear world where humans are gone and everything is still radioactive.

Fairies started developing instead. They adapted to the pollution and unstable weather, building small slum cities protected from what’s outside.

Beyond those barriers, the world is still toxic and full of mutated life.

I’m really interested in the idea of fairies (usually seen as nature creatures) evolving in a world where nature doesn’t exist anymore, and where magic is something that happens to them rather than something they’re born with.

The project actually just hit its funding goal which is awesome!!

Would love to hear what people think about the concept, or what kind of mutations you think would realistically develop in them 👀

u/okreindeer1324 — 2 hours ago
A map of the United Republics of Kaga — a Filipino-Indonesian successor state on a stranded colony world cut off from Earth.
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A map of the United Republics of Kaga — a Filipino-Indonesian successor state on a stranded colony world cut off from Earth.

u/AmbassadorGullible56 — 5 hours ago
Image 1 — Hundreds of million years after the purge of humanity: The Earth Mother's new children and the "Apparitions" of our ghosts.
Image 2 — Hundreds of million years after the purge of humanity: The Earth Mother's new children and the "Apparitions" of our ghosts.
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Image 5 — Hundreds of million years after the purge of humanity: The Earth Mother's new children and the "Apparitions" of our ghosts.
Image 6 — Hundreds of million years after the purge of humanity: The Earth Mother's new children and the "Apparitions" of our ghosts.
Image 7 — Hundreds of million years after the purge of humanity: The Earth Mother's new children and the "Apparitions" of our ghosts.
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Hundreds of million years after the purge of humanity: The Earth Mother's new children and the "Apparitions" of our ghosts.

[Note on Content / NSFW Warning] I have marked this post as NSFW to be safe. While the art itself is not explicit, the world of Yelekedis contains some dark themes, including violence, anatomical imagery, and the harsh realities of a crumbling civilization.

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This is a story of a distant, distant place. A world born from the ashes of humanity, who incurred the wrath of the Earth Mother Goddess "Khalice" and were purged from the earth.

I. The Fall of the Ancients: The Sin of Abaddoselenium

Long ago, the "Ancients" (us) crossed a line that could never be uncrossed. They discovered Abaddoselenium—the raw, primordial blood of the Chaos God—later known as "Manna." In their boundless greed, they used this substance to craft artificial life, stripping away their own ethics in a desperate bid for power.

The downfall was catalyzed by a man named Alba. After his wife and child were murdered and he himself was killed, his despair caught the eye of the Chaos God. Resurrected as a "Fixer," Alba orchestrated the global instability that led to the brink of nuclear war. Ironically, the Chaos God himself is just a "carefree bloke" who loves a laugh and wants to tinker in peace—but his sheer existence is so potent that his innocent whims manifest as world-ending disasters. To save the planet from total extinction, the Earth Mother Goddess "Khalice" had no choice but to cleanse the world with massive earthquakes and tsunamis, wiping the slate clean.

II. The Long Silence and the New Dawn

X00 million years passed. The world was washed clean by the sea. Due to the influence of Manna, the flow of time itself slowed; seismic activity and climate shifts were suppressed, creating a stagnated, unchanging landscape. From the "Blood of the Chaos God," four eggs were laid, birthing three dragons and a great bird. Then, the new seeds of life were sown.

  1. The Elves: The first to arrive, growing as slowly and steadily as ancient trees.
  2. The Hobbits and Dwarves: Their rise accelerated the wheels of civilization, bringing industry and new energy.
  3. The Cait Sith: Cunning and ambitious, these feline humanoids challenged the Elven-centric status quo.

What followed was a pointless, brutal war that left no victors—only wounds.

III. The World of Yelekedis Today

  1. The "Apparitions" (Slide 1): These are not mere monsters. They are the manifested grudges of the purged Ancients—the humans who died in agony during the Great Purge. We are the ghosts. We are the monsters stalking the new races.
  2. The "Goddess" Seydhy and the Sacred Woods: For generations, the nomadic Hobbits of Ulughal worshipped a being named Seydhy as their goddess. In reality, Seydhy was an Ancient—a human placed in Hibernation as a form of exile by her own kind. She remained in a comatose state for eons until 16 years ago. Now, Ulughal is the epicenter of a massive Apparition surge.

IV. The Broken Sage: Laduiagoth

At the heart of this fractured peace stands Ranjarma-Xelageer, a young Hobbit mage who lost her parents and her childhood to the war 13 years ago. She seeks strength—not for conquest, but to ensure nothing is ever taken from her again.

Her journey leads her to Laduiagoth, famed as the strongest mage alive. However, the reality of Laduiagoth is pathetic: an alcoholic shell, drowning in despair, and paralyzed by the weight of being a "living sacrifice" who purifies the world's Manna simply by existing.

V. A World of "Unanswered Questions"

Yelekedis is currently destabilized by a surge of Apparitions in the desert.

  1. Political Tension: Refugees are fleeing to the Western Elven lands. The Chancellor, Frhoidhanath, struggles to provide protection while facing xenophobic backlash from impoverished Elven youths who feel neglected.
  2. The Moral Dilemma: Laduiagoth repeatedly poses a single question to Ranjarma: "What does it mean to protect?" Ze evaluates Ranjarma's answers carefully, but rarely speaks zir own mind.
  3. Linguistic Depth: The world is built on a massive glossary of fictional languages (inspired by English and Irish) and regional dialects. Every choice reflects a way of thinking, and players must piece together the truth from the silences of the Elves.

About these images:

I've put together 8 slides showcasing 29 scenes from this project.

  • Slide 1: The "Apparitions"—the lingering shadows of our own history.
  • Slides 2-8: The raw, unpolished lives of those struggling to survive X00 million years after us.
u/Upbeat-Lecture-9904 — 14 hours ago
Image 1 — Atlantis population, ranks, and accompanying styles
Image 2 — Atlantis population, ranks, and accompanying styles
Image 3 — Atlantis population, ranks, and accompanying styles
Image 4 — Atlantis population, ranks, and accompanying styles
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Image 8 — Atlantis population, ranks, and accompanying styles
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Atlantis population, ranks, and accompanying styles

The population of Atlantis consists of humanoid golems. Each rank is labeled by a specific color and style of dress, as shown here.

u/OriginOfTheVoid — 4 hours ago
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[WP] you were a common knight doing the basic knightly things. Sure you know a handful of the most basic spells but mostly use them to infuse your weapons. Well that was until your tale started spreading and became over blown and now an archmage was sent to investigate you.

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u/JollyTeaching1446 — 8 hours ago
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Are elves who die after giving birth but are otherwise immortal a bad idea for this race?

I just had it idea. I think is interesting but I'm afraid if futurama Jones. Shoud I duscard it? Did it's oad if both parents die short after chid birth?

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u/EveningImportant9111 — 4 hours ago
Image 1 — Maps of my Fantasy World
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Image 3 — Maps of my Fantasy World

Maps of my Fantasy World

Hey everyone, I’ve posted here a few times before and shared some of my maps, so I wanted to drop a small collection of what I’ve been working on.

The first map is Caelvarin, the main continent where my story takes place. There are other continents in the world, but this is the central one.

The second is Highstrand and the Craglands. Highstrand is the capital region and the political heart of the continent, with the Craglands sitting just below it.

The third map is the Mourning Coast, a cold, mist-heavy region with a pretty harsh atmosphere.

All of these regions fall under Highstrand’s influence, and I’m currently working on breaking everything down further into regional maps like these. I’ll be posting more of them soon.

If you’re into worldbuilding or map making, feel free to ask questions. The world is pretty fleshed out at this point, and I’m always down to dive into the lore.

Also, if you’re interested:

  • I just dropped a YouTube video on the 7 stages of map making if you want tips or a breakdown of my process
  • I’ve got a Patreon where I share more worldbuilding content

Links are below. Appreciate any feedback 🙌

YouTube Channel
Youtube Video

Patreon

u/ThrobbieAnders — 4 hours ago

[WP] “If you’re repentant, then why do you run from the consequences?” “I can’t make things right from inside a jail cell, now can I?”

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u/YookCat — 1 hour ago
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[WP] "I've worshiped the God of Blood for centuries! Bled thousands dry in their name! So why is it that are you their favoured one?!" "I offered cranberry juice and strawberries instead of blood and entrails." "...What?" "The God of Blood already has plenty of blood. They appreciated the variety."

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u/SpookieSkelly — 9 hours ago
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[WP]Kidnapped as a child to fight in a war in another world, you found out today that all of that was a farce. The war itself is little more than a stage-play, evident by the magical bomb in your armor supposed to take you and your counterpart out in the final battle, except: you both survived.

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u/BareMinimumChef — 10 hours ago
Scenic view of a summertime rocket launch from Arborage (officially named Sojourner), the first resettlement of Mars and the Solar System as a whole

Scenic view of a summertime rocket launch from Arborage (officially named Sojourner), the first resettlement of Mars and the Solar System as a whole

ELEGY OF SOL | In the mid-26th century, humanity had colonized nearly the entire solar system, from the opulent polar cities of Mercury to the ice mining facilities around Pluto. Automated terraforming had already begun on Mars and Venus, and several colonies were founded around Barnard's Star and the Alpha Centauri trinary. Despite all that progress, the Earth was an ecological nightmare and the various powers-that-be were always at war. Some people could see the writing on the wall and wanted to get out as fast as possible.

Well! A massive generation ship enroute to start an Epsilon Eridani colonization effort suffered a catastrophic engine failure on the outermost fringes of the Oort Cloud. After weeks of searching and failed attempts at communicating with the solar system, they managed to find a large icy body to limp towards and "anchor" to. After months to years of failed repairs, collapsing societal order, and complete radio silence from the Solar System, the people switched operations to living on their makeshift space station and hoping to eventually build a working ship to return home.

Years turned to decades turned to centuries before they would ever make it back. A little over a millennium later, they would finally get a ship back to the Inner Solar System. They found a mass grave. Mercury was full of frozen corpses, Venus was an overgrown jungle, Earth was undergoing an ice age, Mars was covered in massive forests, and every single settlement beyond Mars was nothing but perfectly preserved, frozen carnage. Unbeknownst to the would-be colonists, following a total ecological collapse and several strategic attacks, humanity devolved into a panicked interplanetary war that ended society as they knew it.

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At the time of my setting, humanity has fully returned to the Solar System. In the nearly 300 years since, they've established resettlements on Venus and Mars, some small colonies in the Outer System, and are working on cleaning out the dead on Mercury and the Moon. Earth's orbit is being cleaned up, but they decided to leave it alone while it heals. >!They also discovered that some people survived (somehow) and are living in Iron Age (at best)-esque societies around the mostly ice-free equator and lower latitudes. !<Despite all the negativity of the past, they have learned their lessons and are living their best post-scarcity semi-utopian life, rediscovering long-lost history and culture.

This picture in particular is a postcard style image of a scenic view overlooking the first ever resettlement on Mars (and in the Solar System). It started as a crummy pen doodle, then was made entirely on paint dot net with a mouse and keyboard.

I'm currently working on Venus, with plans for Mercury and Earth afterwards.

(absolutely no AI was used at any point in this process)

u/icontranquilis — 23 minutes ago

[SP] "Why would you do such a thing?" "Oh, I don't know, maybe-" "You didn't have to retaliate!" "He killed me!" "And clearly, it didn't work. Get over yourself."

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u/KyriMoria822 — 1 hour ago
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[WP] "I'm so sorry ma'am but unfortunately I will have to turn down your quest." Said the adventurer "what why it's a D rank quest and your C rank you should be able to handle it." Said the woman "no offense ma'am but your S rank so a D rank mission for you is an A rank mission for me."

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u/JollyTeaching1446 — 8 hours ago
Anatolia and Middle East after the Seventh Crusade
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Anatolia and Middle East after the Seventh Crusade

Galatians are always dangered by their neighbours.They endured Romans and revolted against Byzantines,founding their country in 758.

Before 1254,Galatia stand as protector of Orthodoxy,having conquered ERE and defended Anatolia against muslims, bright future was ahead.But their fare reversed not by Muslims of east or Turks of north,but by Pope of Cathocalism.Founded by Crusaders with tremendous Galatian help,Crusader states unified under one state in 1186.

After Kristos the Second died on a hunting accident,civil war broke out between his Two sons:Eponi and Castor.After his defeat at Ancyra,Eponi took refugee in Kingdom of God.Soon Eponi invaded Galatia with Crusader army,promising them many rewards.1195 has seen Eponi crowned as King of Galatia.But his reign was shortlived as Crusaders,whom he refuses to gibe rewards,stormed İmperial Palace and killed him.Soon they devestated Anatolia and created their Order.

Pecheneg Khagnate,seeing their weakness,invaded Thrace and captures Costantinople after a blody siege and accepted Christianity shortly after.With the Varangian Order declearing independence they lost all of their possesions in Balkans.

u/Fit_Dinner6841 — 2 hours ago

[WP] You time travelled to the past and did an oopsie that resulted in a butterfly event. Thing is, you kinda like the new present. Here, the United Nations, of 195 member-states, became the United Empire, of 195 nation-vassals. And they actually do well in the service of humanity.

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u/IAmOEreset — 4 hours ago
Image 1 — Welcome to New Ceres🌱
Image 2 — Welcome to New Ceres🌱

Welcome to New Ceres🌱

After the death of the old gods the world was born anew. From the fallen gods bodies new life came and they rebuilt civilisation based on what was left behind
New Ceres is built surrounding the fallen Dragon Lord and reaps the benefits of a mana rich environment, causing the plant life to react and grow extremely well. Fortunately the locals don't seem to mind the extra greenery

Forcing myself to actually draw my world's environment and not JUST the characters, so here's a bit of both~
2nd pic is old but the first one's new and still a WIP

u/FlyingBroomMate — 2 hours ago
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Is it lazy world building to write "that and that event is shrouded in mystery" or "scholars speculate that..."?

So, I have numerous world building projects that I work on whenever I feel like it. That way, I always have a theme to choose whenever I'm eager to write sci Fi or fantasy etc.

I've noticed in my writings that I sometimes use explanations like that in the title; that there are events that are simply shrouded in mystery and no one really knows what happened precisely

On one hand, that's also how our history works. We all have to speculate about past events because obviously not everything was meticulously written down by a bystander.

On the other hand, this is my writing exercise and in World building, because most if not all of it is made up, idk if that means I've failed whenever I simply use explanations like those in the title

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u/ABCLor — 9 hours ago
Citizen-Worker (Civis Operarius) | Discordia Chronica CRPG
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Citizen-Worker (Civis Operarius) | Discordia Chronica CRPG

In the Dome Cities, your role is fixed. Your worth is measured.

Beware when your Flow is assessed as unworthy.

u/witfoxstudios — 1 day ago
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