Story Starters

Situation: Project gone wrong
Denizen Type: Comedian
Outcome Direction: Ends in disgrace
Mundane Problem: Keeping bad people in our lives
Theme Quote: ‘Die Liebe ist der Liebe Preis — Love is the price of love.’ Schiller.

Situation: Near your destination
Denizen Type: Vampire
Outcome Direction: Ends with losses
Mundane Problem: Playing video games too late into the night
Theme Quote: ‘Ex æquo — By right.’

Situation: Forge a strong bond
Denizen Type: Merchant
Outcome Direction: Amazing idea gets you out of trouble
Mundane Problem: Wasting your time
Theme Quote: ‘Actum ne aga s— What has been done don’t do over again.’ Cicero

Situation: Gather information
Denizen Type: Architect
Outcome Direction: Benefits for your friends and allies
Mundane Problem: Searching for your soul mate
Theme Quote: ‘Einer kann reden und Sieben können singen — One can speak and seven can sing.’ German Proverb

Situation: Accomplish the impossible
Denizen Type: Spy
Outcome Direction: Total loss through lawsuit
Mundane Problem: Your local grocery store closes
Theme Quote: ‘Formulas are the very skin and muscular tissue of a man’s life.’ Carlyle.

Situation: Celebration
Denizen Type: Postman
Outcome Direction: Requires extraordinary effort
Mundane Problem: Life off the untrodden ways feels dull
Theme Quote: ‘Astronomy teaches us the stars.’

Situation: Cross a religious figure
Denizen Type: Survivor
Outcome Direction: Turns to your benefit
Mundane Problem: Bad role models
Theme Quote: ‘Falsehood is the devil’s daughter, and speaks her father’s tongue.’ Danish Proverb

Situation: Date night
Denizen Type: Snowbound warrior
Outcome Direction: Loss due to disorganization
Mundane Problem: Spent too much time on social media
Theme Quote: ‘Gens de lois — Lawyers.’ French

Situation: Sickness
Denizen Type: Messanger
Outcome Direction: Loss of bonds
Mundane Problem: Being unaware you are closed minded
Theme Quote: ‘The descent to hell is easy; night and day the gate of gloomy Dis stands open.’ Virgil

Situation: Hurt
Denizen Type: Intern
Outcome Direction: Fails due to pettiness
Mundane Problem: Hooked up with the wrong person
Theme Quote: ‘Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators.’ A. B. Alcott.