Story Starters

Situation: Heroic action
Denizen Type: Petty dark being
Outcome Direction: Good harvest
Mundane Problem: School is becoming a problem
Theme Quote: ‘E meglio lasciare che mancare — Better leave than lack.’ Italian Proverb.

Situation: Accomplishment of the great work
Denizen Type: Successful business person
Outcome Direction: Maintain the status quo
Mundane Problem: You are concerned about the environment
Theme Quote: ‘No more dangerous snare is set by the fiends for human frailty than the belief that our enemies are also the enemies of God.’ Ruskin.

Situation: Liberation of passion
Denizen Type: Nun
Outcome Direction: Success with money
Mundane Problem: Not enough time in the day
Theme Quote: ‘Cervantes smiled Spain’s chivalry away.’ Byron.

Situation: Flux of human life
Denizen Type: Martyr
Outcome Direction: Retreat
Mundane Problem: You are becoming addicted
Theme Quote: ‘One cannot say that the rational is always beautiful; but the beautiful is always rational, or at least ought to be so.’ Goethe.

Situation: Find treasure
Denizen Type: Friend
Outcome Direction: Total loss through law
Mundane Problem: You need more exercise
Theme Quote: ‘We may seek God by our intellect (Verstand), but we can find him only with the heart.’ Cötvös.

Situation: Imprisonment
Denizen Type: Administrator
Outcome Direction: Good harvest
Mundane Problem: You drank too much
Theme Quote: ‘Dictum factum — No sooner said than done.’ Tertullian

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Situation: Quick action
Denizen Type: Victorious hero
Outcome Direction: Bright prospects
Mundane Problem: Your mother is babying you again
Theme Quote: ‘A fool may sometimes have talent, but he never has judgment.’ La Roche.

Situation: Pleasant voyage
Denizen Type: Holy person
Outcome Direction: Loss of confidence
Mundane Problem: You cannot empathize with your team
Theme Quote: ‘Evil events from evil causes spring.’ Aristophanes.

Situation: Get bad news
Denizen Type: Troubles follow them
Outcome Direction: All is revealed
Mundane Problem: Wasting time
Theme Quote: ‘Qua vincit victos protegit ille manu — With the same hand with which he conquers he protects the conquered.’ Ovid.