✧ General Information ✧
"The Six Realms of API Fantasy" is inclusive to characters of all backgrounds. We welcome LGBTQ+, neurodiverse, disabled, and intersectional characters. Entries for the following prompts may be submitted in the following languages: English, Spanish, Korean, and Thai.
Please note it's not required for you to connect the stories of each level together. You can choose to write nine separate short stories. The story provided for each level can be considered as backstory for your entry(s) and is not mandatory to incorporate. However, your entry must relate to your chosen prompt in some way.
Everyone will begin with 1,000 years of cultivation. If you need to buy items to cure any ailments you encounter during either Checkpoint, you must do so before they close to avoid incurring additional penalties.
✧ Level 1: Birth ✧
Explore the Wonder of Chinese Mythology
After years of your parents cultivating your strength, you have finally been born as an immortal-in-training. In the farthest corners of the Heavenly Realm, you are a simple sprite training to ascend to the next level. Fate decides to test you to determine what path you will take once you achieve divinity. Who is this new opponent and how will you pass the test?Choice A: One of China's Four Auspicious Beasts (Choose one only: the Vermilion Bird of Fire, the Black Tortoise of Water, the White Tiger of Earth, or Azure Dragon of Wind).
Choice B: One of China's Four Fiends (Choose one only: Hundun of Chaos, Taotie of Gluttony, Táowù of Ignorance, or Qíongqí of Deviousness).
Choice C: One of the Four Dragon Kings (Choose one only: Ao Guang of the East China Sea, Ao Qin of South China Sea, Ao Shun of the North China Sea, or Ao Run of Lake Qinghai).
WORD COUNT LIMIT: 1,500 words
✧ Level 2: Destiny ✧
Explore the Wonder of Pakistani Mythology
Your destiny awaits you. Every immortal needs a seer to better prepare them for their fate. You prepare your supplies to journey to an unfamiliar land in the mountains of the Heavenly Realm. Where do your adventures take you next?Choice A: The land of the Peri (fairies).
Choice B: The mountains of the Chitrali Dragons.
Choice C: A cooking deity's kitchen where you must cook a five-star, three-course meal to a group of high immortals to prove you are ready to learn from them.
WORD COUNT LIMIT: 1,500 words
Restriction: Uh-oh! Your spiritual root has been critically injured. To stabilize your immortal energy, you'll need the lingzhi mushroom. Please visit the Medicine King's Chamber on @APIFantasy and purchase one! If you don't address your symptoms, you will lose 250 years of cultivation for every level of the Heavenly Realm you enter. This condition does stack, so if you encounter this again later, you can lose up to 500 years of cultivation for every Level it persists.
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The Six Realms of API Fantasy | 2024
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