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Isolation Prompts (1/?)

Fantasy prompts found online by me 

Rules: make an in-line comment of what you are doing so I can stay tune to that and write at least 1k words. If you are having trouble with 1k feel free to message me for info on how to get your word count higher.

Write about a character who finds an odd-looking egg in the forest. When they take it home, they never could have predicted what was inside it.
Write a book about a character who has always had the ability to change how they looked, and so they hid their true appearance behind attractive façades. Now, their abilities aren't working, exposing what they truly look like.
Write a story about once peaceful water dwellers who have suddenly declared war on a settlement that was its only true ally. Your character has no idea why and is thrust into the war against their will.
Write about how magic is the norm. Some excel at it, some are only okay, and others are against it completely, despite being able to use it. Your main character is the latter.
Write a story about how time has always been a constant in a world where reality can be warped and stretched. Then your character, through research and hard work, discovers you can even alter time.
Write about a character who researches untouched societies as a living. While deep in the jungle on an assignment, they accidentally allow themselves to be seen by someone from the society, a big no-no. What that person is capable of is beyond the world your character knew existed.
Write about a character whose world is dying. The actual earth is sick and killing all the plants and probably life as they know it.
Write a story about one of your characters who has magic. The other wants nothing more than to have magic. How far is that one person willing to go to make that magic theirs?
Your character and their brother have always been best friends. They know practically everything about each other. Until they catch him do something they never thought possible.
Write a book about an ancient society where your character hears a voice within their own mind. Shunned by their village, they spend their life as a near-slave, waiting on others, doing the hardest work, and granted little freedom. Well, they did, anyway, until they uncovered who the voice belonged to.
Your character boards a ship to sail across to a newly discovered land. What they find when they get there are undiscovered species – both animal and humanoid.
Non-magic people are outlawed. Your character has no magic and their older sibling has been ensuring nobody knows since your character was born. One missed moment might ruin everything.
Write about a character who needs a miracle, and they meet one too! Who knew miracles were actually beings and not just something that happens? Your character makes a bad first impression when their miracle shows up to help them out.
Write a story about how all types of magic exists in your character's world. While drinking liquid happiness (magic drink) from a local tavern, they're hit with a vision that overpowered every drop of happiness consumed. They've never had visions before, either.
Your character has always believed magic exists. They just didn't know how close it really was.
Write a book about how after an accident that killed your character's father, they uncover secrets they can't even understand. Then their father's friend shows up out of nowhere and explains all of it.
Write about how your character teaches children magic. When one kid proves to be way more than expected, they have to help them understand exactly what they can do – and stop them from doing something that could be dangerous.
Write a story about your character and while awaiting test results in the hospital, they encounter an...odd person who teaches them about a world beyond their own – and better than their own.
Write about a character who embarks on a quest to locate a special type of rock that lights fires almost instantly – something their settlement needs. What they didn't expect to find, however, was a mermaid-like species living in the cave that houses most of that rock.
Write a fantasy story about a character who wakes up every day feeling the same thing: that something in their life is just...missing. When they realize their frequent nightmares are actually memories, it all becomes clear.
Emotions can be controlled. Thoughts can be stolen. In the world your character lives in, holding on to your own sanity is the difference between destruction and thriving. They must learn to push out anyone who tries to alter their perception of reality.
Write about your character, who gets caught in the middle of an ancient feud between two families as a result of one of their failures. In order to make things right, they have to dive head first into a world they'd rather not know even existed.
Your character is short on food, shelter, and even patience. When they (literally) run into someone from their past, their reality starts to make sense. If only that person could undo what's been done to them.
Magic is the currency. Your character is a rare breed who was born without it. When they find themselves in a dangerous challenge to prove their worth to the settlement, magic would've come in handy.
Write a book about a character who can teleport – but only to places they've been before. Their dream? To backpack across each of your world's countries in order to acquire the most locations. The only thing stopping them is a past that's sprinting to catch up to them.
Your character's country is the best...until a new ruler steals the throne by force...of magic. The most shocking part? Nobody from that country knows magic exists...and everybody with magic didn't know those without it exist.
Write about a character who wants to do everything on their "bucket list." But when they're kidnapped and shipped off to the unknown, there's only one thing left on their list: survive. It just so happens the place they end up stuck is one of dreams.
Your character hears a language they've never heard uttered before that day...yet they understood every single word. Turns out, they're not really from where they think.
Your character is a compulsive liar, unable to stop themselves from spinning tales that make them the envy of everyone around them. Then they wake up one day to discover that their lies have all come true...
Write about a character who goes looking for magic out of curiosity. They find more than magic in their family history.