Spirit's Danger Lore

The winds of fate have carried your character across treacherous paths. Inevitably, they've encountered a situation that tested their courage and resourcefulness. Now, delve into the heart of that experience and explore how your character reacted. Describe the dangerous situation your character faced. Was it a ferocious beast, a treacherous environment, a tense political standoff, or something else entirely? Now, a critical decision point emerges. How does your character approach the danger?

Path A: The Warrior's Charge:

• Your character meets the threat head-on, relying on their strength, combat prowess, and unwavering determination to overcome the challenge.
• Prompt: Describe how your character charges into the fray. What tactics do they employ? Do they fight with raw power, strategic finesse, or a combination of both? Explore the emotions driving their direct confrontation, such as bravery, recklessness, or a desire to protect others.

Rewards: By completing this prompt, you'll adjust your faction reputation. Secondarily, you can also choose a skill between three:
Blind Panic: Let emotions push your limits! Earn the Adrenaline Rush skill, which boosts your health by 50 points for the first 3 turns of battle.
Temporary Comeback: Push beyond your limits! Earn the Second Wind skill, granting a temporary burst of speed and stamina when you're falling behind in races, allowing you to catch up and even make a last-minute comeback.
Death's Embrace: Harness the power of the void! Earn the Spectral Touch skill, allowing you to replenish your own vitality when hitting an enemy.

Path B: The Cunning Mind:

• Your character seeks a more subtle approach, relying on their wit, stealth, or strategic thinking to navigate around or outmaneuver the danger.
• Prompt: Describe how your character uses their intellect to overcome the challenge. Do they devise a clever plan? Outsmart their opponent through deceit? Or utilize their knowledge of the environment to gain an advantage? Explore the emotions driving their strategic approach, such as caution, resourcefulness, or a desire to avoid unnecessary conflict.

Rewards: By completing this prompt, you'll adjust your faction reputation. Secondarily, you can also choose a skill between three:
Eye for the Fallen: Spot impending doom! Earn the Vulnerability Sense skill, allowing you to identify weaknesses or vulnerabilities in others.
Lessons of Loss: Turn tragedy into wisdom! Earn the Learned Caution skill, granting you a bonus to rolls related to survival, risk assessment, and avoiding dangerous situations.
Whispers of Fate: Sense the brush of mortality! Earn the Premonition skill, granting you fleeting premonitions of danger in the next floor of a dungeon.

Rules: The art/lit must be true to lore for all characters in the piece, including background characters. True to lore means not only keeping them in character, but keeping accurate to the world and species in the world. Spinoffs and AUs are not allowed to be submitted here. There is no limit to the number of characters submitted per piece or pieces submitted for lore per week.

Requirements: Art submissions must include a intermediate background, and either be in color (Shading not required) or shaded monochrome. Art must be accompanied by at least 200 word literature and all characters must be over 50%. Literature only must be at least 1000 words, and all literatures must show enough detail in the writing about the scene.