Sirène's Request Thread.

Plots

Disclaimer: Nearly all the plots are from the perspective of my character and are just a premise and an outline. If you’re interested in any of these including the ones with a sort of pre-determined character, we can change or add what’s needed to make it work.

 

1.)

She wanted to be away, from their darkness masked by false kindness and generosity. There was only one voice within the Kingdom of Dwirnod, the king. Above all else, his word was law. The majority were entranced by his ideals, his empty promises, and hopes for a brighter future. But in reality, his dominion over his so-called birthright and all other neighboring lands could be considered as a form of suppression and nothing more. Not everyone has fallen under his allure. Unbeknownst to his supporters, in his campaign to unify the entire continent under his rule, some of the lands that were once outside of the scope of the kingdom have fallen to ruin.

Their inhabitants are given only one option, submit. Some of the survivors took to the seas while others went into hiding, forced to watch as their homes succumbed to tyranny. A young woman of wealth has never known the aftermath of war, only that the life she has been given is in due part to the king’s graciousness yet deep down she knows something is terribly wrong. That on the comfort she has been afforded, others have suffered. Unfortunately for her, she has once again caught the eye of the king’s eldest son, every bit the calculated man his father is. She knows of this personally from an unwanted encounter with the prince prior. This time around, he aims to make her his bride. A privilege, according to her status-obsessed family, but she knows better. That if this marriage were to be, she would have no freedom of her own.

The prince is not someone many say no to, not when his veiled threats can so easily come true. Why should she continue to pretend he or his family are the upstanding individuals the population portrays them to be? Backed into a corner, she makes the decision to flee the capital in the dead of the night, hoping to maintain her sanity and her body. Elsewhere, survivors of the destruction brought on by the king, have risen up against him. They are fueled by their desire for revenge and are led by a leader who has a personal interest in wanting to see the royal family destroyed completely. The path of the woman leads her on a collision course with the enemies of the throne setting in motion a dangerous chain of events of which the way forward is uncertain.

 

 

2.)

You never know what you would do in that kind of situation until it happens to you. A woman has just witnessed a brutal murder by members of an organized crime syndicate. By some miracle, she is able to live. Now telling the tale is something she’s not really interested in doing especially when it becomes apparent the ones responsible are not willing to take a chance that she won’t spill her guts.

The powers that be of the law on the other hand, want her to testify against the perpetrators that opens up a whole new set of problems. They’re concerned about her safety, sure, just not so much as they are with the case. They are not exactly giving the impression they care all that much about her feelings, on whether she agrees or not. One thing was clear. She had to live long enough to get this over with. Whatever happened after could be thought about when she was safe. If, she would ever be.

Escorted by marshals to what was supposed to be a secret location until the trial, En route, however, the convoy is attacked because someone on the team got a little greedy, willing to give up her life for a buck. She once again manages to escape and is separated from the rest of the group, their fates unknown by this point, and she’s unsure if any of them were even trustworthy to begin with. Seeking refuge in the nearby wilderness, it seemed like a good idea at the time but her navigation skills weren’t exactly the greatest. Further in, she comes across a cabin to hide out in though she soon realizes she is far from alone.

 

 

3.)

They had to rely on each other once more if they did not want to see the kingdom fall to ruin. Cocky, maybe a little. Loyal to his king and country, without a doubt. He is not exactly a follower of the code of a traditional knight. Still, he is one regardless of how he is viewed by others. With the sovereign, he is very much trusted. The knight is a man having seen many battles and the scars of them carry with him no matter how much he pretends otherwise.

Then there is the princess, sole heir of the king. She is smart, resourceful, yet kept away from the horrors of battle by her father for obvious reasons. The truth of the matter is not lost on her. That there is a fragile alliance between all of the kingdoms which threatens to break at any moment and with it would come war. Both the knight and princess find themselves worlds apart these days. The latter holding a certain disdain for the knight’s public antics and him not caring about the opinion of a ‘pampered brat’ but at one time seemingly long ago, they had meant something to each other in secret. When they were alone, away from duty, obligation, and prying eyes, they were free to be themselves. To be lovers not defined by their set roles.

Now, they could not have been further apart. Yet when the king is viciously slain at the summit, the princess has little choice but to take throne or risk seeing everything her father had built fall to ruin. There is enough blame to go around. Despite this, the two of them must navigate this new normal learning to truly depend on each other. She will need the knight to help fight their enemies from all sides to maintain her crown while he seeks to find forgiveness and vows to protect his queen at costs.

 

 

 

4.)

Remember me? Of course you do, you stole my stuff after all. Whoever he was, it was not the business of anyone. He had served his time, whatever that meant and now all he wanted to do was live his life free of the shackles of worthless rulers and their meaningless words. In a town far away from his home, the man finds himself drawn to the tavern where a few things could happen. A nearly endless supply of ale, depending on his funds, good conversation, and a warm body to lay next to the following morning. He seemed to hit the trifecta. She, with hair a fiery red, has spent her time going from place to place but not for reasons one might assume. Since the traveling man has occupied the tavern, her eyes have been on him solely and after a few drinks, a no strings attached connection is established. They share much more than just a room together.

The following morning, she is gone. Unfortunately for the man, he has been completely robbed of his traveling money, including a valuable keepsake. The woman, a seasoned thief, decides to move onto the next town, maybe pay some of her debts or not. Hot on her trail are others who have come across her and the man, all wanting what she has taken from them but it’s just a matter of who will reach her first and what kind of trouble will be sure to follow.

 

 

5.)

Nothing ever really stays in the past…The last thing she would ever need is to be rescued. Well maybe from boredom of the Podunk town where the only excitement, at least to her, came in the form of the customers she served as innkeeper. At times they came a few, others in droves. All of them with their different stories of the road loosened from their lips by the alcohol she gave them and her ability to listen to their problems, and for a few extra coins, if they were charming, something extra on the side. This allowed her a momentary reprieve. To be connected, no, important to someone else even if it was fleeting. It was during those times she forgot that underneath her façade of an ordinary worker. She once was a newcomer to town with nothing to her name. Only a hint of a past that has her wanted for the murder. This was years ago. Presently, her life was somewhat respectable. But one can only run from their demons for so long until they came back to collect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by Sirène