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Du@dvincetic.bsky.social · 2w ago

🪐 OCEAN'S ECHO x MASS EFFECT x THE BLIGHTED STARS🪐 A human rebel, a half-human soldier sent to infiltrate her ranks, and a mind entanglement that leaves nowhere to hide. When the enemy becomes the only ally, loyalty becomes the deadliest weapon. 125k romantic science fantasy #QuestPit #Q #SFF

Stephanie Winter@wintersleep85.bsky.social · 2w ago

SAPPHIC DOWNTON ABBEY X GOT After a messy situationship with a royal, Alys wanted to stay away from his world until he ends up dead. Hired to find his killer, Alys finds herself navigating poisonous politics, dangerous magic, and a growing attraction to a princess. #Questpit #A #F #W

Two women ready to kiss. A daytime field. A red skirt. A house. A woman. A tree.
Sarah Dorko@sarahdorko.bsky.social · 2w ago

KNIGHT & MOTH x DREAMS LIE BENEATH Wolf steals his family’s prophetic dream magic to protect his illegitimate brother and himself from the new heir, but if he can’t uncover the magic’s secrets, it will kill him before he can save anyone. #QuestPit #W #YA #F

A black and white moodboard with highlights of red. The top right image shows a young man with long black hair messily tied back, leaning his chin on one hand. Below is an overhead shot of a spiraling wooden staircase. Below is the back of a young man with his hair messily tied back. In the middle above is a pair of hangers reaching down cast under red light with a black and white image of a pair of hands reaching up below it. In the top right, a girl blows smoke from her mouth, obscuring her face. Below is a vibrant photo of red poppies, slightly wrinkled. In the bottom corner, is a girl looking over her shoulder. She wears black, has a sleeve of tattooed, and long hair that obscures part of her face.
Stephanie Winter@wintersleep85.bsky.social · 2w ago

NAUSICAÄ X FF7 Just like heroes in the old tales, Hana knows the gods have given her magic to restore the dying world, and she can handle the quest! Even if her power is hurting her, demons are chasing her, and the previous chosen one thinks she was a mystical mistake. #Questpit #A #F #Q

A foggy street. Legs on rocky ground. A woman. A vintage woman. A man. A gas mask. A bird. A fence. Nature in sunlight.
Stephanie Winter@wintersleep85.bsky.social · 2w ago

NAUSICAÄ X FF7 Hana is sure she’s the chosen one, even if her magic is resisting her and the previous chosen one insists she isn’t. But if it isn’t her destiny, then no one can save the world from poisonous dark magic, endless wars, and powerful demons. #Questpit #A #F #Q

Dark forest. An agent's guide to The Blessing Returned. Adult fantasy. 98,000 words.Dark forest. Pitch. Idealistic Hana Hahl lives in a world that is slowly dying after a failed quest to bring back magic. The only ones left with power are self-serving royals and dark mages, while desperation has given rise to an anti-magic order. Caught up in a mystical event, Hana is blessed with an immense power that could restore nature to the world. As Hana struggles to control the overwhelming force, Lady Kalyn Nossi, the only known survivor of the disastrous quest, directs her to the one person who can help her. Matthias Azel, the failed chosen one, reluctantly agrees to teach Hana while concealing his past from her. Accompanied by Kalyn and a charismatic prince with a dangerous secret, they journey to seek answers about Hana’s destiny. They fend off demonic threats and the anti-magic forces as Hana struggles with magic that seems to resist her and a growing fear that the world isn’t meant to be saved.A dark forest. Snippet. She took a cautious step forward, unaware she was in a spectral form. Little drops of shimmering light followed her path, dissolving into the ground. “But this has to be a sign?” Grass grew where the light fell, delicate bits of nature that should be impossible. “Maybe it’s returning!” The young woman spoke with such bright reverence as if life was a fairy tale and magic was all they needed for a happy ending. It was as if she couldn’t see the shadows approaching her. The inevitable death. “Magic should never return.” After speaking those words, he sprang forward and shoved her away from the shadows. Pain rocked him as soon as he touched her. The scorching mystical agony tore a scream out of him, but it kept her away from the unearthly menace, and the shock did what he intended. Sent him back to his body.A dark forest. Comps. Nausicaä. One Dark Window. The Starless Crown. Godkiller. Final Fantasy VII Remake. Tropes. Chosen One (s)? Ecofantasy. Dieselpunk. Grumpy/Sunshine. 1930s vibes. Love triangle. LGBTQIA+ rep. Cynical mentor. Dying world. Found family.
Jules@julesanew.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE SHADOWS (WIP in 3rd Draft) #W #F #A #QuestPit A middle-aged shopkeeper & retired magical con artist takes one last job to save store & family. She could end the corrupt power of the Skyborn mages. She could end up losing herself, her magic & all she holds dear. Talk about a midlife crisis.

Moodboard for The Shadows WIP. Upper left: Illustration of a crowded, cramped city alley. Upper mid: Four black-clad people with face masks in a warehouse. Upper right: Shadowed cobblestone alley with someone at the mouth sweeping. Mid left. Two memes. "A niche character trope I like is the person who is nice, a good person and acts well-adjusted, then they do something where it's like oh you're secretly a little bit insane actually. Middle: A shadowed portrait of a woman with sparks coming out of her hands. Mid right: A meme: Original poster: "80% exhaustion 10% sarcasm %20 don't care" Reply poster: "that's 110 percent". OP: "20% of me doesn't care." RP: "should've seen that coming." Bottom left: Warmly lit storefront doorway on a cobblestone street. Bottom mid: Painting of fancy buildings on islands floating well above the ground. Bottom right: Cramped thrift store with shopkeeper.The Shadows: The Pitch The worst day of Ania’s life was when her beloved cousin Piren was dragged off to the floating towers of the Above to serve as a source to the Skyborn mages. The second worst day was when he was returned. Discarded. Drained of his magic and broken in spirit. Ania left behind her rebellious past to support her cousin as he once supported her. In a city where any display of magic makes you a target of the Skyborn, keeping your head down and your magic a secret, taking care of your friends, your family and your neighborhood is the only safe way to survive. But now, everything she’s built over twenty years of safe, carefully constructed life is falling apart. To recover what she’s lost, Ania takes on one last dangerous heist that strikes at the heart of the Skyborn’s power. She may end up losing herself. She may just bring the entire system crashing down.The Shadows: Comp Titles MA Carrick: Mask of Mirrors. Con artist MC out to save her family (and maybe the world). Shannon Chakraborty: Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi. I'm retired. Really. Okay, fine, one last job. Robert Jackson Bennett: Foundryside. Magical technology, a corrupt ruling class and problematic heists. Fonda Lee: Last Contract of Isako. I'm too old for this shit but no one else can do it.“Except you can help me without bringing the bluejackets and their hunters down on my head!” Ania yelled, throwing her arms in the air. “All I’m asking you for is money. You’re asking me to risk my life! My family’s life!” She glared at him, grinding out her words through clenched teeth. “You want me to dust off magic I haven’t used in twenty years! How is that fair?” She spat the last word. “It’s not fair!” Verasi spat back at her. “None of this is fair!” He flung a hand out. “Our people, our friends and family, our neighbors, are ripped from their homes in the middle of the night. They’re enslaved, ridden so hard they break. Maybe it takes a year. Maybe it takes five. Maybe it only takes a couple of months.” He continued in a harsh whisper. “We live in constant fear that it’ll be one of us. If not one of us, someone we know. Someone we love. Their propaganda machine is turning our own people against us. You know they’re not even testing people to see if they have any magical talent now? They’re just rounding people up at random and carting them off Above. None of them come home, not the same way they left.”
Mike Mizov@mikemizov.bsky.social · 2w ago

HE SAVED THE KINGDOM ONCE. MAYBE HE SHOULDN’T HAVE. Disgraced Grand Inquisitor Wynsten is hired to find a missing ambassador. Instead, he uncovers forbidden magic and a conspiracy rooted in the blood ritual that made him a legend and ruined his life. #QuestPit #Q #A #DF #MY

INQUISITOR FOR HIRE ADULT DARK FANTASY NOIR · 93,000 WORDS · MULTI-POV · STANDALONE Once Rysia’s feared Grand Inquisitor, Wynsten now catches adulterers to make rent. When he is hired to find a missing ambassador before an uneasy peace collapses, the case leads him through forbidden magic, vanished daughters, and a conspiracy tied to the royal blood ritual that made him a legend, ruined his life, and fused the empire’s worst secrets to his chest. A MISSING AMBASSADOR. A DISGRACED LEGEND. A KINGDOM ROTTING FROM WITHIN. OPENING LINES “The heretics had nowhere left to run. Wynsten had made sure of that. Months of blood and smoke had led him beneath the Sovereign’s castle, into the old mines carved through the bedrock. A stronghold under the heart of the kingdom. These apostates would face justice here or burn.” Twenty years before he became an investigator for hire, Wynsten stopped a ritual fueled by Rysia’s own royal blood. A FANTASY INVESTIGATION WITH TEETH THREE TOUCHSTONES. ONE DECAYING EMPIRE. The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan - Institutional rot and compromised justice The Tainted Cup - a secondary-world mystery engine Chinatown - slow-burn corruption and a poisoned victoryINSIDE THE CASE A dark-fantasy noir for readers who want the mystery and the damage. A post-conquest secondary world inspired by the Crusader states Fallen hero / disgraced legend Missing ambassador Forbidden magic Secrets beneath the city Corruption at the highest level Reluctant found family Power no one understands Morally gray choices