Gender Neutral Prompts - A
Sometime in the past, you and a sibling were abandoned by a parent or both parents and captured by a witch. You eventually escaped the witch. Now you find yourself at Märchen Castle...
You were once a ghost that haunted Märchen Castle, but a spell has given you new life. How long will the spell last? Is there a way to make it permanant? Why were you a ghost?
You were once one of the invisible servants, tirelessly and thanklessly serving those guests who came to stay at Märchen Castle. Now Lord Märchen has made you human, free to live your life. Will life be sweet or bitter?
Your mother was the most beautiful queen known to live, but remained childless for a very long time. She asked for a child that had hair as black as coal, skin as white as snow, and lips red as blood. When you were born, you were named after your features with her last breath. Your stepmother became very jealous of you, being a very vain and beautiful woman. You have been chased out of your kingdom and come to Märchen Castle, hoping for...
Within a year of your mother's death, your father the king had remarried to a queen of a neighboring country. Your father died before you reached puberty, so there was no one to protest as your stepmother joined the two kingdoms and declared you a bastard, unable to inherit the throne. Now you find yourself at Märchen Castle...
You were a sorcerer/sorceress with quite powerful skills. Some accused you of evil (fairly or unfairly) and a fairy placed a powerful block on your powers. Until you convince 50 people to write in a silver book, convinced you won't abuse your powers again, you are doomed to have none at all... [Please note that you may get no more than 10 signatures from a single player. And invisible servants and shop assistants don't count.]
Deciding you were not cut out for the life of a farmer or farmer's wife (and your parents were wise enough to let you leave), once you were old enough, you set out to find your fortune in the world. Your parents brought you up properly to be respectful of those older than you, so though you didn't have much, when you met an old lady in the woods, you shared your meal with her. She was a fairy in disguise and granted you either the ability to speak to animals or an invisbility cloak. Then she advised you to go to Märchen Castle...
When you were a small child you fell through a rabbit hole into a world of magic and beautiful maidens and handsome princes. You remember a king made of gold and a queen made of snow as well as perhaps another few things like talking animals or playing with pixies and gnomes. You eventually returned home because the golden king insisted, but you hadn't been gone for more than a few hours, so everyone thought you dreamed it or were lying. Now you're an adult and you went looking for that rabbit hole again and once again fell into the world you remembered from a child. Only now you know that the "snow queen" was just Lady Reine and the king wasn't made of gold but was an aloof fairy lord called Lord Märchen...
You were born to a prince and princess, but at the age of seven, they gave you to a giant, dwarf, or witch to raise because of a deal they made when they were young and couldn't find a way around in time to keep you at home. Your master or mistress was not brutal to you, but was not kind either and had you work to earn your way. Your master or mistress had children of their own (probably three), one of which was always kind to you and helped you complete your tasks. Whether because you fell in love with the kind one or they fell in love with you or you simply did not complete a task to your master or mistress's satisfaction, the kind one gave you a pack and told you to leave in the night before their parent killed you during it. You now find yourself in Märchenland...
Because of your kindness or cleverness, a fairy godmother, witch, or wise old man gave you a magic bearskin. When you wrap it around you, you turn into a bear that can't be killed by normal weapons (though you can be injured by them) and can talk and do other things just as well as a human. You can remove the bearskin at will, though if you're seen removing our putting the skin on, you won't be able to switch forms for several days. In your travels, you happened to find your way to Märchenland...
You weren't very old when you realized the fisherman who raised you wasn't your real father. He was a very kind man, but his sons who were older than you teased you mercilessly about not having real parents. Not having anyone else to play with, you fed the birds and the kindness prompted them to teach you their language. Once you were old enough to seek your fortune, the birds advised you to find the Bird of Truth, who could tell you who your real parents were. They suggested you look first in Märchenland, though they admitted they had no further information after that. If you ask Lord Märchen, all he will say is that if you manage to find the bird, the bird may ask you to perform certain tasks first...
Everything started out to be all right. You were young and able and had gone out to seek your fortune. You met a wise old man or a fairy godmother and were kind to them and they told you to go east and you would find your fortune. Instead, you found a witch with a love of birds and she bade you find the water of many colors and bring back a jug of it for her. Expecting a reward, you brought it to her but were instead turned into a bird of some type. Eventually a hero or heroine got enough advice to solve the little riddle of the witch's request properly and free you and everyone else who had been transformed by the water of many colors. The experience left you with some mark of its passing. Perhaps you still have feathers or can speak to birds or have an eagle's eyes. But the experience has left you not quite normal and with the feeling of things left undone. The hero or heroine suggested you visit Märchenland, since that is where they got help in their own quest...
It was a simple mistake. Just a moment of inattention to detail while on a Quest that landed you in the Glass Valley. Though you tried and tried, you could not climb it and eventually you were told by the people in the Valley that the only way out was to buy iron boots from the blacksmith. The boots cost dearly and no one was willing to give or loan you their own, though they felt badly for your plight and helped you with food and shelter. The blacksmith finally relented and said that if you trained with him for seven years, he would make you a set of iron boots for your assistance. You did and he did and you climbed out of the Glass Valley with the set of iron boots. They were heavy and they could make your feet bleed if you wore them too long, but you could climb anything with them. Anything at all. When you came out of the Glass Valley you found yourself in Märchenland...
Gender Neutral Prompts - B