All Prompts

Minimum requirements:

• Sketch with background or 300 words showing your character in their favorite place 

Description:

Does your character have a special place they retreat to relax, unwind, or indulge? Maybe it's just a corner of their bedroom, or little clearing they like to stop by when taking a walk. It could be a quiet cafe with delicious cookies, or a shadowy corner of a seedy saloon. Where ever this special place is, please depict it in words or art.

This prompt is all about your character's favorite or "signature" accessory, something they wear at all times that has a very special importance to them. Please depict your character wearing this item, receiving it, or using it in some way.

Minimum requirements: A half-body sketch of your character and their special accessory.

This one is straightforward - draw your character's favorite food! 

Minimum requirements:

• A colored & lined picture of the food
• 250 words describing the food

Depict your character's dream location, whatever or wherever that may be.

Minimum requirements:

• A colored sketch of the location
• 300 words describing the location

What unique trait, habit or behavior does your character possess? Do they always answer questions.. with a question? Maybe they always meow between sentences, or tap a pendant for good luck. Maybe they just can't go to sleep without a certain blanket or they can only cast magic by yelling. Show us what makes your character stand out among the crowd!

• Minimum requirements:
  • A full-body sketch showing this habit, may have speech bubbles  or multiple panels if needed
  • Or 300 words describing their quirk

Minimum requirements:

• Full-body colored sketch or
• 400 words

Show us the book cover or your character's favorite book. It doesn't have to be a real book at all, and could be a book you have created the idea for that you know your character would enjoy. It could be a fairytale or folk-story, perhaps even a book of poems or historical text. Maybe they love an old almanac - because it reminds them of hot afternoons tending the farm with an older relative. In this prompt, you may choose to design the book cover and title of this book, or you could describe the story briefly in a written submission.

Minimum requirements:

• A colored book cover showing the title of the book or
• 400 words describing a little about the book and its story

Draw your character doing their hidden talent or using it in some way. 

Minimum requirements:

• Full-body sketch (with simple background if needed to show skill)  or
• 400 words describing this special talent and some background if desired

What item does your character value the most? It could be a tattered old scrap of blanket, or a pricessless artifact, show off an item that your character loves above all others.

Minimum requirements:

• A colored sketch showing your character with the item or
• 300 words describing the item and/or it's importance

Up to 3 characters may be depicted studying a magic proficiency together. This can be any form of magical practice or study - reading books, casting spells, watching a friend, sparring, playing pranks - if your character is using or interacting with magic in some way, it works!

• Minimum requirements:
  • Artwork - At least 1 character pictured using or interacting with magic in some way
  • Literature - At least 250 words about one character using or interacting with magic in some way

The experience and proficiency rewarded will be based upon the usual criteria for artwork and literature. This prompt also includes a flat bonus of 25 character experience and 75 proficiency.

Adventure is a very open ended -prompt where your character may explore the world of Ember or any of the three moons. It is available to novices and seasoned adventurers alike, and is a great way to learn while gaining useful supplies. For this prompt, your character may be sent on an errand, or be compelled to explore a nearby forest or distant land. It's up to you to set the scene!

Minimu Requirements:

• Flat, Full-color artwork with simple background or
• 750 words describing the event

Your character's adventure may be continued  over multiple prompts for a small bonus (10% exp & stat bonus). Be sure to indicate in the comments that it is a continuation and provide a link to the previous entry.

This prompt lets you obtain some breeding items, in the form of a breeding item selector box. This box lets you choose any breeding item or boost. For this activity, please depict your character doing something related to breeding, offspring, etc., for example:

• Preparing a nest, den, or nursery type area
• Playing with young creatures
• Gathering materials
• Spending time with mate/partner/etc
• These are just ideas, this prompt is very open ended and you may choose to interpret it however you are comfortable.

Minimum requirements:

• Up to 3 characters may receive breeding rewards per artwork, characters over this limit will still receive EXP
• A colored lineart of your character with a simple background
• 400 written words

This prompt is for characters seeking riches! Simply depict your character looking for or finding treasure. Also has a small chance of dropping a few brilliants.

Minimum requirements: A sketch or 300 words.

Egg Hunting is a popular past time on Ember, and is the practice where individuals go trekking through the wilderness looking for eggs and young animals to befriend and domesticate. This activity is gauranteed to award you with a pet, with different chances depending on the area you choose to explore, and has a chance for splice items (changes pet variant) and species MYOs.

Minimum requirements: Any literature of 250 words or more, or any artwork with a simple background depicting your character hunting for treasure

No further details.