Genres/Themes: Fantasy / High Fantasy, Beauty & the Beast-esque, Teratophillia / Exotic, Romance, MxF (preferably, can be MxM), Potential Non-Con
Plot: Once, there was a kingdom, crumbling from years of war and neglect from their gods who bickered and fought amongst each other. The newly anointed king, fearful for the well-being of his people, sought out along-forgotten god in hopes he could help the kingdom. The god, shunned by his peers, offered the king a power greater then any mortal had before: true magic. The king accepted, and agreed to the god's two rules: one, the king was not to teach anyone else his powers; it was his and his alone to use. And two, the god was to be their sole patron, to replace the gods that cast him aside who were too busy fighting with one another to tend to their masses.
They were easy enough rules to follow, and the kingdom thrived under their new king's rule and power. Crops flourished, the sick were healed, but this wasn't enough for the king. He couldn't help but to teach others how to create miracles of calling the rain, starting fires, mending the wounded, even if he promised the god that he would not. What sort of king would he be if he did not do what was best for his people, to offer them their best chances at living?
The god was angered, but he did not need to do much. People began to realize what this new power could do, and people wanted more. People sought the king's secrets and turned his magic to destruction, and soon the kingdom began to crumble. As the king watched his beloved kingdom burn around him, the god turned him into a monster as punishment for breaking his promise. The god then imprisoned the once-king inside a labyrinth made of the burned remains of all that he loved; a eternal reminder for what he'd done.
Since, the labyrinth has become a drawing point for wizards wishing to further their understanding of the magical arts, sending others in to delve the labyrinth if they aren't mad enough to look themselves.
Potential Directions:- The king is angry. Those who have lived around the labyrinth know there is only one solution: a sacrifice. A unsuspecting wizard on visit to the fabled maze is taken captive by the local town and offered up to Szaifudrus in hopes of quelling his anger. Their escape only lands them further into the maze, leaving a less angered monster as their only hopes of escape or respite.
- A curious individual, wizard or labyrinth delver, has been making it far enough into the labyrinth to catch glimpses of the fabled monster... meaning the fabled monster has been catching glimpses of them. This piques the old king's interest in someone skilled and smart enough to get that far.
Notes: I would be playing the monster,
Szaifudrus, and you would be free to figure out what sort of character you wanted to play. I'd prefer a female character, but male would work too!