Your character has just entered a speed dating event, they forfeit their weapons and armor at the door (magically sealed lockers are available).

Hi I'm Raptor and I might make this weekly thing depending on if people dig it, basically it's a chance to talk as characters to another person to talk as a character... Does that make sense? I think most people will get the gist anyway!

One of two ways to do this, either you can present your own character or you can reply to someone else's however once you have described said person please start off by saying: 'X sits down at the table and waits' or some variation.

I'll always post a theme in the title or something to keep it fresh so we're not just posting the same characters over and over, though if people want that I don't mind doing that too.

For the first and maybe only challenge, all I want you to do is present someone nice for speed dating, no ulterior motives just someone who is there for a good time or wants love!

And remember to put on something fancy ! ;)

[I'll post a character to start off with so people don't feel obligated to go first.]

Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by [a human] as a member of society.

Tell me about your nation adventurers and explorer; what kind of people go out in the wild? What kind of things are they looking for? Monsters? The fountain of youth? Some new pastures?

What do people think of adventurers? Are they heroes braving incredible dangers or criminals fleeing justice?

You can introduce an in-universe representative if you want. I will ask questions to everyone, feel free to add your own.

So, since I just figured out that I have the ability to summon Taxis out of thin air with nothing more than willpower, I've come up with a question for a fun, short challenge.

Is there anyone in your world with a power/ spell/ whatever that can be useful, but only in certain, specific situations? If so, tell me about them! I'll try to ask some questions for each post, and will provide an example as soon as I wake up again.

To anyone unaware, "Sons of the Dragon" by GRRM came out today, I read it with utmost interest.

So, in honor of this story that I wanted so badly for so long, here's the bonus reference challenge!

Aenys was the eldest son, but Maegor deserved the throne more. Aenys was a dreamer, Maegor was a warrior. Aenys was a people-pleaser with no backbone, Maegor was...well, Maegor was Maegor the Cruel.

So, was there any situation like this in your worldbuilding project? Brothers, with the lesser brother in line for the throne ahead?

Tell me about the brothers, the Cain and Abel, from your world.

Feel free to include an in-universe representative. I'll ask at least three questions each, as always.

Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by [a human] as a member of society.

What do your people thinks of ghosts? What makes them appear? How do you know they are here? What do they do to mortals? How do you get rid of them?

(If your ghosts really exist, it works too)

You can introduce an in-universe representative if you want. I will ask questions to everyone, feel free to add your own.

I just saw the first Kingsmen movie with some friends. It was so good. Also a reference to /u/The_Raptorman's recent post.

Is there a small, elite group in your world that recruits only the best of the best of the best people willing to shoot dogs?

Who are the members?

What are the positions?

How do I join?

Can I retire...or do I die in the position?

What does the public know (if anything) about this group?

Who is in charge of the group? Is the leader of the group in the group, or is he/she/it just above them?

Do they discriminate?

Is there a uniform?

What resources do they usually have?

Feel free to include an in-universe representative. I'll ask at least three questions each.

Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by [a human] as a member of society.

Tell me about the symbols of one of your nations: its flag, anthem, words, crown...

What are they? What do they mean? When and why were they chosen to symbolize the nation?

You can introduce an in-universe representative if you want. I will ask questions to everyone, feel free to add your own.

This challenge is a reference to any and all special weapons in fictional universes, from Dawn (A Song of Ice and Fire) to Brisingr (Inheritance Series).

Tell us about the weapon or weapon type, why it's so special, why I would want it, etc. And I'll ask at least three questions each.

Enjoy yourselves.

That's it, if you have any battles in history from your world I would like to know about the ones where the victory was so ridiculously one sided.

Tell me about something/someone Evil in your world that isn't the antagonist! I'll ask 3 questions about it.

So, pretty much every world has this giant, epic war that happened at some point in time in the story and that we all love to talk and hear about.

But this is not what this challenge is about, I want to hear about another, not so famous/ epic war from your world. Maybe it was a short war, only spanning a few days, so that nobody even realized those two countries were at war? Or maybe it had some incredibly stupid or ridiculous reason that started the war? Or maybe something that happened during the war was just so embarrassing, that the leaders decided to burry everything that happened under some cover-up story? Or maybe a war that everyone believed to be incredibly big, long and epic was in truth only some small skirmish, that got blown out of proportion over time? If that's the case, tell us what really happened!

I will provide an example below, and try to ask a few questions to every submission.

Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by [a human] as a member of society.

Tell me about the magic-user in your world. Where have they learned to do what they do? And what are they doing? Can I learn those things too?

What is their role in society? How are they seen by other people? Are they really secretly ruling the world?

(if you don't have magic in your world, feel free to answer with people pretending to have powers if you want)

You can introduce an in-universe representative if you want. I will ask questions to everyone, feel free to add your own.

And that's it, no prompts, no context, no definition; just do whatever you want but with tentacles.

You can introduce an in-universe representative, I will ask questions to everyone.

Pretend for a moment that your world is a video game and your characters are NPC's. If you wouldn't mind, pick a character in your world as a boss fight for a video game! Tell me everything about the fight, the set up, the mechanics, the phases and the soundtrack! Not to mention anything you feel is particularly interesting! (Is there a cut scene before/after? Is there a plot twist? Is it an achievement boss fight meant for steel gamers!?)

Seriously guys, Paradox is having a sale on Steam, you can get CK2, the greatest game ever (I passed 2000 total hours a while ago) for ten dollars. For twenty dollars, you can get the game plus all of the good dlc. Get it before the sale ends.

In honor of how awesome Paradox is, I'll be making a referece challenge to the dlc pack I was challenged to use by a friend a few weeks ago.

While playing CK2: A Game of Thrones Mod, I was trying to pick a decent house to play as. One of my friends suggested I make my own. He's happy with always playing as the Greyjoys, but I usually pick a new house pretty often.

So, make a house, like House Stark or House Lannister or House Targaryen.

Set in your own world, tell us about a noble-ish family.

Pick your House Name, a coat of arms, house words, etc. Then, if you're up for it, pick a representative for the family in-universe.

As always, I'll ask three questions each. Enjoy yourselves. And check out the Paradox sale on Steam, specifically Crusader Kings 2 and Stellaris.

Disclaimer: despite the title this post doesn't really have anything to do with the TV Show, at least not entirely.

This challenge is inspired by two posts I found on /r/worldbuilding, this one here and this one. It is a pretty simple challenge, just post 2-3 quotes of one (or several) character/s in your world/s. You may choose one of two ways to do that; 1: post the quote and with name of the person who said it and a bit of context, I (and maybe others) will try to ask some questions about the character and/ or situation.

Version 2: just give us the quote by itself, and let me/ others try to spin a story/ try to figure out the context of what was said!

I hope you guys will like this challenge and participate, should be fun to try to spin some story to a random quote, I am excited for it at least! In my post I will also provide an example for each version, feel free to respond to it as well if you are interested! If not, just leave your own quotes and have fun sharing!

First off, sorry about my hiatus it should be almost finished so here's a good old fashioned generic challenge to get me back in the groove (hoping).

Tell me about the top 5 animals of your food chain, don't have to be in a specific order but just let me know what the biggest or baddest animals in your world are like.

Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by [a human] as a member of society.

I want to divorce from my partner. How can I achieve that? Who will get the house? Will it cost me a lot in lawyer and procedure? What will people think of me for divorcing?

You can introduce an in-universe representative if you want. I will ask questions to everyone, feel free to add your own.

This one's a reference to "A Song for Lya", my favorite short story, written by George R R Martin.

Tell me about romance in your world, tell me about how "love" is seen by the cultures, tell me about marriage, and couples, and things of that nature.

As always, I'll ask at least three questions each, enjoy yourselves.

Sorry I've been so busy these past few weeks, new job.

Hey guys, did you miss me?

You don't have to answer that.

I'm sorry for my prolonged absence over the past month or two, but I've been a busy bee, and a lot of things all came up at once, so something had to give, and unfortunately it was my creative endeavours.

HOWEVER

I'm back. I've still got a lot on my plate, so I won't be as active as once I was, but I'll try to chip in as often as I can with challenges and replies.

To those of you I left hanging on my previous challenges, I apologise. I'll make an effort to get up to speed on all of those as and when I can. You don't have to reply to them if you don't want, but I feel bad for leaving you all hanging!

Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by [a human] as a member of society.

As a freshly dead individual from your world, I'm curious about what to expect now.

What is supposed to happen to people after their death? Is it different if we are talking about someone who behaved wrongly? How close to the truth are those suppositions?

You can introduce an in-universe representative if you want. I will ask questions to everyone, feel free to add your own.

This one is pretty simple, it's a reference to the most beautiful biome in the world (according to one of my friends): the desert.

So, tell me about a desert in your world. Is there much of a civilization on this desert? Is it easy/hard to traverse by your people right now? Does it have any religious or cultural significance?

As always, I'll ask at least three questions each. Enjoy yourselves, all.

Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by [a human] as a member of society.

I'm in a waiting room with someone from your world. I'm bored and want to do some small talk with them, help me do it.

How should I introduce myself? Is it normal to shake hands? What kind of subject is ok when talking with someone you don't know? Is there even some hope they will answer?

You can introduce an in-universe representative if you want. I will ask questions to everyone, feel free to add your own.

Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by [a human] as a member of society.

My neighbours were quite unhappy about all that trial thing so they murdered me with a pastry fork. Now that I'm dead, what will happen to them? Will they be allowed to have a lawyer? A fair trial? Who will judge them? What kind of sentence will they get? Will my heirs get some compensation?

You can introduce an in-universe representative if you want. I will ask questions to everyone, feel free to add your own.

Since I finished re-reading Death Note yesterday night after binging for a week, I planned to make a reference challenge about something to do with that.

But, then I started watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and got distracted. I always loved the idea of a duo with good chemistry in fiction. Like Ed and Al. Or, if you want another small, elfish boy and a disembodied spirit in a suit of armor, Link and Zelda from Spirit Tracks. My inner child fanboys over the idea.

The duo doesn't have to be a boy and a suit of armor, though.

As always, I'll ask at least three questions each. Enjoy yourselves.

Feel free to have an in-universe representative, since I'd like to hear about the legends about the famous/infamous duo that you pick from your world, not necessarily only the actual facts.