Weakness + Need: Character has lost their memory, as a result, they feel in complete.
Desire: Character wants to regain their memory.
Opponent: a dictator who is in charge of a corrupt government.
Plan: Characters plan is to hopeful “jog” their memory by finding out more about his situation.
Battle: Character combats dictator’s forces who are attempting to capture him.
Self-revelation: Character finds out their memory was erased because they found out the dictators secret.
New equilibrium: Character regains their memories and puts an end to dictators reign.
:: StoryTitle
NMD 343 Personal Story
:: StoryData
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“format”: “Chapbook”,
“format-version”: “1.2.3”,
“start”: “Premise”,
“zoom”: 1
}
:: Abandoned Subway {“position”:”700,800″,”size”:”100,100″}
Character “lives” in this abandoned subway. He uses the underground network to travel, but its not ideal. He has a lair of sorts in one of the many rooms down in the depths. He still has to go above ground for food and supplies.
:: Antagonist {“position”:”900,600″,”size”:”200,200″}
The whole world has been taken over by a dictator known only as Antagonist. A joint decision was made by all past governments to give over their power to Antagonist. All nations believing that it was in humanity’s best interest to give over control to Antagonist. From that moment on, all of humanity’s actions are monitored.
[[Continue->Plot 1]]
:: Plot 1 {“position”:”1100,900″,”size”:”100,100″}
Protagonist finds out that not everyone is out to get him like he initially thought. After a close call with a patroling police force working for Antagonist, Protagonist is injured. Fortunately, a group of rebels saves him, revealing they share a common goal, they wish to be free from Antagonist’s control. The rebels go by the name [[“The Prowlers”->The Prowlers]]. They transport him to their hideout.
[[Continue->Plot 2]]
:: Plot 2 {“position”:”1100,1100″,”size”:”100,100″}
Protagonist becomes allies with The Prowlers. He becomes close with two members of the group, their names being Sasha and John. After Protagonist explains his predicament to them, They are both interesting and perplexed as to why Antagonist is so fixated on Protagonist. Sasha informs Protagonist that their group has branch for intelligence, perhaps they could begin to uncover what is going on.
[[Continue->Plot 3]]
:: Plot 3 {“position”:”1100,1300″,”size”:”100,100″}
Protagonist is brought to the intelligence branch. John explains that they’ve collected many communications devices from Police forces. This allowed those in the intelligence branch to reverse engineer and tap into the communications network used by Antagonist’s underlings. After a long discussion with the branch, its revealed to Protagonist that Antagonist has an secret plan, and that he requires Protagonist be brought in alive.
:: Plot Twist 1 {“position”:”400,300″,”size”:”200,200″}
Turns out, all of the worlds nations did not willing give over control to Placeholder. Placeholder is a being from another dimension, who is somehow able to manipulate or “brainwash” others.
*a possible additional twist is that they can only manipulate those who are from dimensions different from their own, and that the protagonist is actually from the same dimension as them, leading to the protagonist being unaffected by Placeholder.*
:: Premise {“position”:”900,300″,”size”:”200,200″}
[[Protagonist->Protagonist Backstory]] is on the run from a [[dystopian corrupt government->Antagonist]], who seeks to capture them for an unknown reason.
:: Protagonist Backstory {“position”:”700,600″,”size”:”100,100″}
Character is a 26 year old Male. He doesn’t remember much about his past, just that he’s being persued by a [[dystopian corrupt government->Antagonist]]. He “lives” in an [[abandoned subway->Abandoned Subway]] station. Character is trying to figure out who he is while trying to find a way to bring the corrupt government down.
:: The Prowlers {“position”:”900,900″,”size”:”100,100″}
The Prowlers are a group of rebels going against Antagonist. The founders of the rebel group remember what it was like before Antagonists tyranical rule.
:: Weakness + Need {“position”:”700,400″,”size”:”100,100″}
[[Protagonist->Protagonist Backstory]] has a weakness of a missing memory. He doesn’t remember anything about his past. He feels like a shell of his former self, and he is attempting to regain what he has lost. He also has a need to be free from persuit by [[Antagonist->Antagonist]]. He has an assumption that his missing memories and Antagonist are linked in some way.