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- If you do not respond within 3 days of delivery, the work is accepted automatically.
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Example result
Lore document: a cozy fantasy farming game
Setting
Hollowmere is a valley lake that breathes. Each spring the Thaw raises the water and drowns the low fields; each autumn the Ebb pulls it back and uncovers old ruins, shells and seeds. Villagers farm on terraces and floating rafts, and the year is planned around the lake rather than the sun.
History in brief: two hundred years ago the valley was dry, ruled by the city of Merrow. The city dammed the river to grow rich, the dam cracked, and the lake swallowed Merrow in one night. Survivors built the village of Hollow on the hills above. Nobody has dived to the old city in living memory — until now.
Factions
| Faction | Wants | Fears | Player's role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Terrace Guild | Stable harvests and keeping the old ways | Change; outsiders "stirring the lake" | Main source of farming quests and tools |
| The Raft Folk | Freedom to move with the water; trade with the city downriver | Being pushed off the good shores | Sell rare goods, unlock boat upgrades |
| The Keepers of Merrow | To raise the sunken city's relics and learn why the dam failed | That the truth will blame their own ancestors | Lead the diving storyline |
Key characters
- Ada Fenwick, Guild elder — kind but stubborn; lost her brother to a Thaw flood. Motive: protect the village at any cost.
- Juno Reed, Raft Folk trader — cheerful, always a deal ready; secretly sends money to family downriver. Motive: buy her own boat.
- Brother Cal, Keeper — quiet scholar who found a Merrow diary. Motive: prove the flood was not an accident.
Quest outline: "What the Ebb Gave Back"
- Autumn, week 1: the Ebb uncovers a stone door near your farm. Ada wants it reburied.
- Week 2: Juno offers to trade a diving bell part for 20 lake lilies.
- Week 3: Cal decodes a symbol on the door: the mark of Merrow's dam engineers.
- Choice: open the door now (Cal's way) or wait for Guild approval (Ada's way). Each path changes who helps you in winter.
- Reward: first dive unlocked; a new crop, drowned barley, that grows only underwater.
Lore rules (to keep it consistent)
- The lake never rises outside the Thaw; any "sudden flood" in a story must have a cause
- No magic spells; wonder comes from nature and old engineering
- Merrow's people are never pure villains — they built the dam to end a famine
Client: a two-person indie studio. Game: Hollowmere, a cozy farming and exploration game for PC and Switch. Their idea: "farming on a lake where the water level changes with the seasons."
The client and all details are made up.
About this service
We write a backstory for your player character in D&D, Pathfinder, a LARP, a Discord roleplay or any other game: where they come from, what shaped them and what they want. The story leaves room for play, with unresolved threads, a secret and a few people from the past that your game master can bring back into the campaign.
What is included
- What you getA backstory for your character with personality notes and plot hooks your game master can use. You get it as formatted text you can paste or download as a file.
- Origin and turning pointThe event that set them on the road
- PersonalityTraits, ideals, bonds and flaws
- Hooks for the GMEnemies, debts and secrets to use in play
- Fits the settingUses your world's places and factions
- Your voiceWritten in third person or as a diary entry
How it works
- 1BriefYou describe the character and the game
- 2WritingWe write the story and the hooks
- 3DeliveryYou get text to share with your GM
What we need from you
The game and setting, your character's race or ancestry, class and background, a few facts you already decided, the personality you imagine and anything the game master asked for.
We will ask you:
- What game and setting is it for?
- What are the character's ancestry, class and background?
- What do you already know about them?
- How long should the backstory be for your GM?
Compare packages
| Packages | BasicShort backstory$8 | StandardFull backstory$15 | PremiumBackstory with key NPCs$29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadline | 1 day | 2 days | 3 days |
| Revisions | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Backstory length | up to 500 words | up to 1,200 words | up to 2,500 words |
| Plot hooks for the GM | 2 | up to 4 | up to 6 |
| Personality traits and bonds | No | Yes | Yes |
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Payment protection
You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.
- Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
- The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
- Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
- Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
- Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
- Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
Questions and answers
Will the backstory make my character overpowered?
No. We avoid giving rewards or powers that are the game master's call and focus on motives and story.
Can it tie into my friends' characters?
Yes. Describe their characters briefly in the brief, and we add a shared past or a connection.
Can I ask for changes?
Yes, within the revisions of your package.