Storythread

What are Storythreads?

A dedicated thread where writefags can come and create stories, thus saving other, innocent, /tg/ threads from being burdened with things like creativity and imagination. Many writefag threads could technically be described as Storythreads, but this page is for threads whose sole purpose is to provide a platform for writefags, rather than threads which are dedicated to /tg/ topics like Warhammer, MTG, etc, and happen to produce writefaggotry in the process.

What goes on in Storythreads?

Sometimes the OP will set a topic - which can be just about anything - thus inviting others to both read his writefaggotry, and contribute their own. However, the most common incarnation of Storythreads on /tg/ are the more freestyle Post A Picture, Write A Story threads.

Why are Storythreads important, and what do they have to do with /tg/?

If you ever want to be an even half-decent DM/GM, you need to be able to write good stories, and create good settings to put them in. Hell, if you even want to play traditional games it generally helps to have some understanding of how to create decent characters and narratives. Even where Storythreads do not appear to involve direct /tg/-related material, it's all good creative exercise for when your players de-rail you so thoroughly that you have to create an entirely new campaign in the space of one bathroom break.

Post A Picture, Write A Story

The name is self explanatory - people post pics, and then writefags come along a write about what they think is going on in the pic. Some anons suspect that this is part of a secret NSA psy-ops program to administer a variant of the Rorschach Ink-Blot Test to large segments of the online community. There are two flaws with this theory:

1) The vast majority of anons are too lazy to write anything, and

2) I create a lot of those threads and if I'm working for the NSA, I am being grossly underpaid.

These follow no particular theme and are in no particular order:

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  1 - The Deep Sleep
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  2 - Kitten Skin
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  3 - Die Forelle
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  4 - Raptor Squadron
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  5 - Biomass-22
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  6 - The Shadewood
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  7 - Lych and Dinosaurs
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  8 - Prosperity
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  9 - Loli Shop
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  10 - One Man Engineering
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  11 - The Impossible Cat
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  12 - The Guardian
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  13 - The Dominant Lifeform
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  14 - Unacceptable Working Conditions
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  15 - The Thespian Goblin
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  16 - Too Much Sand
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  17 - Robots Need Charity
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  18 - On the Road With Death
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  19 - Loyal Robot Retainer
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  20 - Intelligence Gathering
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  21 - The Fight
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  22 - The Gladiator's Son
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  23 - You get used to the extra dimensions
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  24 - The Zone (STALKER)
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  25 - A most terrible curse
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  26 - Battle Bodies
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  27 - Apples in the Undercity
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  28 - Cheers
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  29 - From Father To Son
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  30 - The Army of the Forest
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  31 - Frankie and Jim
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  32 - The Dark Lord
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  33 - Jelly
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  34 - The Librarian Of Time
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  35 - Waiting for Sunrise
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  36 - A Surprise Guest
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  37 - T
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  38 - The Great Battle Against the Undead
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  39 - Witches
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  40 - Scouts
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  41 - This is recon, not drag racing
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  42 - Old Soldiers
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  43 - Totally not the realm I was looking for.
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  44 - Some things should stay dead.
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  45 - They wait, they hunger.
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  46 - It's only cheating if you get caught.
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  47 - Tovarish
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  48 - Rune Mastery
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  49 - Criminal vs. Vigilante
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  50 - Tasty, tasty Easter Eggs
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  51- Warforged
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  52 - Don't Move
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  53 - The Crows
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  54 - Blue Dragon
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  55 - He raises the dead.
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  56 - The Dragon's Plan
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  57 - The love of a dragon.
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  58 - The Dragon and the Girl
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  59 - Hellbringers
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  60 - Convergence
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  61 - The Jump
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  62 - HEINLEIN
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  63 - The Alien
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  64 - Steampunk... ew.
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  65 - But what do they DO with the elephants?
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  66 - The Black Scribes
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  67 - Holiday hacking.
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  68 - Fuck Switzerland
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  69 - Final Reward
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  70 - Idea
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  71 - Boarding Plan
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  72 - The Study of Pain
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  73 - The Court of the Anceans
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  74 - Farmer Callahan
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  75 - The Akhaali
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  76 - Poker Face
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  77 - Sheep-punching Kathy
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  78 - Swamp Sirens
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  79 - Treasure Hunters
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  80 - Sheep Dragon
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  81 - Landers
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  82 - Iam
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  83 - FEDEX
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  84 - The Writhing Ruin
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  85 - Frozen Expedition
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  86 - The Throne of Wonders
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  87 - The Artificier's Son
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  88 - The Last Fairytale
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  89 - Apocalypse, King of all Worlds
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  90 - A Song Of Fire
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  91 - The End Of The World
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  92 - Giant Robotic Waifu
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  93 - Mecha Girl
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  94 - Woodsman and the BuzzRD
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  95 - The Green Knight (City of Light)
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  96 - The Street Samurai (City of Light)
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  97 - Canticles of Serhos
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  98 - Funbuns
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  99 - Archmage's Retirement
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  100 - Doc Theta vs. Binary Bill
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  101 - Have a drink with me.
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  102 - The Flames of Desire
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  103 - The Pie Angel
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  104 - The Jagged Tower
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  105 - Jim and the cue ball
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  106 - The Great Tree
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  107 - Taming Sand Dragons
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  108 - Colonists
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  109 - The Hanging Forest
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  110 - Living As A Zombie
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  111 - The Cat Who Knows Where It's At
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  112 - Glass Angel
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  113 - The Gathering
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  114 - Just Ask Alice
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  115 - Still Pimpin'
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  116 - Leviathan
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  117 - The Forest
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  118 - Arise
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  119 - War
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  120 - A Pirate's Death For Me
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  121 - The Thirst
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  122 - Secrets of the Sands (part 1)
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  123 - Secrets of the Sands (part 2)
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  124 - The Old Way
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  125 - Worm
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  126 - Jungle Expedition
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  127 - Upgrades
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  128 - The Shade
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  129 - The One
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  130 - The Life Aquatic
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  131 - The Eye
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  132 - The Bargain
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  133 - Centaur Shooting
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  134 - Serpent King
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  135 - Roma Victoria
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  136 - Reaper
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  137 - Notre Dame
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  138 - Modern Warfare
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  139 - Merde
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  140 - Martial Art
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  141 - David
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  142 - Labyrinth
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  143 - The Indescribable Xan Tsiun
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  144 - The Imperial Forest
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  145 - Good Souls
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  146 - Elegant Gentleman
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  147 - Arcane Blue Stone
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  148 - Visions of the Seer
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  149 - Biogel-Alpha-262
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  150 - Assisted Suicide
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  151 - Firebug

A lot of pics only get a few lines written about them. Many of them are still well worth reading, but are too short to stand on their own. Instead of creating individual images for every single one, it's easier to store them in collages.

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  Miscellaneous 1
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  Miscellaneous 2
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  Miscellaneous 2, part 2
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  Miscellaneous 3
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  Miscellaneous 4
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  Miscellaneous 5
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  Miscellaneous 6
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  Miscellaneous 7
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  Miscellaneous 8
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  Miscellaneous 9
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  Miscellaneous 10
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  Miscellaneous 11
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  Miscellaneous 12
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  Miscellaneous 13 - Huntergroup, Katie's Death, Metal Scorpion, Refugees, Ragnar the Barbarian
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  Miscellaneous 14 - Sea Forts, Light House, Camera Pigeon, The Flood, Centaur Soldier, RoboRomance
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  Miscellaneous 15 - Internal Combustion Engine, People of the Sun, Helmet vs. Giant, Curse of the Lich, Dead Gods
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  Miscellaneous 16 - Function, Temple Of Heroes, Futuristic Office, Hugh Mann, Mira and her Snakes, Undead Highwayman
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  Miscellaneous 17 - Sir Lyon's Daughter, Hrlorxu, Common Knights, Whale Wrestling, Rasputin
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  Miscellaneous 18 - Neo-Soviets, Jundori Dance, Chromatic Snake, Emperor Vitarius, The Twisted Tree

Some stories fit into more traditionally /tg/ themes:

Warhammer related:

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  1 - The Bolt Pistol
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  2 - Inspektork Gadjit

Other Storythreads

Not every Storythread has the Post A Picture Write A Story format. Some are on a single theme, while others have no theme at all and are simply stories. First, the miscellaneous:

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  1 - The Prisoner's Dilemma
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  2 - The Nano-Tech Barbarian
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  The Listening Post

This next gallery contains the work of a writefag who temporarily named himself Storytimer, for the duration of the thread. He had come across a thread on the Paradox Interactive forums, where someone, some years ago, had written a series that purported to be a chronicle of the events of the alternate timeline from the Resistance game series (see - Resistance: Fall of Man, and its sequels. Although if you are unfamiliar with the games then I strongly suggest that you don't read up on it until after you've read this, because spoilers). Storytimer found the work unfinished, and decided that he would expand, improve, and complete it himself.

Sadly, although Storytimer made a valiant effort, it was just too big a task and the series remains unfinished to this day. However, what we have is well worth reading in and of itself, and it furthermore inspired a few other anons to make their own contributions. So at the end of the day, good times were had by all and we got a few good stories.

(Numbered pics, 1 through 14, are Storytimer's series, while 'extra' pics are the contributions of other anons)

The Chimera Series

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  Chimera 1 - Russian Officer
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  Chimera 2 - Red Cross Nurse
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  Chimera 3 - Russian Soldier
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  Chimera 4 - Chinese Geurrilla
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  Chimera 5 - Russian Officer and Russian Soldier
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  Chimera 6 - Record of the Warsaw Line
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  Chimera 7 - Airforce Captain
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  Chimera 8 - The Fall of Danzig
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  Chimera 9 - German Officer
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  Chimera 10 - German Officer 2
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  Chimera 11 - German Militiaman
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  Chimera 12 - Spanish Doctor
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  Chimera 13 - Japanese Radio Operator
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  Chimera 14 - American Admiral
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  Chimera Extra - Polish Soldier
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  Chimera Extra - Czech Soldier
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  Chimera Extra - Generals
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  Chimera Extra - Czechoslovakian Soldier
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  Chimera Extra - Cynic
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  Just in case you wondered what a Chimera footsoldier looks like