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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice
As always, I find myself at a standstill for a story. This one is called the Third Precious Thing. A king sends his sons out to find the most precious thing they can find, to determine who will become king next. The first son sets out to find wisdom, and discovers simple beauty. The third son sets out to find heroism and finds love. The second son sets out to find justice... and I'm wanting to say he finds friendship, but I'm not sure how to make that transition. Mercy would also be a good thing for him to find, but I'm even less sure how to have that happen.
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Does the second son have to come back alive?
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and I'm not sure how to have him search for justice in the first place. I have him currently studying law and talking with thieves and murderers, but that's not making for much of a quest.
help?
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Dunno, there's a lot of room for character development there, so I wouldn't say its "not much of a quest." He's going to see a slice of life that a prince usually doesn't ever see, and his reaction is going to be either trying to bring up conditions at the bottom (mercy), or just put everything to the sword (oppression). And in either case, he might not make it out alive- reformers often meet ends that are just as bad as tyrants when the powers that benefit the most from the status quo realize what he's doing.