Scare The Storytellers

In October of 2020, the Starmourn team launched what they hope will be the first in a yearly tradition of Halloween writing contests. The goal of this contest is to bring a little spine-tingling space horror to the universe during the spookiest month of the year, along with letting players contribute their own creative twists to the game’s lore.

This year’s contest asked for players to come up with a frightening story whispered about by members of their character’s race. The following stories should be considered, if not true, at least canon.

Check out our winning contest entries below!

2023:

Goosebumps, anyone? In the 2023 installment of Scare The Storytellers, we were startled, spooked, and scared witless by tales of the Toh's darkest twin, a forever-suffering engineer lost in space, a light-devouring abomination, and a punisher of naughty children.

WINNER

Picram - Decheeran - The Lys Read File

OTHER ENTRIES:

Poet - Arrick the Everdying Read File
Stelil - The Creeping Black Read File
Adazay - Stern Emmaliare Read File

2022:

I'm still shaking from these submissions! Dive in to 2022's submissions for tales of ravenous Lha Ti, lost Amaian women, critters feasting on lifeforce, an alluring fire-haired vixen, and the shadows which plague us.

WINNER

Asteyr Dreya - Katsyi, Lost to the Depths Read File

OTHER ENTRIES

Desmond - Read File
Shulamit - Read File
Arissa - Read File
Akiko - Read File

2021:

This year brought us another round of chilling tales of monstrous children, vigilante murderers, empty Decheeran buds, and many unknowable beasts.

WINNER

Afesotinuilar Matari - The Sorrow of Suaha Read File

OTHER ENTRIES

Bugbo - The Unfathomable Read File
Lilias - The Butcher of C-Block Read File
Alder - Sapropheratu Read File
Nyx- Fereshteh Read File

2020:

In the inaugural installment of Scare the Storytellers, our timbers were thoroughly shivvered with tales of lost legacy, encroaching bodily infections, and monsters that stare back from the void.

WINNER

Kass Star-eater - Rust Read File

OTHER ENTRIES

Victoria T'rvati - The Shades of Calisto Read File
Mairon T'rvati - Annavara the Deathless Read File
Seth - The Kershk Read File
Ninvahn - A Choral Brainjacker Read File
Zarrach - The Abyssinian Read File
Shardclaw - The Akkinova Read File