Hello, first post. I saw this topic and went 'I'm curious what other people think.' and made an account. I'm someone with a vivid imagination. I think of worlds, stories, and characters on the fly varying from the music I listen to, video games I play, and anime I watch. They all help me build foundations for what I imagine. The worlds I like more get built more, and more while the ones that are okay at best get left alone. Anyways, onto what I was going to say.
Oh, and I love Fantasy. Low fantasy, high fantasy. You name it.
Firstly, what would be your generic tower dungeon climbing adventure. The main character travels to this city, centered around exploring this tower, in order to discover, or even find, what had happened to his father many years prior to the story(did I mention he would be something along the lines of early twenties in age? No? Okay. just making sure) and puts together a team of a mage(alchemist, it's a general low fantasy set-up), an archer(with a giant crossbow), a royal(WHO DOES SOMETHING HOLY SHIT) from a different country, and a monk who knows how to heal as well as inflict large amounts of pain. Generally the first story would be them meeting up and going into the tower meeting up with another guild who then teaches them the ropes and what not. It would generally be happy and light hearted for this part until they reach the end of the first stratum, where they meet the first guardian. When they encounter him, they first encounter one of the tutorial group. The only survivor, only to die moments later as he's crushed to death by the giant chimera. Well that's one down.
Oh wait, there's also a race of people called Exiles who exist within the tower, the main character being half. His mother dying from an unknown disease when he was young, his father left to the tower in search of a cure. The city it's based in has a high-population of mixed Exile blood, but there's never been any Exiles seen outside the tower as well as the beasts that are in it.
Next, two kingdoms constantly at war. One side are humans, the other side are...well, beast-men. Well, less beast-men and more 'we can transform partially into animals'. Think humans who can sprout dragon wings, horns, and change their hands and feet into claws. That sort of thing. Couldn't think of an original name, Anyways, they are constantly at war with only brief periods of peace in between. Neither side is evil, and neither side is good. Both are technologically advance and are at about the same while one side excells at boosting their innate abilities(beast-men power suits) and the other creating things allowing them a chance(humans) neither side winning. The story starts in a small village with the main character, the village doctor(who'se mother had been a dragon-type beast-man..well, woman) and his two childhood friends. Their village is attacked by enemies from the opposing country, but something seemed not right. The village was neutral in the affairs of the war. His mother had told him about how small villages like theirs were always targeted first by their home country because of harboring spies. Not the other way around. Realizing something odd, he leaves with his friends to find the truth. A tale of adventure, heroism, and a giant experiment involving both races in order to find a way for world peace in the most odd way ever happens.
I could type more, but I really don't want to. It's 3:25 A.M