Feel like Sapkowski
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The social network GAMER.ru in collaboration with the company 1C-SoftClub announces the start of the contest "Feel like Sapkowski".

Becoming a professional writer is no simple task. And becoming a globally recognized author is even more challenging. Many attempt to do so, but only a few achieve success. On the path of a creator, there are many hidden pitfalls and traps. It’s hard to start, hard to develop a plot, and hardest of all to logically weave all the threads of the narrative together and finish your creation.

If you write about noble elves and unicorns, all you need is a happy ending with rainbows and butterflies. But if you have chosen the genre of dark fantasy, you will have to come up with something more complex. It is said that one of the hardest tasks for an author is to “kill” the characters in their work. It doesn’t matter whether they are protagonists or antagonists; sometimes it’s harder to kill a charismatic villain than a bland good guy. Sapkowski managed this feat like no one else. To kill off half of the main characters of the game, while not disrupting the narrative thread and leaving a tiny loophole for their resurrection if absolutely necessary, could only be done by a true master. Today, we want to offer you the chance to feel like a great writer and follow in his footsteps.

Contest Task

1. Choose any character from the "Witcher" saga or the first part of the game "Witcher", or "Witcher 2", who in your opinion does not deserve to live or you simply believe that the plot dictates they should die/be killed.

2. Briefly explain why you think that this particular character should pass on to another world.

3. Write a small fragment (no more than 3000 characters) in which you describe the demise of this character.

Prizes

First Place

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 graphics card, 3D glasses, and the "Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings" calendar.

Second Place

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 graphics card, 300GB USB drive, the collector’s edition of Civilization V from "1C-SoftClub", and the "Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings" calendar.

Third Place

Collector’s edition of Civilization V from "1C-SoftClub" and the "Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings" calendar.

Rules to which you agree by participating in the contest:

• You are not required to tie the death of your character to the official storyline of the books (games). It is assumed by default that with the death of this character, the entire rest of the plot could also change.

• You can choose any character, even if they are killed in the plot. However, in this case, your version of their demise must differ from what the author imagined.

• The work must be published as a separate post in the