Do we really need to give examples?
Nine-fingered Frodo and the Ring of Doom
Contest objective: stop Balrog defeating the Fellowship. Complete victory, and PC taken out of play as a result (I think "dying" probably covers it).
Eowyn v. Lord of the Nazgul
And that's just one book!
Go back into myth: how come mankind has fire, in Greek myth? And what happened to the hero who (successfully) acquired it for us?
Why does Tyr only have one hand? (Hint: he won the contest).
Why does Odin have only one eye?
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