Create a race that evolved in harsh conditions.
What harsh conditions did they evolve in?
Why did that have to evolve in those harsh conditions?
What happens to the race when the conditions change?
Create a race that evolved in harsh conditions.
What harsh conditions did they evolve in?
Why did that have to evolve in those harsh conditions?
What happens to the race when the conditions change?
Create a character that has had to grow up in a harsh environment.
Why did they grow up in a harsh environment?
What kind of harsh environment is it?
How has this environment changed them?
Write a story about a group of people working there way through the harsh mountains below.
Create a world that is harsher than ours can be.