Hello MiLords and MiLadies. Today I want to share a small sneak peak from our new story system. In the full update, all of these stories will be fully interactive with different choices and branching paths. But in this preview, I am showing a simple linear version so you can get a feeling for the new tone and character style.

There will be hundreds of new stories in the update, many of them shaped directly by your decisions. For now, here is a small look at what is coming.

Narrator:

[\[ A half-armoured man enters the court.]]

[\[Weather-bitten face.]]

[\[White hair tied back.]]

[\[Two swords crossed on his back.]]

[\[In his hand, a stained leather sack, still dripping.]]

Gutenberg of Riverra:

“Honoured Baron. I am Gutenberg of Riverra. I have hunted a werebeast on your lands. Here, its head.”

Player:

Werebeasts aren’t real. What are you, touched in the head?

Gutenberg of Riverra:

"I am a monster hunter, dear lord. And for this service to you and your folk, I ask payment in gold.”

Player:

Where’s the head?

Gutenberg of Riverra:

"In this sack, Milord.”

Player:

Open the sack. Let’s see it.

Gutenberg of Riverra:

"M’lord… it’s a lake of blood in there. If you wish to see it, I can leave it by the stables, and you may look later.”

Player:

I don’t pay for invisible monsters. Be gone.

Narrator:

[\[Gutenberg hesitates at the way out.]]

Gutenberg of Riverra:

"Hmmmm. Before I depart, Milord… Have you seen her? A woman, black-haired. A witch.”

Player:

And now whitches... Gods preserve me… go on then. Describe her.

Gutenberg of Riverra:

"She is no great beauty, Milord, though there’s a certain charm to her… Hard woman to forget.”

Player:

Is every word out of this guy's mouth a damned riddle? Try something clearer. Any distinct feature?

Gutenberg of Riverra:

"Her nose, just a touch long."

Narrator:

[\[Sounds more like]]

Gutenberg of Riverra:

"Her lips, thin, a little pinched."

Narrator:

[\[a monster.]]

Gutenberg of Riverra:

"Her chin, slightly set back."

Narrator:

[\[Yes.]]

[\[Definitely a monster.]]

Gutenberg of Riverra:

"Her brows, crooked, like she’s forever questioning you.”

Player:

If such a "beauty" had walked into my court, my councillors would’ve raised a fuss. No, no one like that’s passed through. Not yet.

Gutenberg of Riverra:

"Then I wish you a good day, Milord.”

Thank you for being here. See you again tomorrow with another preview.