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.