THE CRESCENT is a dark interactive fiction game where you play as a necromancer hunter on the quest for revenge.
You and your family are part of the Noctifer lineage, known for breeding unparalleled and powerful necromancers; practitioners of magic that communicate, summon, and reanimates corpses.
In New Azure, the Five Families descended from such influential lineages rule the city within their seats at the Council of Supreme Justice.
As members of the Council, power was something shared. The law was everything. Authority was just and fair... Until the fateful day four of the Families banded together to overthrow your own.
Your parents and relatives are deadâno, they were murdered. You and your sibling managed to flee, running away deep into the Wild Lands, where no man dares to go.
If the two of you survive the Wild Lands, recruiting enemies and allies alike to deliver revenge against those who ended your family line, you can survive anything.
CUSTOMIZE your Player Character: name, surname, gender, pronouns, appearance (skin tone, eye color, et cetera).
EXPLORE the Wild Lands: fabled as "the land where no man dares to go", those lands are the only place that can offer you and your sibling some resemblance of protection. But what does it hide? Or better yet... Who?
ROMANCE the character of your choice or cultivate platonic bonds.
MAKE plans for revenge or forget it all for the chance of starting over again.
EMMERICH | EMMELINE (m/f): More commonly known as Emery, they are your sibling. Cocky, fierce, and immensely prideful, Emery once felt as if they were on top of the world, ready to take life by the horns.
Current predicament aside, it has always been clear to all that Emery loves you, and not like a sibling would, not that they ever made any effort to hide the depths of their affection for you. Many tried to put a stop to it, but Emery's heart is yours and no one else's. [cw: incest]
ZAYD GONCHAROV (m): This strange, silent shadow has lived in the Wild Lands since he was a baby. Described as an unscrupulous barbarian by those outside his home, Zayd thrives on what those do not know of him.
After a rocky first meeting, the Zayd you come to know is different from all the legends; intelligent, cunning, and with a blood-thirst that serves you well. And who knows? If you play your cards right, the barbarian may want nothing more than to serve you, a loyal dog as he is.
BEATRICE EXODIA (f): Formerly a noble cast aside for an unseemly affair, Beatrice spent many years in the fray with her spouse, until they passed away and the Wild Lands welcomed her in.
Nowadays, Beatrice is an admired doctor in the Wild Lands, but she is still the same haughty woman from before, if now tempered at the edges by hardship. She takes immense pride in her skills, and if you are worthy of it, she will fight for you.
THE CRESCENT is a mature story meant for 18+ audiences, and if you are under that age, read with discretion.
It deals with themes such as incest, incestuous relationships (not only possibly between MC and their sibling, but by other family members as well), murder in graphic detail, body horror, classism, elitism, and more that will be added at a later date.
