If a soul is born without resonance, what does it echo instead?
✦ Rating: 18+ (Mature Themes, addiction - substance use, Strong Language, Emotional Abuse, torture, violence, sexual assault, explicit sex)
✦ In Thalwood, the trees don't just whisper, They sing. And when they fall silent, we hold our breath.
It has been many centuries since you made the mistake of stepping out of line. Before this room, and before the horrors inflicted upon your body and soul you were someone – something.
Though, those titles were much prettier when first bestowed upon you like an act of love. Now the only acts of love given to you are the cuts of a blade and the painful tugging of a cleaning cloth.
After years, and years of pleading to be forgiven and begging for your sins to be released, you are dismissed from the celestial realm to continue your divine punishment. As if centuries of pain weren’t enough. You find yourself vulnerable in a world you’ve dreamt of exploring before.
Unfortunately, your newfound freedom is fleeting.
Just as you awaken on the moss-covered ground, you’re struck with the bubbling frustration of a man standing no more than ten meters in front of you. His sloppily managed magic shackling you once again. Not by a God this time, but by pale, shaking, mortal hands.
✦ In this interactive fiction you will be able to
‣ Customise your character’s appearance, gender (male, female, non-binary), personality, and sexuality.
‣ Meet and romance (or don’t romance), antagonise, or befriend some interesting human companions. - Please note that being in a romantic relationship does not mean you have to persue sex or physical intimacy.
‣ live as familiar and experience whatever that entails.
‣ Explore the town of Thalwood and learn about the Ethereal Harmonics.
‣ Find about about Thalwood's history and solve some of it's mysteries.
‣ Escape from the chains binding you to your abusive creator and their flock of angels and enact revenge.
✦ Nyneve Minowa (he/him) RO
A 5’11, pale, slender man covered in black clothing. He has silky, black hair that cascades down his back. His blue eyes seem to look past your skin and right into your mind sometimes. Though, you suppose that’s because you’re his familiar.
A scholar in Ethereal harmonics, he holds the ability to gain power from the Angel he worships – rage. Which happens to be you.
Currently, he spends all his time with you. However, he used to primarily spend time studying the Ethereal Harmonics.
Tropes: Worshipper/worshipped, stuck together, forced proximity, secretly pining.
Green flags: smart, protective, observant, dependable, curious, loyal.
Ethereal Harmony - Emotant
Red flags: Possessive, emotionally constipated, prone to anger, cynical, confrontational.
✦ Nami Lovecroft (she/her) RO
A 5’6, chubby girl with deep, cool tone brown skin and a flat nose. She’s covered from head to toe in modest clothing. Her black hair is natural in a small Afro. She carries on her a beautiful rosary and you can help but notice how her dark brown eyes light up when she looks at it, a stark contrast to the uncomfortable grimace she pulls when she speaks to you.
Often seen volunteering in the church, maybe she can give you a mortal perspective on Altheria, your creator and the angels.
Tropes: apprehensive friends to lovers, deconstructing harmful religious beliefs (together), forbidden love.
Green flags: Kind, generous, Passionate, Merciful, gentle.
Red flags: initially hostile, heavily (toxic) religious, very guarded, insecure, Naive,
Ethereal Harmony - Virtuant
✦ Crew Ledger He/him (RO)
A 6’4, stocky man with tanned skin with a roman nose. Usually wearing his ‘comfortable inn-keeping clothes’ for the inn Harmon’s Rest. His curly brown hair reaches just past his ears and his cheeks are flushed. His sleeves are rolled up and his arms are covered with hair. His green eyes seem to almost sparkle as he talks about his seven-year-old daughter Laverne. On his right wrist he has the names Liren and Laverne tattooed in cursive.
He spends most of his time with Laverne or manning Harmon’s Rest.
Ethereal Harmony - Virtuant
Tropes: Single parent, big secret.
Green flags: Eager, nice, affectionate, good parent, animal lover.
Red flags: Cagey about past, stubborn, addiction.
✦ Ahri Magnolia (she/they) RO
A 5’4, plump person with tanned skin and a flat nose. They wear elegant, ‘sharp’ looking clothes that drape her in a cloak of mystery. Black and dark red, straight hair that reaches her shoulder blades tied in a half-up half-down hairstyle, with a sharp jewelled hairpin that dangles when she walks. their hazel eyes are as sharp as their voice and her confidence radiates into any room she walks into.
She spends most of her time solving disputes in Thalwood.
Ethereal Harmony – Desirant
Tropes: Messing around first, shameless flirt, sworn off relationships.
Green flags: Empathetic, charming, observant, strong willed, capable.
Red flags: emotionally unavailable, non-committal (no cheating), closed off, mildly manipulative.
A 5’6, lithe person with brown skin and a hooked nose. They wear androgenous clothes and heavy jewellery. Their wavy hair is black and is short in the morning and long at night, however they aren’t open to explaining why. Their left eye is black, and their right is covered with an eyepatch. They don’t seem to very invested in anyone, however they are uniquely interested in you.
They lead a hunting and foraging squad in Thalwood. It's said they get their keen aim and steady hand from hours of painting.
Ethereal Harmony - Emotant
Tropes: Found family, traumatic past, gender identity issues.
Green flags: resolute, resourceful, independent, flexible, open-minded, preceptive.
Red flags: Avoidant, careless (to self), quick tempered, stubborn, sarcastic, impatient, impulsive.
✦ Aquine (They/She/He/it)
Your creator, and the creator of all things living. Though she was once brimming with ambition, emotion and desires all you’ve seen the last few centuries is their blank excuse soul. You’ve felt her warmth and devotion and now you feel her icy hot bite and the ripping of your wings.
Soon, you will get revenge.
The second Angel ever created by Aquine. conniving, cold and always wanting more. You aren’t sure why, but he hates you, you’re sure if he could have torn your wings from your back without Aquine’s help, he would have. Yet, he settled on exposing your expedition to Altheria. In the end, he got what he wanted.
Woven from Aquine’s heart are her beloved Angels. As a testament to his love and affection towards the first living beings they’ve ever created, they forfeited their emotions, desires and virtues. Thus, the first Angel dubbed ‘the Prototype Angel’ was given her hatred. A boon for her future creations to share – the gift of never feeling hated.
Not a person, rather a thing given to human-kind. Given to the people to connect divinity and mortals. Through the Ethereal Harmonies humans may request boons for power from an angel through the devotion of desire, emotions, or virtue.
✦ Demo - TBA
✦ Spotify Playlist - Cazine, The Prototype
✦ Pinterest - TBA
✦ Character arts - TBA (when I have some money I want to commission some artists!)
✦ Severe content warnings for the following:
Self harm, suicidal ideation, torture,transphobia, child death(mentioned), addictiom, abuse, sexual assault and abuse, flashbacks, recovery from trauma, disordered eating, power imbalances, re-traumatisation, animal death through hunting for food, Sex and suggestive themes, death.
(The sexual abuse, assault, abuse, and torture happen to MC. These scenes will be skippable however they will still happen.)
This list may be subject to change while the interactive fiction novel is in development, please keep a regular eye on the contents warning list on this page as the chapters update.
✦ Additional disclaimers and information
I am a novice writer and am doing this as a passion project for fun. I will try to be as quick as possible but I have zero coding experience. I will give as many updates on this blog as i can though.
Character asks & POV are okay, nsfw is okay, if I don't want to answer something due to being uncomfortable I won't! I appreciate YOU if you have read this far into my little post.. I'm quite nervous but really proud of this idea!
