in leona's ally quests you can name your fighting duo dreadspire, which made me realize the shipnames you can get by combining everyone's surnames are metal as hell. dreadscribe, dreadland, dreadsage, dreadsong....
darkness spells are a timoros thing, which i think hints at the killer being timoros attuned
as your ally of choice points out, a student would have not been powerful enough to take out zaratis
windworn claims she saved you as a baby and brought you to elderwood to "show anyone is capable of change" but i find it unlikely that she would go through all the effort for that - i think she's playing the long con and wants to use mc in some way
there was also this from the behind the scenes looks
Not technically an in game moment but it SHOULD HAVE BEEN. Thankfully through the power of fanfiction all things are possible.
Parts one, two, three, and four here!
Also I did manage to get a snippet written for this one if you wanna take a peek below the cut. It’s pure self indulgence, because I think MC should get to be messy, personally.
“It’s over?” she hadn’t meant it to come out like a question. She'd meant to say it as a declaration, a heroic exclamation of victory. But the air in the Shadow Realm is thick and hot, and the smell of blood and burnt hair is still heavy in her nose and she almost heaves.
"Yes," says Tyril softly. The rest of their friends and Kade, Kade, stand in the middle of the empty chamber, talking and laughing. Kade is smiling. Mal has Kade's arm around his shoulder, keeping Kade off his wouded leg. Mal's own injury, a jagged gash a few inches above his knee, still bleeds sluggishly and her throat tightens.
"Right," she says, nodding once, "we need to get moving then. Let's,"
She attempts to square her shoulders and instantly clenches her teeth with a strangled hiss of pain. That wretched countess's whip had torn through the Armor of the Dawn like wet paper and straight into her shoulder. Blood pools beneath her arm and down her chest like sweat on a sticky summer evening.
"Elaine," Tyril's voice is so gentle she has to choke back a sob. His fingers brush the back of her own and she screws up her eyes tight. She can't look at him. If she does she will shatter. Fall to the bloody floor and scream until her throat is raw.
"I'm alright," she says, eyes still closed. She tries to smile, but it feels spastic and unconvincing even to her, "I'm alright. I just need to," her voice dies as her lungs seize and suddenly she can't get enough air.
She clenches her fist, sticky with blood, until her nails dig into her palms. Nia's blood. And even behind her closed eyes she can see Tyril's face, eyes wide in surprise as the lance tore through his neck. She'd been too far away to hear his soft exhalation of shock, but she'd seen the shape of it on his lips as he'd fallen to one knee. Before the soldiers obscured him from view.
He's saying something to her now, his voice low and comforting but she can't breathe, she can't-
He touches her cheek and she gasps as if he dragged her up from beneath a current, lungs expanding so quickly it makes her shoulder pulse in pain all over again.
"Once more," he says softly, sliding his hand from her cheek to her uninjured shoulder, "just breathe."
She takes another jagged breath, wincing at the stab of pain that flares from her shoulder all the way to her ear. Tyril takes one of her hands between both his, rubbing warmth back into them as she tries to exhale slowly and evenly.
"I," her voice is unrecognizable, high and frantic as a child’s, "I-I thought…the soldiers. W-when you fell, I thought,"
His touch is painfully gentle as he cups her cheek, tilting her face towards his own. Blood still slicks the side of his neck and the front of his chest, viciously red against his pale blue skin.
"I thought I lost you," she whispers, throat closing with tears, "I was so sure. And I couldn't,"
His thumb sweeps under her eye, brushing away tears and no doubt smearing the ash and blood there. He's so close that when he speaks, it stirs the fine hairs at her temple, "I will always come back to you, Elaine."
I cannot sufficiently stress the way I would immediately kms if a panel of my professors poked around in my head and saw me initiating a threesome with two classmates I just met
hiiii i'm wiping the dust and spiderwebs off this blog to come rave about spellfyre bc i'm loving it so far so here are some thoughts
things i like
the mc and their backstory as andros dreadbane's child!!!! i'm hooked and can't wait to see mc learn more about andros
i love the characters, i love the lis and the fact that we get six to choose from; all six are really good!! my favs so far are talyn, niel and bardric but i will probably romance all to see how their stories go. even all of the side characters are fun and everyone is pretty
the romance toggle option is a nice addition and avoids forced romance dialogue
the affinity system is fun and i love how you get color appropriate outfits for every affinity
branched storytelling - ie there are options to investigate flamekeepers or get revenge
what i didn't like
the currency system is a bit confusing - there are diamonds and coins yet they seem to have the same purpose?
the costs - i understand that it is a brand new studio starting anew but the keys/diamonds/coins are quite pricey compared to other apps
replays - apparently they are going to make this an option? imo it needs to happen asap
one of my gripes with the niaerin cg is how weird the shadow magic looks... it has a water-like texture that i don't like. contrast to the shadow!nia cg where her power was more like smoke and valax where hers was more like lightning. aerin's doesnt look good!!!
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