Wicked Hearts.

An 18+  dark romance interactive fiction

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“Those bastards mocked us, shunning us to the cold lands of the Empire. Our fruitful territory stolen. Our treasures taken away. Our title stripped from the records. My child, there is a reason to why God has given us this power. Viridescent bloodline is superior. You will support me to the throne, and we will become the most powerful.”

Wicked Hearts is a dark romance text-based game about the Five Houses that support the Royal Family of the Calerna Empire. Transmigrate into the third child of the Viridescent House - a family casted away to the ends of the Empire for betrayal. Your cruel family members are out for blood. Will you help lead your household to potential success, fail, or betray them?

As the third, your job is to support your Father’s wish to sit on the throne. Your eldest brother is your father’s right hand man, skilled in the art of assassination. Your sister creates poisons, using her powers to make them more deadly. The third is the most manipulative - the art of seduction.

When the emperor asks for a representative of the Viridescent House to come to the capital, you are sent with the mission of gaining the trust of the other houses. They are hostile and cautious of your presence. Using your powers, you need to make one your lover or else your throat would be the one at your brother’s blade.

♛ The main character’s personality is semi-set. Customization for gender and pronouns are available. Looks are also set. The traits of the Viridescent House is black hair and green eyes

♛ Romance a diverse set of characters - there are many dark secrets and scenarios to be discovered

♛ Different routes with a multitude of endings - whether it be betrayal, a happy wedding, or the rise of your family

♛ Uncover the secrets of the Empire, your family, and the other households

Main Character Post (character descriptions) Accessed By Clicking This Sentence.

Aemion (he/him) | Royal House of Gold | Tag 

Soon to be emperor

Lucius (he/him) | House of Lapis | Tag

The sharp-tongue protector

Elysia (she/her) | House of Ashen | Tag

The kind healer

Azriel (he/him) | House of Scarlet | Tag

The dangerous warrior 

Syren (gender fluid) | House of Amethyst | Tag

The cunning business person

Answered Asks | MC Posts | Character Sketches 

Rated 18+ | Violence, sexually suggestive content, heavy themes, foul language, death, and suicide. The story will have everything you’d expect in a dark romance.

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I was wondering actually, how experienced / unexperienced are ROs when it comes to romance or just physical love? (I assume MC -is- experienced, judging by the MC's story)

MC is highly experienced in physical love because it is their ability. When it comes to romance particularly, certainly they are able to fake love, but when it comes to true love, that is the greater question. Aemion: As the gentlemen he is, he's gone out on dates and kissed, but it has never escalated farther than that. As the next emperor, it is dangerous to sleep around with nobles due to the potential of an heir.

Lucius: He has attempted to hit on women, but ultimately comes off as being mean. He is the type of boy in the playground that would bully you to get your attention. Elysia: Due to her kind nature, she has had several people mistake her friendliness for love and go on dates without realizing it. Her personality makes it easy for her to be romantic. Innocent physical touch is easy for her, but anything sexual in nature is a completely different ball game.

Azriel: The most experienced. He's slept around and enjoys indulging in human greed. However, he has no idea what love truly is and romance is not in his vocabulary. Syren: Syren is a male. While they have dabbled in physical pleasures in the past, they prefers to stay away and use non-sexual physical touch. They have had several lovers, using the exchange of romantic words, feelings, and soft caresses on the skin.

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Have you read The Way to Protect the Female Lead's Older Brother or How to get My Husband on My Side? Your wip gives me so much of the evil family vibe from those and I love it.

A lot of inspiration does come from "The Way to Protect the Female Lead's Older Brother!" I really liked the villain aspect of that webtoon which I turn, wanted to make myself :) I haven't read the second one, but I definitely will read it because I love all content that revolves around this type of plot!

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if it isn't a spoiler, I had a question about the powers actually. what's the usual age one starts to exhibit them? can trauma influence them (suppress them, twist them, change them into something else)? is it possible to lose the powers, or take them from someone (by any means, or just forcing someone's powers to suppress)?

Powers appear on their twelfth birthday. They will first emerge in the form of a dream - a scene of adult you, using the powers in a dire situation. The dreams are very vivid, with all senses activated for a complete experience. The longer you sleep, the more significant the initial power is when you are awake.

Each Household has a different distinctive personality that matches the power. Overall, having a specific ability will build particular life experiences that shape your view of the world. For example, since the Father bears the capacity of torture, he would create life experiences that revolve around increasing his powers, hence his cold-hearted nature.

Trauma can influence the powers as activation is done through your mind. Having a weak disposition will weaken your powers due to the mental block in your mind. Likewise, people like Azriel who have a high tolerance will thrive. Trauma works particularly well with Viridescent powers, but it would not work as well for the House of Ashen. Though really, it depends on the type of trauma being exhibited.

You cannot change the base foundation of your powers; however, you can use them uniquely to serve a different purpose, which may shape them to become different. For example, although Lucius's shield is mainly defensive, practice and mental trauma may turn it into a weapon. You can also unlock additional abilities that build onto your initial powers (but will not go into too much detail).

You can make someone unable to use their powers if you give them enough mental trauma against their abilities to completely block them from using it. If you make them scared or hate their ability to a deep-rooted level.

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Making MC a seductress and having a psychopath RO... what can possibly go wrong with that combo? 🤔

*Also me throwing all caution and common sense in the trash and totally here for romancing them* 😶‍🌫️

I AM READY FOR ALL RED FLAGS LETS GO

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Do our family have any opinions on the ROs?

The family does have strong opinions on the ROs. Although each member (the Father, Ophir, and Solandis) has slightly different thoughts.

Out of all the ROs, the Viridescent hate Aemion the most due to his position as the next emperor. Furthermore, someone who can merely tell lies from the truth does not have the physical power to rule the Kingdom. Aemion needs to rely on the other Households like Azriel and Lucius for manpower in battle. The Viridescent goal is to completely exterminate all Gold blood to reach their end goal of ruling the empire.

Lucius is viewed neutrally. His shield would help in a battle, and having him like an alley is better than an enemy. The family can use his weak disposition of caring too much for his people to their advantage. As long as Lucius does not go against them, he will survive. However, his power does clash with Ophir - and there are mixed feelings.

Solandis mainly does not like Elysa due to her healing nature and personality. However, overall the family does not have bad feelings toward Elysa. She is weak in a one-on-one battle and easy to kill. She is also easy to manipulate and holds no political power within the Five Households. Ophir may view Elysa uniquely, though you cannot say it is favorable.

Azriel is the biggest obstacle in terms of manpower. Despite having a shaky relationship with the Royal Family of Gold, he has not betrayed them. The Viridescents will have to find a way to dispose of him fast, or else they will not succeed. He is also too volatile of a piece to consider an alley. He is better dead than alive.

Overall, the family does not like Syren. They are too intelligent and cunning and can betray them if necessary. Syren's survival instincts may cause the Viridescent to fail if they keep them as an alley. In particular, Ophir hates Syren the most. Their powers can clash as they are hiding-related, and Ophir does not like flamboyant personalities.

The ??? Character is viewed very favorably by the Viridescent Household.

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Azriel isn’t a red flag …… he’s a matador covered in red

No wonder he loves blood.... 👀

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Author you have this “if I’m going down you’re going down with me” and in my opinion that’s A-OK 👌

I love writing psychological type of stories that involves twisting and playing with my reader's emotions. The characters are already pretty alive in my mind, and I can see the direction the routes. Let's all burn in Azriel's fire together 😌

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This wip is just so perfect like wtf???? Just reading the plot triggered my daydream tendencies like how??? What a sexy plot!!! I can FINALLY be the pretty snek in a story lol

Thank you so much!!! Honestly, it triggers my daydream tendencies too LOL hence, why I'm writing it.

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Author I’m glad we can be tall here but why make us tall when you gave us tall ROs like what’s the point on making us tall huh ? :’D

I'm getting quite a few asks about the heights because people are commenting they are too tall - so I thought I'd address it once and for all.

- Only the six households have these strong powers. Regular people don't. Their height and unique hair colors are a distinction of their status. The five households are kings of their own areas and have auras that are different from the regular person. They stand out, and their powers are reflected in their uniqueness and build. The reason for their powers is built in the lore of the empire which dates way back thousands of years.

- Azriel is big because he is a fighter and goes against large armies. His big build is a reflection of his power and strength. Kind of like Goliath in the bible. He stands out in battle, which is why many stories are spread about him across his kingdom and the overall empire.

Hopefully, this addresses everything people were concerned about!

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Do the ROs know about the MC's art of seduction? And what's their thoughts on a MC that's kind of (used to be)a player? I mean. Art of seduction. We're the villian. Why not?

So rather than the "art of seduction," the family disguises your powers as the "art of persuasion." Slightly different in nuances, making it a lot more acceptable. Because your powers are manipulative, you can disguise it quickly, as long as you doesn't take your scent and eye-contact powers too far. People falling in love with you is an aftermath of using their powers due to your beauty; rather than causation, it is a correlation. Your family shares the backstory that you are the weakest family member but the most acceptable to send over to the capital. The family is hostile - and angry at being sent to the cold. Father doesn't want to send the siblings because "they are weary of Aemion's intentions" and would instead send you, their weakest link.

Aemion is trying to convince MC to make amends and become the bridge between the two groups. They need your family's strength. A perfect disguise to get closer to the ROs.

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I'm sorry but when I read "Azriel: toxic soulmates???" I fucking snorted, now I cannot wait to see the Chernobyl that MC & Azriel would create. like, both of them have exactly 0 idea about love, no? and have shaky morals, probably enough trauma for an army of therapists to deal with. a recipe for disaster, and I love it

Definitely a recipe for disaster, especially since Azriel is barely controlled by the royal family. With his powers, and MC's manipulation. Y'all are up for a treat. 🤭🤭

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I have the feeling that since Lucius' and his bloodline is all about protecting the weak, maybe maybe he'd connect the dots of what possible situations MC was put in / had to put themselves because of their powers, & what possible consequences the treatment they got bcs of the powers followed. like, am I wrong?? I feel like maybe it could crack Lucius a lil, just a lil~

will not confirm nor deny, but I love these types of comments

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ok but, Elysia makes me want to abandon all plans for an evil MC and just, make MC kill everyone who'd ever be mean to Elysia because who dares to hurt the HAPPINESS in human form , like fuck the family, fuck the emperor, there are PRIORITIES, and the priority is that no one can make Lysia cry

SO TRUE HONESTLY. Elysa is the cutest girl, and if I was the MC, I would also hurt anyone that hurts her :') The thing I love about her the most is that she's a genuinely nice girl in the story. Like no plot twist. Genuinely a sweetheart 100% but gets involved in these sinister politics due to her status and powers. But for the sinister ones, the Elysa bad route is.... no comment

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“eye contact that will make people feel entranced” “the power to distinguish truth from lies upon eye contact”.Between this and the way careful phrasing can circumvent his lie-detecting, I’m getting the idea that the prince’s power will hinder him at least as much as us.

Definitely. It's not always the best to distinguish lies from truth, especially since white lies can be better situationally. As a ruler, this is a helpful skill in politics. For his mental health? That's a whole nother question. Furthermore, if someone doesn't trigger his lie detection, then he is bound to trust them more; though nobody except our MC has carefully done it.

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I'm sorry Azriel is HOW TALL? that isn't a MAN that's a TREE, all I can see now is MC struggling on their tippy toes to even look him in the eye. or, worst case scenario, HIM NOT EVEN NOTICING THEM BCS HE SO GODDAMN TALL

LOLOLOL. All I can say is, Azriel is best tree boy 🌳 No specific heights, but our MC is pre tall too (model height), so I feel like it's the perfect height gap. Now if you put Elysia and Azriel together - that's another story.

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I have very bad feeling, that since MC's brother is ready to kill the MC if they fail, then what is the limit to the family's violence, would the brother try to kill the RO to make MC 'focus'? does the MC even understand consent correctly, with their powers? how their childhood looked, since you can't train someone of that powers and NOT traumatise them to shit. I just want to hug MC and hide them under a blanket at this point

This is a very good comment 💖 I will not confirm or deny, or elaborate because I don't want to give out too much hehe. But yes, writing this chapter makes me wanna also hug MC as well :') Y'all are fluff balls at first.