Hey guys!
So I came up with two alternate options for the beggining. I’ll be making a poll so you guys can vote for whichever you like the most.
OPTION 1:
Ten young men and women have been chosen. The fate of their kingdom on their hands. Their goal? Win the Night God twins’ hearts. And as fate would have it, you were one of the ten.
Would you like to read the prologue or move on?
*choice
#Yes
#No
The kingdom of Evander had always been ruled by the Sun God, Destan. The land was beautiful, prosperous and bright, everyone lived in perfect harmony with each other. That is, until the Night Gods appeared. They were set on destroying the Sun God, their reasons not really known. Some said it was due to jealousy, others said the Night Gods just wished to rampage chaos on the mortal realm. Either way, the war raged on for eons, the mortal realm designated as the battleground. The land was destroyed and ravaged by the fight between the Gods. But in the end, the pair won. Defeated now, Destan had admitted his loss and was ready to die at the hands of the Night Gods. However, instead of killing him, the twin locked the Sun God up. His location unknown. That was the last time the land heard of their God, and that was the last time the sun ever rose again.
The land was now under the twins’ power, to do as they pleased. An eternal darkness plunged into Evander. The start of the endless night’s rule began. Creatures of evil now roamed the earth, tormenting the humans without mercy. Generation after generation was born under complete darkness, with only the pale light of the moon and stars to guide them. It was hell on earth. They called it The Noir Curse.
Human after human came to the twins castle in hopes of defeating the Night Gods or saving their own Sun God. Of course all of them failed and soon enough, nobody dared approach the place.
‘Until now.’ You thought to yourself.
With a sigh, you close the book, specks of dust flying in the air. You had been reading this story for the past two hours, over and over again, wondering how you had ended in this position.
Ten young men and women have been chosen. The fate of their kingdom on their hands. Their goal? Win the twins’ heart. And as fate would have it, you were one of the ten.
OPTION 2:
“The kingdom of Evander had always been ruled by the Sun God, Destan. The land was beautiful, prosperous and bright, everyone lived in perfect harmony with each other. That is, until the Night Gods appeared.” You read, flipping page after page and only stopped when one of the younglings sitting on the floor gasped and exclaimed. “Oh! I know what they did!”
*choice
#“Shhh Nehemia, let me finish the story.”
With a small pout, little Nehemia sits back down and listens attentively. You never really liked it when they interrupted, it sort of broke the mood you were trying to place. You clear your throat once again and proceed reading the story.
*goto continue_story
#“Please, little sir, enlighten us with what you know.”
The little boy that goes by Nehemia gives you a toothy grin and says excitedly, “They tried to kill the Sun God!” You snicker, amused by his enthusiasm and nod while saying, “Something like that.” With that, he sat back down proudly and you cleared your throat to continue reading.
*goto continue_story
*label continue_story
“The Night Gods were set on destroying the Sun God, their reasons not really known.” Whilst you read, shadows appeared on the far off wall of the room, depicting the story as you read. The younglings listened attentively as they watched the figures move, even though they had heard this story a thousand times. “Some said it was due to jealousy, others said the Night Gods just wished to rampage chaos on the mortal realm. Either way, the war raged on for eons, the mortal realm designated as the battleground. The land was destroyed and ravaged by the fight between the Gods. But in the end, the pair won.”
The kids groaned at that, while the shadow representing the Sun God fel lto one knee. Nehemia spoke up again, a little angrily now, “That’s not fair! And anyways, shouldn’t light be more powerful than the darkness?” They looked at you expectantly. You placed your book down and pondered before answering…
*choice
#“I agree, light is more powerful than the dark.”
You really had hoped the Sun God had won, but alas, life wasn’ fair. Maybe good doesn’t always win. Hearing your answer, Nehemia puffs his cheeks, happy that you had agreed with him. With a shake of your head you flip the page and continue.
*goto defeat
#“Hmm, I don’t know about that. There’s a reason why the Night Gods won.”
Light may be powerful, but most of the time it gets beaten by darkness. You know that from life experience. Hearing your answer, Nehemia sits back down and pouts again. You flip the page and continue.
*goto defeat
#“I really don’t know, one cannot exist without the other, right?”
Hearing your answer the younglings tilt their head and glance at you confused. You waved a hand dismissing the thought and decide to simply flip the page and continue. You weren’t about to discuss philosophies with children.
*goto defeat
*label defeat
Clearing your throat once again, the shadows resumed their show. “Defeated now, Destan had admitted his loss and was ready to die at the hands of the Night Gods. However, instead of killing him, the twins locked the Sun God up.” A small shadow of the enchained Destan appeared on the wall. “His location unknown. That was the last time the land heard of their God, and that was the last time the sun ever rose again.” The shadow of a sun dipped into the horizon, to never appear again.
“The land was now under the twins’ power, to do as they pleased. An eternal darkness plunged into Evander. The start of the endless night’s rule began.” The lights in the room dimmed a little, as the horrible picture was played in the wall. The children listened quietly, some of them hugging each other. “Creatures of evil now roamed the earth, tormenting the humans without mercy. Generation after generation was born under complete darkness, with only the pale light of the moon and stars to guide them. It was hell on earth. They called it,” You paused, peeking at the children’s faces over the book before…
*choice
#I wanted to frighten them, so I made the shadows spook the children.
With a mischievous smirk, you twist your fingers behind your back, disrupting the shadow show and making disturbing patterns on the wall at the same time you said in a terrible voice, “The Noir Curse!” The children scream in cue and you can’t help but laugh at their reactions. However, they were used to your pranks so after giving you some dirty looks they settle back down. Some even tuck their tongue out at you.
*goto story_end
#Aw, I can’t possibly scare these cute little creatures.
They looked frightened enough as it is and you didn’t want to add more to that fear. So instead of frightening them you continue normally and finally say, “The Noir Curse.” They gasped dramatically at that, which made you smile a little amused by their reactions.
*goto story_end
*label story_end
“Human after human came to the twins’ castle in hopes of defeating the Night Gods or saving their own Sun God. Of course, all of them failed and soon enough, nobody dared approach the place ever again. Up to this day, the twins have remained locked up in their castle, doing gods know what to Destan.” You slammed the book close and stood up, the lights in the room litting up to their fullest. “Well then! That’s all for tonight!” The children groaned, obviously wanting to hear another story. But it was getting late and they should probably get going.
You bid them all farewell and close the door to your home after the last one went away. Of course, you would have never imagined that later this evening, you would be informed that you had been chosen to participate in a quest to recover the sun and break the Noir Curse.