[WIP] Chains of Destiny: Book One (~716k words) - Last update: 2026/03/16

No need for that, just have a New Game Plus mode when we finish the story to revert back to that faithful day and pull out some hella bullshit because we now know what’s going to happen /j

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Yeah, like cleaving Eric in half with your maxed-out gear type of bullshit or just bringing the whole House Guard type of bullshit?:grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Love it

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I think the House Guards would still get slaughtered tbh, and a child cleaving a mutant would be too much, even for the big meme.

Slip a note into Nemio’s bag before he leaves that simply reads “Wouldn’t it be funni if you returned to the Estate on X date?/personally escort MC to the Capital?

Hell, with some finagling, MC can still be traumatised because Nemio tears through the bandit gang and Erik like a hot knife through tepid butter, and that would be intense.

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I don’t know why but I have thing for man like Nemio.
maybe i have daddy issue for something. idk. :rofl:
I just in chapter 2. hope he won’t break my heart.

oh yea he did but my delulu won’t accept it. I will have him in my head

love this game 11/10. can’t wait for full book.

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Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it. :blush:

Stay strong, soldier. :saluting_face:

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Oh my, this is actually so good! The characterization is what I really like about this. It’s really make me invested with all of them, which is very rare in my own behalf. And the writing, oh boy the writing is amazing! I usually skim through block of texts because it’s boring and too descriptive (In my opinion, please don’t shower me with knives), but this one is really make me read each words like I would die if I don’t. I can’t believe I didn’t find this WIP sooner, but I’m glad I did found it.

There’s little to no error, but it exist. Like wrong pronouns and the fact that I got called “Leo” once by Juna. Idk if the Leo on purpose, but uhh yeah I might be just stupid. [I have no screenshot I am so sorry :folded_hands:]

Anyways, spoiler for chapt 1: OH MY GOD WHY HER!?!? THIS IS CHAPTER ONE GOD DAMN IT! I MISSED HER ALREADY AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO WITHOUT MY DEAR JUNA :broken_heart: :broken_heart: :broken_heart: :broken_heart: :broken_heart: :broken_heart: :broken_heart:

I AM AIMLESS WITHOUT HER ALREADY. MY ENTIRE LIFE IS ACTUALLY A LIE AND ONLY HER CAN COMFORT THAT LIE INTO SOMETHING I LOVE. WITHOUT HER, I NOW KNOW THE MESS OF THIS SHIT HOLE. I HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE SAD AT FICTIONAL CHARACTER THAT I JUST FIND OUT FOR 30 MINUTES AGO, BUT I DO :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob:

And that’s for today’s comment. Have a nice day :two_hearts:

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Thank you, I’m glad you liked it :blush: (I know I always say this, but I mean it. Every time I get a comment like this, I have a big stupid smile on my face, and I wish I could express it better without sounding too much, so… thank you again :sweat_smile:).

Yeah, sorry for the blocks of text. I try to keep things concise, but somehow, they always end up expanding instead.:sweat_smile: Still, it’s nice to hear that you actually enjoyed reading through all of it.

Oh, yeah, I have an eternal grudge with those pronouns errors. I swear, every time I make a deep dive to hunt them down, I always get reports that there are still more left.

As for the “Leo” thing, that one’s on me. When I’m writing in Docs, I tend to use “Leo” as a placeholder name for the MC (don’t ask me why, I don’t even know a Leo), and then I swap it with the actual variable later. It should be fixed now, but thank you for pointing it out!

Sorry… kind of. I went back and forth a lot on whether to do that so early. I wasn’t sure how people would react, but honestly, seeing responses like yours makes me feel like it was the right decision. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Thank you again for taking the time to write all this. I hope you have a great day, too.:blush:

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Speaking of the Nemio crush, I noticed that option had a black heart rather than a red one. Is that Notlev shorthand for “never going to happen, you poor deluded fool?”

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I mainly used it to highlight that this choice is the one that actually kicks off the one-sided romance subplot (since with the red heart, I usually highlight the choices that give romance progress with the character). But I like your interpretation better, to be honest.:grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Should the blush options have heart indicators?
And will we get to keep wearing the jewelru that Juna gave us?

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I also had crush on Juna before…before…I even expect she is not really die and return and save us… sob JUNAAAAAA MY BIG SIS JUNAAAAAAA

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In my minds eye, Juna and Nemio had some sort of relationship

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@Notlev

Summary

My character has fathers eyes and mothers hair and height, but the father said this at bday part:

I did t flirt w iris as a child and still recieved this:

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Rly? I thought maybe Ben…

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Same, I thought Ben was sweet on Juno while Nemio (my first crush and true love) was more a mentor to her.

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Hey has n e 1 been able to get the goddess Lyra option in the temple in ch2? I cant seem to unlock it :pensive_face:

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Hey! Sorry, time zones and all that…:sweat_smile:

It really depends on the context. For example, in the puppet show scene, I didn’t include heart indicators for Iris since there’s no romance progression at that point—though there is a variable tracking if the MC blushes. Generally, I use heart indicators to signal when a choice gives rom progress or leads to a rom scene. I’ve just uploaded a new version where I fixed a few spots where the hearts were missing.

Yes! While it’s not directly mentioned in Chapter 2, the MC definitely takes it with them to the war. I might add a short paragraph to the preparation scene to mention that.

Yeah, that’s fixed now! I’m not entirely sure why I had that check in there, but I’ve removed it, so the option should be available now.

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It makes more sense if the eye color were different, but even with the same color, the resemblance can still be there. He might mean the shape, the size, or even a certain shade or look in the mc’s eyes that reminds him of their grandfather (I might be wrong, but that’s what I thought while writing this scene).

I was going to justify including that choice as a shy variation of the last one, but after reading through it again, I realized it would make more sense to only make that available if the mc blushed during the puppet show.

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Naa Ben and Juna behave like siblings. My thing is Juna hesitates a bit when she talks about Nemio and also they have the same kind of mark on the hand from whatever spell. Just my opinion on their kind of relationship

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