A work-in-progress rural fantasy interactive novel.
You are the blacksmith’s apprentice in a remote small village threatened from all sides. An attempt to buy your village more time against these threats changes your world forever.
When everything changes how will you cope?
And more importantly: How will you feel about it?
Features:
- A focus on interpersonal relationships under pressure.
- A small, detailed world and cast.
- Decisions that can carry real consequences.
- Two Deep Romance Options. Neither of them what you expect from a classical romance route.
- There will be no Happily Ever After - at least not for everyone.
What it is not:
- No simple villains, no easy solutions.
- No quest to save a kingdom — there isn’t one.
- No princes, no princesses.
State as of 07-08-2026: Part 1 of 5 completed (53k words, 4 chapters)
Links: Demo, Tumblr
AI Disclosure:
No — This project does not contain the output of Generative AI
Yes — This project contains the output of Generative AI
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Finally, I have uploaded the first four chapters of my little story. I hope some people will enjoy it. Constructive feedback is always welcome!
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(Just a heads up, you have neither “yes” nor “no” checked for the ai disclosure agreement/both boxes are blank!)
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Sorry. Just too stupid to check a box…
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Huh? There’s a box? I usually just type [x] before the word.
I’ve been reading a little so far; the premise interests me. I do wish there was a bit more interactivity (by this, I mean I’m often clicking Next without making a choice).
I am very happy that there’s a lore section in the stats menu. I was starting to become overwhelmed with information. I can tell there is a depth to the world you’ve created.
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Thank you for the valuable feedback! It is much appreciated.The interactivity point is noted. I am still learning the ropes of the medium 
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i could alike to have the exile
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I was just brainstorming how to improve the atmosphere in a current night scene of chapter 7. That in turn led me to rethink the role of the two moons in the world of Malagast.
End result:
On the plus side I now I have the outline for a complete cosmology for the moons but on the other hand I now need to check Kepler’s laws and add the new ideas into chapters 1 to 4.
Maybe I love world building a bit too much…
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Coming from an astronomy nerd, you don’t have to if want to! Adding in ambiguity when it comes to physics is okay. 
If you do, it’ll be a really nice treat to read.
So who’s attacking the village then? An ambitious noble, a Bandit or an evil merchant? If we don’t have a kingdom around this is probably a fragmented era with little fiefs and domains, wonder if there are at least merchant republics around, anyways interesting project and great to see you aren’t using that disgusting generative AI!
I will try to make it at least plausible but in the end it stands in the way of the story, the story will win. 
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Good questions! Thank you! During the story we will only see a tiny part of the larger world and in this part of the world there is no kingdom, no domains, just a very small village.
The village of Rannoch is very isolated and lies in the East across the mountains in the middle of an untamed forest. It hardly sees any visitors as it lies at the end of its road and has a somewhat bad reputation.
Regarding the attackers: You are quite near the mark. Since generations Rannoch has been plagued by a foul forest creature the villagers call the Curse. People are stubborn (or ingeneous), so they found ways to deal with it. Today they fear it, hate itm but essentially it is like bad weather or a particularly hard winter. But last harvest bandits came across the mountains. Their attacks originally triggered the crisis at the begin of the story. There is of course much more to all of this but it is too early to share this lore. 
