Welcome to The Wroth Ode!
Chapter 1 is out!
A historical low fantasy interactive fiction game set during the Viking Age
DISCLAIMER: This story is based on historical events, people, and places. Some locations and characters are fictional, while others are not.
Summary:
You were born to a mother who went mad and a father who grew to hate you.
A quiet night erupted into chaos as your mother, possessed by a force unknown, attempted to kill you. Years later, with your father now Jarl, he orders you to investigate the eerie silence enveloping his settlement in England.
The more you learn, the bigger it all seems to be. More settlements are targeted and you are the only one who seems to have any sense of stopping it. All the while, the voices in your mind swell and surge, a relentless tide which threatens to envelop your very soul.
“S̵̛̻̼̻̝̺̠̞̟͙̈́h̴͖͉͎̥͓̺̣̽͜ë̶̡̤̠̪͖̖́̎̽̄̀̏̂̚’̵̨͖̱͘s̵̢̨͔͇̟̳̙̹̙̜̊̀͂͗̑͗ ̵͙̜͙̮̘͎̘̝̭̆͂̓h̴͇͋̓e̷̛͈̮̼̿̌̅͗͠r̸̪̃͒͘͝ě̸̂͌̈̓͂́͝ͅ.̷̨̛̩̦̩̟͌͒́̿̒͜͠”
Features:
- Play as a male or female.
- Romance four characters with one (not so) secret option.
- Have any choice be considered romantic, even if it’s as simple as a grunt.
- Shape your viking’s personality and see how other’s react when you switch it up.
- Choose which god you will follow; Mímir, Magni, Hermóðr or …?
- Will you let it overtake you?
Romance Options:
♢THYRA - THE COLD WARRIOR. [F]
She is cold and relentless in her efforts to snub you, yet her presence always lingers about. She is what you would call a friend, even though she would refuse such a title. When she is forced to accompany you to England, she seems to change.
Enemies to lovers, [REDACTED], tsundere.
♧GUNGIR - THE JARL’S SECOND-HAND. [M]
He’s a gentle giant, always trying to befriend you, but you hate him. He is the ‘son’ your father always wanted. Though he never says it outright, you see it in the way he offers him a love you would never receive. So you have vowed to the gods above that no kindness will ever be shown to him, at least, not from you.
Enemies to lovers (one-sided), puppy love, forced proximity.
♤RAUD - THE [REDACTED]. [M]
A childhood friend from your past. He was a soft and gentle child, but now he’s changed. He’s a [REDACTED] and he has all forgotten your past together. When he looks at you, it’s filled with the desire to [REDACTED], not with the fondness once held in his eyes.
Childhood friends to ??? to lovers, amnesia.
+ANNE - THE STRANGE BARD. [F]
A strange and merry woman you met in England. She says she’s a simple bard, playing her lute any chance she gets. Yet when she begs to come along on your voyage, your mistrust of her is unwavering.
Strangers to lovers, [REDACTED], sunshine love.
☆??? - ??? [M]
???
Forbidden love, huge red flag, dark secret.
LINKS:
Demo: https://dashingdon.com/play/firstlast/the-wroth-ode/mygame/
Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/thewrothode-if
Word Count:
Prologue: 21,936.
Chapter 1: 95,506.
Total: 117,442.
