Alganen IF

Painting: Le Couronnement d’Inès de Castro (1827), by Gillot Saint-Evre.

Summary

Once upon a time, an adventurer wandered where he shouldn't, and found a magical place, hidden from the whole world. He was welcomed, treated as their own, learned things no human could have ever imagined possible, and fell in love.

Then, your homeland was invaded, your people were dominated, and you and your mother were taken hostage, just to end up dispatched upon her death, punished by their ignorance.

Years later, you are back to the palace. Wearing the face of another, you must play the court game and gain the trust of one of the crown's heirs to complete your fateful mission and correct your family's mistake, setting your people free again.

Features

Customizable gender, appearance and sexuality. Although being a honeypot is part of the game, developing romance is entirely optional.

Find romance or friendship with 5 ROs, including 2 women, 2 men, and 1 gender selectable. Will you fall for the target you were meant to only use for your own mission? Their twin sibling, against all reason? Maybe their younger sister, whose coming of age ball you're attending? Or even the general's son of all people, who seems to guard your target's back like a hunt hound? Would you really exchange your childhood friend's heart for any of them?

Choose how you want to play the court game. Will you get people's trust or hone your prying skills to find secrets and gain leverage over them? Play by the book and stay on people's good side or shock the courtiers to make an impression?

Will you stand loyal to your mage family, or will you find that your human side isn't all bad?

Remember: in a world of intrigue and politics, everybody is hiding something, and magic won't save you forever. Your secret might not even be the most dangerous out there.

Updated - 17/04/2023

Possible CWs: Period-typical homophobia and transphobia, and mentions of ableism, war, death, slavery, mutilation and pregnancy.

Prologue + Chapter 1 (in development) - Total words: 23,3 K

Demo (Prologue + Chapter 1 Part 1) - Total words: 18,9 K

Average demo playthrough - 8,1 K words

1 - Most of them don't have a (living) father

2 - Fathers' Day was definitely not a thing in the time period they live in, neither for mages or for humans.

So sorry for not posting anything because I got kinda sad when I realised I became one of those authors who make almost all of their characters not have at least one of their parents, as if they were some sort of Disney Princesses.

Hello! I realised some time ago that I only posted the RO's artbreeders and never came to post the other characters', even though I have already made one for many of them (in order to make the ROs I first made their parents' and then used their poirtraits to create their children so that the genetics would be believeble). So, this friday I come here to let you see how the other characters in Alganen look like (included with a little description because it's been ages since I last posted anything about them 🫠), starting with the mage characters!

Deleting the last few suboptions, integrating some of them into the suboptions I had already written, just so I can move on to the next option because I'm tired of just writing about MC playing instruments - 😍

From heaven downe did hie,

He drew a dart and shot at him,

In place where he did lye:

Which soone did pierse him to the quicke,

And when he felt the arrow pricke,

And honoured for my queene;

Which in his tender heart did sticke,

He looketh as he would dye.

What sudden chance is this," quoth he,

"That I to love must subject be,

Which never thereto would agree,

But still did it defie?"

(...)

"For thou," quoth he, "shalt be my wife,

With thee I meane to lead my life,

As shortly shall be seene:

Our wedding shall appointed be,

And every thing in its degree;"

Such is my life now 🥲