Twine WIP author and illustrator (they/them). You can call me Fen. Currently writing Stygian Sun: Total Eclipse, a dark fantasy interactive story. Patreon https://www.patreon.com/FenofCattails
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After the deaths of your four oldest siblings, taken from you by war, your older sibling, Nour, once fifth in line for the Solar Imperial throne, is now the heir.Β
This day never should have happened.Β
As recompense for the ravages your kingdomβs war has inflicted upon the Lunar kingdom of Celestyl, and as assurance it will not happen again, your sibling is to be sent to Celestyl to marry the Lunar Kingβs heir. An arranged marriage, meant to unite the kingdoms. Or, at least thatβs how everyone prefers to phrase it. But you all recognize this for what it really is: a guise. Your sibling will be a political hostage.
AndβTheia, grant you guidanceβyou have had a premonition this is not the worst to come. Should your sibling go to Celestyl, they will not survive.
So you will take their place.
Stygian Sun: Total Eclipse is a dark fantasy interactive fictional story where you play as the sixth child in the proud and grandiose Solar Imperial Dynasty and leave your homeland for a foreign country, where you will take your siblingβs place in an arranged marriage to the heir to the Lunar Kingdom. But something sinister simmers on the horizonβyou have felt it in your premonitions; apprehension crawls beneath your skin, foreboding pricks at the back of your neck, dread sinks low and heavy in your stomach. Theia is warning youβof what, you know not, but you have seen the way the Lunar King looks at you. His stare, the dagger, and you, the sacrificial lamb on the altar.Β
Beware the wolf, little lamb.
Content Warnings: "Stygian Sun: Total Eclipse" contains many upsetting themes, such as arranged marriage, child abuse, child neglect, child death, death, murder, violence, gore, sexually suggestive scenes, optional sexual content, suicidal themes and ideations, and more. "Stygian Sun: Total Eclipse" is intended for mature audiences 18+. Viewer discretion is advised.
Customize your MC's name, gender, pronouns, appearance, personality, and sexuality. Play as straight, gay, lesbian, bi, poly, and/or asexual. MC intro post here.
Shape your personality through your choices and see how it affects dialogue with other characters.
Navigate through the difficulties of court life in a foreign country.
Develop your magicβpowers bestowed upon you through your divine bloodline.
Romance one or more of five romantic options, including your betrothed, the Lunar heir; your charming and overly flirtatious retainer; your acolyte, a priestess in training; a kind yet darkly mysterious Celestylian noble; or a peculiar and chaotic mage.
Develop deep and lasting friendships or make enemies. Platonic relationships will be just as deep as romantic ones.
Uncover a sinister plot that threatens everything you hold dearβand decide what you will risk to protect it.
Nour AlβTeia, your older sibling. (Gender dependent on MCβs.) Non-RO Once fifth in line for the Solar Imperial throne, Nour was perfectly content to play a supportive role to Parim, first in line, and the rest of their siblings. Now first in line for the throne, Nour is doing their best to step into a role they were never prepared to fill. Despite their best attempts to reassure you, you can tell this weighs more heavily on them than they let on.
Luca Lupine, your childhood friend. (Gender Selectable. She/her. He/him.) Non-RO Your childhood friend who, at the age of 13, perished in a fire, consumed so completely you were left with not even a body to mourn. Ever since then, whether as a manifestation of your guilt and grief, through some connection beyond the planes of life and death, or through some other means unbeknownst to you, they appear in your dreams, aiding you in parsing through visions and prophecies. [View: Character Profile]
Kieran Zeleskas, the Lunar Heir. (Gender Selectable. She/her. He/him.) RO The Crown Prince/ss of Celestyl. Though not of noble birth, events put into motion by their father have elevated them to this position, one they seem to have adapted to rather well by all appearances. Stoic and aloof, they seem less than pleased about this arrangement between the two of you. Youβre inclined to agree. [View: Character Profile]
Alektis de Celestys, the lone princess. (She/her.) Non-RO The adoptive sister to Kieran. The slaughter of her family during the coup that brought Kieranβs father to power has rendered her irascible and hostile to most everyone. Though she mostly keeps to herself, with only her retainer, Nihm, for company, you often find her tumultuous glare trained on you, a complex look on her face you canβt quite decipher. [View: Character Profile]
Aurynn Anouar, the retainer. (He/him.) RO Seeming to have appeared from out of nowhere, Aurynn rescued you from a dire situation during your first battle experience, and afterwards was appointed your retainer and has served you as such ever since. Charismatic, laidback, and flirtatious to a fault, Aurynn tends to either charm or annoy everyone he meets. Despite his insistence that he is an open book, sometimes you canβt help but feel the opposite; indeed, everything about him seems shrouded in secrecy.Β [View: Character Profile]
Samira Nahdiri, the priestess. (She/her.) RO Certain events left her family deeply shamed and nearly destitute until her exceptional accomplishments as a healer elevated her to the renowned position as your acolyte, drawing upon the power of your blood to learn healing magic in her pursuit to become a priestess. Strong, loyal, and compassionate, she is devoted to caring for her family above all else, and she counts you among them. [View: Character Profile]
Lilith/Lucien de Arcanis, the mage. (Gender Selectable. She/they. He/they.) RO The adopted heir to House Arcanis, a line of powerful and highly skilled mages. Wild-eyed with a wolfish grin, their peculiar and eccentric mannerisms tend to unsettle their peers, leaving them rather isolated in social circlesβa circumstance which doesnβt seem to bother them one way or the other. For better or worse, it appears theyβve taken a rather intense interest in you. [View: Character Profile]
Poly OptionsΒ (subject to change): any ROs will be able to be romanced independently or simultaneously.
Sibling Character Art: Farah, Nour, Aurora, Parim, Ember, Castor
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No, no I actually liked crying at every third sentence then laughing for a little bit and then crying again πππ I liked that a lot actually πππ
(In all seriousness I absolutely adore how you write your characters, theyβre all so expressive and visceral and utterly human. I also love how you portray the MC and their emotions cause it adds so much to their character and it makes them really feel like a person thatβs in the story and not just a robot doing things to progress the plot.)
Thank you sm!! :3 π₯Ήπππβ¨π Iβm so glad you enjoyed the story and cast and MC!! Thank you for sharing this! ππ
Would Aurynn be offended if MC, who's also a whore βοΈ, didn't want to go further than kissing? (Before they go to Celestyl and everything changes)
Not because they wouldn't want him that way. They just wouldn't want to go too far with someone who works this closely with/for them.
His relationship with sex seems to be complicated, and I'm wondering if he would be actually relieved that this isn't something MC wants from him. At the same time, his ego seems to be bigger than his balls, and I could see him get offended that MC would sleep with everyone but him.
I could totally see him seducing MC. Not because he wants them - he just wants them to admit that THEY want HIM. And then leave before any sex actually happens, lol.
Unless MC like straight up insulted him and hit a nerve, he wouldnβt be offendedβheβs actually never really instigated anything beyond kissing between him and MC so far. He has considered it, but fears MC too much. Heβll only start making offers of sex after going to Celestyl for other reasons. His relationship with sex is quite complicated, and L will give you a warning in a future update if the player has any romance points with Aurynn, which you should heed :))))
If he and MC started getting closer or more physical, he wouldnβt understand what they want from him if not sex and he might grow frustrated bc he is confused. It will take a few more pivotal points in his arc for him to realize what MC wants and even then, he still cannot fathom it and it will break him πππβ¨
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A lot has happened since I last posted on Tumblr. I scrapped the majority of Book 2, and essentially rewrote the entire game from scratch.
The project as it stands today is one I'm more confident about, and writing it has been a much smoother experience than the original. The current public demo stands at 586k words altogether, and covers events until well into Chapter 11, which will be Book 2's penultimate chapter.
If you've read the old demo, there will be a lot of familiar story beats--for example, we'll still be visiting locales such as Reglaire, Aulain, and Yotai, all of which are present in the old demo. However, the prose within these sections will have received a considerable overhaul, if not rewritten entirely.
The game also now spends plenty of time in Thulrum (as in the city itself, rather than the skycity of Arcadia), with the hope of making this new base of the mage's feel more lived-in, and give more concrete stakes to the choice between Param and Arcadia.
Click here to play Demo ver 2.0!
Current wordcount: 586k words.
I also intend to slowly return to answering asks on this blog, as well as reblog a lot of the (amazing, amazing) fanworks which have accumulated during my absence. I'm always floored and flattered by the support AMR receives, and I hope that the new demo will be worth the wait!
nour from sste by @stygiansun-totaleclipse fen please. please let our older sibling be happy please.
the lyrics are from mitski's song 'once more to see you'. it's very nour coded to me and i need everyone to listen to it NOW.
not doomed by the narrative but saved by the narrative. yeah i know you'd rather die than keep suffering but the story doesn't actually care what you want. you have to keep going, even when it hurts. even being erased from existence won't stop you from being salvaged from the wreckage of un-being. get up. keep pushing. keep bleeding. keep living.
You mentioned L and Rynn could team up to fluster MC. Would they also team up with MC to fluster/annoy the other one? (even if hypothetically if that wouldn't happen in-game).
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if mc has scars from overextending their magic, will the ros have reactions to it? if so, will there be any differences at all depending on what kind of magic they have? cause i feel like overextending with like fire for example has a few different implications as opposed to overextending with healing and protection
Yeah there will be some relevant reactions to who has overextended, and flavor for whether MCs magic is more destructive or restorative π
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I was just having a 3 am snack and suddenly got hit by the thought that if Luca was still alive and didn't get to travel the world like they wanted to, there is a chance they might have become MCs retainer and I... I just need to sit down and look into the middle distance for a while
what did king novan do for a living before murder becoming king?
A great many things. He scraped by in odd jobs and later mercenary work to make money and work his way up into the ranks in higher paying and more prestigious jobs, garnering money, power, and influence with the connections he made. Before his coup, he was working closely with the Lady de Arcanis, a band of mercenaries he led, and several other influential people in the capital.
