#stygian sun total eclipse

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Nour’s finished design is posted to the Patreon~

Here’s a preview!

Note: as some aspects of Nour are dependent upon MC (gender, height, build), this reflects one version of Nour.

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oh! im curious about your thoughts on stygian sun? if you can tell us

I really liked it and I am excited to see more of it. I don't want to ruin it for anyone who hasn't read it, but I was totally absorbed just in the first passages. It was so damn juicy, and I also maybe cried a bit because that's what I do, lol. The setting is super cool and I got super attached to the MC and Luca pretty fast.

Highly recommend to anyone looking for a dark fantasy. ^_^

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Masterpost

Fennyth (They/them), 23. Writer/illustrator, cat-lover.

Links

Art Website | Patreon | SSTE-if Demo

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Currently Working On:

Stygian Sun: Total Eclipse, @stygiansun-totaleclipse

Twine Interactive fiction (WIP), 18+

Dark fantasy, drama, romance/friendship, LGBTQ+

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 sibling’s place in an arranged marriage to the heir to the Lunar Kingdom. But something sinister simmers on the horizon—you 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 you—of 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.  Beware the wolf, little lamb.

Demo | Dedicated Blog | Main Post | Patreon

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🎉Early Access Demo Update: Chp 1 Pt 3.2

The Patreon has been updated with the newest mini-update, chapter 1 part 3.2. Adds an additional ~10,000 words and covers:

The rest of MC's conversation with their mother

A conversation with Samira

Retiring to bed with Farwah

This puts me at about halfway completion of Chp 1 Part 3. The send-off ceremony will be saved for a part 4, which will complete chapter 1.

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Chp 1 Pt 2 Releasing Wednesday 9/25 10am MDT (GMT -6:00)! 🎉

I still have another round of editing to go through, but the next update will add approximately 61,000 words, bringing the total to ~82,000 words.

(it was a struggle but I’m here somehow)

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Early Access Demo Update: Chp 1 Pt 3.1

It's here! The Patreon has been updated with the newest mini-update, chapter 1 part 3.1. Adds ~18,700 words and covers:

Meeting Lady Safina (Parim's and Aurora's mother)

Meeting Lady Najaat (Nour's mother)

An unfinished conversation with MC's mother, Lady Phoebe (will be continued in the next mini-update)

A flashback scene involving MC, MC's mother, and Luca

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Kieran’s finished formal wear designs are now posted to the patreon, finishing up the last of the ROs. Next will be designs for MC’s siblings. :)

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Early Access Demo Update 3.3 Posted to Patreon 🎉

Adds ~8,000 words and covers:

meet your remaining late siblings during a dream sequence: Aurora, Castor, and Ember

encounter the white wolf again (and something else)

The next update will pick up from there and finish the dream sequence with a conversation with Luca. After I finish that scene, I will have just two more scenes to write to wrap up part three, but I intend for those scenes to be shorter.

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how would the ROs react to an MC that one day maybe got a little emotional during ‘the act’ and ended up teary-eyed and repeatedly saying ‘I love you…’ ?

Kieran: stunned into silence by the sincerity of it and by the way mc looks at them. They don’t think they’ve ever heard those words spoken to them before—not from anyone. Surely this must be some scene from one of their novels? Would need to reach out and touch mc to remind themselves this is real before they could say it back.

Aurynn: shellshocked and disoriented—it’s hard to believe this is directed at him, or as much as he wants it to be, that it should be directed at him. Any insufferable confidence he had going in has vanished, replaced with uncharacteristic shyness and vulnerability.

Samira: any shock/embarrassment/insecurity would be swallowed upon seeing mc so vulnerable and she would take on a more confident and soft and comforting role, pulling mc closer and saying it back.

Lilith/Lucien: worried at first something is wrong or mc is hurt when they notice mc is crying. Takes a moment for the words to sink in but when they do they fall uncomfortably quiet and turn away to hide their face. Don’t look at them—the blood definitely did not all go to their head and no, shut up, they do NOT have a nosebleed.

Nihm: uh oh mc is crying and now they’re crying—why are we crying?? Takes a moment to realize what mc is saying. It sounds so lovely they need to say it too. Again and again and again and again... Fluttering with excitement the rest of the day.

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I can't wait to get Kieran to reluctantly fall in love with me

👆in denial

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FEN! I cannot believe how long I sat on your masterwork! I finally had the opportunity to sit down and read it and I was completely blown away! 🤯❤️ Your writing is excellent. The way you began the story with that achingly beautiful scene with your eldest sibling? So well done! And the banter between your retainer and the priestess had me in stitches. Your characters are so unique and intriguing, and the pacing is just right. I cannot wait to see what’s in store next!

Thank you!! ❤️❤️ I rewrote the beginning like a dozen times lol trying to figure out how to open the story before I settled on that scene, so I’m glad it seemed to open as a good hook ❤️ :D

As for what I got in store, I got big plans 👌(this is a threat)

Also congrats on releasing cantata! (you work so fast??!!?!!!??!?) I still have to finish reading it but so far it’s lovely! 💕

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I'm so excited to meet L in-game, I can't wait!! 🥹😻💖 Are they the type to like headpats?

Depends on who’s giving ‘em as they don’t like most people touching their hair—but from the right person? Absolutely.

…buuuut you’ll likely never catch them admitting to it 😌 I think they’d probably rather die~

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Patreon is live~! ✨✨

A short story, two finished RO designs, and sketch WIPs are posted!

I've decided to set up a Patreon where I'll post access to early updates, dev logs, sneak peeks, exclusive and early-access illustrations/character designs, and short monthly POV stories (with more benefits to come!).

Access them here or search FenofCattails on Patreon.

I am currently working on secondary character designs for each of the ROs featuring them in their formal wear! Here's a peek at Samira's and Aurynn's designs. They are currently available to the Retainer tier and above. I have the rest of the ROs' sketch WIPs posted to all paid tiers.

I also have a short POV story (1,434 words) that is available to the Demiblood tier, featuring Kieran, Lilith/Lucien, and Aurynn!

I have plans for further benefits once I figure out the pacing of everything--I have some fun stuff planned, like interactive mini-games featuring MC and other characters (like flashbacks with Luca and MC's siblings, POV interactions with MC, etc), short comics, themed illustrations/doodles, character designs for MC's siblings, and more! ✨

Thanks so much for all the support and love people have shown the demo so far, and thanks so much for your consideration in supporting me! ❤️🙏

∧,,,∧ ( ̳• · • ̳) / づ♡ Have a wonderful day!! ❤️🐛

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Trying to imagine which magic path would be scarier to see a angry mc with. I feel like a mc with gravity manipulation who is fucking pissed would be scary as hell

Oh, definitely. Mc with gravity has a move I like to call black hole in their arsenal. It’s not pretty.

I already have plans for future scenes where mc can go too far with their magic in their own anger. Fire and gravity are obviously going to get…messy. And depending on the character you’re with, it can have some other consequences. (sorry L)

Illusion and healing are more subtle though, so I’ll have to think on how an mc losing it would look like with those. I could see an mc with illusion magic fucking with someone’s head pretty hardcore with some nightmarish illusions. 🤔 And I feel like it’d be interesting to see an mc use healing magic in ways it is…not intended for. To the horror even of themselves.

I have had this one interaction bouncing around in my head though for after one of such scenarios:

“Oh my gods,” you cry, clapping your hands to your mouth in horror. “…Do you think he’ll be alright?” You aren’t quite sure what compels you to ask. The man is clearly dead—a charred, smoking corpse lying blackened on the ground, and if by some cruel twist of Fate he is still alive you are certain he wishes he wasn’t. L’s head snaps up as they turn to look at you, blinking as if they cannot figure out if you are being serious or not. “Babe, you CREMATED that man,” they say, gesturing at the crumbling charcoal-colored corpse. “I don’t think he’ll be walking that one off.”

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This is a Kieran appreciation post, carry on (pats their head).

what is this????? physical affection???????????

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Nihm's finished formal wear design is posted to the patreon! Next will be Kieran's. :)