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“Falling in love with a God is not a death sentence. The story is only a tragedy if the God loves you back.”

— Nathaniel Orion G. K.

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Hiiii this seems very interesting 🤔 i can't wait to read it! Eh also the link to the RO profiles just reload back onto the same page. 🫣

Thank you so much 🥹 AND thank you again- I completely forgot to remove the link, I'm currently in the process of rewriting and redrawing the profiles!

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💗 GROWING HEART - if they have a crush, is it noticable? what changes when they're in love?

I could've sat there and wrote this forever, but losing one save has scared me into posting it, plus it's late pffft. They were a little longer but I've been trying to hold back from spoiling too much stuff lately (I'm terrible for it). Thank you for the question, Anon!!

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Ashborn

Very noticeable. She is much less sporadic with her actions and words, being more careful with what they say and do since they tend to be impulsive without regard for others feelings, so when around someone they love, Ash will be more gentle with their words and appear way more enthralled in the conversation she has with them. It all in her eyes, Ashborn can’t hide how infatuated she is from the start. This is what makes them one of the healthier romance options.

Constantin

Constantin isn’t obvious, in the way he has no clue what he’s feeling, just a shocking realisation that they managed to make him feel pleasant in his desensitised state. The more notable things that change are the fact he becomes a little less tense and tries to speak more with them, makes an effort to seek them out just to continue feeling genuine happiness with them, and as much as he’ll hate to admit it, he immediately goes back to feeling a dull numbness when they’re not around… probably why he makes them a lot of bone trinkets. Overall, Constantin just gives off a more peaceful presence when around them. 

Crowley

He’s either going to be more loved or very hated with this one. At the first sign of him falling in love, Crow becomes a brick wall of emotions before bolting. He’s noticeable, in the sense he treats them like a giant asshole to push them away, nasty words, threatening to eat them, and being a pessimistic idiot to create distance. At the end of the day, Crow has to hope that’s enough, he needs love too much to avoid them forever.

Eden

Oh sweet snake lady, she’s so obvious when in love. Eden will be enthralled by them, constantly start up conversations only to fluster herself and duck behind whatever furniture is closest, recommend books they might enjoy or even randomly give them baked goodies, she won’t try to hide it, but she will be hesitant to admit it. Having Fern makes her want to confirm one thing before she acts on her feelings, and it’s making sure they understand being with her means watching over Fern. At the end of the day, Eden is a mother that puts her daughter before herself. 

Heka

Heka isn’t noticeable… sort of. Our dear devil is extremely well versed in hiding his thoughts and emotions, it’s easy when he’s a sweetheart to absolutely everybody. While it wouldn’t be completely clear just by looking at him, he would be one-hundred percent honest about it if asked. It’s not that Heka is trying to hide it, more hesitates to act on it. He needs a certain level of certainty before he’ll convince himself to open up a little, but when he does, Heka is more genuine and affectionate with them, if a little mischief. He does enjoy teasing his loved ones. 

Rowan

Rowan has perfected the craft of hiding their feelings, especially in matters of love, and if caught, they’ll deny it. The only sign of Rowan being in love, is how quick they are to contradict their own words. They say to stay away, yet seek them out themself. They’d say they like being alone, then run to find and hold their complete attention. They don’t make things easy for themself, desperately wanting to love but putting on a front that says otherwise.

Sonja

One of the tougher romance options, Sonja falls in love fast and hard, but she also keeps it to herself. She won’t make it obvious outside of longing stares, subconsciously seeking them out for conversation and to know they’re safe and sound. Even Sonja has a boiling point and when she reaches it, she’ll be screaming how much she loves them to the whole damn town. She has such a big heart and is so afraid to use it.

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The Ether was long ago created by the three gods; The Goddess of Fate, known more commonly among Ethereals as the Seer, Morri is a being of secrets and knowledge to scholars and those seeking guidance, being the wielder of all mortal destinies. 

The Goddess of Life, The Mother, is considered the main deity of The Ether, Mihnna the titaness and bringer of hope, representing life and rebirth. 

The God of Strength, an old deity of the Lost Oasis that came to the aid of their sisters before taking their place as The Warrior, protector of man and a deity worshiped by any seeking guidance in combat.  

The Ether is their home and the place they combined their power, creating Ethereals to protect the realm of mortals from The Infernis and their chaotic siblings. Over time, it became a home to many seeking peace after death or a chance to have a place as an Ethereal, these particular individuals often being referred to as Devouts. 

Some rumors speak of the gods ripping out a fragment of their powers, each blessing a chosen champion with a gift that continues through their bloodline to this very day.

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One of the largest kingdoms in the realm of man, ruled by the elusive and secretive royal family, who rarely have public appearances. A kingdom full of mysteries and the only one to fully accept non-humans into their populace. While on the surface Darkrow is better evolving with the sudden increase of monsters, creating Hunters and putting down precautions to protect their people when necessary, they hide dark secrets that could turn other kingdoms and their own people against them.

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Just two witches holding hands, one witch is just trying to stop the other from pickpocketing people.

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The most well-kept secret of Darkrow is how hunters came to be, these coldly detached people that keep a distance from the very thing they are vowed to protect, humanity. It isn't widely known that hunters are half-human and half-supernatural, their blood needing to be mixed to survive the inhumane conditions of their training, otherwise they risk never making it back to the surface.

The Cages. An underground maze of cages and large pits acting as training grounds that reek of old blood and burnt flesh, recruits being subjected to tortuous fights, gruelling punishments and sleepless nights.

In order to survive The Cages, recruits needed to become just as cruel and numb as the methods used against them, some even gaining a sick enjoyment from it, proving their worth to become Hunters and devote their lives to slaying monsters in the Darkrow Royal Family name. 

This place of creation for hunters, is the very reason hunters come off as these desensitised brutes that only show a resemblance of excitement when cutting down beasts. 

Welcome to The Cages, not many are strong enough to make it out with their mind intact.

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the kind of angel who strangles herself with her own halo

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Dev Log 5

By goodness, it’s been a while since I could just sit down and post about any progression. Life is still keeping me busy thanks to personal matters. However, I’ve been chipping away and doing stuff when I can. I’ve been more or less creating stuff here and there that I can post, though most of the free time I managed to get went into writing and completing tasks. 

Finally have some time to get a dev log written out, I’m hoping to update everybody on what I’ve been up to and have planned since my radio silence (and here’s to hoping the next dev log isn’t forever away…)

One of the bigger changes I’ve planned is turning Evenfall Grove into a Choicescript game rather then Twine. This decision was made to help shorten the time a bit, I don’t get as often as hoped to do what I like, so using Choicescript was a good workaround due to it being a little more simple to use. 

I still hope to make a game with Twine, maybe in the future when i have more financial stability and time to just still and put my full heart into it, but until then, I can say that making Evenfall Grove using Choicescript won’t change anything story or choice wise. I do need to figure out how to work the whole “you can die or get injured when exploring at night” thing, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out…

Next on my list of things to update everyone about is a few changes to my profile, I wanted to make it easier to access information and stuff, as well as easier to read. I might need to tinker with the colouring, but so far I think it’s better. Which leads to me saying that RO profiles have been taken down for the moment. 

I’ve been writing A LOT whenever I could. A lot of rewrites since the ending became more and more clear as I wrote, and a bunch of short stories about the characters. Thanks to this, my brain is forcing me to do another redesign to make them all feel… Well, more them. 

Constantin is the first (and only one even close to done) and has gotten a lot of love, I brought back some stuff from both his older design drafts and made him feel and look more like a man who has been beaten down by life over and over. Exactly what I’m going for.

Another change is the title banner! I still have a few more things to mess with, but for now it less of a priority over writing. I love it more though and the font is real pretty!

Aside from more redesigns, I mentioned character short stories, I might edit and post them if the need calls for it, but it did really help develop each of their backgrounds and helps decide how I want them to be and act, especially around MC! 

It has made me need to rewrite a lot and pace out how MC will first meet each of the characters (as well as how romancing them will go about), in the end it’s helped me decide how I want the ending to go and how I want each character to end up by the end. It’s not just MC going on a journey of power and character development. Each romance option has their own unique way of growing throughout the story.

While I’m mentioning characters, MC’s Familiar has been narrowed down to four animals; Squirrel, Owl, Badger or Fox. Feel free to make more suggestions, my only tip is smaller forest dwelling animals, since familiars size and shape are based on the power of their witch and the environment they're in! MC isn’t the powerhouse they are capable of becoming quite yet.

That is all for now, not as much as I hoped to update everyone with, but I like to try and get a word out when I can so no one is left wondering if this interactive fiction is no longer being made. Still fully intend to make Evenfall, it’s just at a busy snails pace.

Thank you all again for sticking around and having such patience with me, you’re all lovely and I couldn’t ask for better readers! (I need to get to answering asks, I apologise so much for the delay and I'll do my best to dedicate some point next week to answering them!)

Have a good day/evening, witches!

-Red

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Vocabulary List for Fight Scenes

Combat Actions

Hoist

Dart/Dash

Deflect

Shield

Sidestep

Snatch up

Stalk

Stamp/stomp

Stretch

Stride

Wagger

Oust

Leap

Lose ground

Mimick

Mirror

Negate

Overpower

Parry

Rear to full height

Resurgate

Suanter

Seize

Take cover

Throttle

Twirl

Unleash

Withdraw

Entwine

Flee

Gain ground

Grasp

Cling to

Breach

Duck

Dodge

Hits

Amputate

Bloody

Carbe

Castrate

Collision

Connect

Crush

Defenestrate

Destroy

Disfigure

Dismember

Dissever

Grind

Maul

Perforate

Rend

Riddle with holes

Saw

Smack

Splatter

Sunder

Torn Asunder

Traumatize

Whack

Writhe

Gut

Hammer

Maim

Mangle

Plow

Puncture

Melee

Assault

Attack

Barrage

Bash

Belebor

Bludgeon

Carve

Chop

Cleave

Clio

Club

Crosscut

Dice

DIg

Gore

Hack

Impale

Jab

Kick

Knock

Onsalught

Pierce

Plnt

Punch

Rive

Shove

Skewer

Slice

Smash

Stab

Strike

Sweep

Swipe

Swing

Transfix

Thrust

Visual Flair

Agony

Asphyxiate

Chock

Cough up bile

Cut to ribbons

Flop limply

Fractue

Freckled with blood

Gouts of blood

Grimane

Hemorrhage

Hiccup blood

Imprint

Indent

Resounding

Retch

Rip

rupture

Shiny with gore

Spew

Splash

Slumped in despair

Splatter

Split

Tear

Topple

Void

Vomit

Wedge

With a fell gaze

With a fiendish grin

With blank surprise

Audible Flair

Bang

Barking

Bong

Boom

Crack

Cackle

Clang

Clash

Crash

Cry

Echo

Elicit a curse

Frunt

Hiss

Howel

Hum

Moan

Muttering

Whoosh

Whistle

Whizz

With a keening cry

Thud

Thunk

Thawk

Splat

Snarl

Swoosh

Squeal

Sing

Sickening Pop

Silintly

Shriek

Shout

Snap

Thundering

Effects

Blind

Burn

Cause frostbite

Cauterize

Concussion

Combust

Daze

Dazzle

Deafen

Disintegrate

Electrocute

Freeze

Fuse flesh

Immobilze

Incinerate

Melt

Pralyse

Petrify

Purbind

Radiate

Reduced to

Shock

Sightless

Stun

Transiluminate

Death Blows

Annihilate

Behead

Decapitate

Disembowel

Eviscerate

Extirpate

Murder

Obliterate

Raze

Exterminate

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I committed a great sin by forgetting to post the second half to this.

I've been practising my art when I can and ended up using Crow during it- So have a pissed-off Crowley.

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I've been practising my art when I can and ended up using Crow during it- So have a pissed-off Crowley.

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ROs Affectionate Names

I've compiled a list of affectionate terms each of the ROs would use! As both a sorry for the radio silence (the household's been very, very busy...) and a start to the many things that will be posted throughout the week.

Ashborn

Sunshine. Sweetheart. My Treasure. Cutie. Gorgeous.

Eden

Sweetpea. Dearest. Sugar. Sweetie. Lovely.

Constantin

Darlin'. Love. Mine.

Heka

Love. Darling. Petal. My Heart.

Rowan

Dear. Precious. Lovely. Doll.

Sonja

Beloved. Sweets. Sweetness. My Love.

Crowley

Sweetheart. Tough Stuff. Little Witch. Pet. Bloodbag.

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Me realising I can post a Vivian WIP because she's Evenfall related. Awwwwww yeeeeeeah.

Crowley's little sister and the only one who will give Ashborn's energetic nature a run for its money. You'll find Vivy with her wife most days 😌

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So, so busy. Getting time to write has been a mission the past two weeks, but it certainly hasn't stopped me from trying. Some story writing and I've been messing around with lore things and updating old lore things I've posted (wanna make em' all nice and simple).