Aetheria: Whispers of the Forest Moon
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Synopsis
Olamor, Valenia, and Vjira , three fairy warriors from a small community of Ravenia, are sent on a mission to recover secrets of the dark elves, in order to understand what is happening to the forest around them. Part fantasy and part a poetic imagining of the climate crisis, Aetheria: Whispers of the Forest Moon traces an arc for the times we live in, and stands as a call to not ignore what is happening in our world.
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Literature and Fantasy
This is our next game and starting to become our current project, during which we’re investigating mythology and fiction and inventing a narrative about the climate crisis, heightened to poetic form, it’s also a unique hybrid of Final Fantasy and Miyazaki techniques we haven’t seen anywhere else.
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Book Excerpt
The book has been compared to LOTR in reviews, and while it’s not in the same story mode, it’s invented worlds are rich in detail, even in a novelette. As a starting point for the RPG, we’re continuing and enhancing the story and building a vast world into the orginal concept.
Valenia
A recent graduate from the Viridian League of Ravinia, Val and what remains of her family learn of an ancient forest from the first Fairy kingdom.
Game in Development
To study the underlying structure of RPGs., We designed and built a text game in Python, fully with a complex, yet simple database and custom random dice scripts to determine the same level of interactive design of Final Fantasy and other JRPGs of that era. We moved from the text game prototype to 2D game development in 2025. It should be out sometime mid 2025.
While we’re in development, this design is for one of the most fearsome foes of the fairy kingdom, the dark sword of Lorowrath, the Sword of Despair, is a foreboding weapon shrouded in an aura of hopelessness. Forged from a rare, obsidian-like metal found deep within the caverns of a cursed mountain, its blade gleams with a dull, eerie light that seems to swallow all surrounding brightness. The hilt is intricately carved with ominous runes that pulse faintly with a crimson glow, rumored to be the blood of fallen warriors who once wielded it. When drawn, the air around Lorowrath grows cold, and a sense of dread seeps into the hearts of those nearby. It is said that the sword feeds on the despair of its wielder, growing stronger with every bitter thought, while slowly consuming their soul in return.
