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There is a very specific reason Birten was brought where he was. It’ll definitely come into play within the next few chapters. And Daegon, well, he’s in a predicament of his own. Elsior is certainly mixing things up. Don’t expect that to change anytime soon. 😇

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That got a legit lol out of me. It sure is convenient that everyone is getting captured!

Broadswords Chapter Twenty The Pendant With a weakly-burning torch and a rusty dagger, Birten set through the darkness toward Elsior's cabin on foot. None of the villagers had horses, which explained the horribly makeshift stable and lack of attendant. They were, however, generous enough to provide him with the two items he did have. While they weren't as sufficient of tools as he would prefer, he was grateful toward the villagers. Especially considering everything that had happened t

Thank you! Yes, I was happy with the way the storylines began to progress from character development into thicker storylines. There's much more that will happen before it's over. More to come very soon!

I think that while we’ve seen the more human side of Elan in other chapters, those have usually been his narratives. What he portrays outwardly to others is that full-of-himself persona that we see here. He even drops the subject of Daegon/Birten being off on an unofficial quest when the subject comes back to himself. I think you’ll come to see more growth from Elan in upcoming chapters, but as of right now I think you’re pretty spot on.

Broadswords Chapter Nineteen The Dreams Kep dreamt. He dreamt of Birten, shirtless, sitting cross-legged with him on the floor before the fire. They each had a glass of wine and were staring into each other's eyes. Kep was scared to make the first move so he was delighted when Birten leaned in. He slowly met him halfway until they made contact. Kep dreamt. He dreamt that Birten vanished as soon as their lips met. He turned into Jeno, his old friend. Jeno held a key in one hand and

At least we know now that Harmon wasn’t aware previously of Elsior’s motives! But yes, there’s going to be more that he begins to uncover as he delves deeper in the mystery.

Broadswords Chapter Eighteen The Symbol Feeling nostalgic, Harmon decided to do something he hadn't done since Elsior had been exiled. He was going to visit Elsior's old room. He knew it would be occupied by some other member of the castle staff, but he felt like it was something he needed to do. Especially knowing that Daegon and Birten had undoubtedly encountered him by now, while he hadn't seen him in years. He felt a smidgen of jealousy. As he made his way down the corridors,

It’s definitely more than Elan could take on alone, even with the blood dagger. Something is absolutely going on with the number of dragons, it definitely didn’t just happen by chance.

So many things are finally coming to fruition! We all knew Elsior wasn’t who he said he was, but this is indeed something the boys would never have expected.

Broadswords Chapter Seventeen The Truth Birten rode away from Elsior's cabin, glad to be getting away from the gatherer for a while. He hoped Daegon would be alright alone with him. Of all people, Daegon could take care of himself. But there was still the odd feeling about their new acquaintance that made him feel uneasy. He circled around the village, heading toward the area furthest away from the mountains. If the dragon had been circling the skies overhead, this would have been

Broadswords Chapter Sixteen The Sanguistis "You're Elan?" Elan looked at the man before him. He was shorter, slightly pudgy, and rather handsome. His skin was a soft shade of brown, and utterly flawless. He still seemed panicked. "Yes. And you are?" "My name is Kep," he said. He ran his fingers through his beard absentmindedly. "I run an inn with my brother several streets over." Several streets over meant in the less luxurious part of town, and Elan was well aware of it.

They sure do! It’s definitely established now that he isn’t who he seems to be, so now we’re just waiting to get a little more clarification on what exactly he’s up to. Chapter 17 will give us a little more insight on that, when we get there. 😉

Broadswords Chapter Fifteen The Nest After obtaining details on the dragon, Daegon's fears were confirmed. He'd hoped that the beast they'd be dealing with was a simple Great Grey or even a Mountainous Majestic, but from Elsior's description, it seemed like they would actually be combatting a Dark Colossus. The Dark Colossus was one of the more vicious types of dragon, and Daegon had yet to face one. They were larger than most breeds, typically twice the size of a Grey. Their scal

Yep, you called it! And of course something had to go wrong, everything was starting to work out too well for the brothers!

For anyone interested in the game, I’ve put about 12 hours in so far and I’m thoroughly enjoying it. It really does have that old school RPG feel reminiscent of the earlier Final Fantasy titles. The characters have special abilities, too, which gives you an actual reason to interact with all of the NPCs. The choice of picking which character(s) you start with is nice, and the difficulty level increases as you add more to your party, so it has somewhat of a free-roaming world aspect versus being on a completely linear path as with most RPGs. One qualm is that the storylines of the characters don’t actually mesh. They are all on their own paths, and the joining together as a group is extremely arbitrary. There doesn’t seem to be an overall storyline that ties them all together, which I find a little unfortunate. While I’m still pretty early on in the game, this doesn’t change from what I understand. The storylines that do exist individually also don’t seem to be utterly original for an RPG. Aside from that, if you’re interested in a retro-feeling game and appreciate the old-school RPG style, I do recommend it. An all-inclusive story arc binding the characters together would be a huge plus, but otherwise it’s a pretty solid choice.

It had been a possibility in my mind to involve Birten and Daegon in the cave storyline, but I thought it would be a much more interesting turn of events to have it be Elan, instead. Plus it gives us some new character interaction that we haven’t seen yet, which is always exciting.

Broadswords Chapter Fourteen The Chasm Since Sal's miraculous turn at running the inn, he had revealed to Kep how he had enjoyed the feeling. Though it had only been a couple of days since he'd handled the place on his own for the first time, he'd admitted to his brother that he'd like to continue helping in that capacity. As a result, for the last two days, it allowed Kep to take a well-deserved break for around two hours. During that period, he convinced Kep to continue a discou

That’ll give me time to play a bit and report back!

Anybody else preorder this game? Or even heard of it, I guess? Today is release day and I should be arriving home after work to a delivery from Amazon! I’m probably gonna nerd out all weekend, just wanted to see if anyone else had any interest in this game. It basically looks to be a retro-feeling/looking RPG in the style of old Final Fantasy games but told from the perspective of 8 characters. I’ll of course have more input after I start playing, but if anyone has anything to add, please discuss!

Thank you! Yeah, I wanted to go a different route. You generally don’t go into a bathhouse expecting to find a relationship. So I wanted to do just that, a what-if situation, but with characters on various points of that spectrum.

I’m glad! I’m not always a happy ending kind of guy but in this case it just felt right.

Thanks so much! I’ll see what I can do. 😉

You guys flatter me. The characters are still whispering in my ear, so we’ll see what happens. 😇