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Bride of Shadows Rework - First Look

As promised, here is a first look at the new and (hopefully) improved Bride of Shadows. Before you check it out, keep in mind it's a very short preview. It covers the events of what we would formerly consider Night I: your MC waking up in Kalat and getting rescued from the sithrak.

However,...

Intro to the Fated Mates Route

Yesterday we discussed the new Dark Maiden Route (DMR) and today I'll be breaking down the new Fated Mates Route (FMR) for players who want a monogamous romance with Valdricht. This route will also be exclusive to The Nightborn Edition. I'm going to keep this one short, since you'll be able to pl...

New MC, New Body, New Interactivity

The body customization is something that I did a really crappy job of coding-wise last time. As frustrated as I feel at times, I'm significantly better at coding than I was when I started earlier this year and I now have a good system in place to make characters feel truly unique dependi...

Intro to the Dark Maiden Route + Excerpt

In my last post I mentioned the new Dark Maiden Route. I've gotten a lot of questions about it and figured I'd just wait and answer them all in a dedicated post.

First off, I want to thank the readers who reached out to me about the color schemes and accessibility issues. I've updated both ...

Week One | Changes & Adjustments

Here is the first open breakdown of the changes coming to Bride of Shadows next month. Some of it will be things we've already discussed in the Darksinger/Duskweaver posts and some will be new stuff I'm sharing for the first time. Feel free to leave feedback, I'm free all evening to answer questi...

Night VI - Standard Heretic - Part One

The first half of the Standard Heretic Route is available. If you went to Meyrrvik instead of to woodland sexytimes, this update is for you. The Standard Heretic route is very similar to the Standard/Aligned Zealot so if you already played that one then there wont be too many differences apart fr...

MMF vs MFM + Bride of Shadows MMF Tropes

My ask box is full of questions regarding this again this morning, so I'm going to write an official explanation of both what the distinction between MMF and MFM is in general, as well as how I personally write MMF. Obviously this is all based on my view of the niche and your definition may vary....

Provisional Opposed Pairs

I've been working on the opposed pairs off and on for the past couple of weeks and I'm ready to share the provisional list I have. It's a mix of the original traits, our poll winners, and also logical pairs. I've designed it on an axis system, meaning that each pair will represent an axis of your...

Aligned Zealot Bug Fix & Story Route Poll

First and foremost, this is to let you know that I've fixed a bug where the Aligned Zealot was routing onto the Unaligned Zealot's ending. In simple terms, if you ended Night V opting to consider Valdricht's offer and then you ended the first part of Night VI in a teahouse, you were affected. To ...

[EP:04] Tairen (Serax POV | Night I | Unbound Mode)

Hey Darksingers and Duskweavers! Today's alternate POV MC is Lydie, crafted by Ayesleigh, which I always read as "I slay" so hopefully that's canon. Here's Lydie's wonderfully detailed backstory.

Night VI - Aligned Heretic Route - Part One

The Aligned Heretic route, also known as the NSFW Heretic route where you sleep with Valdricht and Serax in Night IV, is now updated!

The Nightborn Edition: LINK

May Password: nythar...

[May Password] & Night VI - Unaligned Zealot - Valdricht Route

The Nightborn Edition has a new update for Night VI. If you are a Zealot who hasn't chosen to bend to The Weaver's will and happened to be kissed by Valdricht on Night V, then you can look forward to a steamy interlude, a fresh helping of lore & backstory, an...

Night VI - Aligned Zealot Route - Part I

The first half of the Aligned Zealot route is available on The Nightborn Edition now. What is the Aligned Zealot route? If you ended Night V as a Zealot with an offer from Valdri...

Night VI Heretic Excerpt | NSFW Route [Clean]

[Context] These are the starting passages of the Night VI NSFW route, should the MC decline to immediately forgive Valdricht. Takes place shortly after the end of Night V.

Excerpt:

“Usually, Kerach will feed himself out on the snow plains,” Serax says, hacking at a brick ...

Tendencies, What are they for?

With the last couple of polls I've realized that not everyone understands what the purpose of the tendencies are apart from unlocking choices sometimes. Which as the writer/developer is totally my fault so let's demystify them.

Tendencies are personality traits that will add shades of disti...

New Tendency Poll & Upcoming Changes

All right, so I said we'd be doing a makeup poll for the tendencies that didn't make the cut, but I want to do one more new tendency poll first. While I was in the weeds with Night VI today, it occurred to me that instead of doing the fabled Week One update after Night VII, I'm just going to do i...

[EP:03] Synara (Valdricht POV | Night I | Bound Mode)

Our third alternate POV scene takes place shortly after the second. Valdricht and Serax have stopped for the night to set up the tent and prepare to retire with the MC. Our MC is Guinevere, graciously offered up by Lummex! Sadly, she will still be asleep in this scene, but she will be the object ...

Night VI Excerpt | Unaligned Zealot [Steamy]

Okay, so I said no more Zealot but indulge me one more. It occurred to me that a lot of readers haven't played the unaligned Zealot route and aren't aware that it has a different ending than the main routes for Heretic & Zealot. Basically, your MC has a bit of a breakdown in the bath and, dep...

Tendency Poll #2

Erudite was a clear winner in the first poll. This time, we're going to have three new tendencies to choose from. The ones that aren't picked will be shuffled into the next poll with the two from last time. Erudite won't be making an appearance in Night VI, it's already filled with a bazillion di...

[EP:02] Drezhal (Serax POV | Night I | Zealot | Unbound Mode)

I'll start by apologizing for the awkward spacing. I started this in one word processor and finished in another and my patience with coding and interfaces is at its limit today. If it's really annoying, I'll come back and update it.

This POV scene reveals several things I'd planned to revea...

Night VI Excerpt | Weaver-Aligned Zealot (Part II)

Here is our next excerpt from the Weaver-Aligned Night VI, picking up right where we left off last time. I've included the final paragraph and choice as a reference. I chose some answers with the Zealot being extra Zealot-y, but your scene will play out differently depending on what you choose! 2025-04-05 23:53:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Night VI Excerpt | Weaver-Aligned Zealot

Here's an excerpt from Night VI. I'll be posting several Zealot excerpts this week. They'll be from the first half of Night VI, so as not to spoil all the fun and surprises in the second half. I'm currently around 20,000 words in and there's still a lot more to write but I'm working through it qu...

[EP:01] Svetlodyn (Valdricht POV | Night I | Bound Mode)

Here is the first of many alternate POV scenes, this one from Valdricht. Subsequent scenes will alternate POV from Valdricht & Serax in linear fashion, though I may shift modes between Bound/Unbound modes. I’d also like for players to submit their character profile screenshots. In the order...

Patreon progress & alternate POV Poll

Gonna start by saying I’ve been really surprised by the growth of the Patreon. When I launched it earlier this month I was kind of apprehensive, as I thought I was starting it too soon. I’m glad I did, as it gave me a good idea of how realistic writing full-time would be. As of right now, I�...

For the Serax lovers...

[Route Context] Night VI, Weaver-aligned Zealot, didn't accept Valdricht's offer.

You do your best to behave normally as your measurements are taken.

Granted, there's nothing normal about being in a room with multiple men while holding your hands above...

New Tendency Poll

Here is our first poll for a Nightborn exclusive tendency. This will accompany the new tendency Coy, which you'll start to see in Night VI. New tendencies will also add new story choices to earlier nights when I do the Week One update. While I'll be selecting the most popular, that doesn't mean t...

Heretic Night V is live!

The Nightborn Edition has been updated with Heretic Night V!

I know a lot of players have already played the Zealot Night V, but for those who have been holding out, remember that the...

Progress Report & Poll

I'll start off by saying I'm not quite done with the Heretic route for Night V. In my initial draft it very closely mirrored the aligned Zealot route (at least the non-NSFW route) and it just felt too boring/lazy to copy & paste so much. I know a lot of readers play both routes, so I decided ...

Night V - Heretic NSFW Route Excerpt

This is an excerpt for the Heretic NSFW route for Night V. It's a combination of four passages strung together in a single text. You'll have the option to make various different decisions apart from the ones here.

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You clutch at his wrist, desperate for leverage, but it does...

Nightborn Edition - Poll #01 - Designer Baby

In the novel series I drafted, the MC has one child. This was a decision I'd wrestled with, and one of the reasons I love writing an IF because I can explore alternate possibilities. Male or female? Serax or Valdricht? One or two? If two, who are the fathers? What will they look like? How awful w...