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Author Q&A (April)
You know the drill! It's time for April's Author Q&A!If you know the drill, fire away! The ask window for this Q&A will be open for 24 hours, so make sure to get your questions in before the deadline, which will be Monday, April 18th, at 12:00 PM (MST). I will not save or answer any questions sent after the deadline! As usual, I will be answering a mix of overflow questions from previous months as well as new questions sent in this month!...
Music Poll #7 - Character Theme Song
All right everyone, as you voted here, our next commissioned music piece will be centered around another Shepherd character--AKA, it'll be another character theme song! 🎶🎼After voting on the character closes, I'll make another post asking for more suggestions, references, and specific instruments/examples/vibes you might have in mind for that particular character! And, of course, you can view all of the music we've already commi...
Commissioned Art Poll #8 - Characters and ROs
Hi everyone, Characters and ROs won the last poll in this round, so let's decide which character we should focus on for this commission!Remember, Ayla, Red, Trouble, Blade, Chase, Riel, and Halek have all won the past rounds, and their mediums were later decided to be character reference sheets! After this poll, we will vote on the medium/format/style of our current piece--but first, we want to pick the subject of the piece itself!Who do you ...
Regional Dishes of Blest (Part III)
It's here! The next part in our illustrated series on some of the regional dishes and meals of Blest! 🍜🐟🥧 This month spotlights lesser-known cities, Korgoth in the North and Brunent to the West! Next month will be our last entry in this series, featuring some Hunter dishes (I'm sure you can guess where from) and our most faraway location to date!How did Brunen and Korgoth stack up against the dishes we've seen from Capra, Amb...
Credits List (April)
Hi everyone! You know the drill! If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! 😃 Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred (over usernames like hottie69_420), but you can send in whatever you're most comfortable with! Thank you so much for your support, and I hope you're having a great start to your month! Happy April Fool's!
Music Poll #7
Hi everyone, welcome to April! 🌸🌼🌷 I tried to think of something clever to do for April Fool's Day, but my brain is toast from all of the writing so I'll just leave you all in peace this year! 💀Anyway, I hope you enjoyed our latest music piece, Trouble's theme, which was composed and commissioned with your incredible help!What's next? Vote in this first round of music polls, and details and specifics will come after!Ke...
Some Kind of Virus (AU Story - Part 2)
This entry was so long - 35 pages and 15,000 words!!! 😩 I took some major artistic liberties with this section, so if anything jumps out at you as "that is not how [x] works," please know that I conducted 0 research for this and know basically nothing! But HEY LOOK, cyberpunk stuff! Zombies! Brightburner is turning out to be a sarcastic, cynical little Merc! I think their humorous asides are my way of coping with the dark material; th...
Alpha Preview Update (March)
Hi everyone, we're finally back with another alpha preview update! I wrote so much this month, between this, the short story, and the Twine port! 😮💨Play the alpha here❗️➡ Password: candyheart ⬅ ❗️Report bugs hereView bug reports hereWhat's New: 20,000 words of new content for Chapter 4! More Mekduk! More Halek and Naolin! More Moonsilk! More Blade! New codex document for talisman meanings in your codex after Candle Da...
Commissioned Art Poll #8
Hi there! I hope you enjoyed Halek's character sheet... and now, around the carousel we go again! ❤️ If you're new to this, continually voting on art commissions for the game is a special reward that Patrons have unlocked here on this Patreon! Thank you so much again for your support, we couldn't be creating this amazing pieces without you! 🎉This series of polls moves in three stages, culminating in the final art piece at the e...
Commissioned Art #8 - Halek's Character Sheet
I have no words... my brain short-circuited at this!!! He's too powerful!!!On the left is his demon exorcist uniform and what members of the Order of the White Sun. On the right is his usual outfit for when he has to attend formal or ceremonial occasions as sol of the Reach! I'm loving his big-ass fur collar--just imagine him lounging on some Hunter throne with that thing lol! 🤩Stay tuned: the next series of polls for our next art comm...
Suggestion Box: Restaurant, Inn, and Tavern Names!
Hi guys, going to try something new today instead of our usual standby naming polls! Right now I'm opening this post up for anyone to toss in some Blest/fantasy-appropriate restaurant, inn, or tavern names that they may come up with! Sometimes I'm in the middle of writing a conversation between the characters and an offhand comment like, "Let's have a drink at the ____," or "We're meeting at _____ later, are you coming...
Author Answers (March)
GeneralHello Lena!! I hope this is done correctly:D First of all, I absolutely adore SHOH and I'm so fond of Riel and Shery, I love them to death!!🥺Now onto the question; if the Shepherds were to live in this world what would be their absolute favorite books, authors and genres? (Yes, I will allow Mangas and Comics bc I know some characters might be more into these lmao:D)Hi anon, thank you so much for the interesting question and for the ...
Author Q&A (March)
You know what time it is: March's Author Q&A!!If you know the drill, fire away! The ask window for this Q&A will be open for 24 hours, so make sure to get your questions in before the deadline, which will be Wednesday, March 16th, at 12:00 PM (MST). I will not save or answer any questions sent after the deadline! As usual, I will be answering a mix of overflow questions from previous months as well as new questions sent in this month!If you a...
Regional Dishes of Blest (Part II)
The second part in our illustrated series on some of the regional dishes and meals of Blest! 🥖🥘🍵 This entry is unabashedly full of Mage food and features Ambryn and Capra (you can actually order one of these dishes if you hang out with Chase in Capra)! Drop a comment for any favorites you have so far, and I hope you enjoy!!! ✨Useful links: Regional Dishes of Blest (Part I) Fruits of Blest Breads of Blest Map of Blest The Blest Cookbook
Trouble's Theme (Music)
Hi everyone, you voted on Trouble's theme being our next custom music commission, and here it is! And it's kind of a fucking BANGER??? 😱🤩As always, our resident composer Irene Chan knocked it out of the park! A lot of everyone's suggestions trended towards jazzy, swingy, funky ska-y beats (which is insanely ironic, because in my cringier days of a 13-year-old making YouTube AMV playlists for my characters, Trouble's songs co...
All Better! (Tiny Update)
Hi everyone! I hope your March is getting off to a great start! I'm just popping in to give you a tiny update: I'm all better now, testing negative as of last week and everything! Thank you so much for your very kind words of encouragement, understanding, love, and support: your patience really took a load off my mind and helped me recover faster! 💪 It felt like it took an eternity for me to start feeling normal again, but now that my ...
Credits List (March)
Hi everyone, happy start to your March! 🌸🌼🌺You know the drill! If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! 😃 Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred (over usernames like hottie69_420), but you can send in whatever you're most comfortable with! Thank you so much for your support, and I hope you're having a great start ...
Some Kind of Virus (AU Story - Part 1)
Some Kind of Virus is a serial story set in the Lights and Clockwork universe - a futuristic, cyberpunk interpretation of Blest, but with zombies. Some things to know about this story: The story is told from the first-person perspective of the MC, codenamed and referred to as "Brightburner." No mention of Brightburner's gender or physical appearance is made in the story, allowing you to imagine the narrator as you see fit. However, as...
Small Update
Hi everybody, tiny update! Not great news, but I tested positive for COVID over the weekend! 😪 I am relatively fine, just feeling under the weather with symptoms similar to a bad cold—nothing to be really concerned about, just a cough and the usual congestion/fatigue/fever stuff, but the symptoms seem intent on sticking around for a longer time than I'm used to with colds! (I guess because, duh Lena, it's not really a cold...) But ov...
Author Answers (February)
GeneralWhat are the Shepherds go to movie theatre snacks? Who's more likely to sneak their snacks in or buy them?Blade: popcorn, salt but no butterTrouble: popcorn, dump a bunch of milk duds, M&Ms, or Buncha Crunch in it; sodaTallys: Raisinets or Junior MintsShery: popcorn, gummy bearsRiel: I truly cannot even imagine him buying snacks at a movie theater, let alone going to a movie theater (where he can hear other people CHEWING), and the ide...
Author Q&A (February)
Hi everybody, it's time for February's Author Q&A!If you know the drill, fire away! The ask window for this Q&A will be open for 24 hours, so make sure to get your questions in before the deadline, which will be Thursday, February 16th, at 6:00 PM (MST). I will not save or answer any questions sent after the deadline! As usual, I will be answering a mix of overflow questions from previous months as well as new questions sent in this month...
Regional Dishes of Blest (Part One) (February Goody)
It's here! You asked for it, so I delivered--the first of an illustrated series about the regional dishes of Blest! 🎉🍖🧀🥖Handy links in case you want to do more reading or need a reference guide: Map of Blest Fruits of Blest Breads of Blest The Blest CookbookOf these three, which regional dish would you pick? Do you have any favorites? 👀 Next month will feature Ambryn and Capra! I hope you enjoy! ✨
Music Poll #6 - Trouble's Theme Song (Suggestions)
Hi everybody, Trouble won the last poll to determine whose character theme song we should make next (narrowly beating Chase by only 5 votes)! So, as we did for Blade in the last round, I'm opening up this post for you to leave any suggestions you may have for our composer Irene when she starts working on Trouble's theme song next!Character theme songs strive to embody, well, the characters they represent! For example, Blade's characte...
ShoH Update and Name Poll (February #1)
Hi everybody, Happy Valentine's Day! Can you tell that it's one of my favorite holidays? I just love the visuals and the aesthetics and the colors and the vibes! 💖🌸💝💐💌 I hope you're all having a very good day and start to your week!Just a brief update on how ShoH things are going this month! We're a little behind on this month's goody (just by a few days--but I promise it will be worth it)! I'll give you a h...
Music Poll #6 - Character Theme Song
Hi everybody, as you voted here, the next piece of ShoH music that we commission from the composer Irene Chan will be a character theme song!Character theme songs strive to embody, well, the characters they represent! For example, Blade's character theme song, if you haven't heard it, captures his serious personality, military discipline, Ket heritage, and growing independence! (Seems like a lot, but I think it's true!)Which character...
Short Story Poll (February, #1)
Hi everybody, I hope you enjoyed the absolute beast of the last serial short story, The Bridge of Bones! At five main parts, it was almost a whopping 60,000 words alone!!! After I wrapped it up, I did chuckle at the idea of MC coming back from, like, Lockwood and being like, "Anything new happen while I was gone?" Trouble and Riel: "Uhhhhhh"I'm currently feeling a bit tapped dry at the moment after such a monstrously-long proj...
Credits List (February)
Hi everyone, happy start to your February! 💝❤️🤍💐You know the drill! If you haven't done so already, please message me or comment below if you'd like to have your name added to the Shepherds of Haven credits! 😃 Names like John S. or John Smith are preferred (over usernames like hottie69_420), but you can send in whatever you're most comfortable with! Thank you so much for your support, and I hope you have a great start ...
The Bridge of Bones (Trouble and Riel's Story)
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Alpha Preview Update (January)
Hi everyone, I am very proud and excited to bring you the update for the alpha build this month! I'm not shy in saying I got a metric shit-ton of work done over these last few weeks, so I'm very happy about that! I very much hope you'll enjoy!Note: there is a new password this month for the alpha build, so if you need to enter it or start a new file, that can be found below!Play the alpha here❗️➡ Password: candyheart ⬅ ❗️R...
Tavern Name (Poll)
Hi everybody, this is literally so inconsequential but I am so indecisive when it comes to names, so I'd love to get your input on something again! There's a tavern a few streets over from the Shepherds' compound that's a popular gathering and drinking spot for various officers and recruits, and is a favorite even for MC's crew when they feel inclined to go out. But I can't decide on a name for it! The Burning Crown (Troub...
