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The Bridge of Bones (Riel and Trouble's Story)
[EXTREME CONTENT WARNING: This story is an attempt at a police procedural murder mystery, and contains all of the elements included in that genre, including extensive discussion and investigation of murder and death. In particular, this story involves the implied kidnapping, physical beating, and violent murder of an adolescent, as well as discussion of the crime scene and his injuries and dead body. Please protect yourself and read only at your ...
Author Answers (October)
GeneralJust found out that bobbing for apples was a courting ritual in Great Britain... I personally think lots of fall things seem to be good for romance. I'm sure it's the same in Blest! Which ROs would be all over a hayride, bobbing for apples, or a corn maze (etc)?(I know Riel would rather be stabbed than bob for apples. The germs!)Ooh, great question!Blade: like with most holiday/seasonal things, he is largely indifferent to the goin...
New Reward Unlocked, Music Poll, and Small Update
Hi everyone - wow, a lot of polls to share with you this month! (I hope it hasn't been too overwhelming! 😅)I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you all from the bottom of my heart, because thanks to your support, we unlocked the next reward for this Patreon! 🎉🎉🎉This is so incredible!!! When I first started this Patreon, I never in my wildest dreams imagined that we would get this far. All of this--the extra content and g...
Author Q&A (October)
Hi everybody, it's that time of the month already! I hope your spooky season is going well! 🎃If you know the drill, fire away! As per usual, the ask window for this Q&A will only be open for the next 24 hours, so make sure to get your questions in before the deadline, which will be Saturday, October 16th, 2 PM MST. I will not save or answer any questions sent after the deadline!If you are new or need instructions, read on. If not, leave yo...
Commissioned Art Poll #7 - Subject
Hello there! If you're new to this, voting on continual art commissions for the game is a special reward that Patrons have unlocked on this Patreon! Thank you so much again for your support! 🎉How this series of polls works: First we vote on the subject of our next commissioned art piece (this is the poll seen below). After that's decided, we vote on specific details of the art piece. If Characters and ROs won, for example, we then vote...
Commissioned Art #7 - Riel's Character Sheet
You voted, we created! Riel's character sheet is here!Isn't he ❗️❗️❗️handsome?! I was shocked when the artist sent over the final product--he looks so sophisticated! Everything about him is so perfectly Riel! 💜🖤The picture of ruthless elegance! The version on the left is his "everyday" attire, whereas the version on the right is when he's meeting with guests and business people he has to impress! 😂Stay tun...
Breads of Blest (September Goody)
Hi everybody, I made a thing!Well, I commissioned a food painter to paint some things, and then I put them all together into their own little codex pages! All for bread!Why bread? Well, I was inspired by this Tumblr post--and also, I was really hungry at the time, I guess! And I also really love bread...If you guys like seeing this kind of thing, maybe I can do an ongoing series on different foods, or even other codex topics like flowers or maybe...
Mimir's Callsign (Poll)
Hi everyone, as I'm gearing up to write the next part of Chapter 7 (spoiler alert: Mimir shows up in this one!), I realized that we never actually voted to decide a callsign for her! I'm shocked! (I think it's because I thought I'd cut her from the recruitment list... shows what I know...)So, we need to decide on a callsign for our resident Seer! We've long since passed the part in the game that talks about callsigns, but in c...
Credits List (October)
Hi everybody, welcome to October! (My brain is still lagging a few days behind in September, so I'm not really processing the beginning of spooky season yet... 😭)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 by Hosted Games (over usernames like hottie69420), but you ca...
The Wallmire Twins (Name Poll)
Hi everybody, I hope you're enjoying the new update as much as I enjoyed writing it!If you've played up until the end of the new content, you'll see that we actually got to meet the Wallmire twins--Saranae and Wren's kids--briefly. You decided on their genders and the names of their parents: now we just have to decide on the twins' names themselves! What do you think?(I'm thinking a lot of these will end up being shortened...
Alpha Preview (September)
Hiya everybody, I've got the alpha update for September all ready for you! I got a surprising amount of work done on the game this month, so I'm excited to share the new content and changes with you! Read on to find out what's new!Play the alpha herePassword: remembertohydrate⬆Report bugs hereView bug reports hereWhat's New: ❗️ 20,000 words to Chapter 7 New customization features in the prologue (you can now have canon freck...
Caine's Character Card
In other words,BABYYou voted to create a character card for Caine, so here it is!!! The artist (who also did Halek, Croelle, and Briony's character cards) took heavy inspiration from "The Fool" arcana for Caine, but he's got his little wooden sword and he's ready for an adventure!!! Isn't he precious?? He's even got Good Boy with him, though a miniaturized version; in reality, Good Boy is a big dog (like Alaskan Husky-...
Tiny Update 2 (and Sneak Peek)
Everyone... I don't know if I'm going to make it...I am so, so close to updating this month's alpha build! But with how things are going and how work has been stacking--I plum forgot I have a reading for my book this month, on top of all of the other deadlines I've got floating around, and I didn't even remember to bring a copy of my book with me so what am I going to read from gfljgfdg--I'm not sure yet if I'll be abl...
Author Answers (September)
GeneralHow will relationships work in game? Will they deteriorate if I don’t spend time with my RO? EtcHi there, I highly recommend browsing through the #romance system tag on the game's Tumblr, since it goes very in-depth into exactly how the romance system works in ShoH. Specifically, these two posts break it down very neatly!Romance FAQRomance graph/chart thingRegarding your specific question--whether relationships deteriorate if you don...
Saranae and Wren's Children (Poll)
Okay, so we've decided that Saranae's spouse will be named Wren! (See here for more context if you need it.) Now we get to determine the names of their two kids, who are very likely to be twins unless something in my brain suddenly decides against it! Again, these are fairly minor characters, about as visible as Galbert, Pendric, or Clara were in Lavinet's chapter, but we will be spending some time in their household, so it's good...
Tiny Update
Hi everybody, so here's me with just a tiny update on where I stand with Shepherds stuff this month!As you might know, I'm actually out of town for the entire month and staying at a cottage on the beach with my partner, mostly to get away from the searing heat of our desert home, and also to sort of de-compress after the last several months of traveling, hectic busyness, and stress, including all of the things that surrounded (and continu...
Author Q&A (September)
Hi everybody, it's that time of the month already! This week (month) is just flying by... If you know the drill, fire away! As per usual, the ask window for this Q&A will only be open for the next 24 hours, so make sure to get your questions in before the deadline, which will be Thursday, August 16th, 12 PM MST. I will not save or answer any questions sent after the deadline!If you are new or need instructions, read on. If not, leave your que...
ShoH Random Character Builder and Squad Name Generator (September Goody)
Hi all, just popping in to link the goodies for this month! I actually had another goody planned, but the artist had an unexpected family thing come up, so that will be pushed a few weeks to the start of next month!For this month, I've got two things for you: a random character generator where you can 'roll' the stats for your ShoH protagonist, from their name and appearance to their personality and everything in between! I know most ...
Saranae's Spouse (Name Poll)
As you voted here, Saranae's spouse will use they/them and xe/xer pronouns! Now to decide on their name before moving onto the twins, their kids! I'm really liking nature-themed names for a lot of the Wallmire residents, but we shall see what you guys decide on... 👀
Saranae's Spouse (Poll)
Hi everybody, it's time for a whole series of polls as we edge further into our swamp chapter!Back in April, you voted on the name of the leader of Wallmire (the swamp village which you also named!) and decided to name her Saranae! Well, as the Guy Squad + MC careen towards Wallmire and all of its strange secrets, I'm realizing that there's a whole host of characters in that isolated village that I haven't properly named (or given...
Credits List (September)
Hi everybody, welcome to September! 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 by Hosted Games (over usernames like hottie69420), 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 to your week!
The Bridge of Bones (Trouble and Riel's Story)
[EXTREME CONTENT WARNING: This story is an attempt at a police procedural murder mystery, and contains all of the elements included in that genre, including extensive discussion and investigation of murder and death. In particular, this story involves the implied kidnapping, physical beating, and violent murder of a child, as well as examination of the crime scene and his injuries and dead body. It also involves discussions of morgues and contain...
Alpha Preview Update (August)
Strap in, everyone, I've got a doozy of an update/devlog for you this month!First thing's first! These last few weeks suddenly got unexpectedly hectic for me, though in mostly minor and inconvenient ways: my car broke down, then my computer, then a few other necessary but unexpected expenses hit, which started to pile on and feel overwhelming! Everything's okay, it's just one of those periods where you're like "welp at lea...
Character Card Remake (Poll)
Hi everyone, it's that time again to vote on which character card we should remake next!If you're new to this whole shebang, here's the context: we unveiled all of the original character cards for the cast of ShoH here, and then voted to remake them in a more refined, consistent art style! We've slowly been doing that over time, with Chase's being the most recently completed remake, as seen with the other cards here!Here's...
Author Answers (August)
GeneralWho would the SHOH characters be in the WHABH universe? (Also if you’re up for it, who would the WHABH characters be in the SHOH universe?)Great question! (For those who don't know, WHABH is my new sci-fi book, We Have Always Been Here!)Blade: he'd be an ISF security officer (basically like space detectives) on a more populated but remote colony like Halla!Trouble: genetically-augmented ISF military commando, fighting in the Priv...
Author Q&A (August)
Hi everybody, we're back for our Q&A this month! Last month we had to skip it due to my book release making things crazy, and the month before that, we moved it to its current slot now in the middle of the month rather than at the end! Lots of changes, but hopefully we're getting used to the earlier date!If you know the drill, fire away! Given the flood of questions I received in the last few months, I've gone back to only opening the...
ShoH Battle Song Name (Poll)
Hiya, give this new battle theme song a listen and tell me what you think it should be named!
Shepherds of Haven Battle Theme (August Goody) (Music)
Hi everyone, I'm back with another brilliant piece of music commissioned from the incredible artist Irene Chan!You've seen Shepherds music from her before, and I just couldn't resist asking her to create another special piece for us, this time a battle theme that fits the atmosphere and high-action feeling of the world of Shepherds, especially during combat or mission sequences! I can just imagine this playing during a battle scene if...
Short Story Poll (Serial #2)
Hi everyone, I hope you enjoyed our very first serial short story, told in three parts as For Everything There is a Season!It's time to consider our next serial short story! I hope you guys are still enjoying this format and getting looks into each character's head and perspective, because I certainly am!Here are just some of the ideas percolating in my head right now: you may notice that some of the pitches have changed from last time, s...
Quick Poll and Tiny Update (Game Data Stuff)
Hi everyone, welcome to August! It's weird that it's August already, partially because here in AZ, the "fall" semester and back to school season starts in August, so to me, I think of August as "the end of the summer" (even though it's still hotter than the devil's breath here).Me: I can't believe the summer is over!Outside: Try me, bitch 🔫Anyway, just popping in to reiterate that I plan to get things back t...
