Dev update #3 - Meet Lady Bliss
Hi!
With September arriving, we're ready to show you - and cast more light too - on our main antagonist of Liberte, Lady Bliss.
This character was firstly designed as "a colossal monster, covered in mushrooms and plants, bearing some resemblance to a human being". From that point onwards, we've been iterating the idea, working on e enhancements and building a key character of the narrative.
Lady Bliss is an extremely intelligent being that arrives at Paris (seemingly) out of nowhere. In the beginning, we won't reveal her origins, and her entire backstory is only known after you've discovered the narrative of all factions - then, the pieces of the puzzle finally align. Lady Bliss can communicate with selected people through telekinesis, and she's responsible for the Bliss that spreads in Paris - the intricate maze of strange, mystic gardens that pop up in the city.
People, who enter the Bliss become infected, and achieve a horrifying version of nirvana. What they begin to experience is pure joy, but that's Lady Bliss sedating them, only to turn them into part of this massive biomass she uses to grow.
Given our inspirations rooted in the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Lady Bliss represents some of the features commonly known in cosmic horrors in terms of her appearance too. Notice her tentacles, and how she uses her victims to literally construct her own body. At the same time, she's one with nature, therefore the unique combination of human flesh, plants, and fungus tissue in her design.
Some say that the monster come from the hell below, while others believe it's a God that came to Paris to wash away the sins of the royalty.
As found in the notes of one of the Parisians who witnessed Lady Bliss' arrival:
"Nothing scared me more than this walking wrath. It's been sent by the Gods, or might even be one. People were like toys for it, as it walked among the houses and churches, turning everything green, lush, leaving a scent of flowers and joy. But I've seen what it did to people - they lost their minds, took their clothes off, and started dancing around the wicked trees, made of plants and humans. Trembling and terrified, I hid, there's chaos in the city now.
I know that.
We are lost."
With September arriving, we're ready to show you - and cast more light too - on our main antagonist of Liberte, Lady Bliss.
This character was firstly designed as "a colossal monster, covered in mushrooms and plants, bearing some resemblance to a human being". From that point onwards, we've been iterating the idea, working on e enhancements and building a key character of the narrative.
Lady Bliss is an extremely intelligent being that arrives at Paris (seemingly) out of nowhere. In the beginning, we won't reveal her origins, and her entire backstory is only known after you've discovered the narrative of all factions - then, the pieces of the puzzle finally align. Lady Bliss can communicate with selected people through telekinesis, and she's responsible for the Bliss that spreads in Paris - the intricate maze of strange, mystic gardens that pop up in the city.
People, who enter the Bliss become infected, and achieve a horrifying version of nirvana. What they begin to experience is pure joy, but that's Lady Bliss sedating them, only to turn them into part of this massive biomass she uses to grow.
Given our inspirations rooted in the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Lady Bliss represents some of the features commonly known in cosmic horrors in terms of her appearance too. Notice her tentacles, and how she uses her victims to literally construct her own body. At the same time, she's one with nature, therefore the unique combination of human flesh, plants, and fungus tissue in her design.
Some say that the monster come from the hell below, while others believe it's a God that came to Paris to wash away the sins of the royalty.
As found in the notes of one of the Parisians who witnessed Lady Bliss' arrival:
"Nothing scared me more than this walking wrath. It's been sent by the Gods, or might even be one. People were like toys for it, as it walked among the houses and churches, turning everything green, lush, leaving a scent of flowers and joy. But I've seen what it did to people - they lost their minds, took their clothes off, and started dancing around the wicked trees, made of plants and humans. Trembling and terrified, I hid, there's chaos in the city now.
I know that.
We are lost."