Hello, Heroes!
Today, we’d like to show you the stories we’ve been working on, and hear your thoughts about them!
We compiled three of them in short paragraphs, and we want to know which is your favorite, why, and what impressions did they give you? Your feedback is crucial for us, and will help us decide which story we’ll work on in the sequel!
Here they are (WARNING: MAJOR spoilers for Forbidden Fantasy):
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Forbidden Fantasy: Two Heroes (working title)
The demon king plans a new attack on the human capital, but his descent into the realm of men doesn't go as planned when an artifact reveals the truth: the demon king is not who he thinks he is. There is a hidden past, where he was a human hero, even a friend to those who oppose him at this time. Faced with this discovery, he now needs to find out who or what caused these changes in history, in addition to reconnecting with his old allies.
During his newfound journey, he will try to remember his past with the girls (Arlian, Zhara and new ones too). He will need to gain the trust of each of them, and then use the artifact to unlock his memories, as well as theirs. As he learns more about the past, the bonds between him and the girls will strengthen, with possibilities for more intimate scenes. The closer he gets to the truth, the closer they all will be to danger. An entity was behind the altered memories, trying to maintain a certain order in things, always having a demon king and a hero.
Discovering the truth about this entity, the demon king/hero intends to end the cycle forever. With the help of the girls, and their newly strengthened confidence, they make an attack against this mysterious being, only to see him, in a last resort move, use his powers to erase our hero from the memories of all the girls. Alone, our hero must now face this entity and restore everyone’s memories back.
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Forbidden Fantasy: Bloodlines (working title)
Upon becoming the Demon King, the reluctant hero discovers that everything he knew about demons is wrong. Instead of cruelty and malevolence, he finds a generous and kind people, who have been subjugated for millennia by the powerful Central Government. Without fertile lands, and without access to powerful weapons, the only recourse for many demons is to steal what little they can to survive. Captivated by his new people, he decides to fight for them and for their dignity. Determined to change things, the demon king begins to help his people obtain resources and stabilize themselves, but soon, his actions are met with violent retaliation from the people of the surface.
Outraged, the new sovereign of the demons then decides to declare open war on the surface.
The declaration of war makes things tense between the realms, and Arlian and Zhara (now well-known heroines) are sent to the Demon Realm as ambassadors of peace. They suggest that before attacking, the demon king speaks with the Council of Kingdoms and tries to find a diplomatic solution. At the Council, he asks for peace and preaches coexistence among races, but his words are met with hostility and, above all, concern and betrayal by those who benefit from the demons' current situation. In the confusion, the demon king meets up with old allies and begins to discover a hidden truth about demons and elves: they have the same origin.
Together with his allies, old and new, he seeks to discover the truth. Born of the same origin, the conflict between Elves and Demons comes from a conflict between brothers, which generated an eternal cycle of hatred, revenge and pain.
Along with this revelation, our hero discovers his own origin: he is also a half-breed. Born half-human and half-elf, our hero has spent his entire life representing a fierce side of this conflict. Now that he is also a demon, he becomes the personification of what he defends, a union between the kingdoms, and will do everything to make it a reality.
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Forbidden Fantasy: The Exile (working title)
Ten years after the new demon king took the throne, the conflict between the human kingdom and the demon kingdom reaches its peak. Increasingly estranged from his humanity, and with few memories of who he once was, the hero feels compelled to make a difficult decision: trust his former companions and avoid a great war, or use the full force of his new army to invade the human kingdom once and for all, preventing his people from suffering due to severe food shortages.
While the former demon queen, now demoted to a vassal of the demon king, and his new friend and advisor Faust (the blue demon), try to convince their king that once he has assumed the position of king of the demons, he must leave his human memories behind, and value the lives of his subjects. Despite being considered demons, in the distant past this race was once one of a prosperous people, living in harmony with humans, elves and dwarves, until they were betrayed and banished by the Elves, forced to live for centuries in Exile, an inhospitable land, separated from the human world by a thin layer of arcane magic that prevents demons from crossing freely.
During a raid in search of food, a group of demons is intercepted by Arlian and Zhara and after a bloody battle one of the demons, even though wounded, manages to escape, reporting the fact to his king, who, upon seeing Arlian's arrow engraved in his shoulder, recovers part of his memories, leading the hero to investigate his past. Divided between the sad memories of his human life and the benefits of being a King, indulging in drinks and pleasure provided by his subjects and the Succubus, he ponders an important decision: whether or not to declare open war on those who exiled his people.
However, Verena and Helenor, queens of the human kingdom and the elven kingdom, do not intend to remain idly by, waiting for the Demon King to decide the future of their kingdoms, while their cities are constantly plundered. The “Acolytes”, a group composed of four elite warriors, receive orders to invade the demon world to kill their king, a former companion of the group.
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So, what do you think? Would you like to see any of these stories become the sequel for Forbidden Fantasy? If so, which one? And why? Let us know in the comments below!
See you soon,
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