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AFFLICTION'S CHARADE

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INTRO

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STORY

Eighteen Years Ago...
A Dragon Terrorized the Earth. The Dragon-Like
Demon murdered countless civilians. But, didn't
they deserve this? They brought the terror onto
themselves. The Demon was created by the very
sins of the humans.
Then, one human stepped up. His name was Shugon
of Nikodo Town. He summoned up a small army of
the world's most skilled warriors and assassins to
come together to bring down the dragon. They
gathered at Nikodo Plains, the area between Nikodo
and The Shaman's Tower, where Gakrouso rest.
They stormed the Shaman's tower and rushed up to
the top of the pillar where they found the Demon.
Although they caught the Dragon by surprise, the
creature was much too strong for the army. Most
died a terrible ending. Then, on the thirteenth day
of the battle, one was struggling in Gakrouso's mouth.
He mustered the last of his strength to open up Gakrouso's
mouth just enough for the Demon to be vulnerable to an attack.
The Warrior cried out, "Cut his fangs off! I've been
observing this monster for five days now. I'm pretty
sure that every single one of his attacks come from
his fangs!"
Nobody could summon up the courage to do it, since
if the fangs went off, the warrior's head would too.
Eventually, Shugon stepped up and killed him without
hesitation.
This left the demon powerless and weak. Shugon
quickly used a strange technique to merge two souls
together. For it to have the most powerful effect, the
two souls must be as close an age as possible. A
soldier voulenteered to hold the soul until they would
get to Nikodo, but it would not last long, for there was
so much of an age difference in souls.
As they entered the village, the man who held the soul
spat out blood and fell down.
"We don't have much time left," said Shugon, "Hurry!
Get me a baby which has not yet turned one!"
The crowd of people around Shugon and the fallen
warrior muttered and talked among each other.
"But the only one of that age is your grandson!"
Shugon felt sick as he heard those words, but what
must be done must be done, he thought. He waited
for the soldier to die, and for the soul to come out.
He grabbed the soul and put it into his grandson.
"Give me the fangs!" Shugon shouted, "We must
drive these fangs through his heart! It's the only
thing powerful enough to destroy the dragon!"
One man reluctantly handed over the large fangs
of Gakrouso to Shugon. Shugon slowly raised up
both his arms, with the fangs clenched in his hands.
"Somebody else do it. I'm too weak. It'll be too
painful for him"
A few minutes later, Shugon fell in exhaustion
and never got up again.
Soon, Stilkou, Shugon's Son, was forced to kill
his own son.
"Okay! Okay, He'll be dead by tomorrow!!" he said.
The next morning, Stilkou was missing, but the
boy, was still alive. He left his son the Blazing Fang,
Gakrouso's right fang. On a note, it wrote:
You cannot kill my only son.
To make sure, I have taken one
of the fangs. I don't care if the
world ends. If you kill him
yourself, I'll come and murder
every last one of you.
-Shugon
The villagers had no choice but to let Firefang live,
but banished him from his village. He lived by
himself for seventeen years, until one fateful day,
a bandit attacked his house and he became curious
of the fang that his father left him.

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CHARACTERS


*Laurgon- A bandit and a skilled swordsman. He first met Firefang in a town that he ransacked for Gakrouso's history.
Age: 34
"My purpose in life is one thing; delay the inevitable: Judgement Day."


*Firefang- A boy exiled from his hometown ever since he became an orphan. The reason he was banished never was clear to him, but he may soon find out.
Age: 18
"I don't know why my name is Firefang, while I carry the Blazing Fang. Was it destiny, or was it a coincidence..."


*Gakrouso- A dragon of pure sorrow. He was created by the evils of humans and as long as he exists, the Earth slowly moves towards the Apocalypse.
Age: ?
"........"


*Kirby- A cook and a fisherman of Hointa Village. He can join you later in the game.
Age: 48
"Life's Good. Enjoy it!"


*Wing- An energetic, yet rash young man. He has a strange way of talking, but he is accepted by Laurgon to be his friend.
Age: 16
"Hooh hooh! Right, left, right! I will pass on my way of the fists to others!


*Raven- A mysterious man. He will be revealed much later in the game.
Age:???
"Life is pointless. All paths you take bring you to the same end. Why do you try so hard then?"

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FEATURES

*List of Items

• Limit Pills
  Effect: You are virtually invincible for a while, but it you are warned; it has devastating side effects.
  Purchased at: Pharmacy
  
  
  
• Raw Meat
  Effect: A satisfying meat chunk. You heal flesh wounds (shield) but not deeper wounds (HP). But you may be poisoned. Cook at Lakeview Hotel.
  Purchased at: None (Only enemies drop them)
  
  
  
• Cooked Meat
  Effect: A satifying meat chunk that heals flesh wounds(shield) but not deeper wounds(HP). Cannot be poisoned by it. But, dehydration goes up.
  Purchased at: Lakeview Hotel (cooking process)
  
  
  
• Herbs (5 different types)
  Effect: Unknown...
  Purchased at: None (Can be only found)
  -You will not know the effects of this until you obtain a Traveler's Booklet from a town later in the game.
  
  
  
• Water
  Effect: Reduces dehydration
  Purchased at: None (Can only be found)
  
  
  
• Volcano Extract
  Effect: ???
  Description: A bottle of a strange red liquid.
  Purchased at: Pharmacy
  
  
  
• Tempest Extract
  Effect: ???
  Description: A bottle of a strange clear liquid.
  Purchased at: Pharmacy
  
  
  

- You will realize how ridiculously expensive extracts are, I would recommend trying finding them out yourself to keep money budget in balance.

*List of fusioned Items

• Expensive Tea
  Effect: a tea that may heal HP and reduce dehydration
  Purchased at: None (Only one could be acquired for free at Lakeview Hotel)
  
  
  
• Antidote Pill
  Effect: Drug that greatly removes poison from the body.
  Purchased at: Pharmacy
  
  
  
• Elixir
  Effect: an all-purpose medicine that cures all status conditions
  Purchased at: Pharmacy
  
  
  
• Sky Pill
  Effect: You are virtually invincible for a long time, but breaks down your muscles and organs will atrophy after use.
  Purchased at: ...No
  
  
  

*All the fusioned items must be made by combining either two or more items together. Throughout the game, you must figure this out on your own.

That's it for items (for now)

       +The item shopping system will be this:
[For example. You enter the market. Go up to the reaver, you control the reaver. Item 1 is 10 gold, and keeps goin up by 10, since each scarab is 10 minerals, and item 1 = 1 scarab, item 2 =2 scarab, and so on. You kill a unit nearby to input your choice. So, say you want item 3, which is 30 gold. You build 3 scarabs, which will cost you 10 gold each, 30 total, and to buy it, you kill the unit nearby named "Buy."]

*Minigames

*Summoning[Summoning system will be simple. There is an area where the summons are stored If you use summon, you move that unit to you. So, if the summon dies, it's gone forever (So you don't go summon crazy). I haven't figured out the cost for summons should be, but when the demo is released, it will be free. Summons are rare and they can be obtained by minigames, defeating bosses, or killing certain rare monsters, or fishing (!!!). There are many different types of summonings. I have completed]:

1. Archon (Thor, the God of Lightning)
        - Splash damage for multiple enemes.
   
   
   
2. Ghost (Krow, the Legendary Sniper)
        - It has incredible attack, but has horrible defense. 5HP I think
   
   
   
3. Seige Tank (Seiged) (Cactascious, the Giant Cactus)
   - Greater Splash Damage
   
   
   
4. Goliath (Pyrus, the Shadow Knight)
   - Anti-Air Summon (Will be very hard to obtain)
   
   
   
5. Carrier (Osiris, The God of the Dead)
        - A very rare summon. Difficult to hit.
   
   
   

[I might take out upgrades. This way, you can NEVER overpower your bosses or enemies. but, you CAN get meat/fur/other items that might even be RARE! and sell them or use them.]
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SCREENSHOTS


Hey, lemme use my summon. After all, it's free!



Hey! Whaat?! You need an item for Summoning? I guess it's that Scroll [Data Disc] right there!


Woah, a side quest already?
(You can have as many side quests running at the same time, but you gotta keep track of which you activated since there will be a lot)


I wonder what these guards are trying to hide so carefully... Maybe I'll come back later in the game...


Yay, another Summoning Scroll... huh? Why is it different from the others?


Oh crap. It's a hard summon battle... I can't run, so if I lose, I can always come back prepared from last save point.

Most screenshots are outdated,, I'll replace them with better ones soon enough!

More update to come!!!!