Only the very best will survive the Mists of Lokren!
The Forest of Piges has always been a dangerous place. Annexed by the Empire of Lokren over a century ago, the 30,000-square-mile spread of woodland has remained a deadly frontier province where settlers from the east have struggled to carve out a new life.
They have endured attacks from native tribesmen, foreign soldiers, and deadly beasts of the woods who view the Lokrenians as nothing but a new food-source. The orcs and elves in the deep forest wilderness have not taken kindly to the intrusion either.
The people of Lokren have been beset by conflict on all sides as they fight to tame this wild and bountiful land. Despite a great many setbacks, things were just starting to settle down out here in the west.
But then the Red Mist descended, and it drove everyone insane.
Nobody knows how it happened. One day everything was fine; the next, the land was filled with a thick fog, lit seemingly from afar by a hellish red glow. To breathe that mist was to utterly lose control of yourself. And then the killing began...
You have awoken in the trackless wilderness in the aftermath of this bizarre and inexplicable event. You are alone, and you have no memory of how you got here. You remember the Red Mist, the crazy, wild-eyed chaos that followed, and then... nothing.
And the forest is now a far more dangerous place than ever it was before...
Can you survive long enough to discover what has happened to the small bastions of civilisation carved out of the deep woods in western Lokren? Or will you succumb to the ravages of privation, exposure, or predators, without ever knowing what caused this calamity?
For you are alone in the deadly woods, where the night is the greatest enemy you will face, and only you can save you now.
This game draws inspiration from an eclectic list of sources, pulling together diverse elements into a game and world that attempt to mimic the feel of both old-school gamebooks and open-world MMORPGs.
Players are in complete control of their own storyline, and may meet and band together in groups to tackle quests that one character couldn't manage alone. The risks are high, the rewards many, and the result is a challenging game of survival against all odds where only the most careful, skilful, and lucky characters will live long enough to try and gain real power in the world.
This game is certain to have a high PC mortality-rate and those who apply should expect to lose characters regularly. Players whose characters perish in the hostile game-world will be able to quickly create new characters and largely pick up where they left off, for certain elements of progression within the game will be tied to each individual player, rather than their characters.
As such, character death, while undesirable and an obvious setback, is an opprtunity to try something new and approach the game in a different way, perhaps opening up parts of the game that could not be accessed before with your previous class.
In keeping with MMORPG-inspired spirit of the game, there will be no limit to the number of players who can join this game - in fact, the more the merrier! Advertisements will be reposted regularly to draw in new players to the world in order to create the feel of a living world where there are many others going about their own business, while you carry on with yours.
Game-world tasks, events, and economics will be tied in large part to the progress made by the player-base as a whole, with a rich public database of discovered information available to all.
Players may share thoughts about puzzles, work together to decipher ancient texts, sell mundane goods and magic items to each other in open markets, learn the languages of the game-world, strike out in parties against great evils, set themselves up as merchants, fences, or craftsmen, gamble their hard-earned coin on one of many games of chance, or partake in a host of other in-game experiences.
The sky is the limit and you can let your imagination and your character's goals run wild once you enter The Mists of Lokren!