This week's lore post is a bit... experimental with the point of view.
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Fear. Stench. Predator. Fangs. Growling. Fear of teeth of claws on skin. Tense.
Quiet now. No growl. No claws. No fangs. More touching. White-coats. Metal prods. Knives. Not on flesh but carcass. Smell of excitement and blood.
Reward. Food. Repeat.
Repeat.
Bored. A crawling feeling in muscles too long unused. No need. Penned in. Fed. Stand. Br...
2025-09-25 09:53:33 +0000 UTC View PostI am having decision paralysis. Make your voice heard.
I am half finished on a Rebirth update (including save system and additional scenes). Should I finish that or focus on Revelations? Which should be the focus?
2025-09-23 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostWell, due to discord being discord, I lost a lot of questions this month, so here they are in a special follow up session. I did remove some that asked about things I am not sure are widely known outside the server, and I preferred to keep off the books for now.
Has Marek ever associated with Hollow Ground's organisation, or Mia?
I honestly don't know yet. It might be so, and it might not. It depends on whether I need it for a story.
Is he t...
2025-09-23 13:38:34 +0000 UTC View PostThis contains spoilers for the demo and will be adjusted once it is out in the public domain.
Does the Catastofiend remember anything of its past from before being trapped in Mortum's gun? Even before that has continued use of the boost drugs altered its memory or sense of self? Can it recognize who it was before or only the immediate?
Yes, it can remember things. However, everything is jumbled and mixed up. I would liken it a bit to having had a severe stroke imp...
2025-09-21 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, QnA time again! Sorry for being late,
2025-09-21 13:55:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe new demo for Fallen Hero: Revelations, 180 700 words, four paths, 28 000 - 35 000 words per playthrough is available for VIP Patreons!
First of all, apologies for falling off the face of the earth. I have been hyperfocusing and written almost 50 000 words in three weeks. I wanted to get this demo done for so long now, I am so utterly apprechiative of your support that this was my number one priority. And my brain finally works. It's a wonderful feeling. My mother is doing alright, s...
2025-09-07 19:04:57 +0000 UTC View PostHi, please give me your questions for the month!
Sorry I have been absent lately, SO CLOSE to finishing the next demo, will be here in a week or two. Up to 130 000 words and writing is going well. NO brain space for social interactions, apologies for my autism. Will check the dms in a day or so.
2025-08-31 15:32:09 +0000 UTC View PostA rooftop bar, with the closing hour approaching. The dark skies of Los Diablos lit up by the orange glow of the surrounding city, like sitting on an island in a sea of fireflies. Almost no customers remaining, who is left are clustered around the bar, far from the two women occupying a small table near the edge of the roof. The music is distant, but loud enough that they lean close as they speak almost conspiratorially. A casual observer might assume that they are gossiping, or perhaps flirt...
2025-07-29 13:16:52 +0000 UTC View PostI was alerted that my discord link has been eaten again, so here is a new one!
2025-07-06 13:51:24 +0000 UTC View PostSomewhere, whenever, there is a discussion between Sidestep and Ortega. This one is wrapped in softness and the vulnerability that comes with broken bones and close friendships. At another time, another place this might go differently, but the core will be there. A conversation. No choices. No code yet.
It all started with Ortega's father, a memory brought up, a crack in a facade where you dug your fingers in.
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"Don't you have any good memories of him?" I ask, a...
2025-07-06 13:41:30 +0000 UTC View PostSo happy midsummer, solstice and Juneteenth! Hope everyone is having a nice summer. Here things are tense but stable, mom has been in the emercency room three times so far due to various post-op issues, but it seems to ge going in the right direction currently. She can now walk unaided! Anyway, thank you for your continued support and please, your questions for the month! Now I will go back to writing about Ortega daddy issues... :)
2025-06-21 12:29:32 +0000 UTC View PostSo many questions! Took me longer than I though
2025-06-07 15:51:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun beamed down on the small boat, floating heavily just out of sight of the Los Diablos coastline. The engine was running, but just enough to keep the boat mostly stationary against the wind and the current. On the deck, the cargo lay covered by a tarp, and the grew consisted of two plus a trusted captain. All was quiet, apart from the screaming seagulls who circled the boat, hoping for a meal. Among the gulls a pigeon soared, before diving towards the boat as some of the larger gulls to...
2025-06-04 14:59:42 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, this is a 7500 word code excerpt from Revelations. This particular one is stuck in MC's body with broken legs, but is deemed innocent and has chosen to stay with Daniel to recuperate. Some time has passed, the legs are somewhat healed, but double casts still makes life hard. All variables and code is not there yet, as usual.
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Weeks pass in dreadful boredom. A routine of rest and rehab, leaving you in a constant state of ache and exhaustion. Physical rehab was...
2025-06-01 16:11:28 +0000 UTC View PostWell, will be slightly late this month because I have been travelling to the UK for a Chaosiumcon appearance, and then managed to come down with the worst cough/cold/fever in years. My back hurts from coughing, and I plain lost my voice for a day. However, testing assures me it is not covid, and the fever is going down. Hopefully I'll manage to get the posts up this weekend!
2025-05-30 15:09:10 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, I have come to a conclusion. Once the next demo gets posted I will switch the questions thingies back to a normal one, and a VIP one for things contained in the latest demos/Revelations. I feel that will be fairest and easiest to handle, both due to extra content, and to let people avoid spoilers. There are still a few of you out there who has not yet looked at a single demo, and I admire your resolve. With that taken care of, ask away!
2025-05-06 07:18:53 +0000 UTC View Postby
Arnold Grover
Los Angeles in early 1980, on the eve of the Big One, would not have seemed too different from the Los Diablos we know today. The subway would still be functioning, and together with the local train tracks, many people living in the heart of the city would not bother with a car. Yes, it seems quaint while looking back at it today, but isn't the recent debates over bus lines an attempt to try to recover this era? It is hard to imagine that we onc...
2025-05-02 14:10:27 +0000 UTC View PostIt came to my attention that the discord link to the server has broke again, here is a new one for your enjoyment! Welcome aboard and be nice!
2025-04-29 07:26:10 +0000 UTC View PostRevelations outtake presented without context.
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There's a trickle of sweat down your spine as you press yourself against the floor. Control your breathing. In and out. Slow your racing heart. Control. Nothing will be better by panicking. In fact, it is usually made worse.
Where are you. Not a question. A statement. Where. Why can't you remember. Why can't you ask questions. Why can't you question. Why. Why. You can make the statement but it doesn't unlock anythin...
2025-04-27 10:13:02 +0000 UTC View PostAnyway it is here! Sorry for the delay!
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Was reading previous Q&A and something came to mind: will we be able to see any ROs, particularly Ortega, have a crash out? By crash out I mean lose it in a moment of unfiltered rage.
I think that is more than likely. Ortega, Argent and Herald are the most likely to do this.
Can you tell us more the puppet? Like what make him want to kill us ? How many Couse will affect his attitude to us...
2025-04-22 14:37:47 +0000 UTC View PostHappy easter everyone!
Haven't had much time to write, but some good news. My mother was finally transferred to a more local hospital (she had a reaction to the medication at first, which got better when they changed it). The operation scar is healing very well (basically covers her entire abdomen) which is good, but she had had troubles with infection and fever which is less good. She's getting antibiotics directly into her bloodstream, which now seems to have taken care of the worst. ...
2025-04-21 07:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostSomething has changed in the CoG demos hosting site, so a small adjustment is needed to the links. If you have other demo links that doesn't work, just add /mygame at the end and it should be fine. Here are the updated FH demo links:
https://cogdemos.ink/play/malin-ryden/fallen-hero-revelations-puppetstuck-path/mygame
So what has changed in my updated Patreon? Nothing major, but some minor adjustments:
A general warning about using the Apple Patreon App to sign up. Apple changed the rules, and now ads an extra 30% on top, and keeps the money for 75 days. So please, use a desktop to sign up, then you can use the Apple app if you want to! This goes for all Patreons, so make sure to spread the word.
New graphics, to get into that Revelations spirit.
An updated "abou...
2025-04-06 16:57:56 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, I had a wee bit of adrenaline withdrawal over the weekend and slept through most of it after half a bottle of wine and some metal. Now may brain feels clearer. My mother has been allowed to keave the intensive care, she is still in the hospital and will be for weeks, but at least now she has her own room and are hooked up to (slightly) less machinery. So far, so good. I took the time today to update my Patreon with a new look, updated text, and new links to the things I have written ...
2025-04-06 16:35:44 +0000 UTC View PostA very short update, sorry for delays, and I'll put of a post for new questions again tomorrow but I have good news.
My mother went through her big cancer operation today, 11 hours on the table, a liter and a half of blood, but they think they managed to cut everything out. She's still in intensive care until she stabilizes, but so far so good. I can breathe a little easier. Thank you so much for your support and patience. I'll be back to normal soon enough, not knowing what they would ...
2025-04-02 16:34:48 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone might be delighted to know that the Fallen Hero Wiki is growing by the week, and is filled with useful tidbits! If you ever want to look up connections or content, chances are you will find it here. Seriously, it is brilliant work.
And, they are in need of more people to help if you are someone who likes digging through lore and putting it into a usable form.
https://fhr.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Pa...
2025-03-27 14:52:48 +0000 UTC View PostRevelations outtake:
Broken legs stuck in Sidestep ending. A while in, when Sidestep is on crutches. The premise is the beginning poly between Sidestep, Chen and Ortega. This single path is Chen and Sidestep having a thing, and Sidestep and Ortega having a thing, and eventually everyone is talking about it. All male in this path, part of it will path off into more V shaped polys with Julia or a female Sidestep. Right now no choices, just a single path through. Just some sof...
2025-03-27 14:46:59 +0000 UTC View PostHi, first of all, sorry, the revamp is not
2025-03-22 13:11:55 +0000 UTC View PostSorry I am a day late, please ask your questions for the month!
I'm getting ready to do a bit of a revamp of my patreon page to bring it up to day, I've overlooked it for too long. But real life... yeah 2025 doesn't let up.
2025-03-01 15:30:50 +0000 UTC View Post