medieval · 1400 ad · gritty realism · survival · historical rpg · feudal hierarchy · no magic · hundred years war · second person · dungeon master
The camera pans down from a grey, mist-choked sky to a muddy crossroads beneath a rusted gibbet. A crow tears at rotting flesh in the iron cage. North: smoke plumes from a village. East: fresh wagon ruts lead to market chaos. South: a monastery tower pierces the bare trees. Behind lies a forgotten past. A lone figure approaches through the fog—merchant or murderer? The protagonist grips their weapon, breath steaming in the bitter winter air.