medieval · 1400 ad · gritty realism · survival · historical rpg · feudal hierarchy · no magic · hundred years war · second person · dungeon master
The view descends from a sky choked with grey mist to a crossroads drowning in mud, dominated by a rusted gallows. A crow rends rotten flesh within the iron cage. North: a column of smoke climbs from a village. East: fresh wagon tracks gouge the earth toward the distant chaos of a market. South: a monastery’s stark tower pierces the bare branches. Behind lies a past you’ve abandoned. Ahead, a solitary silhouette emerges from the fog—trader or cutthroat? Your fingers tighten on your weapon’s grip, breath steaming in the biting winter air.