I’m ironing out the idea for a game idea I’ve been working on and off for the last 5 years…
(Names are all subject to change)
Fire Emblem: Skyfall (FESF) takes place in Aethera, a land made up of 4 continents and 5 countries.
Zaphon: The Radiant Realm (Yellow)
Bountiful Kingdom
Contains the Holy Capitol of the church worshipping the Sky Mother.
Terrain: Rolling meadows, ancient forests, and light desert to the North.
Culture: More culturally diverse than Ogath; values honor and trade, The Church and Monarchy work together, but the Church sometimes oversteps its boundaries.
Ogath: The Iron Peak (Orange)
Strengthened Kingdom
Terrain: Harsh mountains, steep cliffs, mineral-rich caverns.
Culture: Militarized, fortress-like; known for powerful warriors and iron law.
Border: Skirmishes with Zaphon are common over the desert borderlands.
Tirzah: Isles of Wisdom (Red)
Research and Study Kingdom
Produces a lot of mages and scholars, they invented the airship used by all the continents.
Culture: Values intelligence, their capitol contains a massive library and education is provided to all citizens.
Terrain: An archipelago, outer islands are often covered with jungles and ancient ruins from the surface, with small cities for Airships to dock at as they pass through. The larger central island contains the capitol city and a few smaller cities surrounded by open fields.
Keturah: The Frozen Mire (Blue)
Honor Bound Kingdom
Culture: Cold weather and colder people. Prefers isolation and are generally suspicious of outsiders, fiercely loyal to their home.
Quiet in global politics, but they were manipulated into attacking Irad by the Seekers of the Fall.
Terrain: Chilly swamplands to the South, frozen mountains to the North, makes them nearly impossible to invade.
Irad: The Humble Realm (Green)
Small Farming Kingdom
Terrain: Rolling hills, calm rivers, and farmland.
Culture: Peaceful, hearty, known for humility and work ethic.
Most of Aethera’s produce comes from Irad.
Political Note: Ruled by the late King Althain; now led by the Royal Council after the Seekers assassinated the King in an attempt to get Lucile.
LORE
In time long forgotten, the world was swallowed by a great and terrible darkness.
Mountains crumbled, the seas burned, and the skies themselves seemed to die.
To protect her flock, a Goddess raised the lands into the heavens.
Sealing herself deep in the tree of life, she dreams eternally to keep the darkness at bay.
She sent with the land twin children, newborn spirits of hope. Carried aloft with the rising isles.
Their fates were lost to time, scattered amongst the stars in the heavens…
We children of the sky lived on, cradled by a dream, eternally thankful to the Goddess’ sacrifice.
Over the centuries the Goddess became known as the Sky Mother, and the people of the… (a young Roan (protagonist) starts to snore and this is revealed to be a history lesson in the church)
TRUE LORE
Humans polluted the lands and nearly wiped themselves out as a result.
The Sky Mother was an advanced AI created by the humans to come up with a solution to save humanity.
Sky Mother OS came to the conclusion that humanity must be lifted into the sky, until the surface can be lived on again.
The land is kept aloft by advanced electromagnetics and various other devices, all kept running and stable by the Sky Mother OS perpetually running down below.
Twin Children are Advanced Cyborg Bionic beings that are designed to initiate the Return to Surface Protocol, both must be used to override Sky Mother OS.
Twin’s memories are sealed, only able to come back under extreme stress (such as near death). They were uploaded and born to humans, unable to access their true power. Despite the land being raised centuries ago the Twins never uploaded into a body until very recently).
Due to Sky Mother OS’ waning power, the twins ended up separated. Lucile ended up born to nobility, while Caelum ended up born in the slums of the Underlands (seedy slums on the bottom of all the floating lands)
MAIN CAST (PROLGUE TO CHAPTER 5)
Roan, Rising Hero (Main Protagonist) Class: Hero (M) (old Hero class is renamed Veteran)
Lucile, Rising Hope (Main Protagonist) Class: Saint (F)
Halric, Retired Legend, Class: Paladin (M)
Kael, Village Hunter, Class: Archer (F)
Sylven, Rescued Pickpocket, Class: Thief (M)
Gavriel, Starstruck Soldier, Class: Cavalier (M)
Brannic, Grounded Shield, Class: Knight (F)
Thorne, Forest Vanguard, Class: Axe Fighter (M)
Aeris,Savage Healer, Class: Cleric (F)
MAIN ENEMY
Seekers of the Fall (Called Seekers for short)
Cult Motto: “To fall is to wake”.
Leader:
Caelum, The Fallen Star, Class: Dark Prophet
A man raised in hatred, his heart scorned upon learning he was destined for greatness. Growing up among the worst of humanity, he seeks the conduit, needing its power to enact his plan to kill mankind by dropping the land from the sky.
Generals of the Fall:
Selune, the Extinguished Flame, Mage Knight (F)
Ex Noblewoman falsely accused of treason and cast from her noble house, forced into hiding to survive, despises the noble class and seeks revenge.
Varkos, the Drowned Hound, Warrior (M)
Lost his family to a sky island collapse (due to mining) where the elites left the lower class to perish while saving themselves. Hates seeing people as disposable.
Thessala, the Silenced Seer, Bishop (F)
Former priestess who was silenced by the church when she prophesized the sky islands falling. Being cast out turned her vengeful and she wishes to tear down the establishment.
Dregan, the Unbroken Chain, Great Knight (M)
Child soldier who clawed his way to the top. Power is everything and the Might make Right. Served with Halric in the past.
The Generals and Seekers do not know the full extent of Caelum’s plan, they think they will usher a new order upon Aethera, with them enforcing the new world order.
War Tech
Machines recovered from the surface, the Seekers have restored them to a working order and will occasionally deploy them alongside their soldiers.
Shardwing
Small recon drones, fragile but fast, weak weaponry.
Hollowsoul
Golem like being that can walk around and has been modified to use weapons (Sword, Lance, Axe, Bow)
Iron Watch
Large armored units with poor mobility, has a melee attack as well as a ranged attack.
PLANNED CHAPTERS SO FAR
Prologue: ABOVE GENTLE SKIES
(6 years in the past) Young Roan and Lucile are ambushed by wolves. Halric is far away so the two must fend for themselves until he can get to them. After the battle a member of the Seekers who happened to be nearby takes not of Lucile and the Seekers keep an eye on the region in case Lucile is the person they seek.
Chapter 1: ASH ON THE WIND
Present day, the Seekers attack Roan and Lucile’s village, Roan, Lucile, Halric, Kael, and Thorne fight them off. The Seekers claim to be searching for the Conduit. The General Selune arrives after the battle, but opts to back down after seeing Halric there. She sends a message by firing a massive energy blast from the Seeker’s Airship Base in the clouds as she exits (destroying the farm the player grew up on). A cloaked figure (Caelum) watches the party leave, and speaks to himself, confirming Lucile is the conduit he needs to enact Project Skyfall.
Chapter 2: FOX IN THE FOG
Halric must get Lucile to the Iradian King after the Seeker attack. Along the way they stumble into a bandit camp and save a thief named Sylven the bandits were holding prisoner. Sylven was stealing from the bandits and captured, he tags along with the party after they save him, hoping they lead him to more thrills.
Chapter 3: SCUFFLE AT THE MARKET
Stopping in a large port town to resupply, Lucile gets separated from the group and ends up stumbling upon pirates accosting a cleric. Aeris the Cleric is having none of their nonsense and when they spot a witness they decide to kill the lot instead, Sylven had been following Lucile and steps in to assist her until the rest of the party can get to them.
Chapter 4: DREAMLESS NIGHT
The party stops for the evening at the fort outside the Irad Capitol. A cavalier named Gavriel notices Sir Halirc and is a major fan of the retired knight. Their companion, a Knight named Briannic, keeps her partner in check around his idol. An attack at night by the Seekers sees the party facing the first War Mech (A scrappy Hollowsoul) as they fight off the cultists.
Chapter 5: CROWN UNRAVELLED
Halric and Lucile meet with the King, the King knows some of Lucile’s true destiny (he had Halric shelter her away in a remote farm village). Before the King can reveal all he knows the castle is under attack from an enemy nation. After driving off the invaders, the King is assassinated by a hooded man (Caelum) right before he tells Lucile everything he knows.
The council takes over to handle secession after the King’s death. The invading force seems to have come from Keturah, which puzzles everyone as there’s no ill blood between Irad and Keturah. Keturah is rather isolationist in nature so an attack from them is extremely unexpected.
Halric must take Lucile to the Holy Capitol in Zaphon now as it is the only place left that can help Lucile now that the Iradian King is dead.
Unfortunately, due to conflict between Zaphon and Ogath the only way to get to Zaphon is by sailing to Keturah, the nation that just attacked the Irad capitol, and entering Zaphon from the West…