A Tale of Light

Console and Immersive View

Screenshots

Play in the framed console, or press F10 for Immersive View and let the world fill the screen. Every scene here is shown both ways. Click an image to see it full size.

A street at dusk through the console's stone frame, the parchment and party roster beside it — Dusk on a Sómariel street.

A street at dusk filling the screen, lanterns lit under a purple sky, the party along the bottom — Dusk on a Sómariel street.

A wet street in the rain at night, seen through the console's frame — Rain at night. Sómariel is in a storm when you arrive.

A wet street in the rain at night, filling the screen — Rain at night. Sómariel is in a storm when you arrive.

Fireflies over the cobbles inside the town gate at night, seen through the console's frame — Fireflies by the town gate on a clear night.

Fireflies over the cobbles inside the town gate at night, filling the screen — Fireflies by the town gate on a clear night.

Maelis, an elf, framed in the console while her words fill the parchment — Maelis at The Lodestone, the magic shop.

Maelis, an elf, standing in her shop with her words in a card beside her — Maelis at The Lodestone, the magic shop.

Warden Thessaly framed in the console, the parchment beside her — Warden Thessaly at The Warden’s Table. You pay for your levels here.

Warden Thessaly standing in her hall, her words in a card beside her — Warden Thessaly at The Warden’s Table. You pay for your levels here.

Alenne framed in the console, the parchment beside her — Alenne at The Gilded Rule, the outfitter.

Alenne standing in her shop, her words in a card beside her — Alenne at The Gilded Rule, the outfitter.

A hooded cutpurse with a knife in the console's frame, the fight's opening lines on the parchment — Cutpurses in the streets of Sómariel at night.

A hooded cutpurse with a knife on a town street at night, lit windows and stars behind him — Cutpurses in the streets of Sómariel at night.

A stone mine corridor through the console's dungeon frame, lit by the party's lantern — An empty corridor on the first floor of the Marrow.

A stone mine corridor lit by the party's lantern, filling the screen — An empty corridor on the first floor of the Marrow.

A manticore in the console's frame, the fight's opening lines on the parchment — A manticore on the third floor of the Marrow. The pale stalkers wait for its signal.

A manticore filling the screen, the fight's opening lines in a card — A manticore on the third floor of the Marrow. The pale stalkers wait for its signal.

An open chest of gold and gems in the console's frame, the loot list on the parchment — The spoils after a win: gold, experience and whatever they dropped.

An open chest of gold and gems filling the screen, the loot list in a card — The spoils after a win: gold, experience and whatever they dropped.

The defeat screen in the console's frame, a dark crypt of bones, the log of the last round on the parchment and every roster row marked Dead — A defeat. When the whole party falls, you lose the gold you carry and are taken back to the Guild.

The defeat screen filling the screen, a dark crypt of bones with lightning, the log of the last round in a card — A defeat. When the whole party falls, you lose the gold you carry and are taken back to the Guild.

The Tale

The world is protected by the Light. It has to be renewed once every generation, or it fails.

It was last renewed on the summit of Mount Skala. A darkness has settled there, and it has not lifted.

The cities higher up the Path have gone silent. No word has come down the road in months.

Now the dark has reached Sómariel, at the foot of the mountain. The storms do not stop, and most of the town has left. The shopkeepers who stayed lock their doors at nightfall. Adventurers have come before to put an end to it. None of them came back. Recruit your party at the Wayfarers’ Rest and go down into the Marrow, the old mine under the town.

The first city on the Path