Nocturnal Revenants

**Nocturnal Revenants** is a 2D fighting game developed by Dark Side Studios, available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and PC. The story focuses on the search of the **Nocturnal Heart,** an object which can summon the power of an ancient god.

## Gameplay

Nocturnal Revenants resembles traditional 2.5D fighting games, with its main inspiration being the Mortal Kombat saga. It consists of two rivals fighting against each other using a variety of attacks. Health is split in two sections: **Normall Health (NH)** and **Spirit Health (SH)**. After one of the characters's normal health bar goes empty, they lose 1/2 of SH, which can be retrieved by defeating the opponent; The match ends when one of the Spirit Health bars gets emptied.

The Soul Killer bar was introduced since the Soul Health system could make matches drag on for too long. A smaller bar located under the Revelation one, and both fill (and go empty) at the same time. If the SK bar is full when one of the fighters lose 1/2 of SH, the rival can perform a **Soul Killer Attack**, which drains the opponent's remaining SH and ends the match instantly.

The **Revelation Bar,** split in two halfs, allows fighters to perform extremely powerful attacks. There are two types of special moves. The "weaker" one can be performed with 50% of the bar while the "stronger one" inputs when it's at 100.

## Lore

### The Birth of Greyburn

*Millions of years ago, God blessed humanity with magic, a mystical force that could be used for various purposes, the unholy union between the Devil and one angel led to the birth of Greyburn, an entity whose power came from the forbidden source known as black magic, which spawned from him. The reigners of heaven and hell both agreed on his creation. Greyburn's goal was to purge the filth of Earth's inhabitants via an event known as the Eternal Night; During this event, countless living beings would be supposed to die, acting as a "divine punishment".*

*Eventually, both forces realized Greyburn was unstable, and at some point, they sealed him inside his own heart. They didn't exterminate him, so he could be freed if necessar. Ever since, the Nocturnal Heart has been lost and forgotten in time; However, the power it holds still remains.*

### The Greykin

The Greykin are Nocturnal Revenants's main antagonistic faction. Their origins go back to a group of treacherous angels who hailed Greyburn as their deity. Despite they would be captured and executed, they left descendance: Beings with angelical blood, but corrupted by black magic from birth. Although limited in number, the Greykin were able to survive for ages until now. They own 3 of the 5 Nocturnal Eyes; artifacts created by themselves to communicate the Greyburn (who's locked in the Nocturnal Heart's dimension) and that are necessary to free their God. Their leader, the Grey Man, is an ominous figure whose face has never been seen.

### The Occult Ministry

The Occult Ministry is an organization specialized in tracing and containing supernatural threats. Backed by the U.S. government, the Ministry was founded in the 19th century, with its original goal being not only protect humans from otherworldly menaces, but to maintain peace between them. In order to achieve this goal, the Occult Ministry hires peaceful supernatural beings, and powerful humans as well.

## Characters

### Starter

 Character
 **Lancer Rift** | Lancer Rift is the game's protagonist. With zero memories from his past, Lancer is a skilled hunter, dedicated to get rid of potentially dangerous angels, demons and magicians. In one of his ventures, he found and adopted a homeless girl called Alice; She stayed with him until being killed by the Grey Man. Swearing revenge, Rift devoted himself to create a weapon capable of exterminating not only the Greykin, but the Nocturnal Heart: These weapon, known as **Hurricane**, is a magical spear infused with the power of angels, demons and sorcerers.