Here in the Darkness

*Here in the Darkness* is a choose-your-own adventure game by Tilan set in Ecapeht. Though the story takes place in the same universe, with the same tribes and some of the characters, the events that happen in this plot should be in no way considered part of the real Ecapehtean world.

This page serves as an archive for the entire series, and the game can be found in the links below. Any votes on this page will not be counted.

## Characters

*Lenixes are famous for having a surplus of nicknames*

**Sionora**

Aliases: Si, Sio, Sion, Sia, Nora

Species: lenix

Gender: female

Age: 3.8 stelluars (approximately 13 in human years)

Allegiance: the Night-Swifts; Lianswick's spy

Appearance: with pale dust-coloured tabby fur, rich amber eyes, a thin tail that hangs down to the ground when idle, and medium-length ears

Abilities: quite good at stealth

Health: can walk; left forepaw is twisted

**Valissa**

Aliases: Val, Via, Vali, Lis, Liss

Species: lenix

Gender: female

Age: 4 stelluars (approximately 14 in human years)

Allegiance: Haleer; the Night-Swifts

Appearance: with light orange tabby fur, sharp green eyes, and a long spiky tail

Abilities: better than average stealth; good strength

Health: good

Relationship: -80%

**Lianswick**

Aliases: Li, Lians, Ans, Wick, the Wick, the Witch, Candle Wick, ~~Answer Me~~

Species: lenix

Gender: female

Age: 52 stelluars (approximately 43 in human years)

Allegiance: the Night-Swifts

Appearance: with dark red tabby fur, green eyes, and scars across her left cheek and her flank

Abilities: proficient at stealth

Health: good

Relationship: ???%

**Haleer**

Aliases: Hal, Leer, Lier, Lyre, Hayloft, ~~Moving Castl~~

Species: lenix

Gender: male

Age: 6 stelluars (approx. 20 in human years)

Allegiance: the Swallows

Appearance: with yellow fur and amber eyes

Abilities: unknown

Health: good

Relationship: 0%

**Rlorrck**

Aliases: Rock, Rocky, Rolls, Lock, Locks, Locke, ~~Rolls-Royce~~

Species: half lenix, half grey wolf

Gender: male

Age: 60 stelluars (approx. 47 in human years)

Allegiance: the Swallows

Appearance: huge and muscular, with a grey flowing mane and amber eyes

Abilities: speed, stamina, strength

Health: cannot be better

Relationship: 10%

**Flexer**

Aliases: Flex, Fle, Lex, Flexie, Fleece, Exer, Axehead

Species: lenix

Gender: male

Age: 5 stelluars (approx. 16 in human years)

Allegiance: the Swallows

Appearance: reddish brown tabby with sharp green eyes

Abilities: unknown

Health: good

Relationship: 5%

**Dunbar**

Aliases: Dumb, Bar, Dumpy, Barxie, Dummy, Dumby

Species: lenix

Gender: male

Age: 5 stelluars (approx. 16 in human years)

Allegaince: the Swallows

Appearance: reddish brown with pale yellow eyes

Abilities: unknown

Health: good

Relationship: 2%

**Andrus**

Aliases: Andrew, Andy, Drus

Species: lenix

Gender: male

Age: 1.5 stelluars (approx. 5 in human years)

Allegaince: the Swallows

Appearance: pale brown with startling yellow eyes

Abilities: being cute

Health: good

Relationship: 5%

## Tribes

**The Night-Swifts**

Leader: Lianswick

Known members: Sionora, Valissa

Size: 3rd largest tribe in the forest

Status: at war

**The Swallows**

Leader: Rlorrck

Known members: Haleer

Size: largest tribe in the forest

Status: technically neutral, in actuality supporting the anres

**The Anres**

Leader: Unknown

Known Members:

Size: 2nd largest tribe in the forest

Status: at war against the Night-Swifts

**The Shadowhunters**

Leader: Unknown

Known Members:

Size: small

Status: allied with the Anres

**The Blades**

Leader: Unknown

Known Members:

Size: small

Status: allied with the Night-Swifts

**The Darkest Amaranths**

Leader: Unknown

Known Members:

Size: small

Status: allied with the Night-Swifts

**The Forest Keepers**

Leader: Unknown

Known Members:

Size: small

Status: at war with everyone

**The Fireous**

Leader: Unknown

Known Members:

Size: small

Status: allied with the Night-Swifts

## Relationships

* Valissa and Sionora were once friends. Then Sionora blackmailed Valissa about Haleer and Valissa has sworn in fron of Sionora that she will kill Sionora when she cannot be discovered. They are not on good terms.
* Sionora spied on Lianswick and was discovered, but Haleer intervened on her behalf. Lians let the matter pass, but said that she had no guarantee what would happen to Sionora if Sionora tries to spy on her again.
* Sionora has agreed to spy on some supposed "organisations" for Lianswick, though Lianswick says that Sionora didn't have a choice in the matter anyway.
* Valissa appears to be in a relationship with Haleer
* Rlorrck saved Sionora's life.
* Rlorrck will do unpleasant things to Haleer if he finds out about Haleer's relationship with Valissa.
* Val calls Lianswick "The Witch" when Lians is not around.
* Haleer and Lianswick seem to know each other.
* Rlorrck told Sionora to send his best regards to Lianswick.

## Trivia

* The Swallows were founded by Sandscale.
* Lianswick is named after Granny Weatherwax in *Discworld*.
* Terrence does not appear
* Rlorrck is inspired by Darcy (Pride and Prejudice) and Lord Rust (Discworld)
* The first Wanderer was rumoured to be either Rhasiel, Salaris, or Sandscale
* The title of the game is from a line in *The Sandman*.

## Players

* Lynx - joined at intro, last voted on episode 7
* Cotton - joined at intro, last voted on episode 5
* Ginger - joined at intro
* Minty - joined at intro
* Onyx - joined at intro
* Leonora - joined at intro, last voted on episode 3
* Firewind - joined at intro
* Cecilia - joined at episode 2
* Blu - joined at episode 3
* Golden - joined at episode 5
* Travesty - joined at episode 9
* Burnstar - joined at episode 10

## Links

Main Series

notes: these are unedited posts, meaning they can contain many typos. it is recommended that you read the chapters in the archive below.

* CYOA - Tilan - 13/10/2022
* Here in the Darkness // 1 - 14/10/2022
* Here in the Darkness // 2 - 15/10/2022
* Here in the Darkness // 3 - 16/10/2022
* Here in the Darkness // 4 - 5/11/2022
* Here in the Darkness // 5 - 22/11/2022
* Here in the Darkness // 6 - 2/12/2022
* Here in the Darkness // 7 - 4/12/2022
* Here in the Darkness // 8 - 7/1/2023
* Here in the Darkness // 9 - 9/1/2023
* Here in the Darkness // 10 - 11/1/2023
* Here in the Darkness // 11 - 10/2/2023

Other Posts

* Here in the Darkness // Interlude - 16/11/2022
* Here in the Darkness - Character Art - 18/12/2022
* Here in the Darkness // Sorry It's Another Interlude - 14/1/2023

## Archives

* Here in the Darkness/Archive One - episodes 1-5, including the intro and interlude 1
* Here in the Darkness/Archive Two - episodes 6-10
* Here in the Darkness/Archive Three - episodes 11-15, currently being written, including interlude 2