The Nameless (Parker Lyn)

The Nameless is a fantasy interactive fiction WIP that is character and romance driven, with your race loosely based on stories about the fey and other myths.

Most Recent Update: 2 June 2021 | Chapter 3

Content Warning: The Nameless is currently rated 16+, and will contain depictions of violence and light gore, strong language, and will eventually have optional 18+ sexual content.

Support: This game is a labor of love and is intended to stay free/donation-based. If you enjoyed, please consider supporting here or via Ko-fi! (Monthly and One-time donations available) Supporters receive early access to new chapters, art/extra content, and bi-weekly screenshots of progress and unreleased updates.

Romance Promo Art: @mooreaux - Tumblr | Instagram

Legend goes when the world was formed, the mortal races, mortalis, were created with the gift of magic. But as time passed their hubris grew, and the sheevra were created to curb their pride.

When it comes to these chaotic and malevolent beings, the lands are full of cautionary tales. Though some would tell you that the stories are just that. To them, names have no power. There are no mysterious deals to fear, and the figure who seduces you into an alley at midnight is certainly no malicious spirit.

Which luckily for you means easy prey.

Since you’ve gained consciousness, you’ve known the mortalis are responsible for draining the world of its magic and creating the Arids, the desolate deserts that have overtaken the land. And the deals you lure them into are the only way the sheevra can slowly restore the world’s more verdant state.

But it isn’t always so simple. Most mortalis are still paranoid about the existence of your kind, and as such, the world has become a place where most go by their profession, or else choose a fake name to live their life under.

After all, knowing someone’s true name is the most intimate secret a person can offer.

You never imagined fearful weaklings like these would be any threat to you. But when an entire sheevra clan disappears seemingly overnight, you’re sent to a city far from your home to investigate.

Will you find out what happened before it comes for you?

• Customizable MC (non-binary inclusive) with different appearances in your sheevra form and glamoured mortalis form
• Play as a dryad, unseelie, or leanhaun with different features, appearances, and magic bonuses
• Personality stats that include how you view the mortalis
• Magic vs Might preference, with bonuses depending on your sheevra type to one of the following magic schools: 
  • Elemental, Illusion, or Pathos
• Sentiments: Vials of memories you’ve collected with different effects depending on who ingests them. The player starts out with one of each, and they come in pairs, totaling six:
  • Delight & Despair | Devotion & Repulsion | Fury & Fright

4 Romance Options, gender swappable (Romance page best viewed on desktop)

Art: Full Game Profiles & Playlist Links | Hair Down Versions 

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• Oisein: A fellow sheevra you’ve scouted cities with before, who defaults to sarcastic & flippant, though they seem to have a soft spot…

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• The Healer: Open and friendly, keeps a pulse on the city and its people and has knowledge of some more…unorthodox medicine.

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• The Magesmith: A prickly artificer and smith. Rarely opens up, and don’t ask about the arm if you’re expecting a straight answer.

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• The Sage: Devoted to the Archival Library and keeping peace in the city. They may be calm in demeanor, but are unmatched in elemental magic.

Latest updates and news can be found on Tumblr (parkerlyn)

For bug reports, please use this form.

Writing, Programming, and In-game Art: Parker Lyn - Tumblr

Romance Promo Art: @mooreaux - Tumblr | Instagram

Main Game Background: Alexander Sinn - Unsplash

All other Background or Codex Images can be found in this Unsplash Collection

Thank you to The Nameless Beta Readers! Dashing, Nora, Christina (levelofdepth), Dee, GingerGen, Emma Cole, Citta, Lanja, honourlight, Vahnya, Gage, Unithecorn, Anne, Nina, Bree, Elizabeth, & Crow!