Shattersong

Many small voices against one perfect silence. The world of Aurendal was sung into being. Its magic is language: the Words of the First Speech don't describe things — they make them. Long ago the great Words shattered and scattered. Now Savreth, the Hollow Cantor — a grieving former priest — wields the Unword to unsay the world, one note at a time. And he calls it mercy. You are Corin, a teenage banner-bearer. Your answer is not a chosen one or an ancient blade. It is people — a found-family army gathered one recruit at a time, because a Word bound into a living soul is a Word the silence can never erase. A tactical RPG in the lineage of the greats. - 60 recruitable heroes — knights, harpooners, hedge-witches, a bear-man of the Riverclaw, and stranger friends still. Everyone has a name, a past, and a reason to fight. - 28 chapters across 5 acts — a full campaign from a village lane to the Unsung Hour, with towns to walk, camps to muster in, and secrets off the beaten path. - Three-tier promotions — every hero grows through three full class tiers with new looks, new skills, and new answers on the battlefield. - Bind the lost Words — forge recovered Words into your heroes at the Anvil of Saying. Every binding is permanent, every binding costs a Tithe, and every choice of who is a goodbye to everyone else. - Honest, transparent tactics — a full combat forecast before every attack. No hidden math. Initiative interleaves by speed, flanks matter, high ground extends your reach, and walls genuinely block line of sight. - Retreat, not death — fallen heroes withdraw instead of dying. The campaign asks you to be brave with people you've come to love, not to reset the clock. - Terrain that fights with you — forests slow the unready, rivers stop all but the wave-walkers, and the high ground is worth taking. Every hero moves differently. - A painted world — painted battlefields, painted towns, and a painted cast of dozens, in a warm storybook style with an original soundtrack. The villain isn't wrong. He's just asking a different question. Savreth lost everything and decided the kindest thing is for nothing to hurt ever again. Shattersong is about the other answer — the noisy, imperfect, stubborn one. It's a game about why the noise is worth it. A solo-developed labor of love.