Two gods, opposed in all things, struggling for power. One threw open a door, allowing the entrance of evil and chaos - and you. Because power comes from emotion, and you are the thing that can provide that emotion. Your fear and your hope can strengthen the gods, but though they may see you as not much more than ambulatory batteries, that doesn't mean you're powerless. Welcome to the city of Hadriel, where fear and hope battle to manipulate you. Enjoy your stay, and do your best to avoid dying. It makes such a mess.
hadriel is a medium paced horror/choose-your-own-outcome game with an overarching plot arc that characters can alter and effect. The majority of the events are jamjar-esque, which are put on by the various gods designed to make your character feel specific emotions. These emotions give the gods power to further expand the city and establish themselves against the other gods, which then will result in plot events occurring. Look out, though- not everything is quite black and white here, and it's unwise to make such heavy decisions without knowing the full story.
Initially, the two gods in the city were Fear and Hope, each of whom had different types of events to pull fear and hope from your characters. While Fear uses the power he gains to oppose Hope and continue to terrorize the player characters, Hope is attempting to gain power to revive the dead gods. The first four revivals have already occurred: the goddess Rage who has taken no side in the fight so far, the goddess Delight who is Hope's ally, the elder and respected Sorrow who has no patience for Hope and Fear's conflict, and most recently the goddess Confusion who has proven to be petty and cruel at best. As the game progresses, Hope will give the player characters the ability to choose between which gods will be revived; these gods will later initiate events of their own, make alliances, have feuds, and reveal more about the setting and what caused them to die in the first place. Only two gods remain, Tranquility and Love - which will you choose?
For the month of October instead of a Test Drive, Hadriel is having a Fourth Wall Event! The first post for it is linked above, a second will be going up on 11/1. Reserves are currently OPEN. Applications open 11/1.
AJIN: DEMI-HUMAN WANTED: Kei Nagai, Kou Nakano, Kouji Tanaka, Izumi Shimomura, ANYONE WE HAVE: Sato
BLEACH WANTED: Inoue! Orihime! Sado! Yasutora! Abarai! Renji! Kuchiki! Byakuya! Any Karakura, Any Shinigami, Any Arrancar, anyone anyone anyone. WE HAVE: Kurosaki Ichigo, Kuchiki Rukia, Ishida Uryuu
DRAGON AGE WANTED: LITERALLY EVERYONE WE HAVE: Inquisitor Trevelyan, Cole, Leliana, Dorian
THE RAVEN CYCLE WANTED: Gansey, Blue, any of the adults and assorted other students! WE HAVE: Ronan Lynch, Noah Czerny, Adam Parrish, Henry Cheng
UNDERTALE WANTED: Asgore, Asriel, Flowey, Mettaton, Monster Kid, Muffet, Napstablook, Toriel, anyone you can write an app for! WE HAVE: Alphys, Chara, Frisk, Papyrus, Sans, Undyne
UNTIL DAWN WANTED: Ashley, Josh, Jess, Jack WE HAVE: Chris, Emily, Hannah, Matt, Beth, Sam, Mike
HADRIEL
AJIN: DEMI-HUMAN
WANTED: Kei Nagai, Kou Nakano, Kouji Tanaka, Izumi Shimomura, ANYONE
WE HAVE: Sato
BLEACH
WANTED: Inoue! Orihime! Sado! Yasutora! Abarai! Renji! Kuchiki! Byakuya! Any Karakura, Any Shinigami, Any Arrancar, anyone anyone anyone.
WE HAVE: Kurosaki Ichigo, Kuchiki Rukia, Ishida Uryuu
DRAGON AGE
WANTED: LITERALLY EVERYONE
WE HAVE: Inquisitor Trevelyan, Cole, Leliana, Dorian
THE RAVEN CYCLE
WANTED: Gansey, Blue, any of the adults and assorted other students!
WE HAVE: Ronan Lynch, Noah Czerny, Adam Parrish, Henry Cheng
UNDERTALE
WANTED: Asgore, Asriel, Flowey, Mettaton, Monster Kid, Muffet, Napstablook, Toriel, anyone you can write an app for!
WE HAVE: Alphys, Chara, Frisk, Papyrus, Sans, Undyne
UNTIL DAWN
WANTED: Ashley, Josh, Jess, Jack
WE HAVE: Chris, Emily, Hannah, Matt, Beth, Sam, Mike