Today I\u2019m going to talk a little bit about the world were the story of Aurora\u2019s Nightmare takes place.<\/p>\n
Lucerna is a world defined by three words: ancient, grandeur, and peace.\u00a0 It\u2019s a beautiful world covered in blue skies and grassy meadows.\u00a0 Nature is a key part of Lucerna and even its biggest cities are filled with greenery.\u00a0 But this is no underdeveloped world.\u00a0 Ancient stone structures cover the planet, instilling a sense of age and grandeur while hiding a surprisingly advanced level of technology.\u00a0 While some fell into ruin centuries ago, many are still used for residential and business purposes.<\/p>\n
Lucerna\u2019s main inhabitants are the Angellus, a humanoid race with white feathery wings.\u00a0 I would like to stress that, despite their appearances, the Angellus are not angels.\u00a0 Lucerna is not heaven, or any sort of afterlife.\u00a0 However, the similarities are intentional.\u00a0 But as for the reason?\u00a0 You\u2019ll have to play the game to find out.<\/p>\n
Lucerna appears to be a truly beautiful and peaceful world.\u00a0 And, in fact, it is.\u00a0 War is known only in books, crime is almost unheard of, and even sickness is uncommon and rarely serious.\u00a0 But all is not as it appears.\u00a0 Lucerna harbors a number of mysteries and dark secrets (some of which I\u2019ll discuss in future posts).\u00a0 Through an unfortunate twist of fate, a young man named Ars and his friends find themselves drawn closer and closer to the truth.\u00a0 Though whether or not they\u2019ll survive long enough to find it will depend on what choices you, the player, make.<\/p>\n
Some of those mysteries are completely unknown by Lucerna’s inhabitants.\u00a0 But there are three great mysteries which everyone in Lucerna is aware of.\u00a0 Many people dedicate their lives to solving these three mysteries, Ars and Tia being two of them.<\/p>\n
The first of these three mysteries is known as the lost history.\u00a0 Lucerna clearly has a long history, with numerous buildings clearly dating back hundreds or even thousands of years, advanced technology and infrastructure, and a highly developed culture.\u00a0 However, all historical records, both oral and written, abruptly end a mere 300 years in the past.<\/p>\n
Writings from the time make it sound as if every single person on Lucerna merely awoke one day to find that they had no memory of their pasts.\u00a0 Some hints remained.\u00a0 Basic knowledge, family ties, personalities, even culture.\u00a0 But none could remember even the smallest scrap of their lives or history from before that fateful day.<\/p>\n
Uncovering the secret of their lost history has become an obsession for the Angellus but it is only one mystery of many that you\u2019ll encounter in Aurora\u2019s Nightmare.\u00a0 The second is the Nightmares.\u00a0 Little is known about exactly who are what the Nightmares actually are.\u00a0 In terms of shape, they appear much like Angellus but more feral and bestial, with glowing eyes and oily black skin.<\/p>\n
Nightmares can appear anywhere, at any time, with no known logic or pattern behind their movements.\u00a0 They simply appear out of thin air and vanish the same way several minutes, or even seconds, later.\u00a0 Despite decades of research, Lucerna\u2019s scientists still know nothing about the Nightmares\u2019 motivations or where they come from.<\/p>\n
Nightmares are extremely deadly, lashing out violently at anyone and everyone around them.\u00a0 Records of Nightmare attacks show them to be not only violent, but cruel as well, with a tendency to toy with and torture their victims.\u00a0 In a world while deaths and even injuries by violence are extremely rare, Nightmares have become a symbol of all that\u2019s dark, evil, and terrifying.\u00a0 Although their appearances are rare, they\u2019re something that every inhabitant of Lucerna fears.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And the heroes of our story are no different.\u00a0 In fact, it\u2019s an encounter with one of these terrifying creatures which will change their lives forever\u2026<\/p>\n
The third mystery is the disappearances.\u00a0 In rare instances, people of Lucerna have been known to vanish, seemingly into thin air.\u00a0 There\u2019s never any sign of a struggle and, in many cases, they leave behind meals half eaten, books partially read, and other signs which imply that their departure was both sudden and unplanned.<\/p>\n
Despite decades of research, Lucerna\u2019s scientists have been unable to find any explanation for these disappearances.\u00a0 In most instances, the person or people who have vanished are never seen again.\u00a0 There have been rare cases of victims returning days or even weeks later (often in a completely different place), but the experience always leaves them broken in mind and spirit, unable to even comprehend their surroundings, much less speak of what happened.\u00a0 For the Angellus, the disappearances are something to be feared as much as, or perhaps even more than, the nightmares.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today I\u2019m going to talk a little bit about the world were the story of Aurora\u2019s Nightmare takes place. Lucerna is a world defined by three words: ancient, grandeur, and peace.\u00a0 It\u2019s a beautiful world covered in blue skies and grassy meadows.\u00a0 Nature is a key part of Lucerna and even its biggest cities are … Continue reading Repost – Lucerna and its Mysteries<\/span>