"Pharteus" 💀
Thanks so much for all the kind words man, I'm glad you enjoyed. Great work saving all the villagers! As you surmised, Elaine is meant to basically solve the rest of the game on her own if you went through the trouble to recruit her. I'm really, really thrilled that you found the attack stance and pivot mechanics to both be so significant! <3333
As for the story, I've had Partheus and its Cataclysms in my head for several years. I really hope I can get around to telling more stories in this world in the future. I wasn't super interested in this prompt until I realized it gave me a good excuse to finally tap into this time period of that world. Whenever I do get back to this world, hopefully in a more complete game, I hope I can impress you just as much. :)