The Areas

Four places, each a real Greek place

Act 1 happens in four areas. Each one started as a fantasy-style build and was redesigned against the period rule: the game is set in the 5th century BC, 447 to 406, and nothing modern or later may appear. Here is each area as it stands, with what is built and what is still to do.

Hub town · Chapters 1 to 5 Eleusis Ἐλευσίς The walled sanctuary-town where the story starts and ends. Paused: good enough for now Zone A · Chapter 1: The Last Harvest The Rarian Plain Ῥάριον πεδίον The failing fields of Eleusis: nothing ruined, only unattended. Redesigned and finished (one mood decision open) Zone B · Chapters 2 to 4: Bread and Timber The Sacred Grove Ἱερὸν ἄλσος Charcoal burners, a goddess's altar, and a road that goes down. Redesigned (stump face and a story decision open) Boss arena · Chapter 5: The Intake The Gates of Plouton Πλουτώνιον Polydegmon, the Receiver of Many, waits at the mouth of the underworld. Redesigned (needs a real playtest)

The rule above all

Every area is checked against it.

447 to 406 BC. Nothing modern, nothing later, nothing earlier. No barrels, no hay bales, no glass windows, no Norse ships. A doorway is plain Doric, a road is flagstones, a fence is a dry-stone wall, and the names on the stones are carved in the old Attic hand. Period pictures made with AI keep the reference honest; see them in the gallery and read the full rules.