divaruminagames

Welp, here it is.

https://dashingdon.com/play/haleym/defiled-hearts-the-barbarian-alpha/mygame/

It's 37k words long and it doesn't even have the bath shenanigans and the wrestling match. I'm properly exhausted lol. Everything I coded during Easter got erased in some bug but now it's finally in a presentable state. Niall'...

Short story poll

Here's the short story poll. I hope there's something you'd like to read about. I added some of the previous months' options and a bunch of others. You can pick multiple options.

There's also Quinn. If they win, we'll see how I manage to keep it spoiler free. It would be a challenge lol, please don't pick that. 

I'm sure the Legate will take the cake with this one. I'm rooting for him!

Marcus scenario/mini game poll

I added some new options and included the last month's options, too. I hope there's something you'd like to read about (and I hope the last month's scenario was a good read for you all). 

I removed the tone indicators since apparently if I aim to write smut, just a load of puns and licking one's hand aggressively appears. That's how my brain works, I'm not sure what to think of it.

Introduction post

Hello and thank you so much for being here! You are awesome, you're the reason these chapters keep coming.

If you are new here, you might be interested to know that there are short stories for you to enjoy regardless of your tier. I published them when I first launched this Patreon, so they have been buried underneath my rambling posts. They are tagged as short stories, you can limit the search that way.

Also, Discord! 2022-04-12 09:40:21 +0000 UTC View Post

New tier benefit!

For whatever reason I just now realized that the early access to the alpha demo could be a tier thing. I was even suggested that a while ago and I was like yeah that could work but just kinda didn't do anything with it. So, sorry about that lol. It will be available for all tiers.

I will post the link to the alpha build here when it's kinda sorta ready, there are still some smuttier scenes that needs to be polished. 

Q&A questions and POV short story topic suggestion

Hi there!

If you have any (I dearly hope you have lol) questions to the cast, please feel free to post them here or PM me. If no one asks about the Legate's socks, I will be sorely disappointed. (I'm just kidding, please don't ask about his socks.) Also, if you have a POV short story suggestion, that would be great, too.

I'm off to write the rest of the dinner scene, the chapter is already 35k long...

About next month

So, here are some changes I mentioned last month that will be put to fruition next month:

Minigame's chosen RO will still be Marcus. I have a huge (a massive) hunch that this is something that you people still want to see so that's what I'm going with.

There will be a character Q&A for the next month's Penguin tier instead of a background short story. If you have questions you'd like answered, it's time to put them down and ready yourselves! I won't be picking a specific RO fo...

Check your emails

I just sent you a little something-something <3 

Head on a pike

I rub my temples as the memory of what father said crosses my mind. Everything he says brings me a headache. That fool of a man. If only mother was here, she would talk sense into that thick head of his.

Just as I'm about to retreat for my office (with a headache, might I add), the wind carries with it a distinct chatter of soldiers not supposed to do what they're doing. It has an unmistakable sound: it's like listening to a swarm of babbling idiots. What is the meaning of the commotion...

I will take care of you now

Ma. I had to leave you, Ma. You screamed so loud when they came to get me it pierced my ears. It still hurts.

Da. You didn't say anything. When I screamed and asked you to save me. You looked away. It hurts.

My eyes are already too swollen. It's as if there are no tears left in me. I'm dry and empty. There's nothing left. 

But when I think of you, Ma, how I want to feel your arms around me, to hear you whisper that everything is alright, that the monsters won't ever get...

Blooper

Here is a scene that got cut off from the dinner. It broke my heart to cut it off but the dinner got so big that it needed to be done. Perhaps I could stuff it in later but for now, it will remain in the blooper category. I'm sorry, Antonia. (MC would've been able to snoop around the villa with Antonia. Otherwise they snoop around with one of the ROs. Or maybe they don't snoop around at all and get some other one-on-one scene with the chosen ROs. Anyways, some snooping around stuff coming up....

Marcus scenario/mini game poll

I hope these are sufficient and you'll find something you'd like to read about! <3 You can pick multiple answers if you can't decide hehe.

Short story poll

This is a poll for both the POV and background story topics. You can pick multiple answers. If you wonder where Quinn is, pretty much any scene from their POV would be super spoilery. D: Perhaps their POV could come up at a later point but for now, they shall remain in obscurity.

Topic suggestions for the next short stories

It's me again, hoping to know what you'd want to read about. (You're awesome, btw, thanks for being here!) So, what scene would you like to read from a different POV? Whose POV? And, what sort of background story would you be interested to read about? You can also PM me, if you'd prefer that. I will be gathering your suggestions next week, then I'll put up a poll.

Thank you, I hope to hear from you. Otherwise, it's the story about the Legate's old flames. And, umm, the tavern scene thro...

Announcement

Hi there, 

so, since the poll's results were quite even, I decided that the Penguin tier will alternate between Q&A and background story. Next month will still be a background story month.

And, as promised, that new minigame tier will be published tomorrow (the 1st of March). The first RO is Marcus but I thought that there could be a poll to see if people would like to see other ROs, too. (Unlikely, at least for now, but no one can say that I didn't try lol.)

I will...

Blooper

I made this months ago, when I thought that the sentry scene would occur a lot later. Robus was just "a dog" then, she wasn't yet a character. I still think I might use the 'horny_RO' (lol) as a way to determine if MC has expressed physical interest in the RO. Of course that wouldn't mean that they're ready to jump into bed with them, more like they appreciate the view. 

Anyway, here is a little blooper that got left out of the Marcus's sentry scene for things moving way too fast. ...

Bruises

(TW aftermath of domestic violence)

Everything aches.

Not my face. He knows not to hit my face. It would be prudish. Only plebeian men hit their wives on the face.

He’s classy.

A muted laughter escapes me. It’s just a breath of air but the intent was there. No one can tell me that I didn’t try.

You can’t tell me this isn’t funny.

Isn’t it funny that I’m lying here half-dead? Isn’t this everything I ever wanted from my marriage?

The Cock (POV shift)

(I'm sorry, I couldn't resist the title.)

Father makes my head hurt. Everytime he opens his mouth nothing comes out but utter stupidity. His latest one about the marriage was–

“Lord Centurion–” Someone stops me. Not even in the bath am I safe from these idiots following me around. “I was thinking about tomorrow’s drills.”

Drills! He’s bothering me about drills! In the bath!

He’s either willfully ignorant of my stare, or he’s a fool. He continues tal...

Sneak peek of Ch4

This is a little peek of the rough draft I've been working on. The Legate is asking what sort of entertainment the MC would like to watch while eating. 

"When I realized you were going to join us, I wanted to have a couple of gladiators to fight each other while eating. Or would you have preferred dancers?"

Why would he hire anyone for my honor? Does he know? Is he planning on feedin me before killing me?

He, at le...

2022-02-13 16:22:20 +0000 UTC View Post

A bunch of worldbuilding stuff for you

I have a bunch of worldbuilding stuff for you. Why? So, umm, I realized that the polls should be about this month's short story topic, not the next month's. This was my brainfart and I will create a poll for the next month's short story topic early next month. In exchange, I bring you a pile of worldbuilding stuff I've used to create the political and cultural climate of my ancient world. I hope it's a suitable compensation for this month's lost poll.

Below, there is a map of Scotland. ...

Some changes coming up for the next month?

This Patreon of mine is definitely still a work-in-progress. I'm feeling up what you people would want to see and what doesn't interest that much. So, I'm making a poll about these new changes. One of the biggest changes would be a whole new tier: a monthly Marcus minigame. It would be made in Twine because I'd feel more comfortable about using that instead of ChoiceScript. I'm not sure if it matters that much but that's what I'm going for. Since Marcus is hands down the most popular RO at th...

Sneak peeks

Here are some sneak peeks of the night sentry scenes I'm working on: 

Here is Camilla cursing her heart out:

A series of curses draws my attention back to Camilla who is trying to hoist herself to the platform. The words she's shooting into the air are wholly unfit for a woman of her stature, yet I doubt she cares. She seems to be having trouble with her layers of dresses. 

"Are you going to help me or not?" She finally snaps.<...

2022-01-31 16:54:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Blooper from chapter 1

Here is a deleted (and unfinished) scene from the 1st chapter. It was meant to hint at the upcoming love triangle, but I decided to delete it and leave the LT stuff for later. Mostly because the 1st chapter was so full of stuff already.

This was meant to be placed where the fight with Marcus occurred, the final test thing.

Niall is here, too, looking from the side-lines. His eyes find mine before he gives me a smile with a curt nod.

*fake_c...

2022-01-28 16:16:44 +0000 UTC View Post

Short story topic poll (POV)

Which scene would you like to read from another POV?

Short story topic poll (background)

Whose past are you interested to learn more about?

Who's your fav RO?

I would like to see if Marcus's reign of terror has changed at all. So, please let me know who your favorite RO is.

About the future short story topics

What sort of topics would you be interested in reading more about? Both in terms of background and POV shifts. Is there a spesific scene you would like to experience from someone else's POV? Are you interested in, I don't know, the Legate's past love life? (/jk?)

The Great Sea

I’ve never crossed the Great Sea. The thought is peculiar in itself but it carries sorrow with it. If things were different, I would never have even thought about this. Why would I? My home is there, in the North. The South disgusts me. The people are soft, the smell of weak characteristics linger on them as I pass them by.

But I need to be here. You need me.

You. I need to help you.

“Where are you going, stranger?”

It takes a moment to realize someone is aiming ...

The Painting

I wish Gaia would cease off with the birthday parties. She thinks the cake is a surprise, but I smelled her intentions, and her cake, the moment she peeked her head through the door opening, announcing her arrival from Rome. The date checks, it’s all too obvious.

“Come on, Marcus. You look like you swallowed a jug of lemon juice,” Hilaria says. Mother gave her a fitting name. Even as an infant, Hilaria looked like she was about to say something funny, at least in her own mind. She...

The Eyes

Bored.

So bored.

This is the same road I’ve walked a thousand times. Its stones are the same; gray, their edges smoothened by the years of people walking on them. Dull. The noise my boots make is the same, the speed I walk is the same. Brisk, as if I had somewhere important to go.

Some soldiers pass me by, not many at this hour. They all wear the same expression when they see me, the reverence aimed at me is almost ridiculous. Look away, you fools, I’m in a hurry to fall...