Michael Stackpole, author of the Star Wars: X-Wing novels, is teaming up with FromSoftware to write a new Dark Souls story titled Dark Souls: Masque of Vindication, publisher Yen Press announced in a press release. Masque of Vindication releases in October 2022 and returns as part of the original Dark Souls and introduces role-playing with a “fresh eye”, according to Yen Press. The key character is a nameless devastated wizard who wakes up in a prison cell, surrounded by death and absorbing glimpses of life from the corpses around him to regain a sense of self.
“Beyond the graveyard stretches the desert night, and the starry sky tells the wizard that a long time has passed since his death,” the book’s description reads. Naming himself Ferranos, after a nonsense word carved beside his grave, and armed with the dagger of a failed grave robber, he embarks on an epic adventure guided by destiny.
Stackpole was a prolific writer, penning more than a dozen Star Wars novels in the late 1990s, including I, Jedi and Rogue Squadron. While some are perhaps best known for his work in the George Lucas universe, Stackpole has a wide range of books to his name, including the Battletech series, the Crown Colony fantasy series and, later, World of Warcraft and Gears.
This is the first time FromSoft has commissioned new stories for one of its franchises outside of video games, and there’s certainly plenty of room to not only tell rich and varied stories, but also experiment with different storytelling styles.
The traditional publisher hands-off approach to storytelling and world building can work very well in a gaming environment where players can create their own meanings and stories, but it’s probably not something you can rely on in a focused book. in the characters, or if it is. , we are certainly interested to see how it works.
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Source : PC Gamesn
