The old ford stones crossing the Wend into Emberford at dusk

Before you go in

The threshold

Ardenwake is a persistent world. What you do here stays done. People remember, settlements change, and the consequences of a decision outlive the character who made it.

Everyone you meet is played by the realm. This is a single-player build, so no other person is in this world with you.

What we promiseNothing leaves this device, nothing here is for sale, and your play is never shown to an employer.Read it in full

Nothing you do here leaves this device. The realm is stored in your own browser and is never sent anywhere.
Your play is yours. It is never shown to an employer.
Nothing you can buy will make you more powerful, more right, or harder to argue with.
Clearing your browser data ends the realm completely. There is no copy unless you save one.

Safety

Ardenwake carries no sexual content involving young characters and no sexual violence as a game system, and it never will. Blocking, reporting and human moderation are built for the shared world that does not exist yet; this build has nobody to report.

Both choices are selected by default. You can uncheck anything you do not want.

Your choicesKeep a record of how I make decisions here.Your choices and what followed from them are recorded and interpreted, on this device only. You are not told in advance which choices matter, because being told would change them. Decline and the game is unchanged.I would share a de-identified record for research one day.Recorded as a preference only. Nothing is sent from this build, and nothing will be without asking again.

Enter as Maren Holt, ford-warden of Emberford

New here? Choose this to begin. Your decisions stay on this device.

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