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P L O T
Welcome to Landry’s Rowe.
Founded in 1733
Population: 3,667
After being let go from your job only a month prior, you’ve headed off on a ‘horror’ road trip across the United States with your best friend. Visiting the most disturbing locations in the country should have incited something within you right? Fear, joy, anxiety, anything.
But the trip is coming to an end and it’s been…well, a bust. Nothing has pushed your overwhelming numbness to the side. God, you’d give anything just to feel a sliver of an emotion.
Until it happens.
Landry’s Rowe wasn’t even a town on your list; it was just a place to stop for a burger.
‘Running Through the Trees’ is a wip, southern gothic interactive fiction with elements of horror, mystery, and romance. It is rated 18+ due to themes that may be disturbing to some readers. ‘Running Through’ explores themes of gore, violence, sexual content, drug use, cults, spiritual psychosis, complex human relationships, etc.
If you're interested in cults, creature features, mysteries, and morally gray characters, this may be for you.
F E A T U R E S
Customize your MC. This includes: name, appearance, gender identity, pronouns, and more!
Make choices that matter. Your choices change the story and the route you end up on.
Use your former in game job to progress the story. You were previously either an archaeologist (at a metaphysical museum), an archivist (for occult books), or a college professor (folk-tales and their lore).
Explore the three completely different routes within the same story. There’s a hunter’s route, protector’s route, and cult route.
Build a romantic relationship with 5 different romance options or form a purely sexual relationship with 1 option. While there are element of romance within this game, you do not need to interact with that element to enjoy the story.
Read a story about main characters who are slightly older. Everyone is between 28-35.
Build relationships with a variety of side characters.
Do some slice of life things, such as: foraging, gardening, tea making, etc.
R O M A N C E
Silas Barclay Jr., He/Him, 28, Hunter // “They’re dangerous and therefore, they must be taken out.”
Silas Jr. is the youngest, and only living, son of head hunter and guild leader, Silas Barclay Sr. His mother, Sylvia Cass, disappeared a month after his birth.
The Barclays are one of the three founding families of Landry’s Rowe.
Silas is truly hesitant to become a hunter, but those around town would never be able to tell. He pushes his own feelings aside for the sake of family legacy.
He’s known for his brash attitude, frequent bar fights, and founders family ‘get out of jail free’ connections.
Only romanceable if you choose to pursue the hunter’s route. Choosing the protector’s route or the cult’s route will lock you out.
Nell Valez, She/Her, 30, Witch // “They’re confused and scared, but they can be helped without bloodshed.”
Nell runs the local coven, under the guise of a reformatory school, alongside Natalie Van de Ber. The Van de Bers are one of three founding families of Landry’s Rowe.
She is fiercely protective of her home, her coven, and her relationships.
She is known for her gentle demeanor, botanical knowledge, and ability to think/act quickly under pressure.
Only romanceable if you choose to pursue the protector’s route. Choosing the hunter’s route or the cult’s route will lock you out.
Ellis/Eve Van de Ber, Gender Selectable, 32, Bartender at Graves
E has been a bartender at Graves since their 21st birthday. That night they strode behind the bar and demanded the owner, Abraham Barclay, show them how to make a whiskey sour.
They’re insecure about their current state of life, but it’s easier to take a shot and make a joke than it is to go to therapy.
They’re known for their sarcastic comments, charming smile, and all those rumors surrounding their shady family dynamics.
Only romanceable if you choose to pursue the hunter’s route. Choosing the protector’s route or the cult’s route will lock you out.
Orson Barclay, He/Him, 29, Owner of Able & Poe
Orson Barclay is the only son of Raven and Savannah Barclay, who passed away during a routine boating tour at the Vonn Swamp six years prior. After their passing, he took over Able & Poe and pushed aside his efforts of becoming the Landry’s Rowe Public Library librarian.
He is the cousin of Silas Barclay Jr.
He’s known for his quiet demeanor, endless thirst for knowledge, and natural fishing skill.
Only romanceable if you choose to pursue the protector’s route. Choosing the hunter’s route or the cult’s route will lock you out.
Vernon/Verena Hart, Gender Selectable, 31, Your Best Friend
V has been your best friend for as long as you can remember (since you two grew up beside each other).
They work as a freelance, and pretty popular, photographer with a niche in unsettling or haunting imagery.
They’re loyal to a fault, a bit impulsive, and always down to have a good time.
They’re romanceable no matter which route you choose.
V is asexual. Please keep that in mind during their route.
Cash/Cassandra Landry, 35, Cult Leader Pastor of Weeping Willows // “They’re powerful which means we should be controlling them.”
C Landry is the youngest child of Wilson and Ruby Landry, who were killed during a community outing ten years prior. They both died of a gunshot wound to the head, but their killer remains unknown.
Their 3 sisters each moved away the moment they turned 18 (prior to their parents' death).
The Landrys are one of the three founding families of Landry’s Rowe.
C runs Willow’s Rest, a church and community center, nestled between Vonn Swamp and Perla’s Bed & Breakfast.
They’re know for their charismatic personality, religious rants, and the polaroid camera they constantly carry.
Only romanceable if you choose to pursue the cult’s route. Choosing the hunter’s route or the protector’s route will lock you out.
Their ‘romance’ is not a true relationship, but rather a strictly physical relationship.
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