Narrative Work : Gift of the Flame

What is Trophy Dark ?

Trophy Dark by Jesse Ross is a dark fantasy horror game about doomed treasure-hunters seeking their fortune in a haunted forest; what they do not know is that the forest will make a trophy of them. The game is organized into incursions: themed stories played over one or two sessions. With a few of my collaborators, we decide to create our own incursion which we set on the theme of the fire.

In Gift of the Flame, the hunters are to cross the desolate lands where the Cult of the Flame endures beneath an eternal blaze. Their purpose: to seek the relics and treasures long surrendered to fire, to unravel the faith that feeds upon sacrifice, and to survive the light that consumes all.

The expedition will move under the veil of ash and devotion, guided by rumor, hunger, and the faint promise of gold. The hunters prepare to confront zealots and horrors alike, to walk the fine line between reverence and ruin. Whether they return bearing riches or only their shadows remains unwritten—yet the Flame calls, and they have answered.