(Dev Scroll II) — Poll Results, Patron-Exclusive Scenes & Bloody Beatdowns

🔹 Patron Poll Results (Chains and Choices):
Our second voting ritual has concluded. The outcome is decided:

🥇 Winner (5 votes):

• New Scene: Blood for Blood

Lady Alesia asked for a scene. But what if you go further? What if you pummel Stavrick until the nobles scream for mercy — or more?

I'm stoked that this scene won, and pleasantly surprised that action pulled the win over the other (lewd) options that were offered up on a silver platter.

I expected temptation to win.
But brutality claimed the crown.

This community is still young, still taking shape, and that’s part of the magic as Orphan continues to grow. So, it's always very interesting for me to see how these polls turn out. More often than not, you surprise me. And that's something I like about this shared process.

🥈 Runner-up (4 votes, tie):

• Side Story: A Prisoner's Favor (Goblin Thief, 18+)

• New Scene: The Gilded Temptress (18+)

A silver-corseted beauty with raven hair and a knowing smile beckons from behind Duchess Livia’s silk train. She offers honeyed words and velvet touch… Does she simply want a taste of the champion? Or does her desire serve greater masters?

🥉 Third Place (2 votes, tie):

• Lore Fragment: The Lost Quarter

• Lore Fragment: The Harrowing

This seems like the perfect time for me to announce that the next update is on track for release on Monday, May 19th, focusing on the Gladiator route. Once again, the tier-weighted voting rules made a difference here. More patrons voted for the 'Gilded Temptress' scene, but two legionnaires combined forces to give 'Blood for Blood' the victory.

Truth be told, I really want to write both scenes and include them in the next update, so perhaps we'll consider this a dual-victory. The 'Gilded Temptress' scene will take place at the end of the private banquet, while the 'Blood for Blood' scene will occur in the lead-up to the auction, where our protagonist finds out their fate.

Hopefully no one gets jealous...

🜍 A Word About Patron-Exclusive Scenes 🜍

As Orphan continues to grow, so does the world beneath it — darker, deeper, more demanding. With every update, I'm pouring more into the branching paths and the intimacy that makes Orphan what it is: not just a game, but a living world and story.

Starting now, select scenes will become exclusive to patrons — including side stories, alternate variations, and certain intense and/or erotic moments.

Here’s why:

🔸 First, I want to offer more to those of you who’ve chosen to support this project. You’re not just patrons — you’re supporting my vision and aiding in the creation of this world together. This is one way I can thank you, directly, by giving you more story, more edge, more intimacy.

🔸 Second, I want to keep Orphan alive. Not just as a passion project, but as something that can truly sustain me as a creator. I want to keep going. I want to push deeper. And to do that, I need this flame to grow.

Nothing core to the game will ever be hidden behind a paywall — but if you want to see the darker corners, the secret turns, the forbidden encounters? Well, I want to invite those that appreciate Orphan to step a little further into the fire, and make it a more intimate experience.

If you’re reading this and you’re not a patron yet… this is the time. The world of Orphan is growing fast, and the deeper it gets, the more secrets it hides.

Join us. Shape the story. Step further into the fire.

🩸 Thank you for keeping it burning.
– Truth @ Exalted Text