We Carry the Fire

We Carry the Fire is a visual novel set in an Empire threatened by spectral monsters called Shades. Every few years, the new moon vanishes and returns red. When the red moon is full, Shades attack every town, village and city in the Empire. The people defend themselves with Fire, an ever-burning white flame believed to be a gift from God.

Ashe and the mission

You follow Ashe, a young person marked as an outcast by his red eyes. When a new red moon appears, he volunteers to carry Fire to a remote farming village that would otherwise be destroyed under the full moon. The journey takes him through the Forest, a mysterious wilderness believed to house malicious spirits and terrifying monsters otherwise known only from myth.

Ashe's companions

Three other outcasts join Ashe, each with their own history of exile:

• Blaise: a former knight excommunicated from her order for alleged heresy.
• Kol: an Alfar of the Forest exiled from his clan for breaking a taboo.
• Luz: a magical prodigy expelled from her university for stealing secrets from restricted texts.

Trials and sacrifice

The group knows the mission is likely to fail, and that failure means death. Each companion accepts the risk for their own reasons. The trials reopen old wounds and push them to their breaking points; to find a way forward, each must let go of something important.