There’s a knock at the door. A voice permeates the shoddy wood: “open up.” Confusion flickers across our protagonist Hanna's face. Last we saw her, she was bonding with her brother after recovering from a particularly nasty bout of the plague-like Heartpox, currently ravaging parts of the city. Herman went off to work, but upon a quick survey of the room, he doesn’t seem to have arrived home. As you let the police chief in, he demands that you accompany him to the station. Alarm bells ring in Hanna’s mind, and she ducks into the vent behind her room divider, prompting disgruntled murmurings and the order to “find the wench.” From the moment I booted up Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream, it had me hooked, and I can’t wait to play more.
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