The next installment of Orphan is now live.

Let your orphan be realized in the flesh.

The mirror remembers. The night breaks. Desire breathes. 

And the Harrowing waits.

🔥What’s new inside 3.2 (Uncut)

• Cinematic intro + extended character creation — 6 archetypes and the new Defy the Scale path. Choose your height, build, endowment, hair, tattoos, scars, and voice. Your body is now part of the text.
• Night’s Watch — mid and late-phase progression — fresh beats with Gerwin’s uncertainty, new mysterious threads, and the setup for the night's finale.
• Bathroom threesome — a full, steamy scene. Free for all players. (Patron-only: the long/thick variation lines in select branches.) Future variations are coming for all erotic scenes using the new character traits in upcoming versions.
• Codex update — the bloodglass bead enters the Chronicle. Aspects of the mage/Mearesdes plotline have been revised.
• Polish & audio/UI — fixed the subtle heartbeat clip, improved sidebar/font contrast, and tightened ambience.
• Choice Icons — I'll let the image speak for itself:

🌑 Scope & expectations

This is a rebirth update: less about grand plot leaps, more about embodiment, sensuality, and getting the project’s pulse thundering again. The new systems are live and already sprinkled into key scenes; deeper trait reactivity rolls out next.

I’m moving back to a 2-week release cadence. When I let an update stretch longer than that, the scope balloons and I end up unsatisfied. Smaller, sharper drops keep Orphan’s pulse steady and the writing hungry. Expect focused updates every ~14 days: more consistent story and a project that breathes instead of holding its breath.

What’s free vs. patron

• Free: the new intro + CC, mirror scene, and the baseline bathroom threesome route.
• Patron (Uncut): added flavor and long/thick variation lines inside the threesome.

Save notes

• You can start fresh to fully experience the new intro and mirror.
• Old saves should work; if anything hiccups, please drop a note with your choices + a screenshot and I’ll hotfix.

Known bits I trimmed (to ship faster)

• Full appraisal-scene rewrite (coming).
• Broader retrofits of trait lines into earlier chapters (coming).
• Harrowing opener is teased here but begins next build.

Roadmap → November

• 3.3 — The Harrowing Begins.
• Wider trait reactivity in erotic scenes (height/build/voice noticed by specific NPCs).
• Appraisal pass + small UI niceties.
• More images where they hit hardest.

Wordcount & vibe

New material ~10–15k across narrative + scenework + system text. Short paragraphs, heavy atmosphere, low idle lines. You’ll feel it.

Gratitude

Thank you for keeping Orphan alive while I rebuilt momentum. If this chapter lands for you, share screenshots (no spoilers), comment your build (height/build/voice), and tell me who clocked you first. 

Your signals help the project grow.

Defy the Scale. The mirror is waiting.

🖤 —Truth @ Exalted Text