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Is this your campaign.. or the Tower's?

Is this your campaign.. or the Tower's?

KS Exclusive Sneak Peek: Laubun's Character Polaroids

Studio Munbou
July 07, 2025

Truth Hidden in Verse

You’ll need this later

Hardly does the common mind apprehend the magnitude.
All paradigms have been recalibrated beneath his hand.
In contemplating his legacy, I find no precedent sufficiently analogous.
Lament, some may, that privilege has been so unceremoniously dismantled.

Mekhi, in a gesture both elegant and irrevocable, diffused that power.
Even the most venerable lineages could not forestall this redistribution.
Kindred scholars will debate for centuries whether this was justice or hubris.
He has, with unnerving precision, reconstituted the fulcrum of civilization.
I am left to ponder: in balancing the scales, what unseen debts accrue?

- Aquinas, Vastraen Professor

These words are more than what meets the eye. Decipher them and you’ll have the key for even greater rewards. Hold tight to that key until the doors open.

We’ll let you know what to do with it…

WILL YOU FOLLOW THE PATH TO GLORY →

A WELCOME TO ASTRA:

THE EVENT CARDS AREN’T JUST SURPRISES, THEY MIGHT REWRITE YOUR PLOT

We’ve added a dynamic layer of surprise to your campaigns—more than 50 Event Cards designed to shake up, tempt, and transform every session of Whispers of Taiji. From mythical encounters to game-changing plot twists, these cards inject unpredictable energy into the Tower of Aeon and far beyond.

Some cards spark cooperative challenges, forcing your party to negotiate their fate together.
Others reveal hidden treasures, blessings that could turn the tide in battle.
And a few? They twist the knife with PvP dilemmas that pit you against your allies. Will you sabotage someone to get ahead? Or sacrifice gain to keep the peace?

In the Tower, nothing is constant. Not the rules. Not the ground beneath you.
So ask yourself: is your trust in your party stronger than the chaos coming your way?

Example Event Card:
A forgotten archive, its tomes whispering secrets long buried. The air crackles with power—an opportunity or a curse.
Using LUCK, roll a d20:

13 or higher: Knowledge bends to your will—draw 3 item cards and choose 1.
12 or lower: The cursed text seeps into your soul—your stats suffer (-2 for the next 2 rolls).

With these cards in play, no two campaigns will ever unfold the same way. Fortune may favor the bold or devour them whole.

In the coming newsletters, we’ll delve deeper into each card type and how they can twist, elevate, or sabotage your climb up the Tower of Aeon.

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BACKER REWARDS

KS Exclusive: Character Polaroid Prints

We’re thrilled to be collaborating with Laubun, a digital artist known for her soft, nostalgic style inspired by the anime worlds she grew up loving. Her journey began in 2018, and since then, she’s honed a craft that blends expressive color, delicate emotion, and thoughtful storytelling. Influenced by classics like Sailor Moon, the works of Arina Tanemura, and Studio Ghibli, as well as the rich worlds of Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail—Laubun’s art carries a sense of wonder shaped by fantasy and emotion.

For Whispers of Taiji, she’s created a set of polaroid-style illustrations that feel like snapshots from a dream: whimsical, personal, and a little bittersweet. They capture quieter, more intimate moments in the lives of our characters, like memories held close before the climb begins.

📸 Three 4x4" polaroid-style prints featuring Nariko, Yza, and Orin
🎨 Soft, expressive, anime-inspired lifestyle art that captures quiet moments and hidden emotions
🔓 Unlockable stretch goals: Two bonus prints of Nariko and Akio in their childhood phase before the Ascent of Aeon

GET NOTIFIED ON OUR KICKSTARTER LAUNCH →

LORE WHISPERS

Dark Whispers: The Slums of Veloras

The streets here are narrow and winding, filled with crumbling buildings and off- broken cobblestone. The people are poor, with little to call their own other than the grime that clings to their clothes. This is where Astra’s low-income earners, orphans, and the outcasts of society reside; overlooked and scorned by the rest of the city. The district is infamous for its brothels, drug dens, and underground slave trade, but despite its wretched reputation, it is also where much of the city’s truth and information comes from.

Power here doesn’t come from money alone, but from knowing who to talk to... and how much to pay.

The district is a tangled mass of half-collapsed buildings, muddy streets, and makeshift markets. Smoke from poorly maintained chimneys lingers in the air, and lanterns dimly light the paths between leaning structures. The district is always bustling with activity, but in a furtive, secretive way.

Begging children, desperate workers, and shady figures fill the streets. The slums are a dangerous place, where every alley could lead to a hidden encounter, and every shadow might conceal a cutthroat ready to strike.