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Overview
The protagonist of A Whisper of Fall: Jinyiwei must maneuver among different factions to survive. The game's late Ming Dynasty setting, with the empire on the brink of collapse, creates a political landscape where multiple groups compete for power.
Confirmed factions
Two factions have been confirmed in detail.
Imperial Guard Bureau: The official Jinyiwei command structure. As an agent, the protagonist receives orders and carries out enforcement missions for the state.
Black market: The underground organization that recruited the protagonist as an undercover agent. They assign tasks that may conflict with official Jinyiwei orders.
The Northern and Southern Commanderies represent additional political divisions within the Jinyiwei itself, adding further complexity to the player's navigation of loyalty and power.
Player alignment
The player's decisions about which faction to prioritize shape the story. The game describes three possible directions: "a knight-errant fighting for the nation," "a bureaucrat seeking peace," or an independent path. These alignments feed into the Choices and Endings system, where faction relationships determine which ending the player reaches.
Navigating between sides
The Undercover Mechanic puts the player at the center of faction tensions. The Heavenly Deduction ability's time-vision mechanic lets players "maneuver between rival factions and predict enemy movements," testing different approaches before committing.