04 The Letters of Marcus Aurelius
An unfinished quest into twelve scrolls recovered from a private Florentine library in 1928. Each scroll opens a branching path: choose a meditation, then choose a province, and the empire reshapes itself around your decision. The reader becomes the philosopher, and the philosopher becomes a pilgrim through a Rome made of ink and frost.
Players will navigate eight chapters across two centuries, collect eleven artifacts, and unlock three branching endings. The dossier includes facsimile maps, a rotating index of correspondents, and a cipher reference. Estimated playtime: 14 hours.