Design Works

THE ART OF
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T h e wo rl d o f
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CHARACTER WORKS

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ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS

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LANDSCAPES & CONCEPT ARTS

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MONSTER DESIGN

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I N H A B I TA N T S O F H E R YO N

Credits

Game Director / Lead Programmer VFX Artist Technical Game Designer

Jérémy ZELER-MAURY Corentin HAAG Léni BEGUIN

Producer / Writer / Voice Director Storyboard / Cinematic Artist Human Resources Manager
Guillaume VEER Olivia SPADARO Catherine MAURY

Lead Artist / Environment Artist Animator / Cinematic Artist Publishing

Julien GALIBERT Florian MERCIER Francis INGRAND
Guillaume JAMET
Lead Animator / Animator Generalist Programmer Emma DELAGE
Majoric HABLOT Johann SEYS And the whole Dear Villagers team

Character Artist Game Programmer / Technical Artist Artbook Design

Manon SAM Pierre RAFFALI Gabriel LACOUR

Environment Artist Composer / Sound Designer

Manon BARGIER Cédric MENENDEZ

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CHARACTERS

DARYON

F orlorn soldier in a terrible war against

the Archelites, Daryon was prepared
to make the ultimate sacrifice for his
country... until the day he receives a
letter from his sister: their mother has
contracted the fateful disease, and they
need him to find a cure.

SKETCHES & EARLY DESIGNS

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SELENE

D aryon’s sister Selene is a young prodigy who mastered the

power of magic on her own, a feat previously unheard of
in the world of Heryon. Once she received word that her mother
was suffering from the Corrosion, she decided that her talents
would be more wisely used in finding a cure to the dreadful
sickness rather than compiling the Sanctorium’s archives.
PROMOTIONAL ART

SKETCHES & EARLY DESIGNS

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YSORIS

A foul mouthed-hermit living at

the bottom of a forgotten trash
compactor in Tyr-Caelum. Nobody
trusted him when he first claimed to
have survived the Corrosion. Could
there be some truth to his lies?

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MYRNA

M yrna is a Soul-Searcher, a warden

for Heryon’s many tormented
souls. Taking her mission to the streets,
she aims to give people hope.
Though her cryptic nature puts many
people off, her advice are prized
thoughout all of Herelsor.

SKETCHES & EARLY DESIGNS

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THEIA

A strange AI of unknown origin, Theia has

– alone – endured the charge of protecting
the crashed ship she has been enthrusted with.
Programmed as a murderous defense system, she
has been condemned to slaughter all interlopers
during the last fifteen years… Far enough time for
her to realize she detests killing people.

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FALLON

T hough but a few people understand what

she exactly means by that, Fallon claim
to be the only skypirate in the known world.
Waging a personal - but lucrative - war against
both the Consort and Archelites, she is the only
known person to have raided both sides of the
ongoing war and lived to tell the tale.

SKETCHES
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ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS

Alpharius

D efrocked, heretic priest

who framed himself for a
transgression his pupil Selene
has committed. He now lives a
rather happy life on the shores
of the Kaladaan Coast. He shows
great knowledge of Vanati
matters and much disregard for
the ways of the Sanctorium.

Eline

T he mysterious Second Bearer. Linked to

Daryon’s Seed of Destruction, she seems
to hold some power over it. She seems to
know a lot about both the heroes and their
predicament both present and future.
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Kora
A man of principles and honor, Commander Kora
is the epitome of exemplarity and diligence. No
one knows, though, that behind his ice-cold gaze lies a
tortured soul haunted by the countless deaths he has
witnessed… and sometimes ordered.

Heranna Nekaroo

S he is sick with the Corrosion and

she barely cares. After fleeing Avaris
for reasons she never told, she decided
to adopt two orphans in Herelsor and
settled near the village of Elon. Though
her children loathes to admit it, they have
taken a lot of traits from her.
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LANDSCAPES & CONCEPT ARTS

Dehostra, the Astryan capital city.

A Concept Art of a typical Herynean landscape. We made great efforts to insure that the world of Heryon would seem alien to the players, and yet inviting.
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A Concept art of the Marshes of Alasea.

The Elysean Fields - one of the many places that has been ravaged by the war.
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CONCEPT ARTS

Early versions of several important places.

An advance Consort base, a fight against a Corroded Kraken,
Herelsor, as well as an early concept of Fallon and Eline.

The Technomages are living in a modular city, made of recycled components,

stressing the fact that they are more tinkerer than actual scientists.
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S
everal technologies coexist on Heryon.
The usual medieval houses, of course but also the Vanati ruins.

An Archelite Cruiser

T he heroes - as well as Heranna’s - home,

a place full of good and bad memories.
Until she adopted Daryon and Selene, she
was content living alone.
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MONSTER DESIGN

Nepentha

The Infamous Flavio Monster Research

Dodilus

Wyrm
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Orokko

Ostophagos

Croctas

A Corroded Wyrm

Archelite Stalker

Croctas
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INHABITANTS OF HERYON

Concept Art of Selene’s Sanctorium rival, Vaughn.

His fiery temper and obnoxious attitude already
shows on the earliest concepts.

Different version of Astryan Guards and Sanctorium Priests.

Tyr Caelum Citizens

Consort Soldiers Consort Rookies with warmer

clothes to fight in the Beyond.
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STORYBOARD & SCREENSHOTS
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Boards: 19 | Shots: 18 | Duration: 0:38 | Aspect Ratio: 2 : 1

DRAFT: NOVEMBER 18, 2019

1A 0:00 2A 0:02 3A 0:04 4A 0:06

D: We don't have time to stop! Keep going! SON: battement coeur agité, bruits déformés comme si tête
sous l'eau, ou fièvre (c'est ce que perçoit Ordo).
MUSIQUE 2: dbt. Maladie, la corrosion s'insinue, de plus en
plus envahissante dans le corps de O. Dissonances, malaise,
de plus en plus menaçante, agressives. Fatalité.
O: [breathing, faster and faster]
CAM: reavelling et zoom léger
SON: battement coeur agité, bruits déformés comme si tête
sous l'eau, ou fièvre (c'est ce que perçoit Ordo).

5A 0:08 6A 0:10 7A 0:12 8A 0:14

D: Hey, what's wrong? O: STAY AWAY FROM ME! O: [painful breathing]

O: St… stay….
O peut esquisser un geste plus violent, au choix. D: Oh, no...
S: Ordo...

9A 0:16 9B 0:18 10A 0:20 11A 0:22

F: Is that man corroded? Don’t let him anywhere near me, we shouldn’t even D: Calm down, pal, it's not supposed to spread that fast. O: No, Daryon, I… I know this is it…
breathe the same air, we should be leaving him here and- Maybe it's not what we think it is…

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Boards: 19 | Shots: 18 | Duration: 0:38 | Aspect Ratio: 2 : 1

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12A 0:24 13A 0:26 14A 0:28 15A 0:30

I already feel it… creeping into my mind... F: Kill him now! That’s an order! S: Shut up! This is our comrade!
CAM: rotation

16A 0:32 17A 0:34 18A 0:36

O: Daryon! O: DO IT! CAM: zoom

I won't be able to… resist it much longer… Transition combat
Please… do it quickly… FIN CUTSCENE
D: … Ordo, I…

Heryon in all its diversity, full of monsters, treasures

and forgotten secrets. Every biome is different from
the others. Enigmatic forests, eerie lakes, thick jungle,
every environment has been designed with the utmost
care in order to provide the players with a continuous
sense of amazement and discovery.