I think the blood of meta-christ will be integral part of their creation. We will probably see some synergy with Slavic folklore too. But otherwise I have little the idea how they will try to fit in such gothic monster into the setting.
We know creating naval combat in game would take too much effort but what if we just added different unit cards and utilized another type, much more simpler combat system that is easier to program and function? Almost sort of like a minigame. And we can have various different factions whom gaining benefits from such mechanic. I think it could be more fun.
I just had an idea where undead pirate like theme for trench naval raiders. Maybe some of them can drown in ships with holy relics, turning them into heretical naval ghosts.
Beneath the corpse-clogged trenches of Antioch and the plague vaults abandoned under the Pyrenean front, the Black Grail uncovered a truth long whispered among the flies of Beelzebub: that hunger itself may achieve enlightenment. The rats came first in their countless swarms, feeding upon the swollen dead, drinking the runoff of saintly corruption and supping from chalices fouled by Grail rot. Yet the Vermin did not perish. They grew. Tumors blossomed beneath their hides like obscene flowers, splitting flesh and twisting bone until many no longer resembled rats at all, but hideous mockeries of mankind wrought from cancerous meat and pestilent fur. Some lumber upon distended limbs heavy with weeping cysts, while others bear too many jaws, too many eyes, or clawed hands disturbingly fit for human tools. Their spines straightened, their thoughts sharpened, and within their yellowing eyes bloomed a starving intelligence filled only with devotion to the Lord of Flies. Now these creatures call themselves the Children of the Gnawing Saint, a ravenous host that worships Beelzebub not through prayer, but through endless consumption. They swarm from cracks beneath the trenches to drag the living screaming into the dark, devouring flesh, memory, and even the marrow of the soul. Wherever they gather, famine follows; grain blackens in its sacks, livestock burst with tumors, and the night itself scratches and squeals behind cellar walls. Even the warriors of the Black Grail regard them with unease, for the Vermin know no loyalty beyond hunger, and hunger can never be satisfied.
—Order of the Rat:
1-Swarm Knight: (plague knight variant)
2-Matagot Rats: (Matagot Hag variant)
3-Vermin Lords: (Tumor Lord variant)
—Vermin Horde:
1-Ravenous Vermin: (Ravenous)
2-Rodent Hound: (Hound of Black Grail)
3-Pest Thrall: (Grail Thrall)
4-Rat Kings: (Amalgam)
Do you think Heretic Troopers try to took pilgrimage to Hell once again? Trying to reach further this time due to all of the acts they committed that stained their souls further. Maybe they might even reach into hell itself and try to be anointed.
During the Third Siege of Antioch, Saint Valentine served as a battlefield confessor among the trench pilgrims. Records claim he witnessed soldiers dying in each other’s arms “with souls bound more purely than many husbands and wives.”
According to surviving scripture fragments, Valentine received visions from the Heavenly Host declaring:
“No covenant of love forged in sacrifice is hidden from the Throne.”
Valentine began sanctifying “Bonded Unions” between warriors regardless of sex, arguing that devotion, sacrifice, and fidelity reflected divine love more truly than mere reproduction.
This caused outrage among several Patriarchs, who denounced him as dangerously heterodox. Yet Valentine’s supporters pointed to alleged miracles: trench lines holding impossibly long after his blessings, wounded lovers surviving mortal injuries and entire regiments refusing demonic corruption.
After Valentine’s martyrdom during a heretic assault, the controversy deepened. Some branches of the Church canonized his teachings fully, while others accepted him as a saint but rejected parts of his doctrine as later additions or mistranslations.
Eight centuries later, the Faithful remain divided.
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The Pilgrims of the Sacred Band
Among the trench pilgrims of the Balkan Front, few orders are as controversial as the Pilgrims of the Sacred Band, sometimes called the Valentinian Brotherhood by allies and the Theban Heresy by their enemies.
The order claims spiritual descent from the ancient Sacred Band of Thebes, the legendary army of paired lovers said to have fought with unmatched devotion before the birth of Christ. According to Brotherhood tradition, Saint Valentine discovered fragmented accounts of the Sacred Band within forbidden Roman catacombs and declared them evidence that:
“Love freely given unto death is among the purest weapons against Hell.”
The Brotherhood teaches that demons feed upon fear, isolation, shame, and betrayal, while bonds of absolute trust form a spiritual bulwark against corruption.
Because of this doctrine, Valentinian pilgrims often fight in sworn pairs called Covenants. These bonds may be romantic, devotional, or martial, but breaking a Covenant oath is considered a mortal sin within the order.
They wear cracked bronze Greek helmets mixed with crucifixes, paired reliquary chains, red-and-white martyr banners, icons of Saint Valentine carrying wounded soldiers, trench rosaries split into mirrored halves.
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I wanted to create this lore/headcanon because I believe LGBT people can have a place in the setting of Trench Crusade. I tried to incorporate them as naturally as possible, though how well I succeeded is ultimately up to personal interpretation.
The ideas for new weapon ideas is that Revolver and Burst Rifle, both sharing the same type of ammunition, light machine gun ammo.
1-The Revolver:
Revolver would slow but powerful weapon that is big enough to fire rifle rounds. Kinda like mini gauss canon. It’s weapon mods would be:
-Hand Cannon: Increased barrel, fires special explosive round with small cooldown.
-Gunslinger: Reduced barrel, fires much faster and automatically aim and fire at all available enemies on the screen.
2-The Burst Rifle:
The idea taken from burst rifle from doom multiplayer. Its weapon mods would be:
-Swarmer: Adds another barrel and turns the weapon fully automatic, which gives high fire rate, kinda like a smg.
-Chain Bayonet: Adds a chainsaw bayonet to the weapon that can do high melee damage after a short cooldown.
These ideas just come to my mind and I wanted to share them.
Let give me my list and let’s see if you can guess which name belongs to which alien:
1-Furry Ass
2-Bad Ass
3-Smart Ass
4-Quick Ass
5-Shiny Ass
6-Creepy Ass
7-Hot Ass
8-Big Ass
9-Stinky Ass
10-Weird Ass
For example, in gameplay, Kratos can block lightning from Zeus point blank but in beginning of GoW 3 he couldn’t dodge Zeus’s lightning strike. So what are the most reliable stats Kratos has?