Chapter Four has been released!

Crown of Ashes and Flames is a fantasy interactive fiction game, free to play on pc and mobile! You play as the only remaining member of the royal family of Vesphire; living in the home of the man that took away everything from you.

It is currently in development and each chapter will be released as they are finished.

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The war had taken everything from you.

King Luceris had taken everything from you.

You were only nine years old when all of this happened. One moment you were in your room sleeping and the next you were walking through smoke and ash trying to find your parents.

Love, he said, was the reason he started the war. Ironically, you lost everything you loved but you also lost yourself when he let you survive and dragged you away to his home.

In a new Kingdom with no one on your side what choices will you make to survive? Who will you become?

Inside of you there’s something burning for revenge and there’s only one thing I want to tell you.  Let it out.

The story starts in the Kingdom of Vesphire, a fictional kingdom within a fantasy universe, but it truly begins in the Kingdom of Rosea.

The two kingdoms are situated in a world that was blessed by the gods, the lands were filled with magic and beasts of wonder. For unknown reasons the gods abandoned the realm taking everything they had brought with them while the beasts moved to forests and the sea. Anywhere that was far from civilization.

You were born and raised in Vesphire until tragedy struck and you were taken away to Rosea. Contrary to the snowy lands of Vesphire, Rosea was tropical in the north and temperate in the south with mountains surrounding the lane.

The Kingdom is a colorful land with green scenery contrasts to its large white buildings. The streets are always busy from early mornings to the late nights, and filled with calls from the shopkeepers from their wooden stalls with sun-faded striped fabric or blue tarps above it. It is truly a lively place.

The ruler of this kingdom is none other than Luceris De Rosea. He is the man who led destruction right onto your home, he is the one whom all of Rosea admire. The land is immensely beautiful but many of its people harbor great hatred towards you due to you being the last royal of Vesphire.


✧ Play as the royal of your own making:

  • Name [including nicknames]
  • Gender [male, female and nonbinary options]
  • Pronouns [choose a preset or set your own]
  • Personality [develop personality traits that will influence event sequences and the behavior of other characters towards you]
  • Appearance [including scars and tattoos]
✧ Develop deeper relationships with the characters, each with their own themes and stories, and find romance if you wish for it.

✧ Build rapport with characters from all over the continent, aid them with their problems or use them as a pawn in your story.

✧ Build a codex as you explore the world that surrounds you; encounter people, places, history and magic.

✧ Encounter important timed choices with alternative results if time runs out or you choose to abstain.

Content Warning: This game is rated MA-17. Depictions of violence, injuries and blood, and death; trauma, depictions of mental health challenges, child marriage, psychological horror, animal cruelty, and optional sexual content. Player discretion is advised.

Save Warning: COAAF is a browser-based game and saves to your browser. If your browser clears its cache or history, your saves will be lost. You can make unlimited saves independently of your browser by saving with Save to Disk. These are stored on your device and can be uploaded directly into the game. It is highly recommended that you make a manual save to your device regularly.

The characters in this list are those with whom you can form a deeper relationship, whether it be platonic or romantic. While all characters are available to everyone, only Hunter is gender selectable. It is important to note that these characters are not the only ones of significance.

  • Fadiya Akter - The Royal Mage’s daughter, and one of the only people that doesn’t have something against you. She’s cheerful, talkative and kind - like a fairy. Fiercely loyal to you, to the point that she gets into trouble just to defend you even in court. She is a powerful mage just like her mother. She is one year younger than you.
  • Helios De Rosea - The Crown Prince of Rosea, and the child of the man that destroyed your home. He has a radiating smile that instantly brightens up the room, like sunshine itself. He is the hero of all fairytales, the boy with a golden spirit full of light and hope. He keeps his distance from you, after all you are the last royal of Vesphire. He is one year older than you.
  • Hunter Oakes - Crown Prince’s shield and Sir Lancelot’s ward. Easygoing, resilient and reckless; their serene smile puts everyone at ease. They’re loyal to the hand that feeds them but understand what you went through was an injustice. They are four years older than you.
  • Soarine De Norazaan - Eldest daughter of the King of Norazaan, and an envoy to Rosea. Her smile is charming and practiced, she has a vixen-like personality. Soarine wishes to take the throne and better her kingdom, her desire for the throne is underlined by a thirst for revenge against the people in her kingdom who have forgotten their own history. She is one year older than you.
  • Vincent Annora - Son of the current General of the Imperial Army and the one who will take her position in the future. The perfect example of what a knight should be. He is very guarded and passionately protective of the people he cares about, he may seem rough around the edges but has a gentler side to him at times. He dislikes you due to his mother’s own hatred towards you and your late family. He is two years older than you.
StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(932 total ratings)
AuthorCœur
GenreInteractive Fiction
Made withTwine
TagsDark Fantasy, Fantasy, Romance, Story Rich, Twine
Average sessionA few hours
LanguagesEnglish
InputsMouse, Touchscreen, Smartphone

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(+1)

This has me hooked. Will there be more this year?

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Hi there, I am someone named ShamelessplugSP on your discord server and I need you guys to please please remove my account from your server! I got hack on my discord unfortunately and I am worried about them messaging people from the server so please remove me! Thank you! And I’m so sorry about the inconvenience!

(+6)

well wishes to the author, tho idk whats going on i hope they're ok

(+3)

I love this story so much

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nicely written, but as someone else said 9 year old dont speak or act like that. Also im pretty frustrated with how every choice I make to try and distance myself, or like any "negative" choice the story just, refuses and pushes the story along as I act friendly with everyone. Which is weird considering these people either aided, or where happy my family was killed..

It's a fictional story, what are you expecting a 9 year old to act like in that story? Not accurate 

(+5)

okay so saying a story is fictional is not a good defense against bad writing fyi. also if the characters being badly written is taking away from the story, it kinda is actually a issue, and one multiple people have had

its fine if you like it, and its okay to critique things you like, in fact its better you do

All the people don't write accurate ways to write a 9 year old in modern media, 


Your complaint that it's crappy writing then a lot of books and shows carry crappy writing, deal with it,

(+5)

I hope the author is doing alright, this game is so well-written.

(+11)

Reread this again, i love this game too much

(+19)

hoping one day you come back to this story

(+7)

When is the next chapter coming out

(+19)

Hands down a story that ill never stop coming back to! I eagerly await future updates 💕

(+20)

Come back dear writer. We miss you :(

(+7)

I'm really enjoying this but I think you need to completely rewrite the children's dialogue. Children, especially 9 year olds, just don't speak like that and it's really distracting.

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mm.. i love a tale of crowns but i havent read any part of this that makes me think of atoc. id love for you to elaborate on what specifically about each of these things reminds you of it.

(+10)

I'm with the other reply, this is nothing like A Tale Of Crowns. Both stories are great but nothing alike.

(+4)

Same here, ive reread TOC so many times, and this one too. Nothing that sparks any thoughts to comparison tho. They are such vastly different worlds and plots

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(+2)

i love that game haha

and its overall vincent for me too <3

(+17)

Does anyone know the author's current situation? I've been following her Tumblr, but she hasn't posted anything since last September. I hope she's doing well.

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Sorry bro, I made the same question months ago and never have an answer :"(

(+7)

This shit is so ass, im genuinely glad its been abandoned. MC is just a doormat for a "Revenge" is bad terrible romance story. 

(+52)

if you don’t like it why would you interact with it. I love it and hope it hasn’t been abandoned. Contrasting opinions. One of them is perfectly normal to say and the other one should have never been typed. Take a guess which is which.

(+1)

I doubt anything is normal about you pussy

(+38)

No, I said my opinion is normal to put in the comments of an IF. Meanwhile yours is just rude. If you don’t like don’t interact. I do believe you should get a basic education in manners before being allowed to use the internet. If you are an adult (or even just over the age of 10) then I honestly feel sad for you and this retort. 

You talk like you're trying to make yourself seem smarter. Its not working. 

(+44)

The fact that you are so childish to only try to criticise me without actually bothering to reinforce your view says more than anything I could.

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Brother in Christ can’t even type out a good critique without using derogatory language, go back to elementary school and learn yourself some manners before criticizing other peoples works.

(+17)

is there a scene where the mc kills Vincent?

(+26)

I'm begging you for an update

(+4)

I LOVE THIS SMMMM

(+25)

why is this mf tryna marry me imma 9 year old mate 

(+8)

He married MC not for romance but out of spite and revenge

(+12)

This is one of the best WIPs I've come across. I loved it the first time I played it and I love it even more now!! I'm so happy to hear it's not abandoned! Been replaying all day and I need more scenes with Vincent pls!! 

That scene with the bartender 🤭🤌

(+5)

Where did you hear it's not abandoned? I need to get my hopes up T-T

(+6)

 It's not completely abandoned; the creator was still active on Tumblr last September, although at least from what I saw there were no mentions of updates.So (according to the unwritten rules of these types of games) it's too early to consider it abandoned, but we should be patient until there's at least some news about the game's status.

(+36)

"become my royal consort" 

brother in christ i am nine years old.....

(+11)

my friend, maybe do not be on this site 🙏  also this game is MA-17, protect ur impressionable brain 😭🙏

(+20)

kfjshskdhdk nooo!! i meant the character!!

i just used the "i am" because, well, i'm playing as the MC

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OMG LMAO OKAY OKAY THAT MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE 😀😭

 I’m so srry, for a sec I forgot that the MC was a kid 😭😭

(+11)

no need to apologize, i understand the worry 🤣

(+20)

PLEASE this whole interaction actually made me lol 🤣🤣🤣

(+26)

Please please please come back! I patiently wait with baited breathe for a update. This is by far my fav IF of all time!

(+13)

I'm happy with the amount of dialogue choices we get in this game, it's very pleasent. I wish there were more scenes with the romanceable characters, I love all of them and want to interact more with them. Especially Vincent, I'm trying so hard to break through his cold, stoic demeanor. I heard this game is getting a big update though, so I can't wait! I thought it was a very fun and interesting game 

oh? where did ya hear that this game is getting an update? from what i'm reading in the comments it seems like the author ain't active on their tumblr since september?

(+11)

Lmao, when lancelot said that Luceris had a son in the prologue, I was like "I'm going to get your son" (romantically) to fuck with him but then I realised that I don't care for revenge and I fw hunter😔 My planning and evil scheming, lost to my heart. 

I'm so kind </3 Tragic.

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I must say though, one of my criticisms is that we don't have enough scenes for our relationship to develop with the characters, not that I've played through all of the content so dismiss this if this is already understood and done away with. For Lancelot, I like him a lot as I do Luceris. But I wish there were more scenes with them. I want to love Lancelot because I appreciate the complexity of his and MC's relationship, so I need to see what a mundane day to day looks like.

If our relationship deepens, maybe I can help him bake, maybe if he's making a snack for Luceris, we as a spiteful MC can sneak a pepper into one of his treats lol, discuss story books, talk about our families, or more scenes where he intervenes in some way in our unhealthy coping mechanisms or when we're younger, help us find a hobby and we can do nice or cruel things for him in turn. This applies to all of the other characters.

If you've ever played Our Life (VN) for example, you have the choice to play experiences (beach, camping, date, etc for example) in each stage of life or choose to skip ahead to the next one. 

What I'm saying is that I love what the characters can give us and I wish to spend more time with them. I know this game isn't even finished and there's more to come and it's already SO difficult to write this, but this is just my input. Thank you for this story ;D

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Alright, freinds. If you're more of a casual reader like myself, you may be wondering "Is this still being worked on?" . The guy a few comments below tells you to go check the author's Tumblr. While not outright helpful, they are right.. But I'll give a TLDR for all my lazy bums out there (hey, I ain't judging)


TLDR; Yes. The author is actually rewriting the story, and was active on Tumblr in August 2025. So just sit tight! The author is, as far as I aware, not in fact dead. If you want to know more, well.. It's 4:00 in the morning and I'm tired. Go check the author's Tumblr lol

Has anyone seen a more recent sign of being active?

(+1)

I'm noticing some patters with the playable character's mother's book....

Both me and Helios have it, I will not elaborate further for the sake of other's possible spoilers.

(+4)

My favorite is deffinetly Soarine but it would've been Helios if he was female. (I'm neptunic and it deffinetly affects games too lol) I wish there were more opportunities for flirting with both Soarine and Helios, but I understand for both since one is the child of a jerk and the other we just met. This game is amazing and have a nice day comment reader. :3

(+15)

Okay, so, first and foremost, I am so happy that it seems that there is a plan to continue this story thanks to the comments informing us new readers. I really really hope that's true because I enjoyed going through this story so so much!

I thought it would be some quick chapters but no, I was so pleasantly surprised that there was so much packed within the 4 chapters. I've never felt more blessed! The story's so painfully amazing and the plothooks are so intriguing! All the characters are so loveable it's hard to not befriend all of them, except Vincent--Vincent makes it so hard in the beginning gosh!

But I enjoyed how my MC turned out with her sassy remarks and moments of genuine sincerity. I am definitely on Team Soarine hence the excitement to learn and read more. Not to mention we are now closely uncovering some of the secrets too! And magic! Finally we're touching on the magic-side aahhh--I got the tiniest bit of taste and now I crave for more.

Genuinely, I really enjoyed going through this. Your writing has the power to make me want to choke the living shiet out of the NPCs and then giggling happily at the wholesome cute moments with the friendship and ROs. I really loved what the story is so far. Thank you so much for sharing your work with us! I'm a big fan! ♥

(+11)

Please don't leave this game behind. Checked your patreon to see if anything was going on since it's been around a year since Chapter 4 I believe.

It seems the weekly updates were abolished there. I'm just curious on what's going on and if I can offer a helpful voice.

Sincerely,

J

(+3)

The game isn't abandoned, please check the creators Tumblr for more answers

(+2)

She posted something? The last post in Tumbrl was in 3 sep of the last year 😭

If the creator change the Tumblr, please the link

(+4)

Has anyone figured out how to win Vincent’s favour so far? I keep reverting to just irritating him out of frustration. 😫

(+9)

Please don't tell me this is an abandoned project... The story is so good

Its not abandoned, the game is getting a big update at some point, please check the creators Tumblr for answers and updates

(+12)

I am patiently waiting with baited breath for your return ❤️❤️😭

(+2)

Honestly I hope bro comes back 😭😭

(+2)

I am practically obsessed again. I'm pretty sure I had already played through the IF when there were only three chapters, but I read it again because I really liked it the first time. I must say the character development is splendid, and the choices are so gripping. Especially the decisions in chapter four, specifically the pet option. (You are a real one for the weasel option. my heart bleeds for them.) Overall, I am absolutely thrilled to see what happens in the next chapter when it is released. Rest well, creator. It is well deserved.

(+7)

Ik ik ppl are busy and stuff and i understand if u have your own life or u abandoned the story for some reason but pretty pls can you just let us know if ur done with this story?

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Have you played it yet? If you do, how do you like it? Did you like the game?

(+3)

Ya its epic i really loved it. In the beginning when i was reading it i remember thinking the writing was a little weird (like almost forced) but it quickly got better. Usually when i read books like these i quickly decide on one RO but all of them had captivating aspects here. Just one thing: yk the guy who is like crazyyy in love with helios (i forgot his name but dont feel like going back through the story and checking)? When you have the option to flirt with him it's really forced. Cuz i mean youve never met him and all of a sudden you love him? Maybe js add like a small scene where you meet him earlier in the book. (Like a playday before Luceris comes to kidnap you.) But otherwise great game I really miss it.

(+6)

I miss you already author-chan... :( I need more of this IF 😞😞😞

(+4)

I need more... It's been long... Pwease? :(

(+5)

pls come back, i don't want the milk...

(+23)

out here missing this story fr

(+5)

So i have a question right. I was reading this (epic story btw i love it so much) and it inspired me to write my own story on Twine. I have a story idea and everything and I watched a couple of twine tutorials because i have no coding knowledge, but i can't figure out how to do a character creator (like eye colour, skin tone, hair colour, gender etc.) How did you do it? Is there like a tutorial i could maybe use? Pls i need help I'm obsessing over this story and I NEED to write my own in which hunter doesnt friendzone me

(+3)

Though I don't have any Twine experience, I do believe you assign a value to a variable and then use that variable in other places, like having the variable "$eyeColor" as gray or white or blue or whatever. How you assign a value to a variable is another thing that I should look into it, but it shouldn't be too hard imo

(+1)

Ok thank you

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Once you do write it and all, don't be shy and drop the link to your story 🤭 i need it.

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H m

w h a t 😭😭 

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