Nine Blood Dances
Nine Moons for the Nine Circles of Hell
Ruled by Nine Siblings. Or better known as the Commanders of Hell. Each believed to carry a role in the natural world and each a leader of the Devil’s Army. Each Commander is the personification of their circle and is made with a part of The Devil’s Body.
His Brain. His Genitals. His Stomachs. His Lungs. His Eyes. His Tongues. His Flesh. His Ears. And lastly his heart.
With each part, combined with that of a woman of a different species, flourished the consciousness of the circle, and then from a piece of the circle, a body was molded, creating each commander.
Yet with no one to rule over them.
For the Devil has many things to do and does not have the time to watch over the things he created. So, he gets an idea. A funny idea.
For he wishes not to strip himself of more. So, he goes to a mortal man. One who knew all that of the world, a man who had everything that the mortal heart could desire. Expect love–Yes love. For there is a difference between idolization and obsession and honest love. The mortal man had not that, and so the Devil laughed and lured this man to his death. And when no one showed genuine care for the man at his funeral, he fell into despair.
And the Gods who refused to hear his prayers before now stared upon him and pitied him. And sent the mortal man a gift in order to ease the loneliness.
A gift the Devil needs.
── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──
✶ [TUMBLR]
✶ [PATREON]
✶ [KO-FI]
✶ [DISCORD]
── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──
You were a gift. Now to whom? No one knows.
All that matters is that you are a gift and not like any of the others of your species. Uniqueness and importance oozes from every fiber of your being. You're important. Everyone says you're important. But why you're so important?
Who knows?
You must figure out what makes you so special and different. You must figure out what drives you through all circles. And you have to figure out why the nine commanders of Hell all have their eyes upon you and wish to have you by their side.
All before the fall of the ninth moon.
☽☽✶☾☾ Customizable MC
✶ [Name, Species(human, fallen angel, vampire, succubus/incubus, etc), Personality, Gender, Pronouns]
✶ [Appearance (markings, scars, wings, tails, horns, ears, etc), Traits, Love Language, Allergies, Diet, Piercings, Aesthetics, and more]
☽☽✶☾☾ Ability to have certain traits, likes, and disabilities
✶[Favorite Foods, Smoking/Drinking Habits, & More]
✶[ADHD, OCD, Depression + more]
✶[Hearing Aids, Prosthetic Arms or Legs, and choosing how you lost your limb]
☽☽✶☾☾ Options that affect romantic and platonic relationships.
☽☽✶☾☾ Choose between nine romanceable Love Interests or None at All.
☽☽✶☾☾ Stats, Personality, and MC Characteristics that will affect the story and characters.
[Harem Route & Poly Routes Optional]
PERSONIFICATION OF THE 1ST CIRCLE—LIMBO—
COMMANDER AAPO I LIBERTAS
── THAT OF THE DEVIL’S BRAIN
✶ Personality: Aapo is an overly confident, charismatic man who is proud of the ranking he holds, being that he is ranked above his siblings and seen as the current ruler of the Nine Circles. Aapo walks and talks with a smile on his face and radiates this atmosphere of freedom, which is quickly erased by this underlying need for control, and he demands it. He has no reservations to confirm that. Many fear him despite his faux cheery attitude and overly relaxed posture.
✶ Appearance: He stands at [6’1FT ~ 188CM] with rosy pale-colored skin that is littered with warm brown freckles. He had deep-set shaped eyes while his eyes were the darker color shades of the rainbow, that fluctuated depending upon mood but remained a deep emerald green. He has short mahogany brown hair with a short fringe that seems messy. He’s lean and long, with long legs and arms. Always wearing overly vibrant and eccentric suits of greens and browns, decorated with bronze and gold.
──"CAMBION"—AMAB—HE/HIM
──PANSEXUAL [MASC PREFRENCE]
── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──
PERSONIFICATION OF THE 2ND CIRCLE—LUST—
COMMANDER ANIL/AIDEN II LUXURIA
── THAT OF THE DEVIL'S GENITALS
✶ Personality: Anil is a self-assured, arrogant, aloof, hotheaded woman. Always wearing a scowl or frown of some sort. Her mood changes just as quickly as the wind and follows that of the hierarchy. She demands respect and will expect it. Many of the others stay out of her way and allow her to do as she pleases since she has no desire to disrupt anything and follow the rules in place. Unless they get in the way of her desires.
✶ Appearance: She stands at [6’2FT ~ 192CM] with deep chocolate brown skin with no blemishes or scars. She has bedroom eyes that are a deep navy blue but appear black until in candlelight. Anil’s hair is jet black hair reaches her waist and is curly, while wet it reverts into a more coily texture. She has long legs and a waist and adds to her height by wearing dark blacks and blues, wearing heels, with a subtle male pirate aesthetic, wearing silver with everything. With the remains of two torn leather wings upon her back, with a long and heavy black scaled tail of a crocodile.
──"INCUBUS/SUCCUBUS"—AFAB—HE/SHE
──OMNISEXUAL
── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──
PERSONIFICATION OF THE 3RD CIRCLE—GLUTTONY—
COMMANDER ALICE III GULA
──THAT OF THE DEVILS STOMACH
✶ Personality: Alice of the three siblings is by far the kindest of them. With a laid-back attitude. She is blunt but kind in her words, and the most approachable. She, just like her Aapo and Anil, expects respect due to her rank, though she cares little about enforcing it, especially with her "siblings". However, she has a mean streak when hungry and can become aggressive toward those who are men or those who are masculine.
✶ Appearance: She stands at [5’7FT ~ 175CM] with warm ivory-colored skin, that’s covered in what looks to be scars, that are prominent on her throat, the back of her hands, her palms, and her knees which are small scars, while the entire along her collarbone, slanting cut across her entire stomach, and along the outside of both thighs seem like bigger scars, but they’re not. They are instead different mouths with sharklike teeth and crimson red tongues. That she keeps closed unless extremely hungry. Alice also has yellowish blonde hair that is a messy pixie cut, with an eye patch covering her right eye. She always has deep monolid-shaped eyes that are a vivid orange color. She has a sheer clothing aesthetic as while as a leather aesthetic, wearing many shades of orange, black, and white with gold. Accompanied by the small horns of a deer, a shade of white, and the tail of a deer.
──"VAMPIRE"—AFAB—SHE/HER
──BISEXUAL [FEM PREFRENCE]
── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──
PERSONIFICATION OF THE 4TH CIRCLE–GREED—
COMMANDER ERIC/EDWARD IV AVARITIA
── THAT OF THE DEVIL'S LUNGS
✶ Personality: Eric is the quietest of the siblings, rarely speaking unless directly spoken to. He is a loner and prefers to be alone. He is also one of the only siblings who dislikes the hierarchy of siblings, and rarely spends his time commanding his circle, opting to be away, spending his time exploring the other parts and various layers of Hell and the unique punishments.
✶ Appearance: Eric stands at [6’5FT ~ 200CM] with pale skin. With the rest of his features hidden beneath a black cloth that hides his eyes. His black cloth also replicates bandages that covered various parts of his arms and legs. He has shoulder-length curly black hair that he keeps in a ponytail. He has a Dark Victorian aesthetic wearing black, red, and yellow.
──"DHAMPIR"—AMAB/AFAB—HE/HIM/SHE/HER/IT/ITS
──GRAYROMANTIC—PANSEXUAL
── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──
PERSONIFICATION OF THE 5TH CIRCLE—WRATH—
COMMANDER LOUIS V IRA
── THAT OF THE DEVILS EYES
✶ Personality: Louis is a confident, arrogant, egotistical, smart man. Who revels in his circle enjoys using his influence on lower-ranked demons and enjoys spending time with higher-ranked demons. He also throws extravagant parties and chooses to spend most of his time with the Devil, who is the embodiment/avatar of Wrath. Louis tends to his duties well, despite his nasty temper.
✶ Appearance: He stands at [5’7FT ~ 175CM] with limestone-covered skin round bright blue and red heterochromic eyes and short blonde hair that fades into red that cut like a jellyfish. He dresses like that of kings and queens, with a 16th-century royalty aesthetic, wearing that of gold and red. He also has the horns of a ram that are a beautiful gold.
──"HUMAN"—AMAB—HE/THEY
──DEMISEXUAL
── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──
PERSONIFICATION OF THE 6TH CIRCLE—HERESY—
COMMANDER GABRIEL VI MENDAX
── THAT OF THE DEVILS TONGUE
✶ Personality: Gabriel is someone who speaks only of rumors and half-truths. Many don't trust a word he says, and you must force the truth out of it. He gets a lot of humor leading people astray with his words. Even though he is quite knowledgeable and level-headed. He prefers to use his wisdom in more trickster ways, unless threatened, he quickly breaks. Outside of his lies, he is quite kind and fair, yet due to his tongue, no one believes his kindness.
✶ Appearance: He stands at [5’9FT ~ 180CM] with bronze-colored skin and long straight dark brown hair that he keeps in a thick braid, decorated with purple snapdragons, lavender, and vines. Gabriel has a soft flowy cottagecore aesthetic wearing colors of white and purple. While upon his back he has two large gray feathered wings that he keeps tucked away.
──"FALLEN ANGEL"—AMAB—HE/SHE
──AUTOSEXUAL
── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──
PERSONIFICATION OF THE 7TH CIRCLE—VIOLENCE—
COMMANDER DAMEION VII VIOLENTI
──THAT OF THE DEVILS FLESH
✶ Personality: Dameion is laid back, mischievous, charismatic, and cocky. Since he has one of the most popular circles, he garters high respect despite being the seventh. He has overbearing pride and follows the hierarchy of the circles. Still, you will not find Dameion without a cocky smile and relaxed posture no matter where he is. Which leads him to having and being loved by many. Everyone practically swoons when he walks into the room or speaks. This doubles when amongst full-blooded bloodhounds, due to him being able to have a body, unlike them.
✶ Appearance: He stands at [5’9FT ~ 180CM] with honey-colored skin with black armband tattoos upon his wrists and ankles. He has short, shaggy black hair and deep red eyes. With a formal aesthetic, always wearing suits or a more military-type aesthetic. He has two long black tails of a wolf and wolf ears that hide amongst his hair with two red horns of a bison.
──"BLOODHOUND"—AMAB—HE/HIM
──POLYSEXUAL
── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──
PERSONIFICATION OF THE 8TH CIRCLE—FRAUD—
COMMANDER LUCY OR LUCIUS VIII FICTUS
──THAT OF THE DEVILS EARS
✶ Personality: They are an untrusted liar, fake, fraud. Dawning on various masks and looking to deceive whoever they need to deceive. Taking upon titles, achievements, and anything to further their lie, and when it all backfires, they run away and never get caught. Due to this, they are never in hell, nor in their circle, in fact, it's hard to get in touch with them. They also spend a lot of time within the different underworlds and heavens, trying to gain something from the divine. Only to be sent back to Hell without punishment. They are tricksters and unreliable, with no real redeeming qualities.
✶ Appearance: They stand at [5’8FT ~ 178CM] with thick curly gray hair with white faded ends. Their hair is short to their chin and left alone. They have hooded gray eyes and short-bison-like horns with gray bat wings that fade into black with a long rat-like tail. They have varying styles but settle on clothing far more revealing. Wearing pinks and whites.
──"IMP"—[SELECTABLE GENDER]
──GAY OR LESBIAN [SELECTABLE SEXUALITY]
── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──── ⋅ ⋅ ✶ ⋅ ⋅ ──
PERSONIFICATION OF THE 9TH CIRCLE—TREACHERY—
COMMANDER TRENT IX PRODITIO
──THAT OF THE DEVILS HEART
✶ Personality: Trent is a sweet-talking and kind person. Always understand and be sympathetic. He’s easy-going and easily trusting. He’s a very honest person and falls into his roles, whilst being obedient and submissive. Not wanting to break rules without an important reason. He’s a big man with an honest and open heart and tries to live past his title.
✶ Appearance: He stands at [7’5FT ~ 230 CM] with tan scarred skin and freckles. He has large heterochromia eyes, his right olive and the left mustard yellow. He has messy brown hair that he keeps in his face, partially hiding his eyes. He is bulky and tall, but always hunching over with feathered ears that are dark brown and a long wispy split bird tail that is also dark brown. Trent wears many colors yet sticks to neutral tones and dark green.
──"NEPHILIM"—AMAB/AFAB—HE/HIM
──PANSEXUAL
AVAILABLE POLY RELATIONSHIPS
-TO BE DETERMIN
ⓒ 2023 CVLUTOSGAMES & nineblooddances-if — all rights reserved. Any sort of plagiarizing, copying, modifying, translating, editing of my works are strictly prohibited.
Status | In development |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Release date | Jan 01, 2024 |
Rating | Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars (127 total ratings) |
Author | CVLUTOSGAMES |
Genre | Interactive Fiction, Action |
Made with | Twine |
Tags | Character Customization, Dark, Dark Fantasy, Horror, LGBTQIA, Romance, Story Rich, Twine |
Average session | A few minutes |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen, Smartphone |
Links | Patreon, Blog, Support, Community |
Development log
- MORE FIXESJun 04, 2024
- MINOR FIXESMar 21, 2024
- ANNOUNCEMENT AND FIXESMar 11, 2024
- TIMER ERRORMar 11, 2024
- ERROR FIXESMar 09, 2024
- CHAPTER ONE - PUBLIC RELEASEMar 09, 2024
- NBD: CHAPTER ONE RELEASE DATESFeb 14, 2024
Comments
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The first popup image seems to be broken, I don't remember what page but it's when the Aaru fella shows up.
And Viento called the MC by the preset name instead of the one I typed in, happened on PG.24 as it was called in the save file. There's also a lot of grammatical errors past that point.
I love this so much, from how detailed you can make the MC and the worldbuilding/characters too!! Hopefully there'll be more <33
I think there's a mistake in the height selection during the customization at the start. It seems "<" and ">" are mixed up, because ">5ft" means "more than 5ft", and I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be less. Same with "<6'10ft", the other way around.
Wasn't putting much hope but holy shit I am invested in this one, good luck with the updates!
I'm sorry, maybe it's just my device… I feel like it may be as I cannot find anyone else who has commented about it but I chose my character species and I keep getting an error message (edit: it's not an error message but I am unsure of what to call it):
followed by it constantly referring to my character as Mcspecies which while an epic name I don't think it was offered as a species… help?
That is absolutely odd!! I've checked the coding right now and it seems like a possible error on your part. I would say double check to see if you actually selected a species, cause that could be the problem!!
It was indeed on my part. I thought I had selected a species but apparently, I had not. 🤦♀️ Sorry about that. Thank you for responding and being willing to check the coding.
When will the next chapter be released? Also I love how detailed the character creation is, very unique.
I have no idea yet!! I'm trying to write for my other IF and get the first half completed, which is taking a hot moment. But I'm working on NBD!!
Is your other IF TSTT? I just finished Chapter 4, and it was amazing!! Are you working on Chapter 5 currently
How would romance work with lust?
With romance, you'll be able to pick if you want a specific relationship with a character. This option will become open to you depending on the amount of points you have with romantic attraction and approval for each character!
This may be odd but knowing you made this and TSTT makes me feel safe and i'm not sure why lol
That means the world to me!!! I'm so glad that you love both IFs!!
this is literally one of the best if's ive come across on here; seriously. just the customization aspects alone warranted me this reaction. i love how detailed oriented everything is and how options you pick will actually play a role in the story. this is so fucking good and im so ready for chapter 2 whenever it comes out 🙈
Ahh!! I actually love this very muchhh~ I don't really care about the timer since I'm a fast reader and always have at least 210 seconds still, so! Idk who I'm liking more still... Maybe Viento?? Like- his name is wind in spanish so be like... I- That Maybe doesn't have much matter but it does have with me, okay?! 😭😭
this is amazing, there so much to it and so many details for your character. the timers do add some panic for me, but it also presses me to look for what is important to remember. I look forward to future chapters
The timers in this are... poorly executed in my opinion. The only thing they seem to test is reading speed. 5 minutes is waaay more than enough to give you time to make an informed decision so it doesn't provoke a quick reaction under pressure from the reader, instead it is more of a challenge for you to read, digest, and understand the long and drawn out prose that accompanies the timer. A fast reader will have minutes left on the clock to carefully consider options, while a slow reader will be left with much less time unless they skim-read the page. I don't really see the point in testing reading speed so I can only assume that this is a mishandled mechanic.
Ideally, a timer would be on its own page with only necessary text. The decision you must make, the timer, and the choices you have.
I swear, I thought I responded this, but this comment really helped me reevaluate how I wanted to do the timers!! So I do really want to thank you for that!! <3
Glad to help!!! I like picking apart game mechanics and understanding what they want, what they do, and when those things misalign. I'm very happy my ramblings gave you some insight!
Any chance of a romance with Viento? Because he's way more likeable than anyone else at this point.
THIS IS SO COOL AHHHHHHHHHHH
this is fucking AMAAAZZZINNNGGGG. the efforts are evidently there and the demo was already super interesting.
I don't wanna sound like I'm being nitpicky, but your feet/inches - centimeter conversions are pretty off. 175 is about 5'9", 180 is about 5'11" 178 is about 5'10", etc.
I was pretty confused when I saw 5'7" - a height that is shorter than me - compared to 175 cm - a height that is taller than me. Otherwise, super excited to see where this goes
This is one of the best IFs I've ever seen and had the pleasure of reading. I sincerely hope that it gets finished and doesn't end up like the dozens that never do.
<3 I cant wait for Dameion >3> don't he sound familiar <3? I want kiss him hug and pamper him and other things >///3///> ^////^
this is amazing, I love with how many options for our MC, thank you for putting a lot of work for it. Keep it up<333
is the only genital option supposed to be a penis or is this a bug 😭
i'm wating for that answer lol
The options are based upon which genitalia you select. So if you select male genitals, the penis will the only option that appears.
Bitch I'm so dumb T-T
I literally waited ten second in the timer I'm so fukicjg nmdumb
Nah same, cause that's what anyone would think. With an actual in game timer, it seems to be telegraphing to use that, not the option that seems to be going against the timer.
Hey, sorry in advance, i wanted to ask about underwear. Will mc always wear bra even if their chest is flat\top surgery\masculine prefered\clothing? They even saying - before that that they never weared one or never even needed it and still putting it on. Or is it tied to being afab?
That should not the case!! Hopefully, I changed this output and it should be altered, so if you have masculine type clothing, a bra won't be offered.
Thanks. I'll just leave the part I'm talking about here. Speedruned from the start - all masc except genitalia
I really really wanted to experience the update, but being a slow reader, reading on mobile and having pages jumping without me even realizing I was being timed, I just can't even finish it. I am interested in this story but because of how slow I read I can't actually finish it or enjoy reading with the timers. I am sorry, I hope everything goes well for you!
I'm really sorry to hear that!! Though hopefully the problem was fixed,further info here, with the increased times you'll have. If the time is still far too fast, please let me know. I want to be able to allow anyone to enjoy it!! Even slow readers.
I will try again soon and let you know if it is still too fast for me, thank you!
Guys guys I’m running on zero sleep for the past 14 hours and I can already tell this is going to become a hyper fixation reaaaal quick. Is Viento a love interest? Please say yes. Also Eric is my husband. I’ve already decided that Eric is my lover of 10 years and he doesn’t have a say in it. Neither does Viento if he’s an option.
YAYYY THE NEW UPDATE IS SO AMAZING I AM ALREADY IN LOVE W ALICE >3<
Am I tweaking or is today not the 9th😭
i love the character customization!! there's, like, so many choices
It's low key laming me think too hard T-T
wow, this lowekey seems really cool, there's so many characters
Reading the description made me excited to play the demo already
just a few more days^3^
Just finish the demo. I'm loving it so far and holy shit on customization but i love it makes me feel like its my person.
Wow this is an amazing game so far and im sure its about to get even better thank you !
I've got a question.
(proceeds to type a wall of text- oops-)Are The Nine only siblings in name or are they actually related? How are the poly dynamics going to work if they are related? Cuz, personally, that would feel really freaking weird (even if they are ...demons? ...devils?). I know they are made of the devils' organs but does that mean he is their father???
Also, why is Commander Anil/Aiden only referred to as "Anil" in the demo? Is the Phantom Weaver an RO? They have romance points but aren't mentioned on this page. What does the "AMAB/AFAB" in the characters' description mean exactly? (are they intersex, gender selectable??)
So many questions 😫
PS: Sorry about the wall of text... and the many questions :')
PPS: there seems to be some kind of error in the MCs profile
So many questions!! 💀 The nine are siblings are only siblings in name but nothing else due to them being personifications and the devil's organ giving them life, but I will go more into what they are in game.
Phantom Weaver is an unconfirmed RO.
Anil is only referred as Anil due to her relation to Phantom Weaver. Which will be furthered explained.
The AMAB/AFAB is for the characters that are intersex and or can change genitalia.
Me literally 2 seconds after finishing the demo:
LMAO thanks for answering my questions 💀💀
Seriously though, great start I'm deffinitely intrigued! Also this is the closest I've come to being able to recreate one of my (more intricate) OCs in an IF game. Shes Fae.... which is my recently tought up excuse for shoving every possible fantastical feature onto her 🗿
PS: In the middle of the char creation I thought "I wonder if the wings will be needed for something" and then I slapped some of those bad boys on fgveyiask
ANYWAYS I'm gonna go now before I think up another absolute UNIT of questions 🗿
I love!
i'm sorry but is the species buttons suppose to work? 😭 i just can't really click anything besides the next button.
Oh no!! It is supposed to work! Try restarting the story and see if there's any changes!
i figured it out! sorry about this;;
I'm having the same issue. Restarting doesn't help
I like what we got now and i cant wait for more <3
Am so in love highly recommend this wip
Interesting start, can't wait for more!
author, this is a very huge amount of customization 😨. im somewhat concerned with how much youll have to keep track of, but i love the wip so far! 🙏