


They’re basically the basis for a lot of the secret societies that exist today.”

As you saw in the trailer, we really want to get into the mythological history of the Knight’s Templar and the idea that they had all these weird rituals. “It’s a preternatural, occult historical fantasy RPG set in Middle Ages Portugal because we want vast landscapes and unique architecture. “No surprise, it’s a big open-world RPG!” Gardiner explained when asked to describe Wyrdsong. I learned more about what this occult fantasy RPG middle ground between Bethesda and Obsidian will look like and why Something Wicked Games wants to make players question reality in the same way that Robert Egger’s The Witch does. While Wyrdsong is still in the pre-alpha phase of development, I spoke with Gardiner ahead of its reveal.
