VN Ren'Py Companion of Darkness [S2 Ch.11] [Berkili4]

[Gamer9999]

The Developer has confirmed in his discord that Noel was never bonded to Gab. Also goes on to say Nael would never allow Noel to bond with anyone because she is so possessive, Which they say in game after a certain battle. Noel was not and has not been bonded ever, Nael feeds her her power. this got asked in 2023 on november 4th if you wanna join the discord and look.

No need. If you say it is there, I believe you. Well, the story certaintly seems to indicate they were bound to one another but it is difficult to trust anything that happens in the story because of Nael. It is kind of annoying honestly. You look at the story, gather all the evidence from the story to support a theory, and then woops, turns out you are wrong because of Nael. It is a convenient mechanism for making absolutely anything happen in the story I suppose but it comes at the cost of coherence. If you can't trust anything that happens because Nael is a trump card to undo or explain your way out of the rules set by the narrative, what is the point? Things to ponder on I suppose.

Anyway, I stand corrected on Gabe and Noel being bonded. I didn't know that the creater had said they were not. I was just going off of evidence I had gathered from the story. With that new information, I would like to know why Noel made the bond with the MC at all now? She wasn't bonded to anyone before, so why start in that very moment? It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me other than it happened because it had to happen for the story. At least her bonding with the MC because she thought he was Gabe and her and Gabe had a bond makes sence with respect to the story. Now it just feels disjointed to me and kind of sad lol.

 

[Th3Espr3ss0]

No need. If you say it is there, I believe you. Well, the story certaintly seems to indicate they were bound to one another but it is difficult to trust anything that happens in the story because of Nael. It is kind of annoying honestly. You look at the story, gather all the evidence from the story to support a theory, and then woops, turns out you are wrong because of Nael. It is a convenient mechanism for making absolutely anything happen in the story I suppose but it comes at the cost of coherence. If you can't trust anything that happens because Nael is a trump card to undo or explain your way out of the rules set by the narrative, what is the point? Things to ponder on I suppose.

Anyway, I stand corrected on Gabe and Noel being bonded. I didn't know that the creater had said they were not. I was just going off of evidence I had gathered from the story. With that new information, I would like to know why Noel made the bond with the MC at all now? She wasn't bonded to anyone before, so why start in that very moment? It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me other than it happened because it had to happen for the story. At least her bonding with the MC because she thought he was Gabe and her and Gabe had a bond makes sence with respect to the story. Now it just feels disjointed to me and kind of sad lol.

I wish I could quickly find it, but Nael makes some off hand comments about you being a rulebreaker naturally something like "it comes naturally to you like breathing does." and that it reminds her of her power. I think Noel even says you remind her of Nael at one point too. It's very possible the MC possesses the same ability to become a "god" like Nael and that other guy who traps Nael did and thats what you reminded Noel of when she goes to bond with you. Just my two cents though so that's purely speculation and not something that the dev has said to my knowledge.

 

[Gamer9999]

I wish I could quickly find it, but Nael makes some off hand comments about you being a rulebreaker naturally something like "it comes naturally to you like breathing does." and that it reminds her of her power. I think Noel even says you remind her of Nael at one point too. It's very possible the MC possesses the same ability to become a "god" like Nael and that other guy who traps Nael did and thats what you reminded Noel of when she goes to bond with you. Just my two cents though so that's purely speculation and not something that the dev has said to my knowledge.

My issue is that since Noel and Gabe were never bonded, alot of things suddently make no sense with the rules set by the story. It makes no sense why Noel would suddently make a bond with someone when she had never had one before. It also makes no sense that after being hit by Arsa, Noel suddently loses her memory. I suppose that the act of bonding to the MC could be the cause for her to lose her memories but if she had her memories when she made the bond, why would she make the bond at all? If that is the case, she would know that she just hangs out with her sister and doesn't have a partner. I know the explination will likely be that Nael did it and I guess I will just have to be okay with that comming out of left field.

I know the scene you are talking about. I have read through the story at least ten times haha. Nael comments on the MC's ability to break the rules and tells him it comes as naturally to him as breathing right before Arsa and Emma show up in Gabes appartment carrying a passed out Amy. In that same scene Nael also says that Gabe is not a natural rule breaker and that his ability to break the rules is because of his connection to her. Also, Noel does comment that she can tell the MC has been spending time with her sister. That happens when Noel is breaking Clara out of her trance on the roadside.

As for who the MC reminded Noel of, I don't think it can be Sam. There is no evidence that she has ever even met Sam. In fact, The entire reason that Noel went ferel in the first place was because Gabe and Nael left her in an apartment in Germany while they went to meet with Sam and ended up getting stuck in Sam's realm. I could be wrong, but I always assumed that the person the MC reminded Noel of was Gabe. The only way to know for sure though is to wait and see.

I do agree with you that the MC will end up becoming a God on a similar level to Nael.

 

[StrontiumBob]

My issue is that since Noel and Gabe were never bonded, alot of things suddently make no sense with the rules set by the story. It makes no sense why Noel would suddently make a bond with someone when she had never had one before. It also makes no sense that after being hit by Arsa, Noel suddently loses her memory. I suppose that the act of bonding to the MC could be the cause for her to lose her memories but if she had her memories when she made the bond, why would she make the bond at all? If that is the case, she would know that she just hangs out with her sister and doesn't have a partner. I know the explination will likely be that Nael did it and I guess I will just have to be okay with that comming out of left field.

I know the scene you are talking about. I have read through the story at least ten times haha. Nael comments on the MC's ability to break the rules and tells him it comes as naturally to him as breathing right before Arsa and Emma show up in Gabes appartment carrying a passed out Amy. In that same scene Nael also says that Gabe is not a natural rule breaker and that his ability to break the rules is because of his connection to her. Also, Noel does comment that she can tell the MC has been spending time with her sister. That happens when Noel is breaking Clara out of her trance on the roadside.

As for who the MC reminded Noel of, I don't think it can be Sam. There is no evidence that she has ever even met Sam. In fact, The entire reason that Noel went ferel in the first place was because Gabe and Nael left her in an apartment in Germany while they went to meet with Sam and ended up getting stuck in Sam's realm. I could be wrong, but I always assumed that the person the MC reminded Noel of was Gabe. The only way to know for sure though is to wait and see.

I do agree with you that the MC will end up becoming a God on a similar level to Nael.

Did I imagine it, or

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[Gamer9999]

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All three are certaintly possibilities:
1. This one is unlikely because it would suddently mean that the MC and Gabe are not related.
2. I have considered this but was unsure because of how Nael treats Sam at the end of chapter 10. She seems really excited about Amy being pregnant, or as excited as Nael can be anyway, and I find it hard to believe that she would knock the crap out of him the way she did if he were related that closely to her. She seems like she is just tolorating him because he is necessary for whatever outcome she has in mind for her sister and the MC.

I have also heard a fourth theory that Sam chose to appear as the MC in that moment to keep Nael from beating the brakes off of him. Kind of like a self preservation thing. I am not sure which on is right and really, anything could be true at this point.

 

[rjmpcr]

Companion of Darkness [S2 Ch.11] High FrameRate mode​

This mod replaces the game’s native low FPS animations with interpolated 60 FPS animations.

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Dev already provides a lot of animations in 60fps, these are the only ones remaining for some reason. (All from Ch-1 to Ch-11) . There is one animation in Ch-10,11 which is 30 fps but I have left it as it is, as it didn't require to be really at 60fps for send the message, that it is trying to convey.

Chapter 10-11 will be monitored and when required will be updated. As of now, there is only one animation that fits this but as mentioned above I have not added it. If demanded a lot i will update it or wait till next major changes please.

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[rjmpcr]

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[Th3Espr3ss0]

My issue is that since Noel and Gabe were never bonded, alot of things suddently make no sense with the rules set by the story. It makes no sense why Noel would suddently make a bond with someone when she had never had one before. It also makes no sense that after being hit by Arsa, Noel suddently loses her memory. I suppose that the act of bonding to the MC could be the cause for her to lose her memories but if she had her memories when she made the bond, why would she make the bond at all? If that is the case, she would know that she just hangs out with her sister and doesn't have a partner. I know the explination will likely be that Nael did it and I guess I will just have to be okay with that comming out of left field.

I know the scene you are talking about. I have read through the story at least ten times haha. Nael comments on the MC's ability to break the rules and tells him it comes as naturally to him as breathing right before Arsa and Emma show up in Gabes appartment carrying a passed out Amy. In that same scene Nael also says that Gabe is not a natural rule breaker and that his ability to break the rules is because of his connection to her. Also, Noel does comment that she can tell the MC has been spending time with her sister. That happens when Noel is breaking Clara out of her trance on the roadside.

As for who the MC reminded Noel of, I don't think it can be Sam. There is no evidence that she has ever even met Sam. In fact, The entire reason that Noel went ferel in the first place was because Gabe and Nael left her in an apartment in Germany while they went to meet with Sam and ended up getting stuck in Sam's realm. I could be wrong, but I always assumed that the person the MC reminded Noel of was Gabe. The only way to know for sure though is to wait and see.

I do agree with you that the MC will end up becoming a God on a similar level to Nael.

I don't mean that MC reminded Noel of Sam, All I said is that MC could have the same kind of aura that Nael and Sam had. That could have reminded Noel of Nael, not Sam. I just used Sam as an example. EDIT: I think Noel being reminded of Nael by the MC and trying to bond that way fits because A. Noel was on the brink of dying and likely not thinking straight and going off instinct and B. Nael is basically her bondmate already so that may just be how she gets power from her.

 

[Gamer9999]

I don't mean that MC reminded Noel of Sam, All I said is that MC could have the same kind of aura that Nael and Sam had. That could have reminded Noel of Nael, not Sam. I just used Sam as an example. EDIT: I think Noel being reminded of Nael by the MC and trying to bond that way fits because A. Noel was on the brink of dying and likely not thinking straight and going off instinct and B. Nael is basically her bondmate already so that may just be how she gets power from her.

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Looking back, I am absolutely positive that Noel believed the MC was Gabe and not her sister nor anyone else (proof posted above). At the point I reference above, she clearly hadn't been blinded by Arsa and she has at least part of her memories. She obviously knows who Gabe and her sister are. I find it very very difficult to buy that somehow she suddently forgot that she isn't bonded to Gabe and gets her energy from her sister. She is able to remember something as trivial as Nael and Gabe complaining that she doesn't train enough but somehow she forgot that she gets the energy for her entire existance from her sister and that she doesn't have a bond?

The explination that Noel gives for the inconsistancy (also posted above) happens when her and Clara go to send a message to Nael before the fight with Matt. She claims she panicked simply because it was the first time she had been away from her sister. It just doesn't make any sense for that to be the explination though. She believed the MC was Gabe which meant that she should have known that if Gabe had found her then her sister wasn't far behind. Why form the bond?

Not only that, but Noel attempts to form a bond that she believes can not be broken without erasing herself, to a person that she knows her sister loves? She does that out of panic? It just doesn't fit Noel's kind and patient nature. Noel went through three months of torture attempthing to get back to the MC without hurting others when she went ferel. Yet somehow in that moment, Noel is perfectly willing to trample all over her sisters relationship by making a bond with Gabe? Nael even says that Noel has even more self control than she does (also posted above), so it just doesn't add up.

 

[Rizzler97]

After Finishing CH 11 today i would like to say that this was another banger

 

[Xypher]

Can anyone help me there is no sound/audio playing for the game? No music nor SFX working.

 

[pitao]

Can anyone help me there is no sound/audio playing for the game? No music nor SFX working.

Check the log.txt file that should be in the same place/folder than the .exe executable of the game, it is created every time you load the game, check if the log found any errors with sound/codecs or even drivers when running/loading the game. Without more information is hard to know what is the issue since it works fine in my system, maybe just a codec missing/outdated but the log file should say something. Some HS games I check before used to give some kind of sound issues when using a particular headphones/headset, on other players because I use my old stereo connected to the PC.

 

[Xypher]

Check the log.txt file that should be in the same place/folder than the .exe executable of the game, it is created every time you load the game, check if the log found any errors with sound/codecs or even drivers when running/loading the game. Without more information is hard to know what is the issue since it works fine in my system, maybe just a codec missing/outdated but the log file should say something. Some HS games I check before used to give some kind of sound issues when using a particular headphones/headset, on other players because I use my old stereo connected to the PC.

Nvm, fixed the issue by deleting the old Renpy saves folder since my last saves we're from Chapter 7. Thanks anyways!

 

[Skidables]

Honestly, I tried this before in the past, but I started skipping after chapter 2. Something about the MC attitude and personality pissed me off originally. It's always recommended to me, and I should love it, it has plenty of things I love, great worldbuilding, powers, and story first. So I decided to say fuck it, and start fresh clear mind, and still I was not thrilled in all honesty. It all changed, and I got more interested when MC became Rule B. TBH, when he went to Europe, he finally had agency, he wasn't just going along with what others said, getting saved, he finally felt like a fitting MC. It changed again when he returned home, chapters 10 and 11.. idk felt like he kinda lost his agency and was just going along. I think it's because I kinda hate Clara, well her archetype, the naive personality, just idk bugs me deeply. Honestly, I am not a big fan of any of the LIs tbh. Amy was my favorite until the change happened, and it happens too often, Emma, Clara now like ffs. Plus, tbh I think we are getting into overboard territory with the cliffhangers, they lose their meaning when it's every chapter. I would give it a 6.5/7, it's not bad, but I am not waiting impatiently for the next release like some of my favs, it does some things well and some things horrible some of the dialogue makes me want to slam my head on my keyboard at times.

 

[EridianX]

A fine update the last one, but I gotta say, i'd be very, very disappointed if something very, very bad does not get to happen to Ren in the future. Like even other unlikable characters have had something redeeming about them, but this one? Nothing.

 

[resgar]

I like Ren, she is:

Not hanging on MCs cock. Yet, but still, it is more interesting if there is a challenge.
Has a plan of world domination. Already failing, but it is interesting how she can salvage it.
Smart and hot, and i gotta feeling, she will be bound to Clara, if not, then most likely, i think, to Jacky at some point.
Brewing primordial conflicts of interests, with almost all of them. Kinda even more kek, considering 'bad' Arsael exists.

She is trickster character with many conflicts brewing. You can say Claire has all of that and was mother figure for MC, and i can agree, but for me Claire is becoming rather desperate and dull character. Not moving anywhere, while Ren is actively seeking adventures on her nice butt.

But i'm still waiting when my hot goth girlfriend start explode and burn things again. What it is about counselings of 'wise' Arsael. And i'm intrigued how Jacky will be involved. So i'm waiting for more developments of Emma('wise' Arsael) > Jacky > Ren.

 

[Gamer9999]

Personally, I don't get the Ren hate. Yes, some of her actions are not exactly morally upstanding but at least it is understandable why she is doing what she is doing. Who wouldn't want approval from their god and their creator? Her actions are misguided but that is more the fault of Nael's absence than a character flaw in Ren. From Ren's perspective, her goddess and creater hates the pact and hates all humans. Why shouldn't Ren seek approval by attempting to give Nael what she believes that she wants? Ren's major character flaw is a lack of respect for human life and a lack of understanding of the bond a dark on can have with a human. For that reason, Ren makes a poor villain. Unis, Zero, and Dia make much better antagionists. All three of them are motivated by a selfish lust for power. I would gladly see all three of them get what is coming to them.

The more I think aboout it, the more I would not be even the least bit surprised if Jacky ended up making a bond with Ren when it is all said and done. That would bring Ren into the Harem and be a good way of keeping Jacky around. Their personalities also seem like they would mesh quite well.

 

[Shiraiken]

Good game so far, but I'll wait till Nael gets a scene (hopefully with MC) just my opinion tho.

 

[Meiri]

Good game so far, but I'll wait till Nael gets a scene (hopefully with MC) just my opinion tho.

I also love Nael as well but I don't think we are ever getting a scene with her

 

[aeonyx_5005]

is there a pdf walkthrough of this game?