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'Famine's Disciple' is a surprisingly clever twist on the classic 'gods among men' myth type of story. Biggest props for incorporating the default famine wolf's design directly into the story and making it feel like it was made specifically for this type of story. The presentation of this visual novel is deceptive to it's overall quality of writing and creative use of the apocalypse wolves theme. Even though it felt a bit more like the four horseman acted more as the inspiration of the theme than the 'light in the dark' prompt, but that's just me being nitpicky.

The story is really well put together and just the dynamics between the main character and the wolf god of famine are really interesting. Faolan is such a well developed character, and the way his mystery unfolded was done in such a way, that each reveal always gave me a sense of 'oh yeah, that makes sense'. It's so fun with the idea of gods being powerful but not being omniscient, so as the story goes on, the more you find out how much of his initial demeanor is a facade and he really doesn't know what he's doing, is somewhat powerless himself to control it, and is a bit of a brat bottom. Angus is also great as the way his mystery unfolds is also full of twists and turns, though I wish there was a little bit more foreshadowing early on, but that's just me being nit picky.

I have to commend you also on the smut scenes, really good vivid descriptors, and love the impromptu dom/sub dynamic and the nature style bondage. I feel you could've leveraged a bit more of the sprites different clothing layers to visually enhance those moments (ripping off that fancy suit), but I'm not entirely mad at it going into theater of the mind. Shout out to the titty sucking scene, very kinky.

There's some overarching themes of 'the value of hard work', the 'exploration of nature cycles', and 'the value of self-sacrifice vs self-preservation'. The way I'd take this story is something of the diametrically opposite forces of the 'eternal giver' and the 'eternal taker', as something relating to a dominant and submissive dynamic.  Maybe the lesson is for all the hungry bottoms out there to be like "be mindful of your tops, they need breaks too". Anyway, I had a good time reading this visual novel, and think its a fun entry.