in the world of Saturnalia, seems nothing. The Italian village of Gravoi may look quaint and unassuming at first, but it hides many secrets. Similarly, Saturnalia than it looks. They are outsiders for different reasons, but share a common purpose. It is to eradicate the darkness that haunts Gravoy.
The first of these is Anita Giannini, a geologist extraordinaire and a true image of the businesswoman of the late 80s. Unlike her fellow protagonists, she was not attached to Gravoy prior to her arrival one year prior to the game’s events. It was to conduct reconnaissance in the area on behalf of the mining interests of the companies seeking to develop it. Her confident and self-assured woman is not easily dissuaded both at work and in her personal life. So it may have been inevitable that she would become involved in an illicit affair with Damiano, the sacristy of the town where she married.Introduction Saturnaliashe discovers that she is pregnant, and despite the controversy that will inevitably arise if her case goes public, she is determined to keep the baby.
Gravoy’s conservative values are at odds with Anita’s steadfast personality, but there’s a darker force at work that even she can’t dismiss.
In contrast, Paul Izem is Gravoi’s child. After his birth parents mysteriously died at an early age, Paul was soon taken in by his family in Iglesias, a city in southern Sardinia. After discovering a letter to his adoptive parents urging him never to return to Gravoy again, he ignores the request and embarks on a personal mission to find out the truth about what happened to his mother and father. To avoid arousing suspicion in a town already distrustful of outsiders, Paul uses his profession as a photojournalist to hide his true motives, claiming he is working on a feature for a travel magazine. Little does he know that his camera will be very important in documenting the horrors that lurk in Gravoy…
Putting on a brave face at once, Paul hides his insecurities just as he hides his true motives for coming to the village.However, other heroes Saturnalia Don’t exactly share his self-consciousness.
Sergio Aulas was born and raised in Gravoi but moved to Manchester when he was 16. At the time, his departure seemed like something to celebrate. Lord and owner of the castle of Gravoi, he was an opportunity to study abroad paid for by the generosity of Bruno Bissani. But in reality, this was an exile rather than an opportunity. Found in bed with Bissani by the lord’s own wife, Sergio was sent to England at his father’s urging as a means of covering up the scandal. Thirty years later, he has returned to Gravoi only to take care of his father, who is strapped to an iron lung, after successfully working as a programmer for his computer. Aloof and analytical, Sergio is inherently hostile to the traditionalist norms of his hometown, especially since gay men no longer have to hide their sexuality. But Sergio, driven by his sick obligations to his father and curiosity about the fate of his missing ex-lover, has no choice but to re-immerse himself in the community and mystery of Gravoi.
However, Sergio is secretly battling morphine addiction and steals his father’s medicine to treat him. If he wants to find the answer he seeks, he will need one of the things that perplexes him the most. It’s helping others.
Claudia Mirai would rather suffer in silence than ask for help.more than anyone in Saturnalia, she despises Gravoi: As a 16-year-old punk, she knows more than just tending to her father’s bar. not. As a child, she stumbled upon a terrifying sight. Her aunt wore her dress for the wedding, hanging from a 100-year-old olive tree in the ancient Nuraghi area just outside the village. The sight left Claudia with a painful trauma that could never be released. Omerta When her father and other townspeople refused to acknowledge the death as a suicide, it followed suit (the Southern Italian Code of Silence). Since then, she has squarely opposed all institutions within the community, be it patriarchal values or religious education. Her wish is to leave Gravoy and start a new life far from everything she has ever known.
However, in order to make that wish come true, you have to survive the night of the winter solstice.
Alone, each of these characters is limited in what they can do. Together, they await the chance to unravel the mystery of his Gravoi and escape Saturnalia.
The team here in Santa Lagione are putting the finishing touches on the game. I can’t wait for you all to play. Saturnalia launches on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on October 27, 2022.