Norse Vampire Horror · A Game & Trilogy

UTMARK SAGAA Vampiric Tale in Midgard

Beyond the last farmstead, past the boundary stones, the old gods still hunger — and the dead still thirst.

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“Glory is forgotten. Only the dead remain.”
The Game

Enter the Utmark

A narrative-driven Norse horror built in Godot — folk-myth, psychological dread, and the slow red ruin of vampirism. Cross the boundary, swear the blood-oath, and learn what the old gods left buried in the Utmark.

Utmark Saga gameplay concept
  • ᚱ A Norse world of blood-oaths, old gods, and the thirsting dead
  • ᚨ Psychological, atmospheric horror that turns to shock when it strikes
  • ᛟ Themes of isolation, ritual, and the long dark of the Utmark
  • ᛁ Choices that ripple across the saga — and into the books
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The Vanguard

Become a Beta Tester

Be among the first to cross the boundary. We're assembling a small band of testers to walk early builds, break things, and help shape the Utmark before it opens to all.

What testers get

  • Early access to closed builds before anyone else
  • A direct line to the creator in the testers' Discord
  • Your name in the credits as one of the Vanguard
  • First word on the demo, the books, and release dates

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The Utmark

The World of the Utmark

From the Draugr King's ruined stronghold to woods that will not let you leave — the realms of the frozen Utmark of Midgard, each with its own dread. Concept art from the saga in progress.

Blacksteel Castle concept art

Blacksteel Castle

Stronghold of the Draugr King. Once a seat of honor; now a fortress of the restless dead.

Brossfell settlement concept art

Brossfell

A firelit Norse hold ringed by fjord, tundra, and the whispering Silver Ash. The last warmth before the wild.

Utmark Marshes concept art

The Utmark Marshes

Older than memory. The ground remembers every step, and the black water keeps every secret.

Velkari Woods concept art

Velkari Woods

A beautiful deception of moss and light. The path is kind — that is how it keeps you.

The Saga's Blood

Those Who Walk the Utmark

From the oath-bound and the brave to the old gods' undying servants — the souls bound to the saga, across the game and the trilogy.

Arnulf Haraldson
Protagonist

Arnulf Haraldson

The oath-bound wanderer — from the boy who swore the oath to the man the wildland made.
Eirik
Sworn brother

Eirik

Quick with a joke, quicker with an axe. Where Arnulf goes, he follows.
Aasfrid
Arnulf's sister

Aasfrid

She helped raise him — then Askold's raid tore her from Brossfell. The one he swore to bring home.
Hrothgar Sigurdsson
Jarl of Brossfell

Hrothgar Sigurdsson

The stone of Brossfell — stoic, immovable. He leads by standing in front, not above.
Askold Blodauggr
The Russ King

Askold Blodauggr

Centuries of patience, weaponised. The vampire who rules Veligrad — and took Aasfrid as a prize.
The Draugr King
Warden of Blacksteel

The Draugr King

What remains of a jarl, bound to Blacksteel and its ancient hunger. He was a king; now he is a warning.
The Dead of the Utmark

The Draugr

The Draugr King does not stand alone. The restless dead of Blacksteel rise in his name — and they do not tire.

Draugr Berserker
Berserker
Draugr Sentinel
Sentinel
Draugr Warrior
Warrior
From the Forge

Dev History

Years in the making and reforged more than once. A record of how the Utmark has taken shape — from the first written words to the build you'll soon play.

The road so far
Jan 2025

The saga begins

First concept art and story writing. The world of the Utmark, Arnulf's oath, and what would become Oath of the Dead take shape on the page.

Apr 2025

First playable code

The first game code is written — a top-down 2D pixel-art prototype, the saga's first steps into an engine.

2D pixel-art prototype, 2025
Aug 2025

First beta test

The earliest iteration reaches its first testers — the first time anyone else walked the Utmark.

Oct 2025

Reborn in 2.5D

Rebuilt in HTML/JSON as a 2.5D action-RPG — skills, inventory, quests, gold, and the streets of Midgard City.

2.5D ARPG, Midgard City, 2025
Feb 2026

The mechanical beta

A full mechanical beta launches — turn-based combat, progression, and the systems of the saga come together.

Turn-based combat, 2026
26 Mar 2026

Reforged in Godot

The definitive build begins in Godot — true 3D, a custom terrain system, Blacksteel Castle and Brossfell, and Arnulf remade. The form the saga will ship in.

Coming

The closed beta

The next hands-on build, for the Vanguard. Apply to test and walk the Utmark before the gates open.

The Trilogy

The Saga in Three Volumes

A three-volume Norse-vampire horror series — the gods' myth and the bloodline's curse threaded through every page, rising toward Book III's reckoning. Available in paperback, hardcover, and eBook.

Oath of the Dead — book cover

Oath of the Dead

Out Now · Paperback & eBook

Young Arnulf Haraldson earns his oath ring and steps beyond the Great Hall of Brossfell — the hold of Jarl Hrothgar — with his friend and rival Eirik, into wilds where the dead are stirring beneath the northern mountains and the ruins of Blacksteel Castle. Bound by oath, grief, and brotherhood, they must face a darkness that would consume their home, and themselves.

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Utmark Saga · II
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Blood of the Exiled

Blood of the Exiled

Coming 2026

Seven winters after the night that took everything, Arnulf goes east in search of the sister he swore to bring home — and finds the dark has been waiting for him the whole way. What he discovers at the end of the road is worse than grief, older than the gods, and far harder to kill than a man.

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Utmark Saga · III
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Wrath of the Unbound

Wrath of the Unbound

Book III · In Progress

The war the gods foretold comes home at last to Brossfell, and every oath comes due — the saga's final reckoning.

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