The Dreaming Man: Neo-Hwarangs, Protagonist, Scene One

Source image taken from Naver for artist of men
dressed as Hwarangs. (Jake dropped out, so we
no longer have an artist)

Neo-Hwarangs

A large focus and inspiration behind this was the idea of a technologically advanced, "neo" version of the old Korean high caste the Hwarangs. Ergo, they are a large part of The Dreaming Man.

In the game's story, the people in South Korea who had enough money to be able to hole away and survive the nuclear apocalypse eventually emerged, and had the supplies to carry on their generation. In the modern timeline of the game, 200 years after the end of the world, the descendents of these people have taken residence in the former "Jinju Castle", in the very southern part former Korea on the coast of the Sea of Japan.

In their time, they have travelled across the pacific to discover technology in the US that wasn't present before the war, and they have taken it back to create fusion-cell motorcycles for quick travel through the many concrete ruins of former Korea. The residents of Jinju Castle have dubbed the people with money and social power who ride these bikes, "Neo-Hwarangs".

Source image for potential
design of spears wielded
by the Neo-Hwarangs.

Traditional swords. This is a source image taken from Naver
for the swords wielded by the Neo-Hwarang faction.

The design for these characters includes an iconic pistol and sword combination, with spears as a cavalry weapon on their motorcycles. They wear tight-fitting versions of the outfits in the source image provided, with the symbol "花" on them.

Scene One

At the beginning of the game the player meets two of such people: Kang, and Kim Junsu. To summarize, they are scouting the region around where the protagonist lives, and they see his home and decide to check in. Kang likes the protagonist's wife, and decides to take her with him. This is to mirror the fact that the protagonist's girlfriend leaves him in the very first scene, and is intended to show that his premonitions are not random.

Kim Junsu – Kim is young and ambitious, and he has been travelling with Kang for a while now. Kang is tall and big, while Kim is tall and lean. He hopes to learn a thing or two from travelling with Kang, and is wary to object to something Kang says.

Kang – Kang is the leader of the group, and earned the position through his skill, strength and size. He is leading a scouting mission past this farm, and lacking just enough morals, he decides to take the pretty wife that he finds in the dreaming man’s farmstead.

Protagonist

The protagonist of the game is a fairly average white male living in Japan. Source images are myself and Matt, who are average white males (kek). At the beginning of the game his girlfriend breaks up with him, and henceforth an analogue of her exists in his nightly dreams.

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Things in the immediate scope:
- Write up more dialogue for the actual scene itself to give to Matt to put in the game.