The Archivists
Immersive Storytellers
The Archivists are makers of immersive online and live-action experiences. Our stories are pre-packaged and tested, offered from our shelves to yours. Want to run a game, but don't have the time to write something up?
Borrow a story from The Archives!
Click the links to learn more about us, or browse our story selection.
© Krystal Arnold & Stephanie Rattanachane 2024
About
S.R.
Storyteller
Animator by day, coffee fiend by night. Lover of fine pretend-y games with two decades of experience writing for roleplay experiences. Board member for groups representing southeast Asian artists as a creator of Lao descent.
K.P.
Storyteller
Thai Game Dev and poodle enthusiast. Long-time roleplay writer for online/digital games.
K.S.
Storyteller
Native American (Mono Tribe) character designer and comic artist, Kiwi enjoys animation, cartoons, and Boschian horrors. Part time clown. Honk honk!
© Krystal Arnold & Stephanie Rattanachane 2024
Stories
| Title | Players | Type | Themes | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hivemind | 12-20 | 1.5 | Campy, 1960s, Espionage, Politics, Tradition vs Innovation, Cosmic Horror | All |
| Book of Roses | 15-20 | 2.5 | Religious Persecution, Ancient Gods, Horror, Death, Sexuality | Online |
| Prince of Spades | 20-30 | 2 | Revolution, Politics, Monarchy, Classism, Romance | All |
| Grunhollow | 10-15 | 2 | Witch Trials, Colonial America, Puritanism, Death, Occult, Mystery | All |
| Momento Mori | 15-25 | 1 | Campy, 1940s, Paranormal, Cryptids & Creatures, Low-Stakes Drama, Comedy, Self-Discovery, Investigative, Romance, Party | All |
| The Good Knight | 4-10 | 2 | Amnesia, Found Family, Death, Loss, Mystery | COMING SOON |
| Wizards of the Old West | 10-20 | 1.5-2 | Cowboys, Arcana & Magic, American Western, Mystery | COMING SOON |
© Krystal Arnold & Stephanie Rattanachane 2024
Services
Writing
Characters, Worlds, Custom Games
Writing for a game is a daunting task. Looking for folks to delegate some of those tasks to? We love writing! With 20 years of writing experience for immersive games, we specialize in both world building and character writing and would love to help out!
Staff
Need a hand?
We have a long history of managing online communities on Discord centered around Roleplay, as well as people managing by day. If you're a bit short handed on support and staff, we'd love to help out!
Graphics
Lets make that game pop!
We are Game Dev artists by day, and between us we can handle graphic design, branding, and kinetic assets & animation for your social media campaigns, packets, fliers, and more!
© Krystal Arnold & Stephanie Rattanachane 2024
Type 1.5
These honey bee's have a sting!
With the modern age comes new and exciting dangers, possibilities and ever-evolving plots to save (or destroy) the world. The fate of civilized society rests in the hands of a group of people with extraordinary talents: The Hive.Hidden safely behind aliases and sworn to secrecy, their operations will change the course of war, economy, and human advancement-- but not without consequence. Behind the curtain, there are those who conspire solely to profit from corruption and world domination: Calendar Corp.However, the Hive Mind agent is resourceful, intelligent, adaptive-- and, with any luck, Calendar's days are numbered!
The year is 1965. For the fifth consecutive year, the U.S. is seeing it's largest economical boom since the end of the last World War-- the tallies are in, and the green vote is cast: war is great for business, but not so much for peace. Intelligence is sexy, especially for those in power, and the label might read drink responsibly, but who's counting?The Hive Agency is a broker between those ideals, or at least, it's supposed to be-- what was once an agency dedicated to peace now finds itself pulled thin between outside loyalties, tough negotiations, and strange signals from the sky. Now, more than ever, tensions are high on the global scale: the Queen is sending everyone on missions to aid the Space Race, and to thwart the trajectory of nuclear war. That's one atomic winter a bee won't survive. And that's if you make it out of the Hive, first. Mounting stress has highlighted the cracks in the bureaucracy of promotions at the agency, shining a bright light on a little known fact: drones don't retire, they just die. They call it a honeymoon phase for a reason-- and when you've been making honey all your life, you don't exactly notice when you're drowning in it.World-ending danger and some hurt feelings are nothing new. It comes with the territory of super-agents, but for the first time, Hive is treading unfamiliar ground: The Agency is changing. One way or another, everyone feels it, but no one can put a finger on it either. All Agents have been called to a remote HQ, and everyone is on edge..more so than they were before. When secrets come to light, one shocking meeting won't sting nearly as bad as what's been hiding in plain sight.CONTENT & THEMES: Espionage, Campy 1960s era, Tradition vs Innovaction, Cosmic Horror, PoliticsWHAT'S INCLUDED:
| Characters | Documentation | Assets | Misc |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15-20 Character Sheets | Premise & Plot (Full Storyteller Facing Document) | Audio driven in-game assets | Discord Template |
| 5-10 NPC Sheets | In & Out Of Character Supplemental Documentation | Logos & Various Art Assets (Animated & Static) | Miro Board w/ full plot and relationship charts between characters |
| By-day game schedule breakdown with plot beats | Comprehensive Powerpoint & Google Docs Design Template | After Effects Stinger Ad & Social Media Templates | |
| . | By-day game schedule breakdown with plot beats |
© Krystal Arnold & Stephanie Rattanachane 2024
Type 2.5 / 3
The Bloom, a beautiful death.
Six years to the day, poison took to the soil and earth.The Bloom, they say, began as a seed, as most tend to. From it sprouted beautiful twisting vines. From it bloomed red roses. From these roses did more seeds fall.They required no care. No water. They simply grew and spread, whether in soil, on stone, or within living creatures. It did not matter where - it simply needed to nest to blossom.Those infected by The Bloom would find themselves, slowly, turned into a beautiful, twisting, rose-speckled plants from the inside out. Anyone who dared touch the Roses risked Blooming themselves and succumbing to a beautiful death.
Book of Roses is a roleplay set in the fictional country of Heslington, a theocratic kingdom and fortress ruled by The Order.A rejection (or disappearance?) of the Old Gods has reformed the world anew with the blessings of young Gods, each a patron of the kingdoms.
Players, for one reason or another, must discover the secrets lying in and below Heslington, within the twisting, winding, and terrible Veins that slither beneath their feet. They seek the Sleeping Goddess, the rumored source of the Bloom, to rise her from her nightmare so that they may be free of the blossoming death.!!!!Content Warning!!!!:
Horror (Psychological & Body), Mature, Gore, Death, Themes/Suggestions of Sex and Torture.Design Packet Includes:
| Characters | Documentation | Assets | Misc |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15-20 Character Sheets | Premise & Plot (Full Storyteller Facing Document) | Intro Animation | Discord Template |
| 5-10 NPC Sheets | Out Of Character Supplemental Documentation | Logos & Various Art Assets (Animated & Static) | Miro Board w/ full plot and relationship charts between characters |
| Suggested game schedule breakdown with plot beats | Comprehensive Powerpoint Design Template | After Effects Stinger Ad & Social Media Templates | |
| . | By-day game schedule breakdown with plot beats | . | Options for Online or Live-Action Documentation |
© Krystal Arnold & Stephanie Rattanachane 2024
Type 2
A witch! A witch!
There was a Witch amongst the people of Grunhollow.
The Florist was found and trialed as a Witch.
She was killed to save the good people of the town from further misery.But what happens when dark things don't stop happening?
Set in an alternate 17th century, Grunhollow is a small lumber town in the misty woods of Rhode Island. Though it has recently become known for its bucket and barrel business, it was once a village that stood abandoned after an accidental fire took out more than half the town. Renewed by fresh business, it now boasts a thriving economy.The story begins a week after The Florist, an accused witch, was set to hang for her crimes; falling rocks, eviscerated livestock, poor crop yields and strange familiars were among her supposed crimes. Now, someone from the town has called in The Investigator, seeking justice for the Florist whom they believed was innocent of her crimes.At the same time, a strange woman with no memory comes wandering in from the woods, dressed as a bride..CONTENT WARNING: Themes of Drugs, Violence, Religious prejudice, Occult, MysteryDESIGN PACKET INCLUDES:
| Characters | Documentation | Assets | Misc |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Character Sheets | Premise & Plot (Full Storyteller Facing Document) | Intro Animation | Discord Template |
| 5-8 NPC Sheets | Out Of Character Supplemental Documentation | Logos & Various Art Assets (Animated & Static) | Miro Board w/ full plot and relationship charts between characters |
| Suggested game schedule breakdown with plot beats | Comprehensive Powerpoint Design Template | After Effects Stinger Ad & Social Media Templates | |
| . | By-day game schedule breakdown with plot beats | . | Options for Online or Live-Action Documentation |
© Krystal Arnold & Stephanie Rattanachane 2024
Prince of Spades
Type 2
Head or Heart?
The monarchy has ruptured into a schism over who will take the throne; the Head Prince, or the Heart Princess.
As a Head, logic rules over everything. Reason dictates what must be done.
As a Heart, you act with what you feel. Emotion and passion drive you.Which are you?
Prince of Spades is a story about love, revolution, and sacrifice. Set in a cabaret-inspired fantasy setting, citizens of Cordia are born either a Head or a Heart. As a Head, you are logical and rationale driven. As a Heart, passion and emotion dictate your actions.The kingdom must decide how to move forward when the heir to the throne comes between a Head Prince and a Heart Princess— but echoes of the past and promises of the future haunt the current monarchy: A distant but powerful exiled King; a revolution in its infancy.It is a story about staying true to yourself, whether the world changes around you or whether it stays frustratingly the same.DESIGN PACKET INCLUDES:
| Characters | Documentation | Assets | Misc |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20-30 Character Sheets | Premise & Plot (Full Storyteller Facing Document) | Intro Animation | Discord Template |
| 10+ NPC Sheets | Out Of Character Supplemental Documentation | Logos & Various Art Assets (Animated & Static) | Miro Board w/ full plot and relationship charts between characters |
| Suggested game schedule breakdown with plot beats | Comprehensive Powerpoint Design Template | After Effects Stinger Ad & Social Media Templates | |
| . | By-day game schedule breakdown with plot beats | . | Options for Online or Live-Action Documentation |
Type 1
At night, the city comes alive.
Momento Mori is a low-stakes, campy game taking place in an alternate 40's America. It is a world filled with ghosts, ghouls, and everything that goes bump in the night.Players will assume the roles of various creatures and tropes of horror legend; the delightfully musical Bone Daddy of the Band of Eternal Souls, wolf man Jack Wolf - who has been more wolf than man lately - and regular ol’ normal human Raoul Harris Jr., of Harris & Sons, Paranormal P.I.’s.If you’re looking for a fun, campy, comedy-driven and low-stakes drama LARP with an emphasis on jazz, noir, and the delightfully spooky tropes of Halloween, look no further![COMING SOON; Let us know if you’re interested!]
© Krystal Arnold & Stephanie Rattanachane 2024