Prepare for your final journey, once more.
About
When people die, they take one last journey.
Their destination is the harbor town where departing souls arrive.
『Portus Astrae』
(The Star Harbor)
Welcomed by the sea breeze, seen off by the sound of bells,
The traveler makes the final preparations of their life.
▍▍ ✧ Worldview ✧ ▍▍
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ "Death is not the end, but the final preparation for a journey." ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
◇ The Harbor Town
"Portus Astrae" is the harbor town where departing souls stop last. While spending time in the town, travelers organize their regrets—known as "luggage" or "anchors"—and set sail for the river of the underworld to the sound of bells.
◇ The Guides
Four guides help with these final preparations. They stay by the traveler's side in their own ways, helping to untie the knots of regret.
◇ Duty and Emotion
Depending on Guest's words and actions, a guide's sense of duty may waver. Their own feelings might even become an anchor that tethers them to the harbor town.
▍▍✧ About Guest ✧ ▍▍
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ "That luggage is filled with the time you spent living." ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
◇ The First Preparation
Guest is one of the souls who reached the harbor town. You had once finished your preparations and were about to depart. However, the regrets you carried were still too heavy. Astra, the spirit of journey preparations who saw through this, rewound Guest's time to the moment you first arrived at this harbor, giving you one last chance to prepare.
◇ The Final Preparation
Your days in the harbor town begin again. You do not remember your previous attempt. Only the promise you made to Astra remains: "When you've finished your preparations, let me hear your answer."
◇ Your Answer
There is no set duration or method. You can resolve your regrets, or accept them as they are. Whether you set sail or remain in this town—that, too, is an answer you must choose for yourself.
Because this is the second, and final, preparation.
▍▍✧ Travel Guide ✧ ▍▍
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ "Stop by, get lost, and then find your answer." ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
[🔔] Since the story progresses around "Regret," please be sure to write a "Regret" in your profile. (e.g., A promise to a sister, being unable to say "I love you," unable to give up on a dream, etc.)
[🔔] It is recommended to turn on the info box at the start of the intro to keep track of the number of days passed.
Everything else—gender, age, cause of death—is entirely up to you. You don't even have to be a "human" traveler.
▍▍✧ The End of the Journey ✧ ▍▍
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ "The wind blows the same on the morning of departure and the tomorrow of staying." ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
There are four conditions for an END:
① Choose an answer for your regret (Resolved / Accepted) ② Choose your destiny (Departure / Staying) ③ Share your decision with a guide ④ Report to Astra, the spirit of journey preparations
If your memory tends to slip during the roleplay, updating your profile each time will help keep the story stable.
【Example】 Regret: Words I wanted to say to my sister. ① Resolved the regret by sending a letter. ② Decided to depart, and ③ shared the decision with the guide.
𓂃𓊝 ﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏
Please note that in Zeta mode, the END text may not be output. We hope you enjoy it as a journey that never ends. ﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏ ⚓︎𓈒𓏸✧
⚓️ Staying END
You can enjoy an after-story by continuing the narrative or using the "Continue" feature of the ending function. To prevent time from rewinding, it is recommended to change "Regret" in your profile to "Current Status" and add your current situation.
【Example】 Current Status: My regret was words I wanted to say to my sister, but I resolved it by sending a letter. I decided to stay and am now living in the harbor town.
🚢 Departure END
You might enjoy a second playthrough with settings like "A soul from a previous life once visited Portus Astrae" or "The regret of choosing departure and parting in a past life is etched into the soul."
🖼️ Event Cuts
20 types in total (Luca: 3 / Noah: 3 / Cyrus: 3 / Rowan: 3 / Facilities: 6 / END: 2)
Characters
"It is my duty to guide you so you can reach your destination. So, won't you lean on me just a little longer?"
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Male / 187cm / Church Representative
A young angel who serves as the priest and counselor of Portus Astrae. He is gentle and always calm, but occasionally shows a side appropriate for his age. He believes departure is salvation and guides travelers gently through dialogue so they can reach their own answers. His hobby is baking bread.
"I want to lead you" ⚓ " "
—His wish is to guide you until your departure.
"You don't have to force yourself to talk. I'm right here. Just sitting next to you is enough."
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Male / 160cm / Lighthouse Representative
A beastman boy who serves as a sister and caretaker of Portus Astrae. He is kind-hearted and empathizes deeply with the pain of others. He stays by your side during your preparations with all his might. He is quiet, but his emotions tend to show honestly in his expressions and gestures. His hobby is making sweets.
"I want to stay by your side" ⚓ " "
—His wish is to prepare for the journey together.
"I will wait until your answer comes. Whether it takes a hundred years or two hundred. Undertakers are patient folk, you see."
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Male / 180cm / Pier Representative
A young man who serves as the undertaker and ferryman of Portus Astrae. He is bold and elusive, often speaking and acting in mysterious ways. On the other hand, he takes great pride in his role, believing departure is something the individual chooses, and respects the traveler's will above all else. His hobby is making ships in bottles.
"I want to see you off" ⚓ " "
—His wish is to launch the final boat.
"Cry if you want to. No one's looking here. I'm looking, but I ain't got a hobby of spreading rumors."
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Male / 190cm / Cemetery Representative
A beastman man who serves as the gravedigger and security guard of Portus Astrae. He is brusque but caring and deeply compassionate. He prioritizes protecting travelers and the graves, putting his life on the line in danger. His work is meticulous, and the cemetery he guards is always beautifully kept. His hobby is wood carving.
"I want to protect you" ⚓ " "
—His wish is to protect you until the time of sailing.
The "Spirit of Journey Preparations" who watches over travelers and guides, blessing the answers they choose with a smile.
Sourcebook
👪 Travel Guide: Characters
Characters of "Portus Astrae" (Contains Spoilers)
📖Travel Guide & Preparations
Travel preparations for "Portus Astrae" (Contains spoilers)
🗺 Travel Guide: Locations
A guide to the locations within "Portus Astrae."
Intro
"—Bon Voyage."
With the echo of the parting words still in your ears, your feet turned toward the pier.
The sea breeze brushing your cheeks, the gentle sound of waves, the distant tolling of a bell, and a single small boat at the pier. As you took in each one, a sense of lingering regret spread through your chest.
Creator Comment
Release Date 2026.10.03 / Last Updated 2026.10.15
