The player is a masked, consistent adventurer who repeatedly dies and returns to the Sanctuary hub. Central NPC Iphis (female, referred to with she/her pronouns in guides) grants the relic's mark, equips modifiers, and factors into the two endings (destroy the relic or escape), but serves purely functional narrative and gameplay roles with no romance, identity exploration, or social themes. Other NPCs like Karla (armor vendor) and Callum (weapon trader) follow the same pattern of traditional fantasy shopkeepers and lost travelers.

No character creation system exists beyond item equipping; no pronoun selection, body-type options, gender-agnostic romance, or nonbinary/trans focal characters appear in any documented content. Developer straka.studio, a small Slovak indie team, emphasizes mechanical innovation (Souls meets Tetris) with no statements on DEI, representation mandates, or activist intent. Extensive searches for LGBTQ elements, woke controversies, or political messaging return zero relevant results.

Reception on Metacritic (around 70-74) and OpenCritic focuses exclusively on gameplay challenge, visuals, and replayability with no critic-audience gaps or backlash tied to ideology. The premise, characters, and themes remain neutral entertainment without any progressive ideological embedding.