◆ About the Game

▶ The Story

A thousand years ago, a group of mages called the Hollow Council tried to harvest power from the stars by opening a gateway to the space between worlds. Instead they tore a hole in reality. This rift — the Veilstorm — has been slowly consuming the world of Aethelgard ever since.

You play as Kael, a cynical mercenary who must travel across 5 cursed regions to find the legendary Shard Stones and seal the rift before Lord Malakar uses it to merge the living world with the Void.

[secret in lore section: the veilstorm is not evil. it is lost. this is revealed in the true ending.]

▶ Gameplay Features

• Over 40 hours of main story gameplay
• Three combat stances: Heavy, Fast, and Magic
• 200+ weapons, armor, and items
• Five recruitable companions
• Fully orchestrated MIDI soundtrack (27 tracks)
• 16-bit isometric graphics
• New Game Plus mode
• One hidden developer room accessible only via NOCLIP

▶ System Requirements

▶ Where to Get It

The game is out of print. Arcane Forge Software closed in 1998. You can sometimes find the original CDs on eBay for $5-15. RetroEdge never re-released it digitally. [secret: the game was added to an abandonware site in 2001 but I'm not linking it because legal]

★ Characters

Main characters in Veilstorm. Base stats shown at Level 1. [secret: one character has their own section. you have to find it.]

Class: Mercenary Warrior

The main hero. Brooding, tough, two-handed broadsword. He has a mysterious scar that throbs when demons are near. Not motivated by heroism — he wants revenge for what the Veilstorm took from him.

"I don't work for free, and I don't bleed for fun."

Class: Shadow Rogue

A thief from the Undercity who dual-wields daggers. The only character who can disarm cursed chests. Most people's favourite character.

"What's yours is mine. What's mine is hidden."

Class: Runesmith

An elderly scholar frozen in the Crystal Caves for 200 years. Casts massive area spells but has terrible health. His backstory is very sad if you read his journal entries.

"The Veilstorm answers only to the ancient words. Lucky for us, I remember them."

Class: Void Knight

Once a general of Aethelgard's army who discovered the Veilstorm could grant immortality. He sacrificed his own soldiers and emerged as something no longer human.

"Fools. You cannot kill what is already dead."

Class: Goblin Merchant

A goblin merchant who appears in every region selling health potions at completely unreasonable prices. Nobody knows how he always gets there before you.

"Shiny coins for shiny things, yes? Gnob gives good price!"

MORE CHARACTERS COMING SOON!

▶ Walkthrough

Act I: The Burning Village

Starting area. Tutorial zone essentially.

Objectives:

• Speak to the dying innkeeper in Duskfall
• Kill the 10 shadow-wolves in the Ashwood
• Retrieve the Rusty Key from the well
• Unlock the cellar and recover your father's sword
• Defeat the Shadow Fiend at the village gate

BOSS — Shadow Fiend: Weak to fire. Light your sword on any torch in the gate area.

[you clicked a divider. this one says: the shadow fiend has a name. it is written in runic on its chest. nobody has translated it yet.]

Act II: Swamp of Despair

Where you recruit Lyra. Do not skip this.

• Find Lyra at the ruined bridge and agree to help her
• Collect 3 glowing mushrooms from the Bogmire
• Pay Gnob 1000g for the raft (yes it is a rip off. no you cannot skip it.)
• Navigate the Sunken Keep and recover the second map fragment
• Defeat the Swamp Beast at the Mire Gates

BOSS — Swamp Beast: Kite it onto the dry platform. It heals in water and stops on dry land.

[secret in divider 2: lyra's shadow doesn't match her body in Act 2. look carefully during the bridge cutscene. this was not a bug.]

Act III: The Crystal Caves

Where you recruit Brom. Long act.

• Find Brom frozen in the Glacial Vault and thaw him
• Navigate the Mirror Maze (solution: Up, Left, Right, Up, Down)
• Retrieve the first Shard Stone from the Vault of Echoes
• Defeat the Crystal Golem at the cave exit

BOSS — Crystal Golem: IMPORTANT: Reflects all magic. Remove Brom before this fight.

[secret in divider 3: the mirror maze correct solution (Up Left Right Up Down) is also the first 5 notes of the Veilstorm main theme in MIDI pitch notation. the devs confirmed this.]

Acts IV & V

◆ Cheat Codes

Press ~ during gameplay to open the console, type the code, press Enter. [secret: there is a code in this table that is not documented anywhere official.]

Rumours & Unconfirmed

★ Screenshot Gallery

I do not have a capture card so these are recreated from memory using ASCII art. They are very accurate I promise. [secret in gallery: one screenshot has a hidden message. look at the pixels.]

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|  (o)(o)  |
 \   ^^   /
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  KAEL Lv.7

 +--[INVENTORY]------+
 | [1] Iron Sword    |
 | [2] Health Potion |
 | [3] Shard Stone   |
 | [4] Rusty Key     |
 | [5] ??? (locked)  |
 +-------------------+
 GOLD: 340
 WT: 18.4 / 25.0 kg

      ^
     / \
    /___\
   ( > < )
    \ v /
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◆ Links

Link to This Site!

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Contact

Email: darkkael2002@hotmail.com

I reply to most emails within a week. Send corrections, cheats, secrets you found, or just to talk about Veilstorm. [secret: I got one email that was just the word "PROJECTNULL" with no subject. it arrived at 3:12am.]

[ PAGE NOT FOUND ]

You were not supposed to find this.

The Veilstorm does not have a web page.
Lord Malakar does not have a fan site.
This section does not exist.

And yet here you are.

"I have been watching this site since the day it was created.
DarkKaelFan2002 thinks he understands my story.
He does not.

Kael did not save the world. The Veilstorm was never sealed.
What he sealed was the truth.

There is a second ending. The developers hid it.
The publisher buried it.

I remember everything."

— LORD MALAKAR, Void Knight

You have found SECRET PAGE #1 of 3.
The others are harder.

Enter the project name to unlock the developer archive:

go back. pretend you never saw this.

[ SECRET PAGE 2 OF 3 ]

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 /  |  \
/   K   \
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   / \
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DARKKAEL - The True Ending

If you finished the game and sat through the credits, you saw Kael walk away into the sunset. End of story.

What the credits do not show:

After the credits, if you wait exactly 3 minutes and 12 seconds on the CONTINUE WATCHING? screen without pressing anything, a different scene plays.

Kael stops walking.
He turns back toward the sealed Veilstorm.
His scar glows.
He says nothing.
He walks back in.

The screen cuts to black. Text appears:

"VEILSTORM II: DARKKAEL"

Coming [date left blank]

Arcane Forge Software filed for bankruptcy 6 months after Veilstorm's release.
Veilstorm II was never made. The sequel announcement has never been confirmed or denied.
I have seen the ending myself. I cannot prove it.

You have found 2 of 3 secret pages.
The last one: on the characters page, click Gnob's name repeatedly.

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[ SECRET PAGE 3 OF 3 - GNOB'S ARCHIVE ]

  .  .  .
 ( o o o )
  |     |   GNOB
  | $$$ |   GOBLIN MERCHANT
   \___ /   LEVEL 1 (always)

GNOB'S CLASSIFIED MERCHANT MANIFEST

internal document - arcane forge software 1997

Gnob appears in the following 11 locations:

1. Duskfall village gate (obvious)
2. Ashwood clearing, behind the large oak (most players find this)
3. Inside the Swamp Beast boss arena, far right corner (hidden under a log)
4. Mirror Maze, wrong path #3 (if you go wrong 3 times in a row)
5. Malakar's throne room, behind the throne
6. The credits (watch the full credits, Gnob runs across at 2:47)
7. Main menu, if you wait 10 minutes without pressing anything
8. The character select screen (blink and you miss him)
9. A hidden cave in Act 4 that requires NOCLIP to reach
10. The loading screen tips (one of them is written by Gnob)
11. This web page. Hi. 👋

"Gnob has shiny things. You found Gnob's secret page.
Gnob is very impressed. Gnob's real name is Gregory Nob.
Gnob went to accounting school.
Gnob's prices are reasonable. Inflation is bad in the Veil."

— Gnob, Goblin Merchant, CPA

*** YOU FOUND ALL 3 SECRET PAGES ***

/void — Lord Malakar speaks
/darkkael — the true ending
/gnob — you are here

Congratulations. Please sign the guestbook and tell me what you found.

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